++ [ originally posted by Alex
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Hey, don't look at me, my days of advocating Windows are over. I'm merging to Linux, still need Win for a few things like Photoshop though.
As for the Mac, I think it's a piece of junk but everyone's entitled to their opinion
That's why I encourage you to wipe your drives from the Apple nonsense and install Linux
But Apple vs M$ I have no illusions as to M$ superiority
On Linux, Intel beats Alpha cause the market is infinitely bigger, drivers are better supported etc. But if you got a really powerful Mac, you sure will benefit from that in Linux.
Mac's beat Pc's? Gimme a break. They're more powerful cause Apple cater to a niche market of users who need 3GHz hardware while the rest of us stick to 2GHz, but the price gap in no justifies the choice of a faster system, Mac isn't cheap, the PC platform is.
osx has all the pros of linux as it's based on unix... + it doesn't have the cons of linux, cause u're able to use the best apps...
about the price: the prices of macs aren't that high anymore...
regarding the prices of the latest coms they're priced 999€+...
and if u don't need such a powerfull mac u can even buy older ones....
it's an illusion that pcs are cheaper... i pay about 1500 for an imac with flat-screen, good graphic-card,ethernet, modem, video-ram, blootooth, airport (wireless LAN) + a dvd-bruner (!!! if u buy a dvd-burner it costs about 300€).... and plz regard that picture - isn't it beautiful??
(--> plz tell me what a pc, with the same data-sheet costs ca!!!)
+u get loads of apps for free for which u have to pay in windows.... forget about word.. it's bullshit anyway... excel is ok... but use keynote instead of powerpoint and so on....
use safari, the best browser ever, to easy navigate through the internet using "snap back" buttons... benefit from open-source programs...
and it's prooved (!!!) that u'll face much more problems with your pc and that you can use your mac ages longer...
for example: 4 years ago i bought a new mac and a new pc at the same time... i spent 3,500 ATS on the pc, while i spent about 5,500... but i've to add that i bought a sony 21zoll screen for my mac which costed a lot...
meanwhile my pc is already an oldtimer... u can use it fine for excel and all that shit, but forget the rest... my mac is still in good shape... i can still use all my progs very very well... i bought a new 120 gb firewire drive and some mb-ram, but that's all....
and don't remind me how often i've taken my pc to the computershop to repair it... not just a single time... and repairing a computer costs about 75€ an hour + hardware reparing costs...
that soon adds up and so the (meanwhile non existing) price gap is relative...
do u know the "switcher"-ads... i know the cases described probably aren't true, but it is true that everybody switching to a mac is fascinated... it's not just for pro-users anymore...
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