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<--- is heading to the Apple store to reinvestigate. I think I will check them out again today.
Maybe I will buy one again? If I don't like it I can return it. I know it will keep me busy, learning a new os, etc., again, be a new toy to play with for a while anyway. We will see. I need to get out of the casa anyway for a while. I will keep yall posted.
Well I went and checked them out today. The one I want is the 17" macbook pro, very nice as I already knew. I just don't know if I want to pay 2800 for a laptop + sales tax, so it would be 3,000. But we will see.....
I've got a complete MAC household - we don't PC at home anymore after my Toshiba laptop fried.
MAC is a perfectly good all-round computer - actually better becuase there are a million business products available for it that are all free, or dirt cheap.
I highly recommend getting one - the G5 desk and lap tops are amazing, and you'll have one computer that can do everything you need it to do all at the same time.
Treat yourself to the dual-processor too. We can render massive video files while still working on other design or business projects without any noticeable lag.
My husband runs his own company - totally on Mac. I run my own at-home work, and the business for two not-for-profits all on the Mac. You can do whatever you want with them, usually much more simply.
Networking is a breeze, most hardward is truly plug-n-play, no reboots required. We bought our last iBook and plugged it into the existing network (firewalls, print servers, data servers, storage servers,etc. - linux, unix) and a window popped up that said "You have a network! Would you like to connect to it?" I hit "Yes" and presto - full network compatibility in about 30 seconds.
M.
It's funny, but the Mac vs. PC thread is like the 2nd most controversial thread on here, just behind the bareback vs. non-bareback thread. LOL. While I've been using nothing but Macs for the last 19 years, there ARE advantages and disadvantages.. to both platforms. I look at my computers as tools that I need to do the job, and Mac is my preference. But that's not to say that someone else won't prefer the PC. People need to stop being so defensive about their choice and understand that it's simply a matter of selecting the right tool for the job.
funny you say that because every time someone around here with a mac posts "do you know of a cheap or free program for mac that does..." whatever, there are like 10 free or cheap PC programs and none for MAC.
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Originally Posted by mgillis
I don't want to dominate the post, but I still don't get it yet. I spent like 1.5hrs talking to my friend that is a pc guy converted to mac and loves them. I had one and I took it back. I spent like 3hrs at the mac store playing on them and I just don't get it yet. The hardware is superior, no doubt about that, it's like bmw and mercedes vs like a ford escort which is what most pc's are because most pc people don't want to pay a lot for a laptop.
The os I am familiar with, it's the same os I had on the mac I had 2 years ago, just the hardware is faster now. The os looks rather boring, I really am not going to be making videos or playing with photos all that much, I am too impatient to mess with that stuff. So I could have the mac and have the hassle of dual booting, etc, but I really don't know what I would use on the mac side of it, so I would just be buying it for the hardware and a different culture of being in the mac clique. Seems like this would be more of a hassle after a while.
Mac definitely has a loyal following and the mac store had about 100 people in it at all times and they were throwing down money like a mad man hooked on crack. I have to be missing something. I guess the only way to know is to try it again and find out. Remember I did try a mac once and after a few months sold it on ebay, of course back then you couldn't run pc apps really on it.
Can you mac loyal fans help me/us understand more, I must be missing something?
I am really considering buying one today and doing it! Can you mac loyal fans help us pc people understand what we are missing?
Read over this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ustomerReviewsQuote:
Originally Posted by LiveTwinksCam
Well I took the dive! I drank the kool-aide! Next thing you know I will be voting dem! lol roflmao!
I bought one! I bought the 17" macbook pro, the mighty mouse and .mac program. I went to compusa to buy mine because they give you $100 bucks off of the computer if you use your business credit card to charge it or open a business credit card with them. I just used my corp amex card and I got my discount since I was a business!
Ok I will be back later, time to play with the new toy!
Day 2 of owning this Mac and I am in love with it!!! I almost have everything switched over! Amazing computer! Go pick one up Lee!
I love them all and can't give even my older ones up. I have a couple of programs that run under OS 9 so I keep one older machine around just for that program but actually I haven't used it in months, Photoshop Elements almost does the job. I have a dual boot Macbook Pro and I use it only because of two windows programs I like. Real Draw Pro and Express Thumbnail Creator.
Windows boots and runs much faster on my Mac and so do those programs. Even my built in iSight camera works when chatting under windows. :bananacock: :bananacock:
I (the real Anthony DeAngelo) and my former employer, Chiat/Day, helped launch "macintosh" with the lemmings ad in 1984 during the "84 super bowl....
the company (chiat/day) is now building a brand new (huge) building to house the entire Apple Computer ad team
Apple, and Macintosh have been loyal to their customers since day one - I was lucky enough to start using a mac back in 1983 and haven't switched platforms since
There is no question (in my mind) that the "plug in and turn on" approach of Apple has worked and that they will continue to launch new products well into the future - in spite of the rumors that "mac users represent only 10% of the computer users out there" attitude - personally, I think those numbers will continue to grow with more cross platform abilities that mac users enjoy....
as far as the types of products that are available, a trip to the local "apple store" will do you good for an afternoon or three
and now, a word from my sponsor... hit it Mr. Jobs....
Ok, now go try out the iPhone to check your email and later tonight you will spend another $600.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiveTwinksCam
weThink therefore weMac....
Hahaha! I will pass on the iphone for right now... I love my blackberry and I am with verizon wireless. Iphone is on at&t, which doesn't have very good signal at my house. Also iphone is on the edge network which is much slower then Verizon's evdo.Quote:
Originally Posted by TropixxxStudios
This mac is amazing, I can't keep my hands off of it!
Lee go pick one up! Shit load of free, awesome, software for the mac also. Amazing device and os!
Well the only problem so far... My verizon blackberry won't tether with the mac. Which means I can't use my blackberry as a modem connection for when I travel. I only use this a few times a year, mainly when I visit my parents which only have dial up. So I will have to come up with some alternative for when I go up there. I could install windows xp and use bootcamp or parallels, but I am trying to avoid doing that, it would work fine then.
Maybe I will just find a hot spot or something to do my work when I go up there.
Other then that I am loving it! I hope I don't run into any other bumps like that. It's well worth the work around though.