Should I get a Mac?

Unless you've grown up with Macs you'll find them horrible to use. No right-click; half the shortcuts you're used to have just aren't there any more.
Pish-pash.
Know why they have big handles on them? So you can attach a chain and use them as a Boat-Anchor!
 
Arkady said:
Unless you've grown up with Macs you'll find them horrible to use. No right-click; half the shortcuts you're used to have just aren't there any more.
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Thats really not true. I grew up with a C64, Amiga then a Windows 3.1 PC and then Win95, Win98, Win2k, XP and then a Mac with OSX. Sure its different but horrible to use, nope not at all. Its just different. There is right click as I've previously said and yes the shortcuts you're used to aren't the same. Just like they're not on a Sony phone when you've owned a Nokia one. Personally it wasn't an issue for me. Hell my Dad has switched from Windows to OSX and he doesn't even know what Explorer is.
 
Have to say that I was very very slow at getting into the technology thing , especially the PC.. Eve though I have an engineering background it did not come easy. I am totally convinced however that had I started with a Mac. my entry would have been many times less painful and certainly more productive straight away. It is not just the reliable mechanics of it , but the 'do it' philosophy. Once you have learnt that to go ahead and do it is far better than to work out 'how to do it' then funnily enough its a breeze. By the way I use 'logitech mx400' mouse no probs. Another example, when I started with my little laptop I plugged all my PC periferrals into it and they ALL WORKED first time with no software changes necessarry including an external display. If thats not a WOW for a PC user I don't know what is.
 
I think a big problem with people's Pc experience is that a lot of people go out and buy a cheap crap £300 Dell computer or similar that is underspecced from day one to even run Windows XP properly and then complain that it runs slow and crashes and has problems, well when you don't buy the tool for the job it's hardly surprising. Personally i think Macs are overpriced for what they are and a decent PC can do everything a Mac can do and just as well. If people spent half the money a Mac costs on a PC then they would have a much better experience and far less problems.

Sadly the majority of people who buy a PC these days are only focused on price and many never even look at specifications etc.

Also there are far more PC varients and hardware makers so there are bound to be some more conflicts given the millions of users.

Plus if we all bought Macs, then the viruses and issues would just shift to Macs and then we would all be saying lets get PC's they don't have viruses.

For me there are far too many utils and software progs that just don't exist or work on Macs, plus my machine is a good spec, i only run antivirus, don't need firewall cos i have a router and don't suffer from spyware (at least haven't yet in the last 5+ years), it hardly ever gets turned off and very very rarely do i need a reboot for software or hardware under XP.

For verstility, price and usability i think you are still best with a PC, but if macs got cheaper then the gap would close a bit.
 
ppp said:
I think a big problem with people's Pc experience is that a lot of people go out and buy a cheap crap £300 Dell computer or similar that is underspecced from day one to even run Windows XP properly and then complain that it runs slow and crashes and has problems, well when you don't buy the tool for the job it's hardly surprising. Personally i think Macs are overpriced for what they are and a decent PC can do everything a Mac can do and just as well. If people spent half the money a Mac costs on a PC then they would have a much better experience and far less problems.

Sadly the majority of people who buy a PC these days are only focused on price and many never even look at specifications etc.
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Well said, my thoughts exactly..;)
 
Jimmy_Lemon said:
You might like it, personally I am not a fan - have to use one for some of my work and its the most tempremental thing in the world!
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Totally agree.

After having used PC's for well over 10 years, and macs for nearly 3 years, I have to say i dont like macs at all. Sorry :)
 
I switched about 4 years ago and while I still have to use windows (on my Mac) almost daily I really prefer using OSX and find it far more enjoyable. That lack of keyboard shortcuts compared to windows versions of most applications is the biggest nag with Macs but most people who make the switch will tell you they are happier with a Mac.

They do cost far more than a similar PC machine so that is a big consideration and as many here have said, as long as you get the right tool for the job, either should perform without any problems.

It comes down to how much more you would enjoy a Mac (if at all) and what that's worth to you in hard earned ££'s
 
ppp said:
I think a big problem with people's Pc experience is that a lot of people go out and buy a cheap crap £300 Dell computer or similar that is underspecced from day one to even run Windows XP properly and then complain that it runs slow and crashes and has problems, well when you don't buy the tool for the job it's hardly surprising. Personally i think Macs are overpriced for what they are and a decent PC can do everything a Mac can do and just as well. If people spent half the money a Mac costs on a PC then they would have a much better experience and far less problems.

Sadly the majority of people who buy a PC these days are only focused on price and many never even look at specifications etc.

Also there are far more PC varients and hardware makers so there are bound to be some more conflicts given the millions of users.

Plus if we all bought Macs, then the viruses and issues would just shift to Macs and then we would all be saying lets get PC's they don't have viruses.

For me there are far too many utils and software progs that just don't exist or work on Macs, plus my machine is a good spec, i only run antivirus, don't need firewall cos i have a router and don't suffer from spyware (at least haven't yet in the last 5+ years), it hardly ever gets turned off and very very rarely do i need a reboot for software or hardware under XP.

For verstility, price and usability i think you are still best with a PC, but if macs got cheaper then the gap would close a bit.
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Totally agree with most of this. However If you compare like with like (high spec PC with similar Mac) as I tried to do earlier I would still say the likelihood of problems and downtime is still higher with the PC.. The very fact that the hardware components are from all over, the central software is a holdall for all people and theconstruction is in the hands of a third party just screams NO WAY to me. The higher up the quality ladder you go in almost any field of production (manufacturing) the more tightly the manufacture is controlled by one body or person (bespoke even). The best I can come up with and its probably full of holes:lol: is to compare PC to a top of the range road version of a 'Renault' or 'Peugeot' and a mid range 'Mercedes'. I suppose you can go too far with the bespoke/personal touch and end up with somthing that just does not work for anyone but the builder. I think Apple tread a fine line with this but so far with the odd glitch they have done very well. £ for £ it has to be MAC (at the moment).
 
Ive been a PC user since Doom... not sure what year, but when that came out I bought my first PC. Apart from my very first PC I never bought a pre-built system and instead cherry picked all the best bits and built the systems myself... I rarely had problems with Windows and havent really got a bad word to say about it. (besides dire driver packages)

But, IMO OSX is superior for what I need... if your even considering a Mac id recommend going to an Apple store and having a play, try and do what you would normally do, browse, download, manipulate a photo, organise a iTunes playlist... whatever, thats all I did, and within 10mins i knew i liked OSX and bought a Macpro, Aperture and Photoshop.

Ive since added Digital TV Tuner ability which using EyeTV works just as easily as my Tivo or Sky+ boxes... ive bought a 24¨ iMac specifically for mediacentre use and will be buying another Macpro to replace my one and only remaining Windows PC... the MacIntel offer to me the best of both worlds. If you need to be able to play games bootcamp allows you to install Windows and switch between the OSes in a minute or so, if you need to run some specific Windows Application you can seemlessly under Parallels... but for most thing there are OSX versions available that do the job just as well.

For me OSX is simply more intuitive, ive setup my mothers email and web browsers on my iMac and she just gets on with it, burning off Compliation Cds, sorting her iPod, writing letters, syncing her mobile phone, whatever... with Windows I know she would have asked me every step of the way, with OSX its just obvious and works. She has even added some Widgets.
 
I got a Mac Mini as I had a screen but did get the apple keyboard/mouse and love it. I've got the 13" Macbook to do my photos on while at a race site.

In a box at work I've got the 24" iMac machine to replace my Mac Mini and a 19" TFT Monitor so roll on 5:30 tonight :)

I find it easier than a PC, crashes less than my previous XP machines (and they were good spec). I've lost some of the gaming with the Mac Mini but with the new one, I'll probably try Americas Army again. No need (although I think this will change) for AntiVirus, Spyware or a 3rd party firewall. Less updates that Microsoft.

You pay more but I'm a fan!
Carl.
 
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