mac users: convince me to get a mac
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- pkny
i'm sure there's a lot of pplz going to be no dont get a mac blah blah blah.. or how its good or not good.. and stay with windoze.. but those who use mac's - can you gimme an incite as to how macs are just as or better tahn a pc. i plan on getting a 12" powerbook for portability and the fact that it runs unix.. and i read you can dual boot with linux.. i'm a 2nd yr comp sci major.. i wanna get a pbook cuz of its build quality - aluminum... mmmm.. not no damn cheap plastic crap and for $2000 cdn... that is a whole lot cheaper than getting $26XX cdn sony vaio s-series..
all comment are welcome - and please do make informative comments not no ratty - oh pc rulz blah blah blah.. i've heard enough of those..
thanx.
- benfal990
Get a Mac because everything on a Mac look nice, all the apps and the OSX itself.
:D
- dave_bxcr0
pure sex
- tomkat0
no viruses
better color management
everything is easier, no os hassle
etc
- pkny0
*PULLS HAIR* YOU"RE NOT SUPPOSE TO REPSOND LIKE THIS ! no i'm jk .. lol good start..
i know we're not suppose to talk about this sensitive subject.. but is there uh uphem.. a large community of pir-8 programs.. on the net..? i'm just a uni. student i have no cash to dish out for additional software
- ribit0
Theres a lot of opensource stuff, especially on the Linux/Darwin side of things?
I think you can find free commercial stuff if you look hard...but that isnt very nice is it?
- ********0
i heard you get a blow job from steve if you buy a mac.
stay with PC
get AMD 64
- Super_Chef0
no. either buy one or don't!
- ribit0
remember you can run several Windows and Linux OS'es simultaneously in Virtual PC, and also run remote sessions on a real Windows box using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (which runs fine over broadband when you are travelling), so you will still have a lot of access to Windows...
- Donvitoviti0
My best friend just got out of college in IT and has a thinkpad, linux box,gaming machine and he bought a 12 inch powerbook.
By far all around it is his fave computer. I also switched from pc to mac last year and besides the normal.. Gaming complaints ... I wont go back. I have never had a virus or spyware.. I can do everything and more on this puppy. And as for the 12 inch powerbook.. myfriend picked up the 23" monitor and it outputs to that thing full 1920 res.
It is a sexy machine all around and can go to an external monitor with ease.
my only complaint about it is the 1028 resolution.
- Donvitoviti0
Oh ya.. Virtual PC is great on it. pretty much it will be like running a 1ghz or so PC but that is plenty for what you would do with virtual pc
- pkny0
thanks for the replies.. one thign about hte vr pc.. how's the performance on just a stock 12" 1.33 ghz pbook w/ 256 ram.. i mean 256 doesn't seem that adequate.. well at least not for a pc..
how's the battery life - and did any of you fork $$ for the extended 3 yr warranty?
- monkeyshine0
don't all you PCites start buying Macs, now. I want to keep my Mac virus free...ssshhhh.
PCs are better. Really.
- Donvitoviti0
battery life on the 12 inch is about 5 hours
get 1 gig or ram
it comes with 1 year... and you have that whole year to get the 3 year extended... so i would hold off on that and save for it.. BUT get it before the 1st year is over or you cant get it at all
- warheros0
i would get a mac because theyre more stable in general. the processors can handle way more data and they are designed very well.
i got the three year warranty with the 15", with 1 G of RAM, absolutely want to hump this thing every day.
and yeah it plays well with PC! no viruses! blue screen, what?!
- scarabin0
*yawn*
- scarabin0
get what you want
- warheros0
hey, scarabin, thanks for the asshole comment!
- Donvitoviti0
thats what hes good at
- gerhard0
I have switched to Apple for about a year now and wouldn't go back to Windows even if I would get a free blowie with every use...
Don't go for the 12" - the screen is WAY TO SMALL. Treat yourself to a 1.33 Ghz 15" one. To get the best price and tons of info on Powerbooks, try http://www.powerbookcentral.com/…
Make sure to upgrade the RAM to 768 at least. For $110 you can get a 512 from here http://www.crucial.com/store/lis…
If you are thinking to upgrade to 1Gb it would imply remaining with a 256 spare or getting the 1Gb stick at a whopping $480 - it simply ain't worth it.
Apple is a bit iffy with Flash animations so it isn't the best option for intense Flash use. However, Flash Player 8 is supposed to come out soon so maybe that will improve things. Inspite of this, if you Force Quit the browser (similar to CTRL+ALT+DEL in Win), the rest of the programs are not affected and the OS won't even cough - amazing, huh?
Did I mention that driver problems are virtually inexistent and support is fabulous (my PB was picked up by the UPS guy and brought back within 24h). Mine was an ex-demo (great prices on those) so the HDD was quite hammered.
Go Mac and you won't regret it ;-).
- Nypan840
Go Mac, i just bought a 12" IBook and it's simply terrific, went for the 12" because of the size, it's easy to carry around with you. At home I plug it to another screen, works fine... and I'm a student to by the way.. it's an amazing little machine at that price, and it works fine when coding and doing basic image editing.. good luck!