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I recently purchased a new iMac (27 inch quad core i7 with 16 gigs of ram), this prompted me to start wondering how many srpers are Mac users. The reason I switched was because I finally got tired of downloading patches for the patches I downloaded the day before.
Nice system! I have a 13" MacBook Pro for the same reason. I've come to the conclusion that PCs are better if you build them to do 1 thing only & do all your other daily stuff on a Mac. Much more secure too.
i also switched purely to mac.. i worked at a pc technician for years and ran linux at home.. finally got tired of constantly messing around with crummy hardware so i picked up a cheap mac on ebay..
i'm now a macbook user who probably couldn't last more than 5 minutes on a pc.
I have a 17" 2.4ghz MacBook Pro from a few years ago and before that a 13" MacBook. They are great machines IMHO.
Count me in.
I use a 27" iMac quad core i5 in my office, and a macbook pro at home.
The macbook pro has a 256GB SSD drive and that really makes a difference. It is screaming fast!
I have a Macbook Air and finally switched my wife to a Mac too. She doesn't even go near the PC (paper weight).
I will be getting a new desktop soon (iMac perhaps) and maybe a macbook pro
I have a PC running iAtkos ( have an OSX License but PC Hardware) but I also run Linux and Windows since I need to support all 3 platforms for the company I work for. Really besides OSX the hardware on Mac and PC is not much different anymore since they are all using the same processor cores. Also Mac is just as prone to attack as Windows there was just a group that won an new Macbook by using a zero day issue in safari to gain control
Safari/MacBook first to fall at Pwn2Own 2011 | ZDNet
make sure to keep your antivirus and spyware applications updated on Mac just as much as you do on Windows.
ive got a 13" white macbook from around 2007 works great for what i want, i was so pleased with it i bought my GF one and shes hooked as well lol.
I picked up a white MacBook years back when they first came out.
5 years later all I've done is upgrade the ram and it's still in perfect running order and works way faster than any of my friends laptops that a years newer.
I might just get myself a new MacBook pro next year they look pretty.
My First Mac was a Mac SE. I have used primarily Macs at work since 1987. I ran a Chameleon based Hacintosh for a bit on my main PC. Currently running a MacBook Pro 13" and My wife is on an iMac 24". I still mainly use my Win7PC however.
--Shoki
I'm a latecomer to computers, 1995 IIRC, but started with a 386 PC for a few months then various PPC Macs running OS 7 & upwards. Still using an older 2005 Powerbook on OSX 10.4. Haven't updated as still have software requiring Classic.
I am and love it. I have an IMac a lot like yours.
Did you get Applecare when you purchased your Mac? If not, get it pronto. I had a complete hardrive failure a couple of weeks ago. I was able to get it replaced by an authorized Apple service agent at no charge.
I've switched pretty much to macs for my personal computers. Pretty nice toys. It's still much easier to do a real number crunching work on linux though.
I also don't buy applecare ahead of time since I don't need phone support from people who know less about computers than me, and if there's a hardware issue it's covered anyways.
I did have one mac mini fail a month or two after the 1 year initial warranty expired and back then I missed to buy apple care before then. It ended up costing me the same out of pocket since I convinced apple my unresolved bugreports were a signature of the faulty hardware and they never addressed it while in warranty. They did cover the parts and i paid for the labor at the local authorized shop (and 3 months later they had to redo it again, this time w/o hassle since it was under the warranty)
Nevertheless it was a big waste of time until I figured that the technical support while agreeing with my conclusions had no power whatsoever to do anything and I had to get customer service who didn't understand any of the technical part, but had the power to make the customer happy.
I've switched to keeping my macs at the current versions, which as of late seems to be less than a year, but if I'll ever keep a mac for more than a year I'll certainly be buying that apple care in the 12th month. But I like new toys, so this 2010 macbookpro is getting replaced in the next few weeks with the just released 2011 model.
I hopped on board the Mac train about two years ago, but since then it's replaced all my PCs. I use it for personal and business and quite frankly, haven't looked backed. One year I managed to go through three dell laptops, and with my MacBook pro I haven't had to fix it yet. Knock on wood.
me too. going fine for two years.
Oh yeah. That's the one thing I never turn down, PC or Mac. I've had extended warranties save my bacon more than once. The only trouble I've had with anyone honoring their extended warranty is toshiba. I had a laptop with extended warranty, toshiba told me walmart was supposed to do any extended warranty work, walmart told me it ws toshiba.Quote:
Originally Posted by jhenry
How the heck is Wal Mart supposed to do the warranty work?
Recently got a used Macbook and am loving it.I just need to get the Dummies book as this one came with no manual.
Oh you're very new to the macworld - the manuals are every word Steve Jobs utters, it's the alpha and the omega :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Just remember, the start button that does not exist on a Mac also does not turn off the computer :p :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Congrats for making the switch. I've been using macs for 5 years. I'm currently using a quad-core i7 Macbook pro, with the faster hard drive (7200 rpm, 500 gigs) and 4 gigs of RAM :)
I always dreaded using a computer. Personal Confusers. I bought a mac almost four years ago. Best purchase I may have ever made. This video could sell Apple Computers by itself.
YouTube - My computer...
I had macs in the 80's and early 90's. Then I switched exclusively to PCs mostly for work. Last year I bought a new PC built for video editing and right out of the box it would not do what it was build to do - kept crashing and video studdered. Software company blamed the Pc builder. Pc builder blamed the the chip builder, Chip buiilder blamed the software company, and round and round we went. And after all the assessing of blame, absolutely no one (and i mean no one) could actually fix the problem. And I got tired of talking to tech support that was reading off of the same web file that I was looking at, so I sent it back and bout a Macbook Pro 17". Since then I've picked up two ipods, two iphones, and four ipads for myself and various family members. (talk about a halo effect!).
lol it's so true it's funny lol. I've been there and done that, not using a bat on the computer part, but I know what he's going through.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC
I have had similar issues with PC's but fortunately I am the one who built the machine and know the components and the software well enough to fix it. I built a rig for 3D animation about a year ago and had issues. Come to find out it was a video card driver so I had to find an older version to use to fix the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roguepiano
I will admit that a Mac will normally work well for Video and Audio editing but so will a properly configured PC. The issue with PCs are that there are so many manufacturers that device drivers can become an issue. The issue I have with Mac is that since everything is controlled by Apple you pay a much higher premium for the machine or components. I know quite a few people who have jumped from Mac to PC for hardware issues that cost an arm and a leg to fix because of this control.
It really comes down to personal preference today though as the hardware aspect of computers is converging and the major differences between a Mac and PC are coming down to the operating system.
I've been Windows free for three years now!!! I run Ubuntu a Linux based OS and even though there have been a few glitches, I've always been able to find excellent community support. I also love the open source concept.
I respecifully disagree on the mac beating a pc. I think Pcs have a better network behind them and are easier to use with most progams than a mac, But to each their own.
Not only am I a Mac user, but I'm a lifelong mac user. I owned and Apple II in the 1970's. I even went to the US Festival.
I have a mac book pro 17". I got it because I wanted a laptop for school (I miss the days of a pen and paper) and my brother badgered me to go mac. I'm glad I did because macs are awesome. I am having some problems as of late but nothing compared to the constant issues one has with a PC
I've been using Macs for about 20 years now. No intention of changing. They're just tools though. If some other platform offered me what I wanted, I'd switch.
I got myself a new MacBook Air to replace my 2007 MacBook Pro. I've been using Macs since about 2004, and converted both of my parents to Mac. Can't imagine going back!