Smudge

Hello:

I have always gone the PC route. This is what I use my PC for 95% of the time: MS Word, Internet, photos, and to sync my Palm 755p smartphone (which is soon to be replaced by a blackberry). I am tired of the virus issues, crashes, freeze ups, ect, ect that I have experienced over the several years using PC's. Several friends say that I can eliminate most of these issues by switching to a Macbook. Any thoughts on this? Based on my needs will a Mac fit me well? I use hardly any software programs other than the ones I mentioned above. Thanks

h364

I've just made the transition, been a PC ever since learning about computers form the age of 7.

Wanting to try something new, and just to be different really. Macbooks are amazingly stylish as well.

tlarkin

Oh man, I don't even know if I want to comment on this thread.....


oh crap I can't resist

yes get a mac you will love it

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speedyink

Lmao, I know what you mean.

Are Blackberries or Palms compatible with the Mac? That's all I'm worried about.

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tlarkin

I have a blackberry for work and I can sync it with iSync but had to hack it up a bit, blue tooth transfers work fine and I also synced my Nokia phone before I got an iPhone.

Google your model with iSync to see if it will sync. There is also a few bluetooth apps which are third party that do such things, like blue phone elite is another one. I have used that with my macbook pro and my cell phones in the past.

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h364

There's a massive war between Mac and PC, and to be honest i think PC's have vastly outnumbered us on this forum.

It's all down to personal choice, and i chose Macintosh.

Bootup05

Go for it!

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If you can't manage to keep viruses off of a PC, just use a Mac.

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there shouldn't be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

tlarkin

You know what I just did this week on my PC. I wiped and reloaded Vista, I had contracted some malware from a place I did not know. I would say my PC knowledge is way above average and I don't download any pirated software or anything else really other than some media content (which is legit) and some video games I buy off of steam.

I also know how to avoid getting such things, probably better than most people on this forum. I am not sure what the malware was called or what it did, but my bandwidth usage went through the roof even when idle, and when I would play games my ping would be around 500ms + which means most likely I was uploading something to the interwebs. It was most likely some sort of trojan.

I downloaded and tried like 8 different anti virus and anti spyware software and they all came up clean.

Wiped and reloaded Vista, problem gone. So even people who know a lot about computers contract malware/spyware/viruses that aren't in any prevention software's definitions. You know that if the software isn't aware of it specifically it won't catch it, that is how it works.

That statement is moot. Now, this is like the first virus or malware I have gotten in probably 5 years maybe longer because I do practice very safe computing.

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Bodaggit23

That's odd. Maybe a random port scanner.

Or a rogue Windows user from this forum.

Lol JK, JK

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