Thats a very very good point!!How many Mac owners do you hear jumping over to Microsoft?
if you are a gamer, then PC is your only choice.
but if you are a gamer, then PC is your only choice.
If you're using your system purely for image and video editing, or design, then Mac wins hands down but if you are a gamer, then PC is your only choice.
Microsoft Flight Stimulator!
The amount i play FS9 it wouldn't be worth me purchasing windows to put on the Mac just for that programme. All programmes i need can be found either on the machines OS, free open source (Open Office, Gimp etc) or i have software that is both Windows and Mac compatible like Lightroom 2.there are flight sims available on osx - open source ones, but hey you can still have windows and flight sim on a mac eh
Many many reasons but here's just one:
When you're typing something into a document and another application wants your attention, what would you like to happen? The Windows way is to bring the app that wants your attention to the front and direct all keyboard input to that application. If we're talking about a dialog box with options 'Yes' and 'No' and you happen to be typing the letter 'y' then you will agree to whatever that dialog is asking. I have done this on more than one occasion. On a Mac the app just bounces in the dock letting you know that it wants something but allowing you to deal with it when you want to.
What is the fundamental reason you use the mac rather than a PC?
Fundamental, it works better than my PC ever did.
What is it that makes it so great?
The clever people at Apple.
So many of you have said that they were PC users and went over to a Mac and never regretted it so why?
Apart from the above, I need nothing more than the mac offers me. I guess if I was into games I would have to keep a PC.
Ta muchly!
No worries.
One thing did occur to me actually. Mac's are great if you need to do something, PC's are good if you need something to do.
How strange, my vista setup just flashes the button in the task bar. None of this diving into another application unwanted. And it's the off the disc setup no altering settings to get it.:shrug: And if you've got 64 bit Vista it goes way over 4 Gig no problem (well, obviously not for you).
What is the fundamental reason you use the mac rather than a PC?
Great replies there peeps, Thanks very much!! It's running at 12/1 at the moment in favour of the mighty Mac!!
Oh yeah, the other day I thought it would be neat to have a folder called "Web size photos" that contained, well, web sized photos. You can use the supplied automator program to create this 'smart folder' that will allow you to drag files to it and automatically resize each photo as it goes in there. And you don't have to write any code either.
Been using my iMac for a month or so. It just works. No hassle, its fast, reliable, and it just works. I love windows, and I love my PC's, but they are annoying, a lot of the time. They breal and slow down and crash and get viruses. They get so many small annoying issues, which you often forget about....and then you use a mac....and it just works.
Night and day. Converted, end of story.
Gary.
All i do on my Windowz PC is Web, Mail, Word processing, Digital imaging, iTunes, a little web designing and Microsoft Flight Stimulator! I would miss Flight Stimulator but i hardly ever use it plus when i do i get bored pretty quickly with it.
SO... there's no reason for me not to go Mac but i can't afford an iMac at the moment but i can afford a used Mac Mini. There's one on the bay of E that's a 1.83GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2Gig ram, 160Gig HDD, Superdrive, keyboard and mouse plus it's about 2 miles away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oooh so tempting!
Would it be an idea to get the mini, use my Samsung 22" 2232 screen and then sell it when I'm almost ready financially to get an iMac??????
Like i need convincing!!
FWIW I have used every version of Windows in my regular job (Software Engineer) since Windows for Workgroups and detest what it has become. It's an endless source of frustration to me. I'm currently using Vista 64 with 4 gigs of RAM (of which Windows only recognises 3.25 gig for some reason) and it's so slow it drives me insane.
You advertise yourself as a software engineer and then describe a problem you're having which should be very simple to fix for a software engineer, or any other non tech savvy PC user who knows how to type "Vista 64 wont recognise all 4Gb RAM" into Google.... You should be ashamed! :bonk:
Have you tried Windows 7 Beta yet? I think you'll find it's a serious OSX contender finally (provided MS don't wreck it between now and release)...
And to the OP: There are arguments for and against PC vs Mac. Don't get disuaded either way by know it all fanboys...
Wtf, what software engineer doesn't know the reason for it not recognising (addressing is the correct term) the full 4Gb of ram. (no offence like but its fairly common knowledge, google for it)
erm....nvm
Fanboys are eejits. However, important to make the distinction between a fan boy, and some with experience of both, and a proper opinion.
Windows 7 is great, Windows Vista 64 is great. Windows XP was and still is superb. My Windows OS of choice is Windows Server 2008. The trouble though, from my NON fanboy point of view....Windows for me, has never worked for a prolonged period of time without requiring a reformat. And it has never, ever, hit the ground running without the need for 3 hours of updates, searching for drivers, tweaks and otger fixes. In short, it is everything that OSX would appear not to be. Awkward and Clunky after a while, and in need of repair every so often.
This is not an Anti PC / Windows rant from a mac fanboy. Just my honest opinion based on 7 years of living with Windows, and 6 weeks of no hassle Mac computing.
Maybe in 6 months, my Mac will crawl to a halt and need a reformat. I have a suspicion though, based on what I have read, and what others have said, that the problem of the crumbling OS, is a Windows and not OSX issue.
Oh and Windows 7 is indeed great. Simplified, faster and lets hope, more stable. Trouble is, it still has a registry, and the same file structuring as previous versions of Windows. As a result, I suspect that before the Beta period expires, my installation will have slowed to the point where a reformat is required.
Gary.
And to the OP: There are arguments for and against PC vs Mac. Don't get disuaded either way by know it all fanboys...
As soon as I can afford to make the move I'll be doing it. I'm sick to the back teeth of Windows needing reformatted every 6 months to keep it good.