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Hi guys I just wanted to start a forum about Mac's and what people love about them. I switch to Mac after having a PC with vista but got tired of the viruses, incompatibility and blue screen of death. So a friends show me his and I've been a user since, I also don't game as much seeing with work, gym and soon collage occupying my time. I guess I could use the dual OS software option if I ever wanted to use any windows program's

I"m Ricky and I've been with Mac since 25 Dec 2007

My first computer was a Mac plus --- 4 MBs ram two floppy drives 8 Mhz Processor! That was given to me in 1987 by a Director I was working with.
Now I use a Macbook Pro for Editing, invoicing and all my business needs and to run our Volleyball Club. Connected to the 42" Plazma display, it is used for High Definition movies and things I am working on,

Mac has always been strong in the Entertainment biz, but after the introduction of the Intel Macs with Parallel and other ways of running multiple OSs
and the continuing upgrading of FInal Cut Pro as the Industry standard Editing program, PCs are seldom seen in the big and small shows that I work. Viruses killing Windows based PCs have caused many business users to switch as well.

I've had virtual PC loaded on a couple of my macs for years, and it's almost never worth dicking around with it. If you can't do it in MacOS or Unix, it's probably not worth doing. I have one whinedoze 98 box in the lab, for an instrument control package that I'm stuck with. Every time I have to deal with that POS, I'm just amazed that people can live like that.

Might have to spring for a macbook air this year. In many ways, my 12" powerbook is the perfect computer, but it's getting a little battered and out-dated. Besides, I'm going to have an assistant working on my office computer, so I need to move all of the "personal" stuff off of it.

I suppose I could set up different user accounts. I'm not sure just how secure that is.

I've been with apple since 1983, which is actually before mac.

I have a MacBook Pro and can't imagine why anyone would own anything other than a Mac unless they absolutely had to use a PC. Every time I have to get on a PC, I want to pull my hair out -- they are such a pain compared to the Mac.

On my Macbook as we speak. I recommend using Firefox rather than using Safari for Youtube vids, though. The videos are sometimes sluggish on Safari, even when adding the tag "&fmt=18" to the end of the url to help smooth out the playback.

Yeah all I use is firefox plus I love all the add-on's you can have

The company I work for started using Macs back in 2000 or so. I had always been a devout PCer and found it to be quite an adjustment learning the Mac.

Before we got the Macs, we had been using PC's to do graphic design work. WELL! As it turns out, it was WAY easier on the new Macs (they were eMacs). Anything I could do on my PC at home in Printshop or Photoshop, I could do at work in fewer steps!

Well, last November (2007), I bought the company (after 19 years) and upgraded to iMacs as well as buying a MacBook for myself.

I have never been happier!! I never use my PC anymore. At home, I just open the laptop (I have wireless internet), and just get to it. And, since I got my iPhone, I'm all Mac all the time!!

I loves me some Mac!!

With the number of PCs out there I'd careful with that hairline...

I got a macbook 13" from the company and I am NOT ever returning it, I do not care if they sent the hounds of hell to haunt me down. Once you start working with aperture or final cut pro ( small clips on a notebook ofc ) and see how fast everything works you do not wanna go back.. I hook it up on the 23 inch Cinema display at home and leave the PC turned off...I am taking the Basic Support Certificate this October ( did I mention I love my company ) and I am thinking of also doing the technician exam. I have not yet come up with a credible reason why I would need a Mac Pro and I damn myself for it. Having a nicely thought out GUI and a great shell (terminal) in one is priceless.

MAC only since 1984 (i.e. the first Mac).

Terry

I've always had macs too. PCs make my head explode.

I've been a MAC owner since May '07. I love it!

What I like about it?

That I can install and uninstall software with ease.

That I can find files within 5 key strokes.

That I don't have to worry about viruses, spyware, defragmenting, etc.

That I don't have to be a techie to utilize my computer's basic functions.

And so on.

Mac Book Pro Here! My only complaint is that Firefox does not like RJ webcam.... thus i cam only in YIM or iChat.

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I bought an iBook G4 back in August of 2004. Been in love with Macs ever since. Im still using that same iBook now, but I will be buying the new Macbook Pro when they update them in September. I've been waiting for it FOREVER and they are almost here!

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/12/september-event-to-introduce-ipod-updates-and-more/

Macbook Pro here. Love it. Everything just makes sense in the flow and ease of use. The Vista people wasted all their time making those ridiculous blue and green wisps they tried to pawn off as a sleek desktop instead of creating a usable system. While my PC friends complain about programs shutting down for no reason, I happily go about my mac world, loving my imovie, browsing in firefox, and smiling broadly when people scroll through the album view on my itunes and say, "wow, cool!"

big mac hugger here, and if I had any say about it at my company we'd be on macs too, even if nothing else but for the exposé functionality, so much faster than having to alt-tab through about 20 windows

After spending only a little time with Vista, I can definitely see myself as a future Mac user. For now, though, I'm content with XP, and I adore the hardware I'm running it on.

I use both. I love my Macs; the PC is about as useful as an a__hole right here (points at elbow).

Apple makes a better machine from the hardware to the software. Apple's integrated approach to development - owning hardware and software - solves some of the most annoying problems related to working with a PC. You know exactly what I'm talking about... you have a recurring problem and you call MS. They tell you it's a hardware problem and refer you to the manufacturer. Or, you get an update from MS and all of a sudden your machine goes all wonky.

The other major issue with PCs is Vista. It has stopped shipping XP to the channel, so pretty soon Vista will be your only OS option for PCs (or Linux, but that's not exactly a consumer friendly option). If you haven't had the joy of running Vista, it crashes constantly, runs slow, features are hard to find and annoying to use and it makes your eyes bleed.

The only real detractor I've found with Macs is that some apps still don't support the OS. Given the way that market is going, this is going to be a short term problem. And, for every piece of software that doesn't support the Mac, there's a handy Mac alternative that's probably easier to use than the PC version that you're use to.

There are a bunch of other design and experience related advantages to Apple, but I think those are the biggest reasons to make a long term investment in switching platforms.

Only been a mac user for 5 or 6 months now....I would never go back to a windows machine. I'm happy I made the switch (I made my poor brother do the same) though I was scared of making the switch myself.

I have the 24" imac (3.06 Ghz/4gb mem/1tb hard drive) and he is nothing but good times! I surely don't utilize it to it's full potential but, learning as I go I gather.

There is so much to learn but as a whole, I think everyone should be on a mac! The windows user def. takes a bit to get used to the mac operating system.

TALLGWM...wow that 42 display sounds awesome! Good god!

I run them all. My Honours Desk has a Mac sitting on it at my request, while my main desktop and my laptop are both Vista, I have a Dome iMac at home too. I love the personality that form factor had. I mean, the new macs are nice, but the Domes far outclass them.

i have been an Apple user since the Apple II. I now have a G5 desktop (that will be cycled next year), a field MacBook Pro and a MacBook Pro dedicated to running my home weather station.

At work (San Francisco State University), our Department server:

http://tornado.sfsu.edu

is a Mac desktop with dual Pentium chips. Our computer lab at SFSU has both PCs, and Macs, but our teaching lab is a lab full of MacBook Pros running Parallels desktop (to run the few PC programs we need).

Our computer lab manager used to be a PC user, but loves the Mac because its operating system is a shell on BSD-UNIX. And he is a UNIX junky...so he can get in to the UNIX shell and do wonderful things with it.

At this point, I stay out of the Mac vs PC argument, feeling that whatever works for you works for you.

However, the Mac has been wonderful to me.

John

Ive been a PC guy my whole life till i geto my Gen1 iphone now i have my Gen 2 Iphone and been at the Mac store here in TN like weekly. I am waiting for sept 12 event then I want to get Mac book and then imac 24... later i get pro 17

I really fallen in love with Mac's

oh, I grew up using a Mac Plus.

I have not long done the transition from PC to Macbook Pro.I have found the Mac very easy to get accustom to.I don't know what all the bother was about doing the switch???
Now ,I will only have a Mac.

dcarm saidoh, I grew up using a Mac Plus.

Me too! 1MB external hard drive.
Today? iMac...2.4GB. I love it!

Bought a Mac Book Air about a month ago - what a fuckin incredible machine - I love it.

UTB1 saidBought a Mac Book Air about a month ago - what a fuckin incredible machine - I love it.

I was thinking about getting that. is it sturdy? you have to have the external cd/dvd drive, though, yes?

LOVES ME SOME MAC, TOO!

at home i've got a 17" powerbook G4 and a 20" iMac G4. at work i have
a mac pro G5 with double 30" monitors. wouldn't change them for ANYTHING!

I bought a MacBook Pro two years ago for school and it's the best investment I've ever made. I've never had a problem with it.

I remember our family had a Mac desktop in the mid 90s and it was a piece of crap. That was when PCs were really the in thing. Now it seems to have flip flopped. The security and durability on Macs are both impeccable and no other system even compares. If given the opportunity, why would anyone buy a PC over a Mac? That's like asking what the meaning of life is. We may never know.

Do any of the original mac owners remember a little game called Dark Castle??

I never had these "issues" that I often see people complaining about with Windows. I should qualify that by saying I've never tried Vista but I've been using windows PCs since Windows 95. The only version of windows that did cause me problems so far was Windows ME, which I got rid of really quickly.

I've tried Macs a few times, they seem pretty nifty and the interface is sweet but it seemed at the time when I was looking at them that Macs are more expensive if you want to get one of comprable performance to a Windows PC when it comes to 3D rendering. Since I do a good bit of 3d rendering I like to get as much power for my buck as possible so I've been sticking with PCs for that.

Also a big fan of old school gaming (emulators and such) where the mac seems to be severely lacking, or was 3 years ago when I was buying a machine.

However, I do have an intention to becomming a Mac user soon. I intend to buy a laptop and although Macs seem once again more expensive they look way too damn cool to pass up

Hi my name is Patrick and I've been a Mac user since June 4TH, 2005. I still use the odd PC, either it be a desktop or notebook but I find Mac has everything I need for it now, even emulation programs. The price was well worth it as well because I've been using a mac since June 05 and have had one system crash, my fault, I over used the system and it froze and crashed.

The P.C. was great when I first got one back in 1989 but I've had about 20 puters crash and about 5 notebooks as well, so that's almost one a year and well my Mac has crashed once and it's cause of my over using it. The P.C.'s would crash for no reason in most cases, well not no reason, there were reasons I'm sure but none my fault.

Anyways I love my Mac and I don't see myself turning back into a P.C. from here on out, I might buy one if the deal was sweet but I'd more likely buy a Mac tower first then a P.C.

I grew up in the Bay Area, in the city neighboring Cupertino, the birthplace and corp headquarters for Apple. I was first introduced in to Apple computers in junior high, when I used an Apple II. But, PCs made sense to me, at least as a personal consumer, until recently. I pined for the original Mac, but it just wasn't practical for me at the time.

I had the fortune of working for an lgbt non-profit for seven years which was almost exclusively a Mac environment. My home PC crapped out about the time I was upgraded from an iMac to a MacBook, so I started to bring the MacBook home almost every night. I became more and more impressed with Apple's OS, and OS X was incredible.

So, two years ago, when Apple moved the Macs to Intel processors, allowing for Windows partitions on Macs, I had no excuses left and I got a black MacBook, which has had only minor issues, all but one easily fixable with a visit to the Genius Bar.

I've shown my mother my Mac, and I think she might be finally ready to give computers a try at a very youthful (but tech phobic) 72. So, since the MacBooks are supposed to have a major refresh next month, I might buy myself a new computer and give this one to my mother. iChat's ability to remotely control a computer would solve a lot of issues/questions I know my mother would have, and I could deal with them 100s of miles away. Makes it very much worth while.

I'm Eric and I've been with my MacBook since July 11, 2006.

Mac for last 2 years - love it and never going back.

Started with the Mac in the form of the SE/30, writing my dissertation for my degree. Now using the platform for more than 17 years!

I've used Macs off and on through work or school for many years. (I even remember the small rectangular/cube looking ones from the 90s.) I've been a happy MacBook owner since this past March when my trusty Dell of three years crashed. (I had a bad experience with the Dell folks on the phone and instantly decided to switch.)

timsims saidDo any of the original mac owners remember a little game called Dark Castle??

I used to love that game, and its successor, Return to Dark Castle.

stone the rats, and the bats, knock out the guards, get the fireball, vapourise them. Flame the Gargoyles and watch their ashes hit the wall... and avoid the Dark Knight's Brewski Cans, it was fantastic!

Been on Macs since 1995. Just got a MacBook last week (an currently typing on it) with an iPod Touch. Still working to get all my data over from from my 2003 eMac to this, and get all my data over from my Palm Pilot (this has been very tough) over to the iPod Touch. Anyone who's done this, I'd appreciate asking you some questions!

krmdallas saidMac Book Pro Here! My only complaint is that Firefox does not like RJ webcam.... thus i cam only in YIM or iChat.

MAC's #1 MAC's #1 MAC's #1 MAC's #1

How do you cam in YIM? My cam won't work with it.

BlkMuscleGent said

krmdallas saidMac Book Pro Here! My only complaint is that Firefox does not like RJ webcam.... thus i cam only in YIM or iChat.

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How do you cam in YIM? My cam won't work with it.

What's YIM? Yahoo? My MacBook's iSight cam works with Yahoo, AIM/iChat, MS Messenger, Skype... By the way, my iSight just died on me a couple of weeks ago, just over 2 yrs of age. Good thing for Apple Care. Between that and them replacing my battery last year, it's paid for Apple Care.

I bought my Macbook Pro almost a year ago since I got tired of my group for my video game design class whining about how I'm slowing down production cuz my Vista tower was at home with the work on there. So I bought the Mac as a birthday gift to myself and I have never regretted it. I use it every chance I get. I love all the features and all the different things that I can do on here that I was never able to do with Winblows. While I still have a 3rd tower which has Linux on there (once in awhile I use it for school), I use my Mac for everything. It's the best thing out there.

I've been using Macs since 1987. I work in magazine production and Macs have had the monopoly on dtp software for more than 20 years so they've been the default machines.

In the last 18 months though I've been using PCs at work and the operating system takes a lot of getting used to - just finding files on a PC is confusing and takes forever.

At home I use an iBook G4. Have to say I'm considering replacing it with one of those Sony Vaio's, because I can't see why I should pay a premium for an updated Mac laptop. They are prettier though.

A VAIO doesn't really cost less, and you will just end up spending twice as much when you throw it out the window and buy another Mac.

timsims said

UTB1 saidBought a Mac Book Air about a month ago - what a fuckin incredible machine - I love it.

I was thinking about getting that. is it sturdy? you have to have the external cd/dvd drive, though, yes?

I have one as a travel/couch laptop, and I'm convinced that it's the best-engineered laptop they've ever made. Carved out of a chunk of aluminum and feels nearly indestructible - way, way sturdier than my MacBook Pro - minimal flex and really tightly assembled. Exceptional keyboard. Slow though, but zippy enough for web and email. Bought the external drive and have used it only twice for installing apps. That's it.

Nerdbronto, signing out.

Yep.... I am a Big ol' Mac Book Pro Whoe myself... Love it and drool over the speed. My favorite tool in the scrolling pad. Back, forward ,,, almost as good as live, in and out fucking.... hehe..

I remember well now: I was introduced to computer science & data processing on a Macintosh way back in the late 80's. And then, within 10 years, they kinda disappear... But now Mac is back in full force! I've owned an iMac for the past 5 months or so - and I've realized that it is the first personal computer I have actually bought personally. I previously owned an IBM and a Toshiba, but they both were gifts from my parents! I love my iMac!! PCs were just a pain for me. Now it's 'Mac a la vie et a la mort'!

I LOVE MAC TO DEATH...

I do have an iBook and in dire need of a new one... One thing though that pisses me off is that I have 10.3.9 and thats the end of that OSX...

It just sucks that there are a lot of softwares that wont run on that lower OSX, which sucks.

But over all, how can one NOT fall in love with a MAC?!?!

Been with my Mac since 2004!

In 2006 I switched out our PC's (2 Dell Desktops and 1 Dell laptop) for a couple of 24" iMac's and a MacBook Pro. I couldn't believe my partner who is a bit of a Luddite (even though he is a physician) went for the swap. We love them, easy to own, easy to use, and the iMac has such a small footprint on our desks.

Now I have a problem though, my partner likes to play games, like Rise of Nations, and the poor iMac just doesn't have the graphics power to run it properly, so now I think I may need to add another PC to our mix so he can play his games. I'd really rather not go back to a PC, anyone out there have any suggestions?

I have a MacBook Air. I love it

DuggerPDX saidIn 2006 I switched out our PC's (2 Dell Desktops and 1 Dell laptop) for a couple of 24" iMac's and a MacBook Pro. I couldn't believe my partner who is a bit of a Luddite (even though he is a physician) went for the swap. We love them, easy to own, easy to use, and the iMac has such a small footprint on our desks.

Now I have a problem though, my partner likes to play games, like Rise of Nations, and the poor iMac just doesn't have the graphics power to run it properly, so now I think I may need to add another PC to our mix so he can play his games. I'd really rather not go back to a PC, anyone out there have any suggestions?

Remember that the current Macs (with Intel processors) can be easily configured to run Windows (stick with XP) via Leopard's built-in Boot Camp software, which allows you to boot into a Windows partition. You can also get Parallels or a similar program, that allows you to use your Windows partition without logging out of your Mac partition.

That said, not all Windows games will run, or necessarily run as well, this way. (I have a couple of older PC games that run fine, but they aren't very graphic intensive) In general, I get better performance if I boot into the Windows partition to play.

So, that's one option. With some googling you can probably find info if a particular PC game will play on this setup.

But, one thing's for sure, my Windows partition on my Mac works better than the last PC I had.

By the way, Apple has posted some new "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commericals online. The pizza box one is kinda funny.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Hey its about time someone started a tread like this!

I've been using mac's since 2001, they are so much easier to use than those devil PC's.

I'm a graphic designer, I've got a G5 imac, and I've just bought an A4 wacom tablet and the wireless keyboard, which i love! LOL

One reason PCs are inferior is a design decision Bill Gates made when IBM hired Microsoft to write the operating system for the original IBM-PC in the early 1980's. The fateful flaw that Bill made was his guess that no program would ever be larger than 64K. Well, programs larger than 64K came along, and MS-DOS and later Windows-OS had to do some wasteful computer gymnastics to get things to work, and early PC users learned about extended memory, expanded memory and all kinds of stupid computer tricks. And since PC programs are backwards compatible, there is no way to change it.

Macs avoid this problem since their operating system does not set a limit on program size.

IBM, which makes much more money on huge mainframe computers than on PCs, did not want the PC to be a success, which is one reason they went outside the company for an operating system. But like the movie "The Producers," sometimes an attempt to fail backfires, and IBM-PCs instantly became the standard in the PC market. Bill Gates became a multi-billionaire, and IBM eventually sold its PC division to a Chinese company.

I first used the original Macintosh (128K) in 1984, and I was able to learn the basics of both the OS and MacWrite in about one hour. I spent many hours playing Transylvania and the original Lode Runner.

My partner (krmdallas) has Mac. I have a laptop PC. We sit in the same room virtually every morning after breakfast to read our RJ Mail.

Almost every morning, my PC with Windows Vista, locks-up or crashes! It is the worst operating system ever created!

And everything I complain... Kelly has the Mac spot cued-up on his computer to play out loud. You know... the one were the PC guy is in a support group and says "I've been error-free for nearly a week." Then the other guys congratulate him... and he keeps repeating "I've been error-free for nearly a week."

My next computer will most certainly be a Mac or whatever the next Apple product is. Vista and PC's suck!

EricLA said

DuggerPDX saidIn 2006 I switched out our PC's (2 Dell Desktops and 1 Dell laptop) for a couple of 24" iMac's and a MacBook Pro. I couldn't believe my partner who is a bit of a Luddite (even though he is a physician) went for the swap. We love them, easy to own, easy to use, and the iMac has such a small footprint on our desks.

Now I have a problem though, my partner likes to play games, like Rise of Nations, and the poor iMac just doesn't have the graphics power to run it properly, so now I think I may need to add another PC to our mix so he can play his games. I'd really rather not go back to a PC, anyone out there have any suggestions?

Remember that the current Macs (with Intel processors) can be easily configured to run Windows (stick with XP) via Leopard's built-in Boot Camp software, which allows you to boot into a Windows partition. You can also get Parallels or a similar program, that allows you to use your Windows partition without logging out of your Mac partition.

That said, not all Windows games will run, or necessarily run as well, this way. (I have a couple of older PC games that run fine, but they aren't very graphic intensive) In general, I get better performance if I boot into the Windows partition to play.

So, that's one option. With some googling you can probably find info if a particular PC game will play on this setup.

But, one thing's for sure, my Windows partition on my Mac works better than the last PC I had.

Thanks Eric, I've been toying with the idea of running Windows on the iMac, I just hate that it immediately introduces everything I loathed about Windows, virus worries, constant updates, etc.. I'm also concerned that it's not so much the operating system but the graphics card that is limiting the games performance. I wish there was an easy way to upgrade the graphics cards on the iMacs.

Entered the computer world with a Mac Plus in 1987. Today, I have a G4 desktop and a MacBook Pro. At one time had to buy PCs for my business because of specific scheduling software needs, but I still managed to use my Mac for management and financial functions. I have since sold my business. In my dictionary, frustration is spelled "windows"!

DuggerPDX said
Thanks Eric, I've been toying with the idea of running Windows on the iMac, I just hate that it immediately introduces everything I loathed about Windows, virus worries, constant updates, etc.. I'm also concerned that it's not so much the operating system but the graphics card that is limiting the games performance. I wish there was an easy way to upgrade the graphics cards on the iMacs.

Yup, you're right on all counts. It felt strange installing Symantec's Anti-Virus on my Mac, even if it was for the Windows partition. And Windows updates are so very annoying -- Apple's answer to updates is almost reason enough for someone to jettison Windows, IMHO. And, yes, wish there was an easy way to upgrade graphics cards on Macs. Oh well, one strike against it.

I just wish OS X was available for non-Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't offer the fanless, completely silent hardware I want.

I've been using PC's since day 1....and old IBM 86 with two floppy drives, 640K memory and DOS....that was back in 1985.

I hated MAC users when MACS came out. They were snobbish, self-righteous boors....

Even up to last year I would never have dated a guy who used a MAC (for reasons,see above).

Then finally in FEB this year I cracked. WINDOWS XP re-install and total reformat # 765 - that's it. NO MORE F#@$ING reinstallations and reformats because of the 1 000 000 reasons out there to have to do so when you're a power user.

While I was on apple.com researching the iPhone, I watched the 380MB movie on the latest Leopard MAC OS X. THAT WAS IT - THIS IS HOW PERSONAL COMPUTING SHOULD BE.

I bought myself an iPhone and it was intuitive and easy to use from the start.

I NOW WANTED A DAMN MAC!

The gods smiled on me. My work PC laptop died in early APR and my boss asked if I was sure I didn't want a MAC - everyone else in the office uses a MAC. I said "IS THE POPE CATHOLIC? OF COURSE I WANT ONE !!!!"

I ended up with a top-of the line MAC Book Pro and I took to it like a duck to water - thanks also to the iPhone which has a lot of similar looking software.

The advice given to me when I got my Mac "Do what you think you should be doing when you want to do something on the MAC - it's pretty intuitive and user friendly"....

GOD, I am now a MAC super user...2 weeks to transition completely...

Now I HATE my damn personal PC...I WANT AN iMac!

MobileMe + my iPhone + my Mac =

I am like that "ex smoker"....I now REALLY HATE PCs....

I can't believe I waited so damn long...

SWITCH NOW!!!!!!

PEACE

daWeatherMan

PS - I don't think I want to date anymore PC owners....I have stopped doing technical support!

PPS - you MAc users....er....you WERE RIGHT...MACS ARE better!

DrStorm saidPS - I don't think I want to date anymore PC owners....I have stopped doing technical support!

PPS - you MAc users....er....you WERE RIGHT...MACS ARE better!

We welcome you with open arms and legs, doctor, glad you joined our side. Never underestimate the power of mac!

My first computer was a mac waaaaaaaaaaay back in the 80's. I don't remember dark castle, but I did play a lot of Lode Runner-- that wicked sound when you dissolved brick is still crystal clear in my memory.

Now I work in advertising and still use a mac everyday, home and work. I've owned PCs, built them, torn them down, reprogrammed them, hacked them a bit, but even with that familiarity (maybe even because of it), I am totally loyal to Mac. Desktop, Laptop and iPhone... we're a happy little family.

I dont see why everyone hates Vista. I hated it until I used it, now I actually like it.

I would like to try a Mac but since it wont be my main machine I'm not going to spend more than $300 on it so that seems to be out of the question. I was considering buying a macbook for classes but the cost of the computer was just too much, my $600 Dell is doing just fine so far.

I run too many windows only applications to be able to use an apple as my main computer.

cspyny saidI dont see why everyone hates Vista. I hated it until I used it, now I actually like it.

I would like to try a Mac but since it wont be my main machine I'm not going to spend more than $300 on it so that seems to be out of the question. I was considering buying a macbook for classes but the cost of the computer was just too much, my $600 Dell is doing just fine so far.

I run too many windows only applications to be able to use an apple as my main computer.

The Mac is strong in this one I sense

cspyny saidI dont see why everyone hates Vista. I hated it until I used it, now I actually like it.

I would like to try a Mac but since it wont be my main machine I'm not going to spend more than $300 on it so that seems to be out of the question. I was considering buying a macbook for classes but the cost of the computer was just too much, my $600 Dell is doing just fine so far.

I run too many windows only applications to be able to use an apple as my main computer.

You might as well get a Mac. You can use the Boot Camp feature (which I use when I need to switch between the 2) which allows you to install both Windows on the Mac. I know that there are some programs that I need to run on the Mac but do my code development on the Windows side. So join the good group and get a Mac.

Got a PC at work, Mac at home... and love my Mac. I work a lot with really long documents, and often Word screws them up. But most amusingly, if things don't work well in Office on the PC, I can usually fix them on the Mac at home. Who would have thought?

Used them since 1990. Since Jobs returned things have remarkably improved

OK, how's this for gay nerdy. So, last year, I actually had a date with a Mac Genius. He was a great guy, but really busy -- it didn't work out. But, how great would it have been to date a Mac Genius? Not to have him fix my computer (which is always a plus), but just the cache of saying, "I date a Mac Genius."?

Early this year I dated a guy who said, upon learning I was a Mac user, "Oh, great! I'm not sure I can date another PC user." When he found out I had dated a Mac Genius, he was jealous -- said it was something he hoped that would happen to him, too.

helium said

cspyny saidI dont see why everyone hates Vista. I hated it until I used it, now I actually like it.

I would like to try a Mac but since it wont be my main machine I'm not going to spend more than $300 on it so that seems to be out of the question. I was considering buying a macbook for classes but the cost of the computer was just too much, my $600 Dell is doing just fine so far.

I run too many windows only applications to be able to use an apple as my main computer.

You might as well get a Mac. You can use the Boot Camp feature (which I use when I need to switch between the 2) which allows you to install both Windows on the Mac. I know that there are some programs that I need to run on the Mac but do my code development on the Windows side. So join the good group and get a Mac.

Thats what i ended up doing because I wanted to keep playing my PC games and a few applications I still need to use. Windows seems a lot more stable on my mac since i upgraded to OS X leopard too. I was really nervous about setting it all up, but bootcamp was surprisingly easy to use and set up

I love my Mac more then life itself..



well not really, but I DO love my mac a hell of a lot

Once, after my iBook decided to just, you know, DIE (it erased its own hard drive, I have no idea how it happened) my mom lent me her Toshiba laptop and the moment I took it out in class so I could send some e-mails one of my best friends (a total mac fanatic) actually YELLED "Where's your Mac!?" Ever since then I just love telling him I'm buying a pc just to see the reaction I get.

And yes, macs are way better in several (if not most) aspects, but if you just want a computer to just do normal stuff in a PC works fine.

And I just loved Carrie's reaction to the iPhone in Sex and the City. "I don't know how to work this!" Honestly, some of us want a phone that doesn't have the insane need to be anything but a phone.

Edit: I should say that I got my iBook fixed and I'm using it now. I love it to pieces, but I also use pc's when I'm at my parent's shop and while they ARE slower, they also get the job done ok.

I have always owned Macs but use PC's at work. I love my G5 I Mac. I recently had a logic board and power source problem. I took it to an apple authorized dealer and they could not find anything wrong with it. A few weeks later it crashed and I took it to the apple dealer that I bought it from. They were very busy because of the back to school demand and such and they had my computer for about a week without even diagnosing the problem. I went in to talk to the manager because I could not find a place on their web site that I could send a email complaint to. She told me that she was very sorry that I was upset and she would handle the situation personally. Well, I got my computer back fixed later that day and they comped the whole repair bill. (This was significant because I was out of warranty). I am a die hard Mac fan!!

I'm switching to a Mac Pro only because I'm building a serious TV editing suite for my career.

I'm quite excited to have a fast computer for once, laptops are retarded (had a sony vaio) and i think i'd rather sacrifice portability for brute force.

I am a Mac user and I love it! I have been a Mac user since high school and I never looked back!

It's sad for me since I'm already thinking about buying an iMac for home purposes while keeping my MacBook Pro for portability. I am a true Mac geek. All I need now is an "I <3 Mac" shirt and I'll be set for a good while.

cspyny saidI dont see why everyone hates Vista. I hated it until I used it, now I actually like it.

I was neutral about it until I used it. Now, I hate it with a passion, and it's very likely that I won't use any more versions of Windows after XP. A Mac fanatic friend of mine uses a Mac Mini as the media center for his flat panel TV, and I may soon do the same.

HEY GUYS!

I NEED HELP WITH MY MAC. It has a webcam, but I can't seem to use it with any IM software. It won't work on YIM, AIM, or MSN Messenger. I'm sure there's a way around this issue.

WHAT AM I MISSING????

BlkMuscleGent saidHEY GUYS!

I NEED HELP WITH MY MAC. It has a webcam, but I can't seem to use it with any IM software. It won't work on YIM, AIM, or MSN Messenger. I'm sure there's a way around this issue.

WHAT AM I MISSING????

Is your webcam built-in/the Apple webcam (iSight) or another brand? Mine works on AIM best, Yahoo most of the time, and MSN Messenger from time to time. It sometimes depends on what version software the other person has and whether they are PC or Mac. You aren't attempting to use your cam in more than one application at a time are you?

BlkMuscleGent saidHEY GUYS!

I NEED HELP WITH MY MAC. It has a webcam, but I can't seem to use it with any IM software. It won't work on YIM, AIM, or MSN Messenger. I'm sure there's a way around this issue.

WHAT AM I MISSING????

For MSN the web-cam function won't work on the personal side of the official Microsoft client, just for the business side (go figure) so I use a third party MSN client called Mercury for my MSN. For YIM I have sporatic problems with it cutting out, but I think it's mostly because I'm running a wireless connection to my MacBook Pro, and the signal drops just quick enough to interrupt the feed. For AIM, sign in to your AIM profile via iChat and it should work then, it uses the same protocols and it should recognise the cam fine.

Hi I'm Andy and after the screen died on my notebook in April 07 I bought my white macbook and never looked back

Best decision I ever made and I stand by it, logged about 6-7 hours in free tech support when I first got it

CuriousJockAZ saidI have a MacBook Pro and can't imagine why anyone would own anything other than a Mac unless they absolutely had to use a PC. Every time I have to get on a PC, I want to pull my hair out -- they are such a pain compared to the Mac.

Yup, I agree with everything he said.
I switched to Mac when I got to Grad school and I've been having a love affair with Mac for 2 yrs now. First with a black Macbook and now with my MacBook Pro.

Have been a mac user since the days of the small box in 1988. Always used macs and always will.

Had one job that wouldn't let me use a mac, I had to use a PC laptop. While I worked there, I would take my work home and do it on my mac and then reload it on my PC whenever I could. I was so aggravated with having to use the damn thing for a year (slow, programs crashing, couldn't find a wi-fi signal if you were next to the source), that while on a business trip, I threw it out the car window. It totally crapped out - and I never felt better. I quit that job 2 weeks later and will never touch a PC if I can help it.

Now in my own business, I have a MacBook white 13". I'm waiting until October 14th for the new series to come out, and then I'm updating! Can't wait

I've been a PC user all my life and i have a desktop thats my engineering work horse and entertainment center. Unlike most people i havnt had much problem with PC's other than occasional hardware failure which is very annoying. But i recently bought a MacBook on the 24th of september, and good god i think ive turned my desk top on 4times since then haha i love this thing so much. I plan to keep using the pc as workhorse though, and keeping the Mac for good-old fashion fun.

DuggerPDX saidIn 2006 I switched out our PC's (2 Dell Desktops and 1 Dell laptop) for a couple of 24" iMac's and a MacBook Pro. I couldn't believe my partner who is a bit of a Luddite (even though he is a physician) went for the swap. We love them, easy to own, easy to use, and the iMac has such a small footprint on our desks.

Now I have a problem though, my partner likes to play games, like Rise of Nations, and the poor iMac just doesn't have the graphics power to run it properly, so now I think I may need to add another PC to our mix so he can play his games. I'd really rather not go back to a PC, anyone out there have any suggestions?

UPDATE

I just upgraded to two brand new 24" iMac's with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics card, a special order, and installed Windows XP on boot camp and so far the gaming experience is very good, much much better than the old graphics chip set.

I'm also using Time Capsule to back up three Mac's I have in the house, it's working great and it saved my ass because I toasted one of my iMac's while loading Windows XP, totally my fault as I didn't follow the instructions to the letter. Was able to completely restore my system, it took forever though, I had about 125 GB to restore.

I was really looking forward to the new MacBooks announced Tuesday. I was even considering a new MacBook Pro, possibly. But, I think I'm going to wait a few months because of a couple of concerns.

While the new MBP sounds awesome, I think it may be more than I need. The new NVIDIA processors sound amazing. But, I understand when you go into "turbo" mode, you need to log off and log back in. That sounds annoying! I hope that will be fixed in a future software update.

I'm more likely to get a MacBook. But, I can not believe Apple dropped the Firewire connector. I rely on that for connecting to my external hard drive for backing up. And it's essential for Target Disk Mode when transferring data from one Mac to another. USB is much slower by comparison. Apple has updated Migration Assistant, but I haven't heard if it addresses any of the speed concerns or Target Disk Mode. Also, I haven't done any video work on it, but would like to have the option and Firewire is key.

I'm looking forward to checking them out, playing with the new multi-touch glass tackpad/button. I was expecting to buy a new Mac for Christmas, now I might wait for a while. I just don't feel like running out and buying one right away.

Yeah I will wait for few more months... Salesman told me to wait for few months buying a new updated Apple Computer. So I don't believe him so I brought the old PowerBook G4 laptop (Tiger). I made a big mistake. I should have listen to the salesman. That was 4 years ago when PowerBook G4 was popular.

paradox saidI just wish OS X was available for non-Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't offer the fanless, completely silent hardware I want.

huh?

My Macbook Pro is as quiet as they come!

I just upgraded to the 24" iMac 3 GHz. Haven't heard a peep out of it, except for a sound of ejecting disks. Yes, you can hear a fan if you put your ear right up to the case, but it's the quietest machine I've owned since the fan-less Apple //e. Non-perceptible, against ambient noise. And it's quiet here.

I did have a few issues with the migration assistant, but those seem to be more the fault of GoDaddy and FireFox. Some fairly bizarre, almost WhineDoze-like settings voodoo was required.

Yeah, dropping the firewire on the macbook seems like a blunder to me. I wish they'd just bring back and upgrade the 12" PowerBook. It's the perfect size for mobility. (Now, for it's size that's a noisy machine.) Mine's just getting old and tired.

Been a Mac user here for about 5 years now, ever since 10.2 -converted from XP and never looked back. I guess I could definitely qualify as a fan-boy now, since I switched my company and my home over to macs, lol. I only have one GM who hates me, but I'm hoping the new MacBooks change his mind, lol.

Just grabbed that new MacBook Pro yesterday at the store...I'm amazed at how good it looks in person, and how solid it is...and the new trackpad is the bomb.

I went Mac and never went back.

BTW: People with too much time on their hands have discovered that microshaft's new "I'm a PC" adds were actually created on Macs.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115120&intsrc=hm_list

I once personally saw Bill Gates, before a demonstration of early video chat software, spend half an hour trying to conceal the fact that his demo machine was a mac. He couldn't make the apple logo go away, so he physically masked the projector to conceal the top of the screen.

I'm a Mac.

TallGWMvballer said

paradox saidI just wish OS X was available for non-Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't offer the fanless, completely silent hardware I want.

huh?

My Macbook Pro is as quiet as they come!

My Macbook's fan can get loud when it's doing a lot of processing, but I'm pretty sure it's a fluke. I've tried bringing it into the Genius Bar to be looked at, but of course I can't ever get it to duplicate the problem when I'm there. Otherwise, it's very quiet.

EricLA said

TallGWMvballer said

paradox saidI just wish OS X was available for non-Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't offer the fanless, completely silent hardware I want.

huh?

My Macbook Pro is as quiet as they come!

My Macbook's fan can get loud when it's doing a lot of processing, but I'm pretty sure it's a fluke. I've tried bringing it into the Genius Bar to be looked at, but of course I can't ever get it to duplicate the problem when I'm there. Otherwise, it's very quiet.

Hmmm Honestly I work with many Macbook Pros at our shows and have never heard the fan at all.
My own is completely quiet except the noise when a disc is inserted or rejected.

You guys know where I can download a program that allow you to type and have the computer talk? Like typing talk audio? something like that? It is like on youtube's audio preview.

Switched two years ago.. Now an avid fan.

Have 3 now:

Mac Pro
Macbook Air
Mac Mini

paradox saidI just wish OS X was available for non-Apple hardware, because Apple doesn't offer the fanless, completely silent hardware I want.

The Mac Pro (at least the newest octal I bought) uses 3 enormous fans that run so slow you can see the blades casually spinning---even under load. It's almost as noiseless as my water-cooled PC with the cooling heatsync tower (zero fans) was. Having really large fans at slower RPM made a big difference.

what are these macs all you kids are talking about?
is it some sort of candy taffy?

I've been running a vista machine for a year now and only had one blue screen of death. It's on about 24/7 so I think that's saying something.