Alex, Yeah I feel left out all the time for not having a Mac. Thanks for a little objective perspective.
Fred McKinnon
· 2 years ago
Bottom line .. if your Mac isn't behaving, you just aren't talking nice to her. Remember, unlike PC's ... Macs have a personality ... a soul, so to speak. Speak to her, caress her, and once she trusts that you've divorced your Dell completely, she'll be genuine to you.
jaybrams
· 2 years ago
i get so tired of the MacAddicts ... listen, i love macs, i've owned them for 4 years and worked on them for 7 years...
but, seriously, to each his own... the truth is there are benefits to both. I personally like the benefits of the Mac better, but like you mentioned, you can produce quality work on the PC just as well as others do on the mac.
The only reason PCs have more viruses / issues is because Macs have not been mainstream. Now that they are becoming more so, there are going to be issues... and Macs can basically be turned into "open source" computers more readily than PCs so there is potential for even larger security risks in the future.
Leslie Brooke
· 2 years ago
I'm in agreement with you...I do have a Mac that I like (it's a 5 yr. old iBook) but I don't think that it's any better than the old Dell PC I used to use. My hubby (The Tone Guru) has a new MacBook that he's starting to hate (thank you, Garage Sale) and he's dying to get back to PC, me thinks.
P.S. Don't listen to Fred ;) He's totally brainwashed by the "Mac Cult"!
Jay Sellers
· 2 years ago
Yep, I'll be the dork over in the corner at Starbucks running Windows XP on the MacBook!
alex
· 2 years ago
Fred - I believe Leslie, you drank the Kool-Aid!
Chris
· 2 years ago
If I could have a mac with windows hardware, I think that would be awesome!
Chris
· 2 years ago
I mean software....
eric
· 2 years ago
The verdict is still out for me. However, I'd say that if your mac is crashing on you, you should consider sending it back... It has a warranty, right? Doesn't seem right.
I've only worked on a G5, a Powerbook and now the Macbook Pro. But I've never had one crash on me. Sometimes the G5 would lock up on me when we were running Pro-Tools, but I'd just wait a little while and it'd come right out of it.
I hate to say it, but I kind of agree with Fred... show her the love! ;)
alex
· 2 years ago
Eric drank the Kool-Aid too...
watch for a new post.
Chris
· 2 years ago
You know, my parents were in the printing industry and started out with a Mac Plus with an external 20 MB hard drive. They made it all the way up to G4's and my Dad finally got so disgusted with the Mac, he went to the dark side. My mom on the other hand just will not give up her Mac. She kicked and screamed every time we upgraded her. She's got a G4 laptop of some sort now and absolutely loves it. It crashes much less then my dad's did for her. I think he was just impatient and was always pushing it just a little bit harder then it was designed. When he upgraded, it was perfect. Then he'd find some other way to do it, etc.
Only reason I switched was for games...Now that I just surf, e-mail, and type occasionally, I kinda want to go back!
Jay Sellers
· 2 years ago
It's a tool, it's a tool, it's a tool, tool, tool.
If your hammer crashed, you'd just get a better hammer.
I just wish that Dyson vacuum cleaner dude would make a computer. I'm sure he'd find a way to beat them all.
swissfondue
· 2 years ago
@jay My Dyson has a broken hose and the cord will not re-wind anymore. If you married Dyson and Apple, you'd get a plastic multicolor laptop with a see-through window so you can watch the fans spin ;-)
Applications crash on my 12" powerbook and my 3.5 year old iMac G4, from time to time, but very rarely will I get a fatal kernel panic (only when trying out some new freeware).
I still edit media with final cut express HD and photoshop elements on both machines. Works fine.
I just love the feel I get on my Macs. My PC at work is functional, but not fun. My Mac is both.
You are right, it's just a computer. But then usually people don't buy "just a car" but can go on and on about the various car makers, models and extras, reliability, mpg etc.
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Yeah I feel left out all the time for not having a Mac. Thanks for a little objective perspective.
but, seriously, to each his own... the truth is there are benefits to both. I personally like the benefits of the Mac better, but like you mentioned, you can produce quality work on the PC just as well as others do on the mac.
The only reason PCs have more viruses / issues is because Macs have not been mainstream. Now that they are becoming more so, there are going to be issues... and Macs can basically be turned into "open source" computers more readily than PCs so there is potential for even larger security risks in the future.
P.S. Don't listen to Fred ;) He's totally brainwashed by the "Mac Cult"!
I've only worked on a G5, a Powerbook and now the Macbook Pro. But I've never had one crash on me. Sometimes the G5 would lock up on me when we were running Pro-Tools, but I'd just wait a little while and it'd come right out of it.
I hate to say it, but I kind of agree with Fred... show her the love! ;)
watch for a new post.
Only reason I switched was for games...Now that I just surf, e-mail, and type occasionally, I kinda want to go back!
If your hammer crashed, you'd just get a better hammer.
I just wish that Dyson vacuum cleaner dude would make a computer. I'm sure he'd find a way to beat them all.
Applications crash on my 12" powerbook and my 3.5 year old iMac G4, from time to time, but very rarely will I get a fatal kernel panic (only when trying out some new freeware).
I still edit media with final cut express HD and photoshop elements on both machines. Works fine.
I just love the feel I get on my Macs. My PC at work is functional, but not fun. My Mac is both.
You are right, it's just a computer. But then usually people don't buy "just a car" but can go on and on about the various car makers, models and extras, reliability, mpg etc.