Convince me to switch to Mac!

[waloshin]

Just Bought a refurb Macbook 2.4ghz!

Why:

- Thinner
- Lighter
- Better resale value, the 1500.00 dell would likely sell for 750.00 in a year!
- I already run windows/linux on my desktop so now I have best of all three worlds!

 

[dwsolberg]

Yeah, resale value is scary good. I sometimes keep my computers about a year or less, but I can eBay the old ones without losing much money. In the meantime, I always get the thrill of buying new hardware without so much pain for spending money. (Example, I bought a refurbished Mac Mini for $450 and sold it a couple years later for, yes, $450. I purchased a brand new one with the good graphics for $550 about a month later.)

Just Bought a refurb Macbook 2.4ghz!

Why:

- Thinner
- Lighter
- Better resale value, the 1500.00 dell would likely sell for 750.00 in a year!
- I already run windows/linux on my desktop so now I have best of all three worlds!

 

[Shiner]

Some people just have a dual setup. No switching. A popular combination is a PC desktop and a Mac notebook. Get the best of both worlds.

One of the only intelligent responses I have heard on these forums. Thank you sir!

 

[Shiner]

Yeah, resale value is scary good. I sometimes keep my computers about a year or less, but I can eBay the old ones without losing much money. In the meantime, I always get the thrill of buying new hardware without so much pain for spending money. (Example, I bought a refurbished Mac Mini for $450 and sold it a couple years later for, yes, $450. I purchased a brand new one with the good graphics for $550 about a month later.)

Please never consider a computer a good investment. You got lucky with the mac mini but thats all.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

Yeah, as much as we hate it, that day is probably coming. That's the downside to Mac OS getting to be more popular. Maybe we should stop recommending Macs to people and enjoy our nice, practically virus-free operating system...

Thanks goodness, for now, though, its just user stupidity (like the worm/trojan/botnet from downloading the pirated iWork).

Actually Macs are virus free (100%) because that is not a virus. You basically gave it permission to wreck havoc. Virus will wreck havoc WITHOUT your permission.

imho this is one of the worst arguments mac users make.

there are scads of free anti-virus programs out there for PCs, and every year the probability of mac viruses coming increases. PWN to OWN consistently sees the mac getting hacked first, and past winners have repeatedly called the mac the easiest to hack, largely because of OS implementation weaknesses.

the aluminum macbooks are nice looking machines, but that dell is going to get you a full-HD LED screen (vs. 1280 x 800!), twice the ram, a faster processor, a bigger hard drive, a dedicated graphics card, an option to add blu-ray for $50. (maybe you were already planning on that), and twice the warranty.

you gotta ask yourself: are you willing to make a significant hardware sacrifice to have that shiny apple?

the dell is a little more than a pound heavier, and obviously bigger with the difference in screen size.

buy the dell, and then when snow leopard comes out go buy it in the apple store and <cough> hackintosh.

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disclaimer: i own a macbook and a mac mini, as well as a home built pc. i love my macs, but if you're looking for a powerful machine, macs get way too expensive way too quick.

I've said this many times. PC gives you hardware. Mac gives you an entire system. It's like buying a powerful engine and putting it in a crap car (PC).

2009:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941
2008:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9072959
2006:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/securi...under-30-minutes/0,130061744,139241748,00.htm

all of that is besides the point though:
1) if you buy a pc, you will never have to pay for antivirus either: pick one of the many very good free ones out there
2) buy a mac, pay for style.
3) buy a pc, pay for diversity of hardware features.

dell: expresscard, firewire, esata, usb, vga, hdmi, memory card reader, display port, blu-ray, satisfactory screen resolution
mac: usb, minidisplay port, not enough pixels to handle your photoshop tool palettes, aluminum unibody

why do i even bother with this argument? people buy the features they want....so, Gaelic2, buy the features you want, at a price within your budget. if you don't need all the features that some have pointed out you don't need.... find a pc without them, and i guarantee you'll save a few hundred bones.

If someone actually uses all of those ports, please show me. Dell gives you what you probably don't need and Macs give you what you need plus a little extra. And screen resolution is entirely user-based. What you think is quite a bit different from a person with more sense and grey matter.


To everybody who thinks that Macs will get viruses soon, take a quick look (no pun) at UNIX. The UNIX OS has been around for decades. It was/still is the oldest and also the least hackable OS in the world. Macs are based upon that (basically the same). Windows, on the other hand, was based upon poor sub-kindergarten level programming (Gates). Even I can make a virus to wreck havoc. So virtually there will be no viruses ever for Mac. It's UNIX, but with a GUI.

 

[brendu]

the main reason i would say to get a mac... what 5 year old pc laptop can you name that cost $1000 when you bought it and still runs every program you need in your daily life without a hiccup... and can run vista on it?

I only ask because i am still using my ibook g4 from 2003 every day and it works great, runs leopard no problem, and will continue to work for me for quite some time...

oh and that no trojans / worms / malware is nice too but thats not to say that those things will never infect a mac... 2-3 years from now could be a whole new story so lets just hope apple is planning ahead.

 

[clyde2801]

the main reason i would say to get a mac... what 5 year old pc laptop can you name that cost $1000 when you bought it and still runs every program you need in your daily life without a hiccup... and can run vista on it?

I only ask because i am still using my ibook g4 from 2003 every day and it works great, runs leopard no problem, and will continue to work for me for quite some time...

oh and that no trojans / worms / malware is nice too but thats not to say that those things will never infect a mac... 2-3 years from now could be a whole new story so lets just hope apple is planning ahead.

And if that day ever does come, let's hope the malware isn't optimized for power pc units..