Got a PC but wish it were a Mac?

The23rdman said:
Vista really is an arse of an OS though.
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I never had a problem with it, still dont actually...:p

Also stardock has been around for windows for ages.:)


And without trying to push the mac vs PC argument too much I'd like to tell you I've been at the receiving end of a mac for the last two weeks during lectures. What a backwards system with terrible projector output. Software looked and acted like windows 3.1 and it constantly had issues with almost everything... Having said that it was 5 years old and probably had an old OSX version on it but that's never stopped those mac diehards from slating windows, complaning about things that were only issues in XP, 9 years after XP came out...:p

(all the other macs I've used and seen have been fine, slightly different (and occasionally slightly backwards software wise) to windows but each to their own...)
 
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For what it's worth I tried "moving to Mac" a few years ago out of curiosity, with a brand new Mac Mini and Leopard, a few months after Leopard was out. It had nothing but problems, it crashed under any kind of strain and managed an uptime of mere days before I had to reboot it or it simply crashed. I had similar bad luck too with an iBook and OS X 10.3 Panther, and the only Mac I've got which has actually stood the test of time is a Performa 450 from 1993, upgraded to System 7.5.3. It still runs despite me having took it to pieces one day in college for fun, and then putting it all back together while it was running. It seems to be much the same with modern PC hardware. I've got some old PC bases in the house and even a 486 that still runs fine (minus the dead hard drive) and I wouldn't be surprised if they also outlived the newer computers. The two year old netbook that I've got came with Vista and had to be downgraded to XP as it had similar issues to the Mac Mini - it just wouldn't stay up for more than a few days. It's already showing issues after only two years and so I've eased the strain on it by demoting it to permanent file server duty. the bargain bucket 4 year old laptop that I am using now has managed to stay alive so far and has needed nothing but a RAM upgrade and a new hard drive. My Asus EEE running OS X 10.4 is probably one of the most stable computers running OS X that I've ever had, is probably faster than any G3 or low end G4, and cost me £50!

Long story short, whether it's a Mac or a PC, it's still a box with electrical devices inside, all with an MTBF figure, all running software that boils down to 1 and 0.
 
juno said:
You're making me want to dig out my SE30 :D
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I've still got an Atari St1040 in the cupboard upstairs - Maybe I should dig it out tomorrow just for the fun of it..

I run an iMac, and a laptop with Vista, although the battery's knackered and the wireless adaptor has just given up - mind you, it is about 3 years old now...

I had a bit of software on my last Windows desktop that gave you a "dock" like look, and that was 2 years ago...

Steve
 
what i did is buy Linux, looks and feels very similar to a mac now, i have installed a mac theme (so my Linux music thing has the itunes icon and this aplies to all apps). and i have a system so all the file, edit, view, insert things are always at the top now. o and i also have a thing called docky which works just like the dock works great for me until i get my mac.
 
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I can never really see why the fuss over any operating system, I doubt there are many who use it.

I can see every one laughing now, but bear with me.

I use Photoshop, Firefox, Skype an office program and so on, they all look and work the same on OSX, Windows or Linux. For the vast majority of folk the OS is the thing that puts the pretty little icons for your programs/applications on the screen.

OK we all make folders to file our stuff neatly, but any OS can do that.
 
whiteflyer said:
I can never really see why the fuss over any operating system, I doubt there are many who use it.

I can see every one laughing now, but bear with me.

I use Photoshop, Firefox, Skype an office program and so on, they all look and work the same on OSX, Windows or Linux. For the vast majority of folk the OS is the thing that puts the pretty little icons for your programs/applications on the screen.

OK we all make folders to file our stuff neatly, but any OS can do that.
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Well using MS Office apps on a Mac look very different to those on a PC. In fact I prefer the floating menus on the Mac. The file systems are similar but different, and the way that the Mac handles some files is very different to Windows (although I have yet to use Windows 7).

Steve
 
Jelster said:
Well using MS Office apps on a Mac look very different to those on a PC. In fact I prefer the floating menus on the Mac.
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Don't buy Mac Office 2011 then :'(

Looks more like MS Office 2010 with no floating menus and a ribbon bar, although VB support is back.

I moved from a Windows laptop (having used it since 3.1) to a MacBook Air almost 3 years ago and work as a consultant who is generally the only person in the office using a Mac.

Very few compatibility problems, although sending meeting invites from iCal is pointless with many Exchange servers. Mac Office 2008 version of Excel is also shockingly bad, but things seem a little better with 2011.

Tend to replace my laptops every 3 years and will certainly be replacing with another Mac.
 
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