Oh that is great clip!!!!Originally Posted by IdolKnights
I bought a powerbook g4 2 years ago and ended up selling it on eBay a few months later. I got tired of the headaches and not having one computer that I could do everything on. I got tired of bouncing back and forth between computers. Yes you can run pc apps now by running parallels or boot camp, but you will have to figure out how to partition your HD on the Mac if using boot camp and buy a windows os to run it in dual mode. If using parallels you will need to pay 79 bucks for it and then buy a windows os to run your pc apps on. So you are looking at an additional 400-500 bucks to make it run pc apps.
I was just recently looking at buying one again, I decided time I bought the Mac to make it pc compatible, it would cost me about 3,700 bucks, plus the headache and hassle of figuring it all out, and for what reason?? To make the Mac pc compatible? Why? Just buy a pc, plus they are half the price. If apple made a computer that had windows on it, ready to go, at an affordable price, I would buy it because I like their sleek design in hardware.
My hubby has an imac 24" I believe, he bought his, when I bought my apple a few years ago, we were going to switch over, but it wasn't practical and was a pain in the ass. That machine does fine, never needs a reboot and does well, but he doesn't really use it for anything other then surfing the web and email, so no problem there for his needs.
It didn't work for me because I wanted one computer that would run and do everything. I love my outlook and their version of outlook blows badly, Microsoft stopped making it for Mac back in 2000 I believe.
It all seems neat and cool when you go to the Mac store or go look at one, but the design, coolness and clique of the it wears off and then you are left with, man, I have to figure all of this out and it's so left instead of right and this doesn't work with this, etc. Don't fall for the sleek design, cool fonts, different OS and the culture of it, after 2 or 3 months that will wear off and you will be frustrated.
If you just want one to play around with, then go for it, but I want an all in one solution and the apple couldn't do that for me in the way I wanted it to do, so I bought a Sony laptop and have had a few every since then and love them.
The type of computer, os, etc., really depends what you plan on using it for. So figure out your needs and then see if it matches up with what you plan on doing with it.
I hope this helps! Just my opinion of course!
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