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*shrug* I can't stand evangelizers and zealots. A computer is a tool. People's jobs (needs) are different. Pick the right tool for the job.
What does that make me?
practical?
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My heart hurts every time someone spends well earned money on Macs...
Run side by side, using the newest benchmark, the BEST mac can't compare with middle of the line Sager, MSI (gaming edition) and Toshiba (gaming edition) laptops. Factor in that mac is now using intel based systems, and you have an extremely overpriced designer computer.
I will give OSX the advantage of being a prettier computer (and prettier OS), but for someone not a computer guru, to completely know the OSX system takes a whole lot longer without help vs Win 7.
If somehow I could run OSX and Win 7 Ultimate together, I would.... wait, I can! lol. I stick firmly by my belief that getting a same cost Sager or Toshiba will give you a longer lasting and more powerful unit (compare air and fan supply of a Sager to any mac. Compare the idle temperature of both as well)
When I need to multitask recording music and vocals I use OSX
When I do video processing I use Win 7 Ulitmate to fully utilize multicore processor.
When I play games I run them on Win 7 Ultimate
When I run ANY program on a mac (OSX) next to my Sager (OSX/Win7) the sager wins. I get tired of the little beach ball spinning on the mac lol. OSX owners will know what I am talking about.
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Seriously, dude, I think you're overreacting....
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An apatheist. 😛
All kidding aside, this is exactly why the thread is useful. There are a few posts in here that are clearly describing computers far beyond the kind of brainpower that I'd ever need, and also a few posts that I vehemently deny are even written in recognizable English. (This is always the risk of asking for advice from techie types!) But other people who know about that stuff may want these high end computers. I don't mind my thread being co-opted a bit.
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And the man and the woman were placed in a garden of many computers, and the tech said unto them. "Thou mightest buy of any computer in the garden, but of the apple computer in the midst of the garden thou mightest not buy, for in the day that the warranty expires it shall surely die."
And the serpent Steve Jobs said unto the woman. "Hast the tech said that thou mightest buy of any computer?" And the woman said, "We must not buy of the apple computers, neither shall we move the mouse of it, lest it surely die."
But the serpent Jobs said, "It shall not surely die, but it shall be like a god to thee. You shall buy of ipods nanos, and itouches, and ipads, and mac airs, and you shall download both good and evil."
Oh my brothers and sisters, take warning from this tale and touch not the accursed apples. I know that we have had many troubles and trials with microsoft. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Vista and fear many lockups, yet I know that the Bill is with me. His upgrades and his patches torment me. Let us endure with patience the many security breaches and viral backdoors. If we endure the testing then microsoft shall come forth with the gold version and then shall we have eternal costly upgrades.
And the serpent Steve Jobs said unto the woman. "Hast the tech said that thou mightest buy of any computer?" And the woman said, "We must not buy of the apple computers, neither shall we move the mouse of it, lest it surely die."
But the serpent Jobs said, "It shall not surely die, but it shall be like a god to thee. You shall buy of ipods nanos, and itouches, and ipads, and mac airs, and you shall download both good and evil."
Oh my brothers and sisters, take warning from this tale and touch not the accursed apples. I know that we have had many troubles and trials with microsoft. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Vista and fear many lockups, yet I know that the Bill is with me. His upgrades and his patches torment me. Let us endure with patience the many security breaches and viral backdoors. If we endure the testing then microsoft shall come forth with the gold version and then shall we have eternal costly upgrades.
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So, what did you end up getting? I'm curious..
I'd have to cast my vote for a Mac, unless you are someone who needs to run the latest games and has to have the fastest hardware possible, in which case PCs are much more customizable.
Why Macs are better for me: I don't have the time nor the will to play around with my computer anymore. I just want something that I can turn on and off and not worry about it at all. I need something that reliably backs things up for me, that can sync my other gadgets seamlessly, and with a great screen to look at slides and imaging. Sure a PC can do this for you, but you gotta find the software, install it, play with it, hope it works...you see where I am going? At the end it comes down to your individual needs....Macbook Pro is what I'd get in our shoes.
I also like to have something that looks nice, does not feel like cheap plastic, is lightweight (including the power supply!!!) and has good battery life.
I'd have to cast my vote for a Mac, unless you are someone who needs to run the latest games and has to have the fastest hardware possible, in which case PCs are much more customizable.
Why Macs are better for me: I don't have the time nor the will to play around with my computer anymore. I just want something that I can turn on and off and not worry about it at all. I need something that reliably backs things up for me, that can sync my other gadgets seamlessly, and with a great screen to look at slides and imaging. Sure a PC can do this for you, but you gotta find the software, install it, play with it, hope it works...you see where I am going? At the end it comes down to your individual needs....Macbook Pro is what I'd get in our shoes.
I also like to have something that looks nice, does not feel like cheap plastic, is lightweight (including the power supply!!!) and has good battery life.
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Hail, Windows 7! It actually scares me how many people in this thread would rather spend 2x as much on an Apple. Windows 7 is basically novice-proof. It enjoys wider software/hardware support. It works great. If you have virus trouble, stop surfing 4chan, reddit, bitorrents and downloading dubious software/videos. Stop it!
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it scares you?!? haha. Yes, of course it works, if I stop running things i actually enjoy using like bittorrent and playing around with apps and such....
kinda like saying that my car won't break down if I don't use it...
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I already said several posts back that I got a Lenovo.
It hasn't come yet, but it should be arriving any minute now. Literally. I'm waiting to go to the gym until after the UPS guy gets here.
I don't even know what most of those things Simplify listed are, so it's probably safe to say that I won't have issues with them. 😛
Edit: Now on the new laptop. So far, so good. It's much faster and quieter than my old laptop, but that's not saying much. Still working on downloading software I want and getting rid of random stuff they have on here, although there isn't a ton of that.
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This thread is too funny.
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No, it's not. Your analogy needs some work... It is more like saying that if you take your Prius offroading, get high-centered and destroy your transaxle then don't try and file a warranty complaint for your own negligence.
I'll agree with you that Macs work. Absolutely. But, they don't work any better than a new PC and they cost significantly more. If a shiny white case with an Apple logo is that important to you then by all means buy one. However, if price factors into your thought processes at all there really is no argument.
