I’ve had Macs, Windows, Solaris, Linux, and *BSD systems (at home, work is a different matter). I like my Macs because there are a lot of tools I can get for my field, but need my Windows machine for development work since all of our clients run Windows. Linux is fun for tinkering and I treat those machines like a sandbox.
Of all of them, my Mac hardware has held up the best to abuse. It was worth the $$$ for me. My Windows systems have all been stable, but the OEM hardware has not been great (failed motherboards, power supplies, hard drives). Factoring those replacements over the lifetime would increase the cost of my Windows machines to 1.5x the price of my Macs. YMMV.
I do find it odd that someone with no experience with Macs thinks he knows everything about them. Seems more DU like than anything: speak with a sense of authority on something you know nothing about.
If I had to choose one, I’d keep my Mac and get Bootcamp to run Win XP for work.
Exactly. A recurring theme is “I _need_ Windows for...” - it’s just the momentum of Windows that keeps it going, not the desire to use it. As I plan getting a MacBook, the only hesitation now is the occasional need to run Visual Studio.
And yes, it’s bizzare that the one guy driving multiple threads here is ranting incoherently about awful products & services which he has not owned nor used, and imputing proper descriptions of his behavior upon level-headed responses of “actually, the products and services are marvelous”. I mean really, the guy is spouting hysterical tirades about non-removable batteries (designed to practically outlast the computer) when he won’t even cheaply replace a dead battery on his own notebook - not realizing that he is thereby proving the axiom that what users really want is what they DO with products, not what they SAY they want (in his case, never appropriately replacing something which he insists must be replaceable).
What I find laughable is how people love to put words into my mouth. I never said I was an expert of Apple or even own one.