[Swordmaker]

10 reasons to buy a Mac - Ping!

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[NCC-1701]

I just love the Mac's Widgets. Is that flight tracker a new one?

[George W. Bush]

That Vista desktop is gaudy. It's actually kind of ugly. And those Widgets occupy too much screen space.

I constantly have to clean up desktops already, just so people can find anything. Putting the Gadgets (Widgets) on the Desktop is very bad generally. Apple's Widget development is free and just uses Javascript/HTML/graphics and has a super-easy new developer tool, Dashcode. Microsoft requires that you buy the expensive Visual Studio.NET package just to create Vista Gadgets which may make them somewhat more powerful but it also means they're another security hole as bad as ActiveX or Office macros. And the implementation where you can put Gadgets in the Explorer Sidebar as well as the Desktop means they have inconsistent display options and restrictions.

Apple's Dashboard, as usual, just works. Vista has a lame copy of it with retarded features and pricey proprietary developer options.

[Publius6961]

1. Not-so-heavy metal

I've seen so many plastic-panelled laptops that have been knocked off desks and ended up with cracked cases or - worse - broken screens or - even worse - damaged hard drives, yet my faithful aluminium-clad PowerBook G4 took many such tumbles with only scratches and scrapes to show for it. All the time it remain entirely functional. Tell a lie, the optical drive slot got bent once, so I couldn't insert discs, but a quick push with a flat-bladed screwdriver sorted that one out. You can't do that with plastic. And the screws don't fall out either...

STURDY IS IT?

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

I build my own PCs for < $400 with stuff I buy from Newegg, and upgrade at will. And then upgrade/swap parts at will. I am no fan of windows, but Mac to me looks just too "gay" :)

[USMCWife6869]

I have been seriously considering buying a Mac this time around. I have heard it is much more user friendly for children to do homework and projects on. I also like that it is only one piece and not a mass of jumbled wires like my PC is. My neighbor has one and she loves it.

[vox_freedom]

Thanks for the

[Ronin]

All I know is that after my last Dell fiasco I swore I was going back to Macs for good. I am up for promotion this month. If it comes through I am going to celebrate with a 24 inch iMac!