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What was I thinking

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Last week some I was debating wether to buy a PC or a MAC
I decided to buy a PC
Until
I was looking at some the PCs in a local store
A shop assistant was showing me new features of XP
and the all of a sudden
boom crash bang
The system went down and the the computer wouldn't turn on
So I said nice demo and went to my local mac store to get
a good look at the new imac but they weren't in yet

bummer

So I've changed my ways and decided to buy a MAC
The new iMAC is great and I hope it lives up to all of it's hype

Welcome back to MAC
Well I never left...... so
APPLE FOR LIFE ONCE AGAIN
 
I'm going to be getting a PC soon....its going to be fun doing some comparisons

i certainly hope XP isnt that unstable....maybe the demo had a celeron he he
 
my 233 iMac stayed in OS X 10.0.4 for one month before having to be restarted...
my Athalon 2000xp+ 1.3 Ghz computer did the same thing with Win98 SE...put 2000 Pro on and had to restart basicaly every sunday....but XP on, restart at least once a day...at least!
i have 5 HardDrives in there now each one with a diff OS...i now mainly use linux with the XP drive as a disc image drive...but oy veh, that is just so wrong! stupid lies from the evil empire
 
Originally posted by Choppaface
i certainly hope XP isnt that unstable....maybe the demo had a celeron he he
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I have XP on my desktop Wintel machine, and I hate to break it to you, but you're gonna be disappointed. XP is just as unstable and frustrating as previous versions. Probably more so than Win2K was. And trust me, it ain't a resource problem (Athlon XP 1800+, 1G RAM, 120G HD).
 
Networkman is laughing all the way to the bank

I imagine it's not such a bad deal for those of you who make your money supporting those boxes. :)
 
Boom, Crash! Bang!*&!@!

Of course, this evening my box had to demonstrate that Mac OS X is not above having a kernel panic now and then.

So much for my "uptime"... :)
 
Re: Boom, Crash! Bang!*&!@!

Originally posted by oldMac
Of course, this evening my box had to demonstrate that Mac OS X is not above having a kernel panic now and then.

So much for my "uptime"... :)
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but you have to admit a kernal panic is far more exciting than a crash on any other machine. all that unix text very cool. the only thing cooler was when i got os9 to crash so badly i had firmware code come up. blue screen of death... blah. if you are going to give us a problem at least make it interesting, but i suppose this comes from the kind of work i do i suppose you corporate types arent so pleased with problems. not exactly the take it with a smile and admire the beauty of a complex system type people.
 
Where do you live that your Mac store does not have an iMac to show. The Apple stores in MA have had iMacs since the announcement. They are a wonderful piece of engineering. I have been using OS X since the first major release and I had 2 Kernel panics but that was pre 10.1 and a large load on my iMac 400 dv with 256 ram, Both times I had a panic there were way too many apps running, both OSX apps and many classic apps.

If you are going to go PC win 2k is the best of M$ OS's.

If you are going to get the iMac be ware get it made online or order it from an apple store. If you put in your own ram on the internal dim slot you void there repairs contract. Order with the 512 single dim if you want 1gig ram capability
 
But..

Why would you want to buy a PC in the first place!?

A lot of that money you pay for it goes right to a direct transfer into Bill and his pet Monkey's pocket!

And as for Mac OS X uptime, the only times I've ever lost my uptime were due to a power outage and to a severe IE crash (go figure) that screwed up other apps somehow. Well, and those annoying installers that make you restart (why do they still do that?)!

Now my iBook had a kernel panic the other day because it overheated while sleeping and charging in it's case.
 
Re: Networkman is laughing all the way to the bank

Originally posted by oldMac
I imagine it's not such a bad deal for those of you who make your money supporting those boxes. :)
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yeah no kidding! it'll at least bring some work in for u.....more money!! :p
 
my PC nightmare story (has a happy ending though!)

I bought a 900Mhz Athlon from TINY in Jan 2001. The next day they were selling 1Ghz machines for the same price. They agreed to send me one of those instead but when it arrived it was a 900Mhz. I complained, they sent out an engineer with a new chip for me. He brought a 900. So he came a second time a week later and brought a chip with the wrong connectors or something(??) The third time he came, he installed the chip but somehow corrupted Windows (Win ME) and a reinstall wouldn't recognise the new chip.

The next day I sent the PC back to TINY for a full refund. A week later I had my G4 cube (a refurb from Cancom). It cost me a bit more than I really wanted to spend but I have never had a single problem in nearly a year now.

I was originally a Mac user - the first computer I owned myself was a Performa 6200CDTV in 1995. When I replaced that after 6 years I tried to save money by switching to PC but I hope that I will never be so foolish again.

Robin

PS. I'm sorry to say that I did enjoy a little smile :D when I read (on my cube) that TINY went bust last week (they were once the biggest high street PC manufacturer/seller in the UK I believe).
 
Why go to PC?

I don't know why people buy comps with XP, XP is a piece of #%$&. If you are thinking of buying a PC buy a mac instead. It may be a little more expensive, but after you add the repair costs, the hours with windows tech, and the computer crashing just as you finish your college thesis(And of course XP is kind enough to wipe your HD) It just makes plain sense to buy a mac.

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