Three years ago I made the leap from Mac to PC and can say unequivocally that it was the DUMBEST THING I've ever done. And that's coming from someone who grew weed in his house and called the cops on himself.
Three years ago I made the leap from Mac to PC and can say unequivocally that it was the DUMBEST THING I've ever done. And that's coming from someone who grew weed in his house and called the cops on himself.
Macs are incredible. My PC died last summer and I was forced to switch. Best computer decision I've ever made.
I hate Macs with a passion. There, I said it.
[quote]etc wrote:
Obviously, the Mac people, though in a minority, make the most noise here or whereever for that matter. The fact is the Mac people buy their gadget for emotional reasons than practical ones.
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This may be the case, but why aren't the PC people spouting off about how great their computers are?
I think I'll save the money and stay away from the MacBookPro. I think the PowerBook will have plenty of power.
I agree. Unless you plan on holding onto your computer for 4-5 years, a G4/G5 will be sufficient. My year-old Powerbook G4 is still running like the day I bought it. One word of advice: Get 1GB RAM minimum (with Mac or Windows, but especially with Mac) to get good performance. 512 MB is not enough.
Crossing platforms has never been easier, and will only get better. Software compatibility is something that should definitely not worry you.
I run a Mac desktop (G4) and Dell laptop, and I much prefer using the Mac. If you're in the market for a laptop, just know that the Powerbooks (and even iBooks) are faster, lighter, more powerful, and have better battery life, better lifetime value than most any equivalent Windows laptop.
If you go Mac wait for them to let out the reversion of the new intel powerbook! (it's what i'm doing) I love macs they are by far the better machine. Actually it's all in the OS. Mac is slowly gaining ground in the computer world so y not jump on board with the band wagon?!?!
If ur gonna go PC don't get a Dell laptop. They suck. They drain battery life so bad. Run up to 5 deggres outer than the avg. and crash like there is no tomorrow! HP/Compaq are decent. But if u go PC don't spend over a 1000 for it, it's not worth the depresion value.
man, when someone reverse engineers the macbook to run windows and osx i'll shit my bed.
I own a new Intel iMac (my first Mac). I agree with all the "much better than Windows" posts above. One thing to note is that Virtual PC does NOT run on the Intel Macs. That doesn't bother me because we have a Windows laptop if I ever need to use it. I don't know the status of VPC for the Intel Macs, but if that's something you'll want to use you may want to get a G4/5 based Mac. And, get at least 1GB of RAM, maybe even 1.5GB on the Intel machines.
Also, if you're a student/faculty/staff, make sure to check with your university book store for Microsoft Office. We got our copy of MS Office 2004 for Mac for $20.
>1. Less in price
But also less features and inferior quality
>2. More software (games or otherwise)
As you said, GAMES. If you like to play games, go ahead and buy a XBOX.
>3. More support (thourgh vendors, etc
Have you tried to contact those vendors for support?
>5. Easier to upgrade
Why do you need to upgrade a machine (in Mac) when it can easily last 2-3 years?
Toronto wrote:
Why do you need to upgrade a machine (in Mac) when it can easily last 2-3 years?
You don't "need" to upgrade, you want to. A PC can easily last 2-3 years (mine is on year 5) but people always like to get better peripherals, hard disks, DVD writers, software, etc so they upgrade. He is saying this is an easier process on the PC.
I have used both PC and Mac.
I will NEVER buy a PC for personal use again, period.
My current Mac, a Powerbook laptop, has been running 3.5 years without ANY problems. I can remember it frozen exactly TWICE during these years. How many times would your PC freeze in a day?
The problem is, my Powerbook is still in such a great shape but I want to buy the new MacPro laptop!
No virus scare whatsoever.
No problem when exchanging files with PC users: Words, Excel, Powerpoint.
Everywhere I go, the wireless facility in my Mac is so easy to connect to the wireless hub. In 100% of cases, while I am already checking email and surfing the net, my PC co-workers are still buy figuring out the wireless connection.
>but people always like to get better peripheral
But you don't need to with Mac (in most cases). It(Mac) comes with everything.
My 3.5 years old Powerbook comes with combo drive (DVD/CD), firewire, wireless, everything. It was light years ahead of everything in PC at that time. How many years later that PC is equipped with firwire and wireless as STANDARD?
As of now, I still have NO NEED To upgrade my Powerbook because there is nothing I can upgrade to as I already have them 3.5 years ago.
You know what they say... Once you go Mac, you never go back!
Another note, Macs are designed around 100% uptime. I almost never turn my Powerbook off. I restart it when software installs or system updates require it. I turn it off when I have to move it around beyond my house. Otherwise I just sleep it. It's longest uptime without a restart/shutdown was over 30 days with no adverse effects. Try that with Windows.
etc wrote:
2. More software (games or otherwise)
If by "otherwise" you mean viruses and spyware, you are correct.
Toronto wrote:
>but people always like to get better peripheral
But you don't need to with Mac (in most cases). It(Mac) comes with everything.
My 3.5 years old Powerbook comes with combo drive (DVD/CD), firewire, wireless, everything. It was light years ahead of everything in PC at that time. How many years later that PC is equipped with firwire and wireless as STANDARD?
As of now, I still have NO NEED To upgrade my Powerbook because there is nothing I can upgrade to as I already have them 3.5 years ago.
Are you that ignorant of technology that you honestly think there is nothing you can upgrade to?
Of course there is plenty to upgrade. How fast is your CD/DVD? Did you have a DVD burner? They had them 3.5 years ago but they were nowhere near as cheap or fast as they are now. What about a dual-layer burner? They didn't have those 3.5 years ago.
I just bought a screaming fast, dual-layer DVD burner for my PC a couple of weeks ago at Comp USA and upgraded what I had. I might not have NEEDED it but you know what, I don't NEED what I have already.
You paid more for your powerbook 3.5 years ago precisely because all that stuff was standard decided by the single Powerbook manufacturer -- Apple. PC Manufacturers are so plentiful and must compete so they give you so many choices. Most people take the barebones approach. They don't have to pay for "standard" stuff if they don't want it.
if you're dumb enough to not know how to keep your computer spyware free you shouldnt be allowed to use one, mac or pc
>Are you that ignorant of technology that you honestly think there is nothing you can upgrade to?
I honestly didn't think there is anything to upgrade in my Powerbook since I purchased it 3.5 years ago. I can do anything with my Powerbook that I wanted -- create and burn DVD, burn audio CD, create movie, watch Internet TV, watch movie on the plane, wireless network, multi-media connection with my musical equipments (try that with a PC! I did that with my ThinkPad and it was such a pain).
So no, nothing right now, but maybe in the future. By that time, I already have MacPro already.
>I just bought a screaming fast, dual-layer DVD burner for my PC a couple of weeks ago at Comp USA
Good for you. But I don't need a screaming fast DVD burner. For what I use it for -- watch movie, read data and occasional DVD burning, it is plenty fast enough for me. For backup, I do use my screaming fast firewire port to backup to external harddisk.
>You paid more for your powerbook 3.5 years ago precisely because all that stuff was standard decided by the single Powerbook manufacturer -- Apple. PC Manufacturers are so plentiful and must compete so they give you so many choices. Most people take the barebones approach. They don't have to pay for "standard" stuff if they don't want it.
I am glad that I paid more since it saves me a lot of time shopping. Amortizing my investment on my Powerbook over the past 3.5 years, and then compared to the two PC laptops that I bought over the years, money wise, time wise, they(PC laptop) don't even come close to Mac in terms of value.
chingy wrote:
if you're dumb enough to not know how to keep your computer spyware free you shouldnt be allowed to use one, mac or pc
that's crap. get off your high horse. if there weren't people who got spyware on their computers, there wouldn't jobs for smartasses like Geeksquad or Nick Burns, your company's computer guy.