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Why did you choose MAC?

I chose mac because i found the design of Powerbook G4 irresistable, i knew next to nothing about OSX and had very little exposure to it. I had been using windows for over 7 years and was quite content with xp. At the time my attitude was that i was willing to put up with this strange OS becasue there was just no equal in terms of hardware design. But as the days went by i began to fall in love with the OSXs simplicity and elegance and made the decision to leave my pc at home when i went back to uni.
My freinds could'nt belive I had switched becasue i seemed the most unlikely to, however I did miss out on the LAN gaming actiuon with my housemates.

So the things i like about Macs are: 1) Its minimalist design, 2) colour (what I see onscreen matches very closely to my print outs, wheras on pcs it was a nightmare), 3) less maintenance required
 
I had always thought Macs were cool, and it would be nice to have one. I then fell into the "Mac racist" category and hated Macs because everyone else did. Then it came time to look for a new computer. I researched Dell, HP, Compaq, and Gateway. I didn't think of researching Apple because I always thought of them as something rich people have as a novelty. I then saw a student teacher's iBook in 8th grade. I must have bothered that poor girl for an hours asking her questions and talking to her about it. I was amazed. I went home that night and told my dad that was the computer I wanted. I would up getting a Mac mini (in sig), and an iBook G4 (in sig) a few months after.I have since upped the RAM in the mini and added an external HDD. The iBook needs a RAM upgrade too pretty soon.

The reason I switched was because I loved the way it looked and I just thought everything looks so fluid and moves so seamlessly on this girl's Mac. I knew I needed to have one too. I was tired of the viruses of Windows and by custom box always spontaneously rebooting and making grinding noises out of its hard drive. Macs looked so simple. and I guess I just had a sudden faith in them.

Ever since I switched, I have had absolutely no regrets. I love when PC users are complaining of viruses. For example, today my friend and I were sitting in out common area in school during a free period. He has a Windows laptop. We were both browsing the net, connected to the school's wireless network. Then, he gets all nervous. His computer got 1 virus, 2 worms, and 1 trojan on it in a matter for 20 minutes. I just smiled and continued working on my iBook. I didn't know how infected the schools network is, and I was proud of my little 'Book for protecting itself without a quirk. This is why I switched, and why I am a loyal Mac user. No spyware, no viruses, not slowdowns, no bullcrap. Just Mac. Pure Mac.
 
Heb1228 said:
LOL.

To the OP: Trolling makes you look stupid enough... try not to add to the effect with idiotic things like "MAC"
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Ok, thanks for that, you contributed so well, give yourself a good pat on the back.




Thank people who posted and shared a bit of history.

Thank you. :)
 
Well, my high school used various models of G3 iMacs - all running Mac OS 9. The computers used to crash a lot and generally weren't perceived as being stable. My friends and I used to mock them a lot. However, what made me want a Mac was seeing the 'new' operating system (at that time Jaguar (10.2)) on Apple's website I believe. It looked so impressive that I wanted a 'Snow' G3 iMac (the cheapest Mac you could get at the time). I eventually got it and used it for 2 years and installed more RAM, and upgraded to Panther (10.3). It only had a CD drive, which was a major drawback for me.

I sold it (on eBay) and then I got an eMac - again the entry level (cheapest) Mac you could get at the time. I was very impressed as it cost £100 less than I originally bought my iMac for and it had double the processor speed, AND it was a G4 processor, with a nice 17 inch screen, double the graphics memory and a CD-RW/DVD drive. I later followed a MacWorld.com guide and changed the CD-RW/DVD drive to a CD-RW/DVD-R drive for around £40 (i.e. I could burn my own DVDs). That computer last me one year - I sold it last month on eBay.

On January 3 this year, I bought myself an iBook 1.42Ghz, with Superdrive and upgraded the memory, bought a nice LArobe case, an iSkin for the keyboard and iKlear polish kit (which I highly recommend). Buying the iBook was somewhat an impulsive buy - it didn't bring many new improvements over the eMac (like the eMac originally did over the iMac). Only a 170Mhz speed difference, a 20GB bigger harddrive, same graphics memory, however the card in the iBook is better (i.e. you get the nice effect in Dashboard :)). However I upgraded the memory from 512mb to 1GB and I am very pleased with it. It also has built in Airport and Bluetooth, so I called up my ISP and there is now a wireless network in my house. And my mobile phone connects flawlessly to my iBook. The iBook also has a TFT display - which I always wanted over CRT.

I know I have slightly went off topic, but the reason I choose the Mac was because of the operating system. I was hearing things like 'protected memory', 'never crashes' and I also loved the look and feel of the OS - even in the Jaguar days! Before I had the iMac, I had an AMD Athlon 1100Mhz, 128MB RAM and a 6GB HDD (which still is going strong and I hope to upgrade the RAM and memory and give this computer something useful to do - it even as a GeForce 3 Ti 200 128MB graphics card which I spent £155 years ago!). So, at the time, I felt it was a bit of a downgrade getting a 600Mhz G3 processor. But I was so in love with the Mac OS that I didn't mind - besides the G3 was probably faster anyway.

My enthusiasm for the Mac platform has only grown. I love watching keynotes (www.applekeynotes.com is the best website in the world - well apart from MacRumors :)). And I am very interested in Steve Jobs - he is a fascinating guy. I often wonder why people put up with the Windows world. I constantly hear my friends and family having problems with viruses and crashes. I say to they "How can you be bothered with all of that? Macs have NO viruses and NEVER crash!". I have been unsuccessful in converting anyone to the Mac platform, but hopefully the day will come soon!

I like how everything is much easier on the Mac. I know that sounds terribly clichéd but it is true.

I am certain that I will use Macs for the rest of my life. PCs don't appeal to me. They to me, are cheap and nasty.

The Mac is quality.
 
A good former friend of mine had an iBook and always raved about it. I got interested, spent way too many hours on the Apple website and MR, and fell in love with Macs (even though I hadn't used one for about 6 years). I had been planning on buying myself a Dell laptop ( :eek: ), but fortunately the PB caught my eye and I decided to get it. This all happened while our old home PC (also a Dell) was having constant Windows issues and I was sick of fixing and using the damn thing (which is also no longer a problem as it got replaced with a 20'' Intel iMac today). I'm very tempted by the MPB, but I want to wait for user experiences before I purchase (I applaud and thank the guinea pigs).
 
All that usual crap up above about usability etc, plus I'm a "haloer" iPod -> Mac -> moths in wallet where money should be.

Plus, the major ones everybody wants to say but won't:

- They look damned cool.
- You can show off exposé and dashboard/spotlight etc when people are looking.
- They stick out like a sore thumb at my uni (where most of the students have big-arse PC laptops).
- Chicks dig them.
- The Apple logo on the lid glows, makes people stare at me, I like attention but I like attention that I can pretend I don't notice even better.
- People think you've got money.
- You can get it out in class at uni and look all suave and artistic-like (handy when I'm doing chem and most people look like Prof. Frink from The Simpsons).
- Chicks dig them.
- You can own one and pretend to be all "rebellious" against "the man" that is Microsoft meanwhile impulse buying anything that comes in a box with an Apple logo on it.
- They look even better in the wild when combined with the iPod white headphones.
 
The whole Mac...

The OS with its beauty, speed and stability, updates and incorporating new technology to work great together

The "box" it looks great, is silent, and has small features that make the experience just add up to being great.

The Mac community...great people

:cool:
 
matthew24 said:
Because:

> modular OS design ( unix )
> stable
> UI design
> ease of use/maintenance
> Application packages
> security
> open communication/file standards
> excellant multitasking

> no registry
> no DLL hell
> no wizards (minimal)
> no pop ups
> no actvation
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bingo~!
damn right!

they're the reasons why I switched to and why I loved Mac!

and, also, they're the ways how Windows-PCs kept annoying me for years.

:D

and, one more thing, the perfect support for multilingual!! That's impossible on windows ...
 
New Mac User

As a new mac user (less than two months) I can say that I bought a mac because I was so tired of spyware and viruses on my PC. I had no idea about macs...what it would be like to work on them, what programs were available etc. But I dived in, and I'm very glad I did. I use it for basic applications (e-mail, pics, internet, music) and that is all I need it for. I'm just amazed at how fast it is though. Programs open like nothing. I'm a bit sceptical about Intel chips on macs. My uncle said that he has worked on Intel and Mac processor chips, and saw the architecture of the mac chips were much cleaner and more efficient thant the Intel. I think I'm going to have to believe him, since my mac hasn't crashed since I've been using it (my last laptop from Dell blue screened the first time I opened it...though to be fair it was running Windows ME so you can't blame the computer. But this is getting too long. Looks and function are what sold me (I didn't even know they were offering a free printer with it at the time until I was at the register paying for it).
 
I would not have even thought of a Mac in the pre OS X Days. I thought they were a joke for beardie academics and couldnt multitask.:p

In my job which is real time Data Aquisition we used Unix SPARC stations so I was used to Nix plus I was used to C and UNIX programming from my MSc.:cool:

I needed a new laptop and there were several factors.

1. I needed something really well made as it was going to get banged around inside my briefcase being loaded onto and off Helicopters.

2. I was horrified at spending ages taking browser hijacks, trojans and key loggers of mates PC's:mad:

3. I do lots of photo stuff and I needed the tight control of graphics and display that the Mac has.

Had my Powerbook at year and it has been great not one major issue. I am not anti PC or even Windows. In fact I am typing this on my Dell Dimension Desktop:eek:
 
It certainly seems like the transition to OS X was a major factor for many who switched (or at least bought a Mac while still using their Windows boxes).

I was also never fond of OS 9 personally.
 
My Mac Life

My first mac was a power mac 7100/80, with Sytem 7. It was given to me by a friend who did graphics. Him and his BF were fighting and the mac was supposed to go to his Bf's brother. Who was an enginer, but since I am an artist he gave me the mac. My cousin sold software and sent me os 8 when it came out, lol.
This was not my first experience in Macintosh though, my mother was working for a cotton distributor, and he had the first Macintosh in a box. She opened it and he sent her to classes to learn word perfect and other application. I used to play with it while visiting her work. It was neat, around the same time we got a dos 386 box, but it was so hard to use I never liked it.
So I already had some idea how to use te mac. I used that computer until 2 years ago. When I got a nasty ass 6500/250 it was fine but I destroyed it intentionally, for an excuse with my ex to buy a g3. Now I have a g4 533 mhz and it runs fine. I use Tiger and never have owned a windows computer since, why would I. Ok check this out my mom got a new gateway when I got my 7100/80 and it was slower than my mac. This was 1996, and when I got this g4 i gave my mom my blue and white, with Tiger installed. It brought my mother to tears, because her Gateway had been infected with viruses/trojans/and spyware constantly. I had to use it when my monitor died and let me tell you I almost became a psychpath overall the crashes/
and limitations.
I am getting a mini as soon as they put the intel in it, I am so excited by the switch. It's new technology and a fresh change.
 
yellow said:
LOL!




Well, the first thing you should do for your site is realize that Apple computers are Mac(s), short for Macintosh. They are not an acronym like PCs (Personal Computer), so calling it a MAC is completely inappropriate and will be flamed by many Mac users/diehards.
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Almost died laughing there.

Why I chose Macintosh:

In high school, after years of using (and owning several) PCs, I signed up for an APCS class. I was a diehare PC user, and this was during the Windows ME days. My main machine at home was a 500mhz Compaq Presario 5280. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world. Walking into that class, I found myself in an entire lab of Power Mac 7200/120s running Mac OS 7.5.3. I almost dropped the class.

Two months later I bought a 20mhz Mac IIsi from another kid in the class. I never looked back.
 
choosemac said:
All your replies will be valued
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I chose a Mac because I though the hardware looks nice, and because the OS has always interested me (back since OS 8 or 9, don't remember for sure). I used to read about it in magazines and on the internet, so when I had the money to buy a laptop, a Mac was my choice. I just wanted to try something different. That might be the biggest reason why I bought a Mac at that time. It was different from everything else I had tried so far. That, and if OS X didn't appeal to me, I could always install and run Linux on the Mac instead.
I don't consider myself a switcher, though, since I still use a PC and, as much as I hate it, there are still things I need Windows for.

As for advantages the Mac have... For me, I'm not sure. Apple overall makes (visually) nice looking hardware. If it stands out somehow, it's likely because it looks so much better than anything else in the room. You can certainly find plenty of nice looking PC hardware, but in general it doesn't hold the high standard of what Apple makes. It's not a "killer feature" for me, but part of the reason I like Macs. (And, as shallow as it may sound, it's easier to like something pretty. At least in the beginning).

The OS is certainly is certainly a positive part of the Mac. OS X is generally easy to use, stable and visually solid. Other OSes can be lacking in one or more of these parts, while OS X usually gets it all right. I also like the integration between apps.
I certainly don't think it's perfect, and I see many positive sides to other OSes and negative sides to OS X... but in the end, OS X is a pleasure to use. Using OS X doesn't make me frustrated, nor does it make me consider putting gnomes and penguins in my hardware garden, unlike some other OS made by a certain convicted monopoly.

There are some things I don't like at all about Macs, OS X and Apple, but I'll leave that out of this post and thread.
 
when i first left school, i worked at a company where we had an output bureau, at the time, i had little knowledge in windows (3.11 IIRC) and would set up files for print using Corel draw+Autocad, one day my boss was off on holiday a job came in that meant i had to use the Macintosh..until that point i hated Mac's did one simple job and loved it, two weeks later i had bought an LCIII on 7.5.3 (this was back in 1993-4)

i see myself as one of the early switchers, simply until i used the mac i hated it, funnily enough i saw this time and time again, back in 2000 i was demonstrating Mac's in places like PC World, and i used would hear on a daily basis how "crap Mac's are..and they are only use for graphics" this was until i would interject their conversation and put them right;)
 
I switched mainly because I was bored with windows and wanted to try something different, and my 3 year old Dell was getting old. I bought an iBook to use for note taking in class, because it was the best size/speed for the money, compared to Dell laptops. After getting the iBook I started liking OS X a lot, and then when my Dell's stupid fan wouldn't stop making high pitched noises, I decided 3 years is long enough for a PC and replaced it with an iMac.

Unlike a lot of Mac users, I in no way hate Microsoft or Windows, but simply I like Apple and OS X more.


Not nearly as much of an elaborate story as some of the others, oh well.
 
I started with Apple computers for as long as I can remember sitting at a computer. Because of this, and having used Macintosh computers at school for the past 13 years (though the past 3 years I have had some time in the PC lab :( ) I have learned a lot about the Macintosh platform and I guess I have entered into the RDF by "drinking the kool-aid". However, I haven't had a new Apple computer in a number of years, and for the past 4 years I have focused most of my time on Linux. I am currently wanting a MacBook Pro, and I am hoping in the next few months to have the money to order one.

After spending the last four years with Linux I really love OS X and at school I have made great use of the terminal and I really like having that ability.
 
Well, my old Compaq laptop was dying and I needed a new one. A lot of people in my department had macs, which I wasn't really familiar with. A friend let me try his out for a few hours, and I really liked it, so I went ahead and bought myself an iBook. I now plan on replacing my desktop with a mac later this year.
 
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