About the only advantage I can see to a Mac is that they are less likely to have virus problems???
And that will remain true long as they don’t start outselling PCs. Why write a virus for a few Mac users?
And I have nothing against Macs. They are great. Just making that observation.
The most important reason to buy a Mac: You never see threads like:
laptop keyboard help (strange function key thingy), Help! ????? - not a valid win32 application, Vanity: Reformatting XP?, Vanity!!! Help with entering formula into MS Excel??, Need help with Win95 (Vanity), new visionman pc doesn't work, how to vista, HiJacked by AdServer. Anyone else? (Vanity - Tech, sorry), CD ROM Disappeared, Vanity: HELP! - How to recover a saved-over document, Help: All USB Ports Disabled Including Keyboard & Mouse, etc., etc., etc.,
from Mac users on Free Republic. And yes, those are actual headings for FR threads from PC users.
uh... not really.
I switched after my last hard drive crashed. Just gave it a try. I've got 5 other PC's in the house my laptop is a Macbook Pro.
It plugged into my HP Photosmart... worked. Same with my camera, Ipod, Palm pilot, and wireless network. No probs.
I've only had the spinning wheels a couple of times and there are a lot of things that I'd like but have managed to find when the Apple stuff isn't good enough.
The other kicker is that if I want to run a windows based product, I can. On the same machine and just as fast as most PC based computers.
I'm probably not going to buy another PC based machine, but if you like to work on machines and play around with programming and stuff like that.. go for it.
I just want it to turn on and work... and I'm willing to pay for it.
uh... not really.
I switched after my last hard drive crashed. Just gave it a try. I've got 5 other PC's in the house my laptop is a Macbook Pro.
It plugged into my HP Photosmart... worked. Same with my camera, Ipod, Palm pilot, and wireless network. No probs.
I've only had the spinning wheels a couple of times and there are a lot of things that I'd like but have managed to find when the Apple stuff isn't good enough.
The other kicker is that if I want to run a windows based product, I can. On the same machine and just as fast as most PC based computers.
I'm probably not going to buy another PC based machine, but if you like to work on machines and play around with programming and stuff like that.. go for it.
I just want it to turn on and work... and I'm willing to pay for it.