Im a dyed-in-the-wool PC user ... have been for 25 years.

It has come to my attention that the Mac has improved somewhat.

I even woke up in cold sweats the other day. I had had a nightmare
about buying a Mac.

A friend of mine and her entire family has mac or some related type of
machine ...

Should I crossover??

p.s. this should not be taken too seriously ... I am seriously
considering a mac laptop ... but dont tell Bl8ant ... I would NEVER live
it down!!!

Ducan,

That answer depends on you and what you use your computer for.


PC is great for work, writing and spreed sheets.

Mac is great for mutimedia, pictures, video and audio.

They both do all the above.

What is going to work is whatever you maybe used to using.

Another question you need to ask yourself is, are you ready to learn a
new opporating system? They are different at yet at the same time
somewhat simular.

There is my .02

good seeing you Ducan

Here is a link to all of the commericials.



http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/



LOL

>> I even woke up in cold sweats the other day. I had had a nightmare
about buying a Mac.



A lot of my techie friends - who would never have touched the old Macs -
are now praising the modern macs. Apparently the OS has improved
phenomenally, ever since they built a BSD-derived core into the OS. I
don't think you'll have any problems switching between OSes. Can you
borrow a machine from your friend and use it for a week, before buying
one?

oh duncan..... you are so busted!!! lol


it's gotta be a mac....the world has enough problems!!!

Yes dear ...


oh jeeze ....


I escaped being dragged in to an Apple shop as well ...

I tell you, life gets dangerous in Amsterdam.

I am also pretty hard core intel over mac but that is because of what I
learned and how I was raised. I used to do tech support we had support
for both mac and pc in separate depts. If a mac person called my number
and said I am having trouble with my mac I used to think maybe you
should have bought a personal computer instead of a mac.

As recent as last year I heard people from support telling people they
were sorry to hear a person had a mac not a pc.

Still Mac is a much better system then it was in the past not just since
OS10 but they are also using intel chips now as well so they are
starting to play with windows world a bit.

Mac is preferred in the graphic design world over pc as it does images
far better.

In reality Mac or PC is a user choice in most cases I personally will
probably end up getting a Mac setup in addition to my current network
if not for anything else but for testing websites in the safari browser.

<Mac man.

I would love to have a mac!

would have to learn another system, but yup... would love one...

I also love my laptop... pc, heh.

Go mac baby - you'll never go back!!!

but... I'm a rebel...

I can win you over you know Nene

oh, reeeaaallllyyyy?

heh heh heh... is this a DARE situation? Hmmmm?

try me sistah

HEH!

Okaaayyyy...

DARE!

Make my rebel mind change.... MUUhaahahahahahaaaa

When I was in college during the computer repair classes they had one
class that dealt with Macs. I was going to take it but it was
discontinued the semester later. The lady that taught it taught me the
Internet class they had there. I picked up this Mac at a flea market. It
had an one megabyte hard drive. The new floppy drives have 1.44
megabytes. You could tell Microsoft sponsored the college.
The teacher had the newest Mac out there at that time. She really wanted
that old Mac I had because she had started with one that size. She said
it was a collector's item and even said she could get an operating
system for it. I gave it to her and got an "A" in that class. I
can remember the other students laughing their asses off and asking me
what in the heck was I thinking buying it and what can you do with only
a megabyte of hard drive. It was like I had brought in an apple
to give to the teacher.

Personally I think my next OS for desktop or Laptop will either be
Windows (Hope Not) or If I can get comfortable enough Linux (Hope So)

Alot of the Macs basics are a diritive of a form of (gnu)linux.
As was windows initially.
Linux is the way to go.
Open source.
Freedom.

I'm sure you knew starting this thread that you were opening a huge can
of worms, right?

Okay, I used PCs almost exclusively in high school and college — pretty
much because that's all that were available to me. So, I was
indoctrinated. My first job after graduation was at a Mac-based office
back in the days of Mac OS 8.

Since then, I'm a total Mac convert. I've had to do networking and
maintenance on both, and I've had the best luck by far with Macs —
especially since Mac OS X (v. 10.2).

But, in the interest of fairness, here's my nickel-show comparison:

Macs
- more efficient: perform the equivalent task in fewer keystrokes and
less time
- cheaper: cost of ownership is less over the life of the product, on
average
- safer: zero viruses, and almost no malware

Windows-Based PCs
- more software: games and specialized business software are more
plentiful
- cheaper: initial cost is generally less if you require less overall
power
- better support: more third-party companies support PC installations

My suggestion is to just buy a Mac if you don't require specialized
software or do a lot of gaming. If you occasionally need a specialized
software application (PeachTree accounting software, MS Access, etc.) or
enjoy an occasional game you can't find for Mac, buy a Mac and install
Parallels or Boot Camp for your Windows needs. If you need frequent
access to PC-only software or games, buy a PC. I don't know a lot about
PC companies or the newest computer models, however, so if you need a
PC, you may want a little guidance from a PC expert about what to
purchase.

I purchased a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with a 20" screen running
Mac OS X 10.4.9 and loaded with 2 GB of RAM. I love it! The screen is
incredibly clear and bright and the speed is outstanding. At the time
several months ago, it was the best value for the power and the money.
At work, I'm running a Mac Pro with two dual-core 2.66 GHz Xeon
processors (i.e., quad-core) and 2 GB of RAMM. I notice no discernable
difference between my home iMac and my work Mac Pro — but upgrading the
Mac Pro would be considerably easier due to it's easy-access design.

You said you were looking at buying a laptop. If I were looking at a
laptop, I would probably buy the 15-inch 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, but if
you don't need dedicated video memory you will save a ton by going with
the regular MacBook (of which I'd suggest the 2.0 GHz model, but with
the memory maxed to 2 GB).

And, to echo a sentiment I read here from massagetrade, one of my
coworkers who works in IT told me the other day that he's thinking of
switching over full-time to a Mac at work. He says he can do all the
networking things he needs (and apparently Windows Vista has some
unpredicatable networking quirks that he hasn't yet been able to
overcome) in addition to being able to do everything else he does.

Happy hunting!

Thanks for all your input guys.

The next bundle of cash that doesnt have travelling earmarked for it,
will be dragged kicking and screaming into the shopping centre, and I
may have to talk to a nice man in an Apple shop.

But until then .. PC is pc.