PC or MAC?

Question

I've had it!!! I have a DELL thats not even 3 years old and the Best Buy "Geek Squad" still can't figure out what the problem is (hardware problem)! The "geek" told the wife the MACs are expensive to repair, bad etc. blah blah, blah. I started with a MAC and because of the price of PC's I gave in. Any MAC users with good sound advice?

Answer 1

You should just flip a coin...then you will have your answer.

Answer 2

I'm very happy with my Mac Powerbook G4, which I bought about 18 months ago. The operating system (OS X) is very elegant and stable, and I have never had trouble with a virus or other malware (I don't have any special anti-virus software installed). I am running Microsoft Office in addition to all the original Apple software that came with the computer.

The integrated suite of media software called iLife is very easy to use and I especially like iChat, the video conferencing software. I use it to video chat with my parents (both in their 80s) and with my brother and his wife and their 4 year old kids. We bought our parents their Mac (an iMac with the built in camera) and they have no trouble using the machine. They could never get their HP PC to work properly; it always was crashing and getting viruses.

If you get a Mac, I suggest signing up for the extended support and getting a ".mac" subscription. Apple has been good to me when asking for advice on how best to use my computer. I also suggest using mainly Apple approved peripherals and software, because part of the value of the Mac is the fact that all the pieces seem to work very well together.

I'll never go back to a PC. I'm a computer user, not a computer geek.

Answer 3

I am SO glad you asked!

I have been a Mac user since the mid-80s. Learned on them at work, used them at home. Over the past five years I have had to use PCs at work and I HATE the M$ system! PCs are clunky memory hogs, and most of the tools you need are not easy to find or readily accessible. Simple cut-and-paste keystrokes require an almost impossible stretch of the fingers - it usually takes me two hands to do what I routinely do on my Mac with one.

Word is a hugely annoying app. It makes me number things when I don't want to. I have to go through hoops just to justify text. Little gremlins attach themselves to my cursor for no known reason. Funny symbols appear uninvoked on the page. When I ty to copy something from a website to a Word file, I can't always delete unwanted stuff, and justifying text is impossible.

My current iMac G-5 is a miracle of design. There's no tower; all the guts fit in the 1 1/2" space behind the monitor screen. All my frequently used apps are located in the dock at the bottom of the screen. All the tools I need for database management or word processing are at my fingertips on the screen. Everything is intuitive and user-friendly.

You say Macs are expensive to repair? These days you can easily get under the hood...but why would you need to? Macs never break down, freeze up or crash. The current OS is Linux-based, about as stable as Gibraltar. And best of all...Macs are virus-proof and spyware-proof. Use Firefox as your browser and it will block pop-ups too.

Sure, Macs are more expensive. Everybody knows...you get what you pay for. I wouldn't take a PC as a gift!

Answer 4

You can get a nice new intel based iMac for around 1200 bucks. It comes with a load of great software, a built in mic, a built in camera, and many more great features. Straight out of the box, you can take pictures, edit pictures, create and edit home movies, create comic strips, burn dvds, and sooooo much more.

And lets not forget that if you just have to live in a Windows world that there are at least two programs (Boot Camp and Parallels) that will allow you to install Windows XP on a partition of your hard drive.

I have an iMac where I work. I can do everything on the network with it that I can do with my pc. And when it comes to video and picture editing, there is no PC in the school that can touch the mac in quality and ease of use.

Good luck.

Answer 5

I converted to the Mac a few years ago and have not looked back. I've had two iMacs (G4 & G5) and have had NO problems with them at all. I don't even have a virus scanner.

Now with the new macs being able to run Windows as well as Mac OS X there is no questions- GET A MAC!

Answer 6

Macs are expensive, but very well built. Very few problems with them. They're virtually immune to viruses as well. I've had an iMac for about a year and a half now, with no problems at all. Well worth the cost. They have an optional 3 year extended service plan, which I got with mine, and would recommend. You also with it get all free software updates available.