They are reliable, smooth fast and a pleasure to use
And applications like Logic Pro and Final cut
And applications like Logic Pro and Final cut
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Why do you like Macs?
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There are no viruses, no crashes and not as many problems as Windows computers. They are also faster and have great applications.
Macs are like women!
Not to mention, it sounds extremely painful! lol
Yep! They work!
I do the same thing with every Windows computer I have ever setup.
I like the Mac platform mainly for its applications. I got a Mac only because I wanted iMovie and iDVD and at the time, Windows had nothing similar that worked for me. So I got a Mac mini and that worked great, but now it's getting slower each day. I'd like either a 2.26 GHz mini or a 24'' iMac to replace it.
Great suggestions, i agree with all of you (mostly)
But if you havent tried windows 7 yet give it a try, i've been on the RC for a few months and its been pretty damn good. No freezing or crashing, recognised all my devices and in a way, just worked like my mac.
But if you havent tried windows 7 yet give it a try, i've been on the RC for a few months and its been pretty damn good. No freezing or crashing, recognised all my devices and in a way, just worked like my mac.
Well....
Well, to be honest I only like it for the software. The hardware though pretty leaves much to be desired in regards to performance and expandability and selection.
There are a bunch of little glitches that happen with my various Macs here and there that the Geniuses aren't able to solve, or are too small to bring to their attention.
If it wasn't for software like Final Cut Studio, iWork, iLife (iWeb mainly), Aperture, and others I'd be on PC running Vista or Windows 7 in heartbeat. Sadly, I think Apple is loosing the edge on software.
Well, to be honest I only like it for the software. The hardware though pretty leaves much to be desired in regards to performance and expandability and selection.
There are a bunch of little glitches that happen with my various Macs here and there that the Geniuses aren't able to solve, or are too small to bring to their attention.
If it wasn't for software like Final Cut Studio, iWork, iLife (iWeb mainly), Aperture, and others I'd be on PC running Vista or Windows 7 in heartbeat. Sadly, I think Apple is loosing the edge on software.
Time Machine is wonderful and so is Exposé. The hardware is rather lacking though.
It's tough to find aonther vendor with full blown FireWire too on a notebook.
It's tough to find aonther vendor with full blown FireWire too on a notebook.
From a Laptop perspective the one reason for me is the Multi-Touch Trackpad. I get mad when I use any other laptop because it is horribly slow and annoying to navigate. Any implementation of a "Multi-Touch" trackpad in windows on windows hardware sucks compared to OS X. Hell even the Apple multi touch sucks in bootcamp on windows.
Short: Software (OS and other Mac apps)
Long:
I like the software but the hardware, well is not worth my (or parents) money. My hackintosh provides the best balance of price and OS choice. I am pretty much using my PowerBook as a server now. I do need more RAM for the HackBook but it takes 4 GB while my G4 takes 2. This Core 2 Duo Dell is so much faster than any G4 will ever be.
Windows XP is not that bad but there are some things that are not so efficient on them. For example getting to the desktop often involves ether minimizing lots of windows or going down to the taskbar and right clicking on it then selecting show desktop from that. On Mac you just push F11 which does the opposite on a PC. It makes the current window even bigger
Long:
I like the software but the hardware, well is not worth my (or parents) money. My hackintosh provides the best balance of price and OS choice. I am pretty much using my PowerBook as a server now. I do need more RAM for the HackBook but it takes 4 GB while my G4 takes 2. This Core 2 Duo Dell is so much faster than any G4 will ever be.
Windows XP is not that bad but there are some things that are not so efficient on them. For example getting to the desktop often involves ether minimizing lots of windows or going down to the taskbar and right clicking on it then selecting show desktop from that. On Mac you just push F11 which does the opposite on a PC. It makes the current window even bigger
The beach ball is prettier than the hourglass
not to mention the smiley finder sat in the dock
I prefer to use a Mac because I'm able to use a computer without having to think about what I'm doing. When I use windows, I feel a little lost
+1
The last straw was when the copy shortcut (CTRL + C) strangely quit working on my wife's PC.
Great suggestions, i agree with all of you (mostly)
But if you havent tried windows 7 yet give it a try, i've been on the RC for a few months and its been pretty damn good. No freezing or crashing, recognised all my devices and in a way, just worked like my mac.
Agreed. Windows 7 is by far the best OS windows had. I like it.
Built in raid and disk image support!!!
In windows, if you want to do a disk image you have to buy or find a program that will convert something to disk image, hope it works, then run it.
To mount a disk image you need to download daemon tools, install it, restart your computer, run it then oh wow! I have my disk image!
In mac, you insert a disk, drag and drop it to disk utility. Done.
Mount it? Double click it.
Don't get me started on the mess that is windows raid support!
In windows, if you want to do a disk image you have to buy or find a program that will convert something to disk image, hope it works, then run it.
To mount a disk image you need to download daemon tools, install it, restart your computer, run it then oh wow! I have my disk image!
In mac, you insert a disk, drag and drop it to disk utility. Done.
Mount it? Double click it.
Don't get me started on the mess that is windows raid support!
