considering getting a mac
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that dude i cant help you with,but i would buy an older Mac machine and test it out.
This looks good
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Macintosh-Pow...oryZ4607QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Has Osx installed and ready to play
The_Other_One
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Haha, well if you can find a mac for cheap enough, go for it. I do like my Mini. I will admit the graphics are much better on the Mac than my PC, but the functionality of my PCs make me use them over macs... Plus, comparable software is typically better on PCs and much easier to come across.
As for quality, Macs are high quality machines. I know my Mini feels very solid. The ports don't move at all when plugging devices in unlike some other cheap PCs I've worked with *coughDELLcough*. But other PCs can be very solid as well...
As for quality, Macs are high quality machines. I know my Mini feels very solid. The ports don't move at all when plugging devices in unlike some other cheap PCs I've worked with *coughDELLcough*. But other PCs can be very solid as well...
patrickv
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newguy5
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can you install mac osx on a pc anyway?
patrickv
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tlarkin
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1) Macs are not over priced, they are just high quality machines
2) It will take you some time to fully learn the OS, probably six months. Most people who try any other OS don't take time to fully learn it. That is why you hear people say, it is not as flexible as windows. Which is an opinion and in many ways false
3) Depending on your needs depends on your Mac, and cost is relative with a Mac.
Just go read this
http://www.computerforum.com/120762-macintosh-platform.html
2) It will take you some time to fully learn the OS, probably six months. Most people who try any other OS don't take time to fully learn it. That is why you hear people say, it is not as flexible as windows. Which is an opinion and in many ways false
3) Depending on your needs depends on your Mac, and cost is relative with a Mac.
Just go read this
http://www.computerforum.com/120762-macintosh-platform.html
I'm in the same boat as you, I've always been curious but never wanted to spend the money but now I'm definitely considering a macbook or a macbook pro for college and the reason is windows vista. Everything I use, I can do with mac except for gaming which I wouldn't do on a laptop anyway. Plus I'm in school so I'm getting that discount plus I'm going to sell the free ipod so it's making it a little cheaper for me. I think it's worth buying a mac because besides gaming, every downfall I could think of there was a mac solution.
My other option may be going back to xp for a while. I'm probably going to buy it for my desktop to dual boot since I can get it for $60 with my corporate discount.
My other option may be going back to xp for a while. I'm probably going to buy it for my desktop to dual boot since I can get it for $60 with my corporate discount.
tlarkin
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You can use that macbook pro for 5+ years as well. People are happily running Leopard on their 6 and 7 year old systems. You can't do that with windows, period.
They really aren't over priced because you are getting a better machine that lasts you a lot longer.
yeah but the old macs use ibm proc the new ones use intel so how can you run osx on the ibm models??? different achitexture alltogether
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tlarkin
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Apple provides code for both PPC and intel based macs in all of their OSes. The only exception will be 10.6 (snow leopard) which will be intel only. This will also make their OS about half the size since they won't have to provide code for their legacy systems. They did this as a service to their customers, and now they are moving on.
They use translators, and write code for both, that is how they do it. Also, only a few of the PPC had IBM chips in them, and a lot of them used the older Motorolla chips in them. Now they are all Intel.
tlarkin
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You forgot no viruses, and can do everything and more out of the box than windows.
It is a personal preference thing.
no such thing as no viruses mate as long as your using executable files not matter what the format there will always be viruses whether its .exe or .bz2
tlarkin
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No you are wrong, there are ZERO viruses in the wild for OS X. Plus things can't self execute, unless you are logged in as the root user, which would be asking for it anyway.
Windows no authentication is needed, therefore it is the weakest OS out there security wise. Botnets don't run off of Unix, Linux, or OS X machines, they run exclusively off of Windows machines.
Do a bit of research and you will see.
Interested
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i got osx86. used it for a week. what a crappy os. thats what i have to say. and yes, i did fully learn how to use it. its very annoying and in my eyes, is very inferior to windows.
tlarkin
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You must be a genius then to fully understand how an OS works in just one week of using it. I have been using Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X, DOS, windows 9x, and others for years and I still learn new things all the time.
You didn't put hardly enough time in to learn anything. It is just like the people that run Ubuntu for like 2 months and think they know it all and it sucks so they go back to windows.
I say you need at least 6 months with an OS to really fully understand the basics.