i've had macs since 84 now i have two macs and a dell 8100(for work)
when i got my wife her ibook g4 my 2 year old figured it out, and wanted her own itunes folder
i love all the above, but for day to day i like the simplicity, uptime, service, and AI
but way cool are
expose
widgets without loading the browser my wife can check quickly address book, movie times hey there are thousands.
cool factor
.mac---all my macs are synced through .mac, way cool i have access to my bookmarks, address book etc from ANY computer and browser.
still itunes mac is cleaner than itunes windows.
autorun--ok ok it's simple but when i put in a dvd, or any disc, even to burn, it runs quickly without launching, opening "my computer" etc. i can't wait to replace my dell with a macbook or pro with WINE or parallels running IE for work. sooooooo sweeeeeet
i just have to figure when and which one.
the other thing....
no regrets in the purchase....ever. 25% of consumers that buy windows laptops/desktops return because it doesn't work, or they can't get the thing to work. set up is always a snap before windows even thought of the idea (i quess that's an oxymoron)
having that apple logo shine in others faces says you are a discriminating techy that knows the real world. i love making people green with envy. on college campuses it's the bomb well for all of the above.
Hmm... Skatman doesn't like the quality of Mac laptops, and he says that PCs are more flexable in hardware and software terms. Anyone have a rebuttal?
Agreed there have been some laptop issues. Keeping in mind Apple is going through a major architecture change. It was expected by many to have some bumps and missteps. But several tech industry rags have stated that in the long term these problems are minor and the transition over all is going very well.
No one has proven Apple has a higher laptop failure rate than another other computer maker and its important to note that Apple is taking responsibility for and fixing defective laptops.
Here is what The Register had to say about Apple's laptop issues:
Duff products do slip through, and no one notebook vendor is worse than any of the others if Reg Hardware's inbox is anything to go by. More popular vendors tend to attract more vocal criticism of individual machine failures.
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PCs are definitely more flexible in terms of hardware and software than MACs.
PC hardware can be considered flexible in the sense that its built under a commodity business model which allows the easy switching of internal parts. Apple vertically configures its own machines with less room for switching its parts.
The bad part of the commodity business model is that there are so many parts that they all don't necessarily work together properly nor do they necessarily work with software properly.
The advantage of Apple's vertical business model is that Apple and its software developers know exactly how all Macs are configured and can more accurately optimize software for the smaller number of configurations.
Many tout the much larger number of PC software as a great advantage over Apple's far smaller software base. But I don't find myself wanting for any PC only software. Why do you need 100 applications that do the same thing, you only need one that works really well.
Apple sets the tone for the look, feel, and functionality for its software developer base. I've found OS X software much more pleasant to use. Apple engineers work to insure the ease and intuitiveness of its software a style which is followed by its developers. When ever I use a PC I can clearly see the difference.
You can see Apple's software design style being repeated by PC software designers. Part of that comes from Apple developers porting their apps to PC and using the same design style.
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when i got my wife her ibook g4 my 2 year old figured it out, and wanted her own itunes folder
i love all the above, but for day to day i like the simplicity, uptime, service, and AI
but way cool are
expose
widgets without loading the browser my wife can check quickly address book, movie times hey there are thousands.
cool factor
.mac---all my macs are synced through .mac, way cool i have access to my bookmarks, address book etc from ANY computer and browser.
still itunes mac is cleaner than itunes windows.
autorun--ok ok it's simple but when i put in a dvd, or any disc, even to burn, it runs quickly without launching, opening "my computer" etc. i can't wait to replace my dell with a macbook or pro with WINE or parallels running IE for work. sooooooo sweeeeeet
i just have to figure when and which one.
the other thing....
no regrets in the purchase....ever. 25% of consumers that buy windows laptops/desktops return because it doesn't work, or they can't get the thing to work. set up is always a snap before windows even thought of the idea (i quess that's an oxymoron)
having that apple logo shine in others faces says you are a discriminating techy that knows the real world. i love making people green with envy. on college campuses it's the bomb well for all of the above.
I am not trained. I do not know why things do what they do on computers, but with a Mac, it makes me look like I do.
To me, that's the Mac vs. Windows difference.
so well put.....bravo
Hmm... Skatman doesn't like the quality of Mac laptops, and he says that PCs are more flexable in hardware and software terms. Anyone have a rebuttal?
Agreed there have been some laptop issues. Keeping in mind Apple is going through a major architecture change. It was expected by many to have some bumps and missteps. But several tech industry rags have stated that in the long term these problems are minor and the transition over all is going very well.
No one has proven Apple has a higher laptop failure rate than another other computer maker and its important to note that Apple is taking responsibility for and fixing defective laptops.
Here is what The Register had to say about Apple's laptop issues:
Duff products do slip through, and no one notebook vendor is worse than any of the others if Reg Hardware's inbox is anything to go by. More popular vendors tend to attract more vocal criticism of individual machine failures.
PCs are definitely more flexible in terms of hardware and software than MACs.
PC hardware can be considered flexible in the sense that its built under a commodity business model which allows the easy switching of internal parts. Apple vertically configures its own machines with less room for switching its parts.
The bad part of the commodity business model is that there are so many parts that they all don't necessarily work together properly nor do they necessarily work with software properly.
The advantage of Apple's vertical business model is that Apple and its software developers know exactly how all Macs are configured and can more accurately optimize software for the smaller number of configurations.
Many tout the much larger number of PC software as a great advantage over Apple's far smaller software base. But I don't find myself wanting for any PC only software. Why do you need 100 applications that do the same thing, you only need one that works really well.
Apple sets the tone for the look, feel, and functionality for its software developer base. I've found OS X software much more pleasant to use. Apple engineers work to insure the ease and intuitiveness of its software a style which is followed by its developers. When ever I use a PC I can clearly see the difference.
You can see Apple's software design style being repeated by PC software designers. Part of that comes from Apple developers porting their apps to PC and using the same design style.
unless there is SOME program/app that you HAVE to use on windows that isnt covered on a mac, then go for it.
...and even then you can use bootcamp/parallels