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Admit It: You Recently Bought a Vista PC
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Recent Vista machines. Not for other people, supplied from work, bought as 'IT manager', etc but by me for me 
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Dell. Octocore Precision 690 with 15K SAS array. I wanted power and performance with stability under heavy loads that Apple can't seem to provide.
Dell. XPS M1710. I wanted a real luggable desktop replacement that Apple don't provide.
Dell. D620. I wanted a real business laptop that Apple can't provide.
Sony. G11 & SZ4. I wanted portability that Apple can't get close to providing.
:Dell. Octocore Precision 690 with 15K SAS array. I wanted power and performance with stability under heavy loads that Apple can't seem to provide.
Dell. XPS M1710. I wanted a real luggable desktop replacement that Apple don't provide.
Dell. D620. I wanted a real business laptop that Apple can't provide.
Sony. G11 & SZ4. I wanted portability that Apple can't get close to providing.
I installed XP Pro under Parallels last week, for site testing purposes. I only installed it because I had the XP license left over from Virtual PC.
I don't plan on buying Vista unless there's money to be made from it, and even then it'll be installed on a Mac.
I don't plan on buying Vista unless there's money to be made from it, and even then it'll be installed on a Mac.
Recent Vista machines. Not for other people, supplied from work, bought as 'IT manager', etc but by me for me
Dell. Octocore Precision 690 with 15K SAS array. I wanted power and performance with stability under heavy loads that Apple can't seem to provide.
Dell. XPS M1710. I wanted a real luggable desktop replacement that Apple don't provide.
Dell. D620. I wanted a real business laptop that Apple can't provide.
Sony. G11 & SZ4. I wanted portability that Apple can't get close to providing.
I switched to MacOS X because I wanted a simple, intuitive, stable, and secure computing experience that none of the computers you listed can come close to providing.
Mac Pro is stable and can take heavy loads. My PowerMac G5 is rock solid like a tank too.
17" MacBook Pro
Any MacBook Pro is a better business-professional laptop.
12" iBook G4 and 12" PowerBook G4.
Hey you like Vista, that's fine, it's your own prerogative...
However, aside from everything you've mention regarding what you need the PC for, having to uninstall "crapware" and messing with the settings goes far above and beyond what needs to be done with a newly purchased Mac, which is nothing.
It works right from the start.
That said, to each his/her own. So enjoy your *ahem* Vista.
Recent Vista machines. Not for other people, supplied from work, bought as 'IT manager', etc but by me for me
Dell. Octocore Precision 690 with 15K SAS array. I wanted power and performance with stability under heavy loads that Apple can't seem to provide.
Dell. XPS M1710. I wanted a real luggable desktop replacement that Apple don't provide.
Dell. D620. I wanted a real business laptop that Apple can't provide.
Sony. G11 & SZ4. I wanted portability that Apple can't get close to providing.
Oh please- then why are you here?
Err, no I didn't. My friend (who likes Macs) just told me that his dad bought a Gateway box with Vista Home Premium on it. I went over today to check it out; I've never used Vista for more than 2 minutes before. Well, it didn't last long. I was bored after about 5 minutes. It wasn't anything new. It didn't even look nice because his LCD 20" monitor showed a stretched image that made everything look all distorted. Also, it wasn't that fast.
That best part? I asked him how much it was. It was $2,000. My iMac was $1,299, $1,499 if I had bought it new. For that price, I could've gotten a 24" iMac.
And the reason his dad didn't buy a Mac in the first place? They're too expensive. Oh, and he couldn't believe that Macs don't get viruses.
That best part? I asked him how much it was. It was $2,000. My iMac was $1,299, $1,499 if I had bought it new. For that price, I could've gotten a 24" iMac.
And the reason his dad didn't buy a Mac in the first place? They're too expensive. Oh, and he couldn't believe that Macs don't get viruses.
I want to but...
I have a number of computers at home, although I have gone from 3 PCs and one DA 733 in 2001 to 4 Macs and one part time PC at home in 2006.
The Part time use PC at home is an AMD64 3000+ over clocked and water cooled. Looks cool, but is used for that occasional Windows app that does not run on my MacBook running W2k3.
I would upgrade that beast to Vista but my biggest pet peeve with Windows is that it is constantly getting in my way with popup bubbles, IE issues, and many other 'helpful' reminders.
Vista only makes this annoyance worse.
If I were to upgrade anything, It would be Office 2k7. It is really cool.
I will most likely upgrade to OS X.7 before I go to Vista. By then WindowsXP will probably be so deprecated that no new programs will run on it. On the other hand, that far in the future, MS may just lock down the OS market, and move on to more profitable technologies, such as mobile data and communications.
Who Knows????
Max.
I have a number of computers at home, although I have gone from 3 PCs and one DA 733 in 2001 to 4 Macs and one part time PC at home in 2006.
The Part time use PC at home is an AMD64 3000+ over clocked and water cooled. Looks cool, but is used for that occasional Windows app that does not run on my MacBook running W2k3.
I would upgrade that beast to Vista but my biggest pet peeve with Windows is that it is constantly getting in my way with popup bubbles, IE issues, and many other 'helpful' reminders.
Vista only makes this annoyance worse.
If I were to upgrade anything, It would be Office 2k7. It is really cool.
I will most likely upgrade to OS X.7 before I go to Vista. By then WindowsXP will probably be so deprecated that no new programs will run on it. On the other hand, that far in the future, MS may just lock down the OS market, and move on to more profitable technologies, such as mobile data and communications.
Who Knows????
Max.
The only reason I would ever buy a PC is if I needed a machine just for gaming, because you can build a pretty cheap gaming machine that will hold it's own in most current games... which happen to be primarily for PC.
Other than that, there is no reason I can come up with.
Own a Vista PC? Are you kidding? Us poor middle school kids can barley afford a used PC with 2000.
Own a Vista PC? Are you kidding? Us poor middle school kids can barley afford a used PC with 2000.
win2k isn't bad. most computers on my college campus are still running win2k.
Well I never said it was bad. (In fact, I think it's the best Windows OS they ever made; that or 95) Just saying that I can't afford a Vista PC, nor do I really want one.
Can't speak for the Power Mac. Maybe it is more stable and reliable under heavy loads. But as for the Pro... Ha!
Close, but no cigar. It is certainly more portable than the XPS I grant you (but both are really just as unwieldy so portability isn't really a huge issue) but it's less useful to me.
If by business you mean drawing pretty pictures, software development or other niche creative disciplines, possibly. But otherwise, ROFL.
Oh dear. You really don't have a clue, do you?
