In this thread, you persuade me to buy a Mac

DaemonSeid · #1 07-16-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

convince me too! i have a really crappy laptop and its slow as molasses. plus the buttons are falling off and... well its a bad example of what a PC should be.

see my link above....LOL...heck the next laptop I am thinking about getting is a Mac.....

My home right now we have 2 desktop PCs, 1 Mac (my gf is a graphic designer for the govt) and one Tablet PC.....

PiKA2001 · #2 07-16-2007, 05:31 PM

I have a MacBook and it's fast as hell as opposed to my PC which takes a good five minutes for Windows to start up. Also, the new Mac OS is coming out this fall, which should knock Vista out of the water. Don't worry about not knowing Mac very well, because its a lot easier to get around on than a PC.

neosoul · #3 07-16-2007, 08:58 PM

dude BUY A MAC!!!!!

DeltAlum · #4 07-16-2007, 11:05 PM

We have two PC's at home, but had several Macs before.

I like both.

Macs are in high favor by graphics folks (like daughter number one).

Macs are highly resistant to virus -- if not immune.

It doesn't seem to me that Macs are constantly issuing patches for their OS -- although as I said above, it's been a while since I've had one.

At least it used to be easier to load programs on a Mac.

Finally, remember that Windows began as a reaction to Macs. You couldn't drag and drop in DOS -- you had to type all of those silly codes. And there wasn't a little trash can.

CrimsonLadybug · #5 07-16-2007, 11:11 PM

I work with both...

As for a MAC...
Pros:
* The majority of viruses are written for Windows so if you don't have Windows, you don't have anything for viruses to feed on.
* Everyone tells me they are a thousand times better for creating graphics or music. I create graphics on both my PC and the MAC at work and other than the fact that I am too poor to afford the Adobe Creative Suite I don't see a lot of difference. And I don't create music so.......
* They don't freeze up nearly as much.

Cons:
* When they do freeze up Force Quit (i.e. CTRL+Alt+delete on a PC) is a lot harder to access and doesn't always work. Of course that is the case on a PC too...basically that's a computer thing.
* While a lot of things are being made to be compatible with OSX, there are still a lot of software and hardware out there that aren't.
* As software becomes dual compatible, so will viruses, nulifying the first Pro I offered.

Basically, I used to hate MACs but they have improved on them a lot from when I used them in high school and really there isn't a lot of difference in the two anymore. That I can see. How is that for convincing?

Rudey · #6 07-17-2007, 01:20 AM

Apples run in a more secure environment than Windows. It's not simply because there are less users of Apple software and thus less viruses. And they run all Windows programs if you install Windows on your Apple computer, because they also function as PCs. I don't understand what you mean by Force Close, since that's the same as CTRL-ALT-DEL and works just as, if not more, often than on Windows.

-Rudey

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonLadybug

I work with both...

As for a MAC...
Pros:
* The majority of viruses are written for Windows so if you don't have Windows, you don't have anything for viruses to feed on.
* Everyone tells me they are a thousand times better for creating graphics or music. I create graphics on both my PC and the MAC at work and other than the fact that I am too poor to afford the Adobe Creative Suite I don't see a lot of difference. And I don't create music so.......
* They don't freeze up nearly as much.

Cons:
* When they do freeze up Force Quit (i.e. CTRL+Alt+delete on a PC) is a lot harder to access and doesn't always work. Of course that is the case on a PC too...basically that's a computer thing.
* While a lot of things are being made to be compatible with OSX, there are still a lot of software and hardware out there that aren't.
* As software becomes dual compatible, so will viruses, nulifying the first Pro I offered.

Basically, I used to hate MACs but they have improved on them a lot from when I used them in high school and really there isn't a lot of difference in the two anymore. That I can see. How is that for convincing?

mystikchick · #7 07-17-2007, 04:07 AM

My first ibook was the computer from hell, but under applecare, Apple replaced it for me when the third major thing went wrong with it. Since then, I haven't had a complaint about the new one they sent. The MacBook is SEXY. So sexy.

Built-in webcam
Photobooth is addictively fun
Dashboard is great
Lots of cool freeware for Macs (I've got, amongst other things, a GCal widget, a Checkoff list, a program that lets me fill in PDFs, and a program that lets me highlight PDFs)
Better security
Easy to figure out and get around once you get the hang of things (though if you're used to the complexity of finding files on a PC, a Mac may take some getting used to just because it's so simple)
The MacBook is dual platform thanks to the Intel processor
Fewer problems

Go Mac!

Cardinal026 · #8 07-17-2007, 09:14 AM

Another vote here for getting a Mac. I have a G4 Powerbook and didn't like it at first for the sole reason that it was slightly unfamiliar to me...but three years later, I've never had a single problem with it - and, I bought it second hand off some random dude on Craigslist. Once you figure out the little tricks (ie, there's no "right click," you have to use "Ctrl & click") then you'll definitely end up preferring it!