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Posted on 04/08/2008 12:32:33 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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It even runs pretty well on my old eMac.
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Well, I hate to say it but after all the crap M$ has put windows users through even I am looking at one. And I used to be a windows admin./
I have a really hard time getting past apple having Al Gore on their Board, but on the other hand, once you lose your hard drive on a PC and cannot recover it, you start thinking about Apple’s superiority in that regard. I should go back to my fly rod, and leave the keyboard behind forever! (Except to check on NHL playoff action!)
Do you remember the old story about “If you want a reliable car, see what your mechanic drives?”
I *am* a Windows admin.
I have no PCs at home. My personal laptop is a Mac. My desktop is a Mac. I use an iPhone.
Number of times my Apple gear has failed me when I needed it most: 0.
Number of times Windows has screwed my users when they needed it to work: Entirely too many.
Number of people at my biggest client who are finally starting to realize that my personal gear never seems to generate drama: A lot.
Apples use the exact same hard drive technology as PCs. I don’t think even the ardent Mac cultists claim that you don’t need to back up your hard drive if you use a Mac.
No, and Apple even offers specific transparent backup drives and technology (Time Machine, Time Capsule).
The difference is that Apple’s drives tend to be the models that are normally sold at retail with a 3 year or longer warranty (i.e., higher quality). Dell and other makers, on the other hand, uniformly choose the cheaper ones - the 1 year or less warranty models.
This is why Apple hard drives tend to go out less than Dell drives, among other reasons.
Knew I shouldn’t have posted on this thread. Sorry.
Just got my first mac late last year but the MacBook’s design is lacking. The palmrest is too jagged and i often find my palms irritated because of the edge and its squared corners. Also, the lid seems to be creating a crack on the palmrest where the little raised areas touch the palm rest.
The OS itself is great though. I wish there was some more flexibility with it like the cron jobs (3rd party cronnix for those interested) and other types of things like that but I like it. I still need to dev in ASPNET though so Vista works for me in that aspect (IIS7 rules)
Would you like to see the pile of boxes on my desk of Dell drives waiting for Dell to send the prepaid tags for them?
We had a bunch of 5100c models that all have had their hard drives go out within *days* of each other. Time to death? About 18 months.
Most companies have a liberal on their board as well as Conservatives. It is just statistics. Just freely choose to buy the product that best fits your needs. I have both Macs and PCs and am happy w/ both.
What part of “I’m sorry for posting on your thread” was I unclear about?
FYI, though, you should talk to your Dell rep. When I’ve had Dell components replaced, the return tags come in the box with the new part, which arrives the day after I call them. If they’re making you wait on things, you lave a legitimate gripe with them.
I think the missing tags are the fault of that client’s overzealous mailroom. :P
Dell’s already sending replacements; I wasn’t complaining about that. I *was* complaining about the bad design and cheap drives used in the 5100c (and all the other compact Dell desktops).
Just remember that Bill Gates gives money to Planned Parenthood and the disgust will balance out.
In fairness, I couldn’t tell you anything about Dell desktops. I’ve been laptop-only for coming up on five years now and had a laptop as at least one main machine for years before that. The three Dells I’ve had in that time have been rock-solid and Dell’s support was great the one time I needed it. The desktops I have at my office now have been super-reliable, but they’re built locally.
Fascinating. In all the years and all the used computers, new parts, rebuilds, Ebay deals, I’ve had exactly one hard drive fail, and that was way back in the beginning. A Western Digital drive. I’m using in my house, 2 Dells, 3 Compaqs, 1 Sony, 1 Averatec, 1 IBM, 1 homebuilt from TigerDirect parts, and two others sitting in the attic. No HD problems.
HOW are people killing off these hard drives?
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