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04-07-2007, 11:11 AM
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Ronald Epstein
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Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
I gotta be sounding like a broken record, and I'm certain some
of you could care less that I'm gushing in this forum like a girl
seeing her first Davey Jones concert (bad 70's joke), but MAN
OH MAN do I think Macintosh is the best thing that has ever
happened to computers.
You guys know the story. I had a $4K Velocity Micro PC that
went nutty after 2 years. Velocity Micro still can't fix it despite
the fact it has been shipped to their company no less than 3 times.
In January I said "enough is enough" and took the biggest
gamble of my life in buying a Macintosh. For most brainwashed
PC users like myself, going Mac was the thing we were taught
never EVER to do. Even my fellow HTF Moderator staff were
telling me that I was "drinking the kool-aid" because I was
talking up the virtues of owning a Mac computer.
In the past 3 months I have thoroughly enjoyed my Mac
experience to the point where two weeks ago I ditched my
Lenovo laptop for a Macbook Pro. The time had come
for me to put that final nail in the coffin as far as Windows and
PCs were concerned.
After a year of owning a Lenovo, which is considered by some
to be the "Rolls Royce" of laptops, I can honestly say that
the Macbook Pro blows it out of the water.
Here are
1. Bootup time is much quicker with OS X than Windows.
My Lenovo laptop with its 7200rpm drive used to take 3 minutes
to load up completely with its startup programs to the point
where I could use it. On my Macbook Pro with its
slower hard drive it takes 25 seconds.
2. Anything APPLE makes is quality. That's one of the reasons
why you pay through the nose for it. You tend to admire the
design and build quality of an iPod when comparing it to all the
other MP3 players out there. Same goes for Mac computers.
These are the most attractive and well-built pieces of machinery
on the market. Even Consumer Reports this month rated Mac
desktops to be the most reliable of computers.
3. No unnecessary eye candy. I have said this many times
before --- Vista is a glorified Windows XP that has been doctored
up to look pretty. But you know what? It still has bugs, it still
crashes and there are many having problems upgrading to it.
With OS X I have yet to have a single crash. When you install
a program you simply drag it to a directory. When you uninstall
you simply drag it to a trash can. No registry crap to deal with
and none of the problems associated with one software not playing
nice with another.
Bottom line is that I have never enjoyed my computing experience
as much as I do now that I switched over to a Mac. I have even
managed to convince my co-workers to switch over and they thank
me almost on a daily basis for doing so.
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04-07-2007, 11:50 AM
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
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Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
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Nope...never had a clue. 
Congrats on the MBP purchase, Ron. Not only is it a fully functional desktop replacement, but its design is so damned cool. Twice I've flown redeyes back from California and both times when I've fired my MBP up to watch a DVD the people sitting next to me have been agog when they see that ambient light sensor set the keyboard aglow.  |
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04-07-2007, 12:00 PM
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
I just saw the promo for Leopard on apple's site, and it looks pretty awesome. I really like the ichat feature of sharing photos but I suspect you need another person with ichat to take advantage of all the features. I've read that Apple should be announcing the latest line of laptops/desktops pretty soon so it will be interesting to see what they release.
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04-07-2007, 01:01 PM
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John Rice
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
Ron, my first experience with the difference between the systems came years ago when someone asked me how you save a file to a floppy (OK, quite a few years ago) in Windows. You can now probably see why the very question didn't make any sense to me. One thing in your post stood out to me though. You said you replaced a 4K Windows machine, then commented that you "pay through the nose" for Macs. Macs really aren't much more eexpensive anymore. No, you can't get a $400 piece of crap that won't do squat, but you can get into a complete iMac for under 1K and a mini for $500.
From what I can tell, the only place Mac falls behind, and probably always will, is with gaming software, which doesn't get ported over very fast. Of course, that makes the typical Windows user argument that Macs are just pretty little toys and not for real computing a bit ironic.
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
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04-07-2007, 01:59 PM
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
Good to hear Ron. I'm planning to buy MacBook Pro later this year -- this will be my first Mac and my first laptop.
Having grown up with all the wonderful 80's computers (Timex Sinclair, Atari 800, Atari ST, C64), used NeXT throughout college and other Unix systems, I fell that I've stagnated the past 15 years as I've been PC through and through. Sure, Starcraft and UT were fantastic reasons to have a PC, but like you I see Vista as XP rewarmed. Computers have gotten boring to me, and I want to bring some emotional excitement back into my home use, along with the normal functional performance.
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04-07-2007, 11:50 PM
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CJ
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
I'm loving my mac mini. I bought it about a month ago, but I'm coming over from linux, not windows. I feel mac offers the security of linux/unix, but with none of the mess. Linux was great, but it was too often a hassle to get a new device working. The "it just works" saying really is true, most of the time.
The kool-aid tastes great. I love my mac.
CJ
And then when I feel so stuffed I can't eat anymore, I just use the restroom! And then I CAN eat more!
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04-08-2007, 12:39 AM
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
I have been paying close attention to these threads. Like Ron, I have been a Windows user for years. I may take the plunge and get a Mac as my next computer. With the ability to boot in to Windows from a Mac now makes my decision even easier. The only thing holding me back at this point is the new OS coming out in the late Spring.
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04-08-2007, 12:39 AM
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Bobby Geiser
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
As much of a dedicated windows user, I have to admit that Macs aren't the "pieces of crap" that a lot of other Windows users make it out to be. If I was to buy a Mac, it would probably be for it's graphics editing/film editing/etc. I enjoy making little animated videos and doing drawings (if you want to see some drawings, PM me).
Makes me want to reconsider my $900 upcoming computer build project.
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04-09-2007, 08:20 AM
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Re: Have I told you guys lately how much I love my Mac?
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I have to admit that Macs aren't the "pieces of crap" that a lot of other Windows users make it out to be
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