Why buy a Mac?

[DJSoulglo]

I use a Mac here at my work exclusively. At home I use a PC exclusively.

I've been building and using computers for about 20 years now (started when I was 6 to be honest) and you know what the computer is only as good as the user.

If you buy/build a windows system and you use it like a complete retard (click on every e-mail attachment, click on pop-ups, no anti-virus/firewall, no updating of your OS, and so on and so forth) then I agree, it crashes ALL the time, it's terrible and doesn't do anything as easy as a Mac.

However if you act responsibly, update everything (yes that involves buying your software) then you're looking at a completely different picture. In the year I've been using Vista I've had a grand total of 0 crashes. In XP I can clearly recall having 2. And the great thing about my PC is that I can run Photoshop and lots of other great programs, but if I do need to do my invoicing and don't want to buy an expensive program I can download a nice program call OpenOffice, for free.

Did you get that Mac fans? Something on your computer that's FREE?

PC has a huge userbase, it really does, so that also means that there's a lot of free software out there. Most of it terrible, but some of it really good.

The Mac has stuff you can pay for, and then there's the stuff you can buy.

Not to mention the fact that everyone's overlooking: For a 2800 dollar computer (the cheapest one) you get a ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory video card. That's a shockingly cheap/not very good card.

Macs are great computers, they really are.

They don't do anything that I can't do on my PC. Except I can do it cheaper. The only problem is that I need to be aware of my computer and spend at least 5 mins every week making sure my computer is in good shape. And you know what if I don't update my PC it can last me 40 years easily. Except I choose to upgrade certain parts, because it makes my machine faster and better at an even smaller price then buying a whole new one.

And dual-booting is an option, however Mac people don't like windows it would seem from this thread so I ask you this:

How the hell do you expect me to play a game on a Mac? Really.

[pixelzombie]

you wanna talk abut free? garageband, idvd, imovie, iphoto..if i really want to play games i could, but an xbox or playstation is so much more enjoyable as we can play them on my 37" tv...

[Swampy]

Oh man, I just watched the guided tour of the new MacBook Air. Sweet!

Here's the AD.

And here's the Guided Tour

[Kevin Connery]

Originally Posted by DJSoulglo

And the great thing about my PC is that I can run Photoshop and lots of other great programs, but if I do need to do my invoicing and don't want to buy an expensive program I can download a nice program call OpenOffice, for free.

Did you get that Mac fans? Something on your computer that's FREE?

Interesting example, given that there's a Mac version of OpenOffice.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Oh man, I just watched the guided tour of the new MacBook Air. Sweet!

Here's the AD.

And here's the Guided Tour

Sweet IS the word, Swampy! Thanks for the link to the ad; I'd read about how Jobs introduced it -- "Always a showman, Jobs unwound the string on a standard-sized manila office envelope and slid out the ultra-thin MacBook Air notebook computer to coos and peals of laughter from disbelieving fans at the conference...", and now I've seen it for myself!

[Stephen A]

Originally Posted by Kevin Connery

Interesting example, given that there's a Mac version of OpenOffice.

Wow, that's thin. Too bad they went with a gradiented slope instead of a hard cut off like on the edges of their other macs - I personally prefer that.

[TreesOfMyTime]

Why buy a Mac ?

I you have to ask . . . . . . .

[KR1156]

$1700 for a thin laptop.....i still don't understand what they were thinking with that?

doesn't have a cd slot!!!! who the hell is gonna spend 1700 on a laptop without that!

i have my super cool ultra thin laptop, light as a feather, oh and here is my external drive! i have to carry that around. so i don't get what they were going for with this one. defeats the purpose. should have sold for $700.

[Stephen A]

Originally Posted by KR1156

$1700 for a thin laptop.....i still don't understand what they were thinking with that?

doesn't have a cd slot!!!! who the hell is gonna spend 1700 on a laptop without that!

i have my super cool ultra thin laptop, light as a feather, oh and here is my external drive! i have to carry that around. so i don't get what they were going for with this one. defeats the purpose. should have sold for $700.

The laptop is obviously not targetted at the bargain hunter x_x

[KR1156]

you're right stephen.....it's basically aimed at the iphone freaks! that whole crowd will eat it up.

[Stephen A]

Originally Posted by KR1156

you're right stephen.....it's basically aimed at the iphone freaks! that whole crowd will eat it up.

Indeed they will - this whole "hipster" era that Apple is piggy-backing off of is pretty interesting and goes to show the cultural influence a corporate business has.

[pixelzombie]

Originally Posted by KR1156

i have my super cool ultra thin laptop, light as a feather, oh and here is my external drive! i have to carry that around. so i don't get what they were going for with this one. defeats the purpose. should have sold for $700.

some people are willing to pay for something that thin, i'd be curious to see if any pc manufacturer will even come close to matching the form factor..i've seen cell phones list for $400, so i can't imagine a state of the art laptop seeling for less than 4 figures...

[KR1156]

it's just annoying watching people throw away money just to get something a bit more shiny than the next. but it aint my money so oh well!

[pixelzombie]

i hear ya, you should see the look on the faces of the cell phone guys when i tell them all i want is a basic phone that i can answer without having to flip it open...

[Stephen A]

I have to admit, I'm one of those dweebs that has a fancy cellphone (HTC Touch)- but that's only because I know a guy that manages a shop, and he gave me a insane deal. To any extent, they're decent conversation pieces.

[pixelzombie]

don't get me wrong, i think the iphone is amazing but i've had bad experiences with at&t and it's more of a luxury item at this point, i'd rather save for a nice digital slr...

[Swampy]

Why buy a Mac?

1. It's NOT a PC
2. They look cool
3. They just work - out of the box
4. You can afford the best
5. It's not a game machine
6. You have good sense
7. No viri, malware or other internet creepy crawlies
8. You can run any operating system
9. You're not afraid to think different
10. Just to pi$$ off the Windoz folks.

:-)

[Stephen A]

Originally Posted by Swampy

9. You're not afraid to think different

Where's the eye-rolling smiley when I need it?

[shaunx]

Hey saby i liked the post "Copycon - Rendszergazda"..its good..thanks for the reply man..cheers.

[shaunx]

Hey thanks for the reply...its true that Mac are cheaper in the long run...i think the return price is also good..

[shaunx]

I dont agree with that..Mac is better than Windows Vista..well when my friend bought his lap top the inbuilt OS was vista and he tells that the performance of the mac is better than anything..well i didn't tell about mac to compare...

[shaunx]

Thanks for the information...can you please tell me the hardware limitations...

[shaunx]

Thanks for the reply man..

[shaunx]

Hey thanks for the new information that apple dont make hardwares...i was little bit confused before...

[shaunx]

When i was using windows it get stuck when i use photoshop and mixing music..now that problem doesn't arise...

[shaunx]

Yes Stephen you are right that it mainly depends upon the hardware that we are using...i had a bitter experience by that..

[shaunx]

In our office we use mac on majority of the machines and what i can see is that hangs and downloading problem is much much lesser for mac than any other...

[shaunx]

Hey Stephen any bitter experience with Dell...?sounds like you have

[pixel_monkey]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Why buy a Mac?

10. Just to pi$$ off the Windoz folks.

:-)

I've been trying to stay away from this topic since my first reply, 'cause I knew it'll get ugly real soon. Come on now...Windoz? Why is there a need to insult the PC (or PCeee to you) users? Why are there so many one-sided comments coming from users using strictly Mac? I don't even want to begin commenting on the rest of your list. Did you come up with it all by yourself?

[TreesOfMyTime]

Originally Posted by pixel_monkey

I've been trying to stay away from this topic since my first reply, 'cause I knew it'll get ugly real soon. Come on now...Windoz? Why is there a need to insult the PC (or PCeee to you) users? Why are there so many one-sided comments coming from users using strictly Mac? I don't even want to begin commenting on the rest of your list. Did you come up with it all by yourself?

I agree, no reason to bash the PC. There are many advantages, the biggest of which is the competitive aspect of the PC World and the resulting lower costs.

The Mac World is fun and they are striving to do something just a little different and they have a niche. When the Iphone came out, I thought it was great, but when they hooked up exclusively with A T & T??? Come on. Then my wife bought me one for Christmas. I could have returned it, but I did activate it. Even though, it had been paid for, A T & T still demanded a 2 year contract and I got slammed with a $300 early termination fee by Verizon!

The Iphone is pretty neat, but when I went to plug my Bose headphones into it, I was really Pi$$ed off to find that the headphone plug is Apple restricted. Come on!!!! That really pushed me over the edge. In the long run, this attitude will be the death of Apple unless they change it!