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I want to get a new laptop..and i know for sure im going to build a new desktop...i was a die hard pc user but mac is kind of attracting me. Not sure if i should get a mac. What do you think?
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Permalink Reply by Mark on -
If you're willing to try new things, definitely try out a mac. I'm getting one, mainly for that purpose. And there's always Boot Camp if you don't like it. =) Sometimes mac's are the best PCs.
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Permalink Reply by Deirdre on -
I love hardware and am also a software junkie, so our iMac has never been more than an occasional novelty to play with for me. I guess after of couple hours or so, the novelty wears off and I end up back with my goodies on my Windows systems. I guess its true allure for me was simply the novelty factor and the chance to get one cheap at the time I bought it.
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Permalink Reply by Cookenstein on -
If your thinking about a Mac, you are probably already sold and don't know it yet. I procrastinated for several years and regret that. I used Windows and PC's, and built many and spent more of my time troubleshooting than anything else. The Windows experience when working is a good one. I the Mac experience is simply superior. And I am sorry to anyone else out there who thinks otherwise, there simply is not all of the hassles that are associated with Windows. There just aren't.
Since 2005 I have had no threats of virus's that I am aware of, and with Windows, over the years this was always a concern, and on a few occasions was disastrous. While the Mac Mini is the switcher for Apple, I'd suggest the Imac. Your experience on it will be as about as seemless as it can be, given the minimal learning curve of the OS itself. Of course there is Boot camp if you have to do some things on Windows, and the Imacs hardware is very well good enough for many of the latest games too. Of course you could run Windows in virtual mode from within the Mac too. The choices are limitless.
Best wishes. RC
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Permalink Reply by miketony on -
I gave my old desktop pc to a friend and bought a new macbook in November. A few days ago I used my macbook to surf e-bay and bought a refurbished desktop pc very cheap and it is turbo charged compared to my original pc. In other words, choices and decisions suck. I don't think novelty should play a role in practicality based topics. Furthermore, you CAN have your cake and eat it too! I can't wait to hear the rumble of that UPS truck rolling down my street! I think novelty applies more to screen savers and avitars than operating systems. As Paul Harvey has often said, thank you and "goood day."
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Permalink Reply by Gharrrrr on -
just stick with pc. mac has a lot a flash and bling but most of it isn't worth the price. any of the microsoft based applications you might want to use on the mac you could prob. do with out or will work just as well on the pc. Also, pc laptops are cheap as all heck right now and offer you a lot more options. Plus microsoft is about to release windows 7, which is already pretty friggin awesome in its beta stages. oh, and to all of those who try to use the "i don't get viruses" excuse. heads up, you still do, they just aren't affecting your system because they are written for windows. So you can simply turn into a host ready to pass them on the whatever windows based computer or network you connect to next. All one needs to do to prevent viruses is keep your software up-to-date, schedule regular scans, and stay away from the cheap porn! basically, don't go throwing your money away on a name and flashy advertising.
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Permalink Reply by Cookenstein on
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It is a shame, that people cannot see the value of a few dollars more. We wanted cheap pc's and now we got em, and are paying the price, in crapware, lousy support, titanic sized so called pre installed 360 security software that grinds these systems to a halt, and so on. I know, I have to frequently deal with them. The flash and bling are certainly one thing Apples got, but build quality, under the hood specs. Support. a few dollars more gets you this too. It is a value you cannot see initially. Good luck getting support for your 4-500 laptop/desktop btw. And enjoy your spyware, and viruses, and all else that comes with them.
I say all of this, because I know from what I speak. I bought, built PC's for years, going back to the 80's and learned the hard way. Back in the 80's early 90's you paid a small fortune for a pc. There was no sub 1000 pc, unless you bought it very used.
"You get what you pay for" is a very worn out term, but nothing was ever more true than here. I have living experience as truth. Enjoy your choices. :)
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Permalink Reply by miketony on
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Simply put, Renderedcook makes sense. PC's are ok but you have to deal with the consequences. I am looking forward to using both. Does the word experience mean anything anymore? I can't wait to try alternative OS's on both computers. Yee Ha!
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Permalink Reply by Kitty on -
I tend to disagree though. I've always had macs around the office, and I bought a new mac pro when they were first released, because at the time the specs were awesome. 2 months later, supermicro released a new board, and I'd just bought something I could have built for half the price.
In the end, it wouldn't do what I wanted on games, even with bootcamp due to the driver issues that prevent you from having decent video hardware, and I couldn't do my work with it, because the operating system has a lot of bugs that only appear if you ask it to multitask to a great degree. I had someone tell me to use less applications at one time, and while that is generally reasonable, I lose money and time if I have to nerf my workflow.
I still use it for shake, can opener, xcode and a few other things, but in the end, I ended up building a core i7 unit and a skulltrail box that took on all of my gaming, and a good deal of my workload.
The 'you get what you pay for' argument only really holds water if you can't get what you're paying for for less elsewhere. I can get all the parts that are in the mac pro, in what I consider to be a better case for my tastes, for a lot less money.
I think the decision for using apple machines really boils down to what you intend to do with it. I don't have issues with viruses on any of the platforms I run and develop for, mainly because I'm intelligent about what I do, and what I allow to run on my machine (viruses aren't magic, there's very rare cases where they'll get onto your machine without you knowing, and solaris' admin and root management, as well as vista's UAC, prevent all undesired code execution by filing neccessary operations to call compromising methods firmly under an administrative header). Due diligence solves most of the complaints on any OS. If you don't want a learning curve, and don't intend to do heavy multi-tasking, get a Mac (or a psystar for as long as they're around). If you need serious stability under heavy loads, get a unix, linux, or windows machine.
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I will say though, for the price, specs, and compactness of the device, it's difficult to beat the mac mini. They've developed what I consider to be their most innovative and underrated product in 20 years there. I'm still waffling between buying one of those, or building a custon nano-itx solution. I only consider the latter because it would be more fun to write drivers for.
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Permalink Reply by LADYTECH on -
well if your willing to LEARN to use a pc ALL OVER AGAIN! go with a MAC (if you've never used one) ! If you want to use your pc the second u get that kick ass baby running then build your clone. MACS are sweet I have one (my husband insisted they were cool and how i should have one at the end i was convinced, great buy it for me and so he did) but u know i soooo barely us it that when i do get on it I need my mac books all over again.
SO MACS... SWEET A NEW BEGINNING !!!! PC CLONES... JUST WHAT UR USED TO !! OH, BTW ! MACS are sooooooo OVERPRICED ~~ lord, the specs are so yesterday, hey but there nice on the outside. SO YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF DO YOU WANT SPEED OR DO YOU WANT LOOKS ?
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Permalink Reply by Justin on -
I don't understand the near commercial quality P.C. bashing from Mac users. I see things like "I spent more time troubleshooting then using it" and I try to think back to the last time I had to troubleshoot any of my P.C.s and its been a long time. I have to agree that it requires a lot more technical prowess to maneuver and use Windows but it was when OS's were made to be more user friendly that I had more trouble with them. In the end the facts are there are the results are hard to argue with. My last build Cost me roughly 2000$ and it easily outperforms the silliest Mac Pro configuration which last I checked was the cost of a decent new car. A lot of the tech even used in the highest end Macs are still in their infancy and are not utilized to their fullest on even P.C. yet such as multi-threaded execution. Because Mac covers a much smaller portion of the market there are far less applications that utilize multi-core/multi-processor technology specially opensource and freeware which a lot of people depend on because the retail versions of the software are north of 1000$ or more. Then there is customization which for Mac is easily defined as scarce aesthetically and on the hardware plane as well. Mac users can spout on about the industry this and the industry that but when I can't install a workstation card in it, it isn't worth poop to the industry. In the end the Mac is superior for one thing and one thing only, looking up porn more safely.
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Permalink Reply by miketony on
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Nobody asked for an answer as to how to look up porn safely. Once again the topic becomes jived and pointless as well as useless. I am a happy MacBook user and I do not do porn. This type of stupid limerick turns people away from "ultra-intelligent" people such as yourself. (lol!)
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