Lacey Black
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Go for it!! They are overpriced as far as specs go but they are worth it when it comes to build quality. Plus you can use bootcamp and run windows 7 if you need it.
VeronicaVice
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I second this.
Before I got my Macbook, I had only used PC's. However I'm good with technology so it didnt take me a long time to figure out how to use a Mac.
vodkazvictim
Why save the world, when you can rule it?
What you want is a Toshiba; they live forever. I still use one 7 years old, but I need to mess around with teh OS 'cos a friend of mine double booted it with Vista and Ubuntu for me and now Vista has stopped working (no, really...) and fucked around with Ubuntu.
I thought of that but decided it wasn't worth bothering with. Think what that says about you.Yes
that sounds so geeky I think im in love with you.....
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
yeah yeah, you said the same thing about boothbabe.
the time of building my own PC's are way gone, too much work for what I use it for.
I mainly use my home pc for mailing, browsing and document writing things. Also I dont play any games at all on my pc so no need for fast graphic cards and all.
Maggie Green
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I own three Macs, two iPods, iPhone and iPad..so my answer is yes! A couple years ago I bought a Toshiba strictly to use for webcamming. It crashed on me all of the time and died less than a year later. I will never buy another PC product again.
Harley Spencer
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Personally I don't like Mac that much. It's what I'm using now, both my laptop and desktop. It's very different. Like someone else said, the no right clicking is goofy. Every time I want to right click I have to hit control plus click. Then the desktop icons are weird to me, instead of having them on the desktop they're aligned on the side of the computer out of view until you hover your mouse over there. On the laptop they're at the bottom and the desktop they're on the left side, and still it's only the most recently used ones. In order to get to the rest, you have to go into your launchpad and dig for what you're looking for, and on mine that's 4 pages of programs to sift through.
But after nearly a year of using a Mac, I've gotten used to all these little differences and they don't bother me quite as much anymore. I still miss my regular pc.
Oh and just yesterday I bought a new video camera at B&H, it's samsung, and I didn't realize until I got home that it says Windows is required for it, so it's not compatible with Mac. So now in order to upload any content I shoot on it, I have to use a card reader on a usb instead of just uploading directly from the camera. Grrrr!
But after nearly a year of using a Mac, I've gotten used to all these little differences and they don't bother me quite as much anymore. I still miss my regular pc.
Oh and just yesterday I bought a new video camera at B&H, it's samsung, and I didn't realize until I got home that it says Windows is required for it, so it's not compatible with Mac. So now in order to upload any content I shoot on it, I have to use a card reader on a usb instead of just uploading directly from the camera. Grrrr!
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
No! You deserve no happiness! :nono: It is your fate to be miserable and frustrated for all of eternity. It is your destiny to spend hours on end, working through complex programs... only to be met with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death when you hit "save". You must stay with PCs. Keep pushing that rock (with Dell, HP and Microsoft written on it) up that hill, Sisyphus!
Dude, you know what to do. Do the right thing, Doctor. Now click this link and start smiling. Apple Retail Store Seriously, you won't regret it. Are you looking at a MacBook Pro or an iMac?
I bought a build-to-order iMac and a matching ACD almost two years ago. I run Parallels, which allows me to run any version of Windows and any Windows based program at the same time that I'm running the Mac OS. You can also do the same thing with a program called Fusion. Or, if you don't mind rebooting and having to switch back & forth, Boot Camp comes pre-installed on every newer Mac, as far as I know.
I wanted the ultimate home/office setup (a Ferrari on my desk, if you will), so I went hog wild when I configured this system. I added the RAM myself (32 gigs) and I could have opted for a second monitor other than an Apple Cinema Display. But I'd been good, so I decided to treat myself to the whole shebang. Yeah, it was pricey. But it's crazy fast and like you said, the build quality is top notch. I could have gotten a stock iMac or MacBook Pro for a pretty reasonable amount - just a tad bit higher than a high quality desktop or laptop. But I wouldn't compare a MacBook Pro to a cheap Dell or HP laptop any more than I would compare a Mercedes E Class to a Ford Focus. Plus, I go by JD Power and Consumer Reports when I buy bigger ticket items like cars, TVs or computers. And there's simply no company building non-custom computers that matches Apple when it comes to build quality and customer service. That's not about being an Apple fanboi or whatever (I've owned or used every brand of computer that's ever been). It just is what it is... by the data and independent studies. For the people who claim that they had issues with their Mac way back when, hey... maybe you did get a lemon. I don't know. It's very possible. There's no such thing as a defect free process or manufacturer - not Mercedes, not Toyota... and not Apple. But generally speaking, the probabilities say that you'll experience fewer problems with an Apple computer than any other brand. You tend to get what you pay for.
Yes! Once you go Mac you never go back
The first computer I ever bought was a Mac Plus. It's now 27 years old. And it still works. :nanner: I've had several Wintel boxes custom built over the years. They were good for awhile. But not a single one of them still works. (Hey wait a minute... how can Rey C. have a 27 year old computer and he's only 29?! *Folks, we're talking computers here. Let's not get side-tracked talking about math and stuff like that. M'kay?!
)I can run any version of Windows, any of the Mac OSs, Linux/Ubuntu and probably some OSs that I can't spell. My girlfriend's nephew is a computer engineering student and he's done things and loaded programs on my computer than I don't even understand. Without lots of fiddling, it's nearly impossible to run the Mac OS on something other than a Mac. But you can easily run Windows or Linux on a (Intel) Mac. Easy squeezy. :thumbsup:
Ah snap! Tell me that you can cook and that you like racing and cars and I believe I'll have to pick out a ring this afternoon!
Grab a copy of Parallels or Fusion and then grab a copy of XP SP3 or Windows 7. You'll be good to go.
Also, I'm confused by the people saying that you can't right click on a Mac. I right click all the time. Is that something to do with a particular program you're using?
But yeah, if you're used to the Windows way of doing things, there is definitely a learning curve once you get a Mac. But a lot of the Mac OS way just requires you to do things intuitively. I was over-thinking what I was trying to do for the first few days. Then I started just trying the easiest way that I would do it... and it tended to work. I hadn't used a Mac for years. And the new Mac OS had nothing in common with the one I used to have. But I've yet to crack open any sort of instruction page or tutorial. I took to it like a duck to water - and I'm really not all that computer savvy. To me, computers are basically just tools for getting stuff done. OK... yeah, my vanity had something to do with me wanting a "show piece" - but it sure is fast!
Harley Spencer
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Also, I'm confused by the people saying that you can't right click on a Mac. I right click all the time. Is that something to do with a particular program you're using?
Right click is doable but it's different. The mouses aren't the same, there's no left or right sides separated, it's just one big click with a little scrolling rolling ball the size of a pea. To right click, you have to click control + mouse click. Always using 2 hands to do something, so if I'm the phone talking to someone and trying to do something with my website's photos on the computer at the same time (which I do constantly), I either have to put the person on speaker phone or use my shoulder to hold the phone, because I have to use 2 hands.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
I'm not familiar with having to do that. Is that on a laptop? On the iMac desktop, I have the Magic Mouse (stock) and a Magic Trackpad. The Trackpad does all kinds of double tap, double swipe and other fancy stuff that I haven't gotten into yet. And while neither has a physical separation between left and right, I execute left and right clicks and scrolling the same as on the mouse that's on my PC (yeah, I still have a PC... I just hardly ever use it any more) - only I click an area and not an actual key or button. I'm not a keyboard shortcut kinda guy and have seldom, if ever, used any sort of control keys, so that's why I was lost on what you were saying. On Macs and PCs, I mainly use the mouse for as much as I can. To scroll on the iMac, I have no wheel or button - again, just an area. I just swipe/drag my finger up or down the smooth surface of the Magic Mouse top. It can also be used sort of like a trackpad because I can two-finger swipe to the left or right to get to other screens. Maybe that device would help you. It's pretty cool and I think it works on MacBooks too, if that's what you have.
Also, I'm confused by the people saying that you can't right click on a Mac. I right click all the time. Is that something to do with a particular program you're using?
I have a Macbook Air and it has a multi-touch trackpad. To right click all I have to do is click on the trackpad with two fingers
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