Is Windows Vista reliable or should I just get a Mac?

Question

I am soooo fed up with windows xp crashing on my computer so I want to get a reliable computer next time - any suggestions?

Answer 1

It all depends what you want to do with your computer if your into editing music video or photo's then a mac is the way to go it comes pre loaded with everything you need if your just into surfing the net and I'm chat then don't waste your money on a mac get a PC and remember it all depends on what you want to do PC are more compatible with most software out there so there's usually no problem loading most soft wares to you PC where macs are limited to what you can load on them.

Answer 2

It depends on what you are using it for. Many programs are not compatible with Vista yet so if you use a lot of programs check compatibility before you upgrade. Although Macs have generally superior graphics capabilities the business world is 90% PC so from a practical standpoint buying a mac makes little sense. As for your XP crashing problem, it is probably more than just XP (not enough RAM, system too slow...who knows.) I have had XP for years and have had little or no issues with it, however, other people withing my organization frequently have XP lock up. In most cases it's a computer upgrade problem and not XP.

Answer 3

well I and many Mac people love their Macs. They do seem to cost more up front but in the long run I think they are no more than other good computers for the money. You can compare features on them and lots of times a Dell with same features will actually cost more.

I hope this doesn't become a Mac or PC flame war. I can only tell you I have used Macs for over 10 years and have been very happy.

If there is an Apple store near you I would strongly suggest you stop in and play with them and talk to one of the employees there who can show you the ease and power of the system.

Good luck

Answer 4

You better think about this carefully!

Vista is ok, but not great! Mac is great but not supported very well.

If you want to play games, and mess with programs, you better get a pc and vista is going to be a must with in a year!

The Mac has very little software and not supported by much. Unless you just want to surf the net and use apple programs, you better get a pc.

Also, for the price of a good mac, you can get the BEST PC EVER MADE!!!!

Answer 5

I have used Vista for months and have had no trouble of any kind. It makes backing up your hard drive easy, and is more secure than XP, and has additional feature you may like. Get it and stay away from MAC. Do not believe what you are told about Vista being unstable. The people probably have not used it as I have.

Answer 6

Don't go for the Mac with the impression that it will not crash, they are just as liable as with any other software. It is suggested that Mac OS X is more stable compared to Windows. Have to say that, in my view, Mac OS X has a better approach to crashes than Windows, in that it tries to clear the issue while remaining responsive (opposed to complete freeze or memory dump/restart).

As you can see a lot of people would not, currently, associate reliable with Vista.

Answer 7

well let's put it this way... I've worked at my computer tech support job for about 2 weeks now and have seen 40+ PC laptops with XP come in and out. Over that same period of time, I've seen less than 4 macs in here and every time, it was an inquiry like "How do I set up wireless?"

Go with a Mac and it'll save you some headaches. If you are big on gaming, maybe get a dell xps. If not, get a Mac.

Answer 8

XP doesn't crash = we have XP machines at work running 24x7 for months on end.

APPLICATIONS crash - often taking the whole PC with them.

If you control the rubbish that's loaded onto the PC's (like we do) , make sure your anti-virus and Firewalls are up-to-date and NEVER EVER click on a link in an eMail, then you should be OK.

Of course you could just get a Mac. = since there are 10x less apps. and (so far) Mac's are virtually imune to email transmitted viruses, you are less likely to encounter something that takes out the whole machine...

Answer 9

No, you are able to not run the Mac OS on a homestead windows based workstation. you will would desire to purchase a Mac and shipment homestead windows because of the fact the secondary OS. The Mac OS comes with Bootcamp which makes this conceivable, or you are able to acquire and setting up parallels. Parallels facilitates you to run homestead windows just about which ability there is not any would desire to purchase a duplicate of homestead windows. Parallels does value approximately $50, even though it beats identifying to purchase a duplicate of homestead windows for no less than $one hundred forty.

Answer 10

Mac pros:

Lower cost of ownership
Better resale value
More reliable (For all kinds of design reasons)
Less viri prone (again, for all kinds of design reasons)
Better designed user interface
Better aggregate performance on same CPU and RAM
Using VMWare, can run Windows in a virtual machine

vs.

Initially more expensive to purchase. The cost
of owning one over time is substantially less than
Windows.

I don't give Windows boxes to my family simply
because I don't want to have to administer them.
My family is capable of administering their own
Macs.

If you have some card that only has drivers for
Windows, you can probably put it in a Intel Mac
but you'll end up "boot camp" booting Windows
on it.

Otherwise, you can do everything under MacOS
including run Windows under a virtual machine.

In reality, with OpenOffice, I very rarely ever end
up going near Windows for my own use ... only to
support other poor shlubs who have gotten viri
or some other windows malignancy.

I would also note that, of the people who have
extensively used both operating systems, I have
NEVER seen them select Windows for their
own OS.