Re: Mac vs PC
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- Danny Holt
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Hi,
I am currently thinking of upgrading my PC, and I was told my a friend to go out and get an Apple Mac. Now I have used Mac's before and liked what I say but can people give their reason for and against, I have roughly about £3000 to spend
Thanks
Danny
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- mas
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once you get one you'll never turn back!
Mac users really annoyed me - the way they all promote macs as though they're on commission and the smug way they think macs are superior - then I ended up having to get one through an old job and er well I'm doing the promoting & get that smug sensation each time I watch a nasty powerpoint presentation or see someone cursing at their windows pc crashing
Reasons for:
- You'll save a ton of time not having to bother with maintenance & virus issues
- Everything looks nicer - much more pleasant to use
Reasons against
- with your budget none at all! You can even boot windows on a new mac (but why would you go & do that?!
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- Danny Holt
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what are they like for games thou?
Also do you not need a firewall or an anti-virus with a Mac?
Thanks for the replies
Danny
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- mas
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I haven't played any games - I know you can get them but I can't vouch for how good they are - you can always just boot up windows on an intel mac anyhow.
I've never used a firewall or antivirus and been using macs for 3 years now
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- Danny Holt
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I've never used a firewall or antivirus and been using macs for 3 years now
lol thats worth a Mac on it's own AWESOME!!!!
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- Daniel Chapman
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I am considering getting an ibook for my next pc, but I don't really want to have to buy all my software again...
e.g. fireworks etc. For Mac. That is the one thing holding me back. -
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- Bob Ateah
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dannykilla wrote:
what are they like for games thou?
Also do you not need a firewall or an anti-virus with a Mac?
Thanks for the replies
Danny
If you are any kind of serious gamer, you will want to get a PC. End of story.
I would think that any online connection ought to be using a firewall. OSX has a built in one if I recall correctly, I'm not sure if it is enabled by default.
Keep in mind that if you switch from a pc to a mac you will have to re-purchase all of the software that you use.
Not trying to dissuade you from a Mac, just telling it as I see it. I hope to get a Mac one day, to use in conjunction with my pc's - however I will have to budget a lot of money for hardare AND software.
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- Brad Baker
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Roland Deschain wrote:
Keep in mind that if you switch from a pc to a mac you will have to re-purchase all of the software that you use.
Not always
For eg, Adobe: You can contact them and obtain in some cases a Mac license for software you previously purchased for PC. This is a fact.. I am sure some other companies will also allow this.. after all, you are not breaking the license, merely just changing the OS it runs on.
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- Roland Fischer
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Hi,
concerning the software. There is no difference between buying a MAC or a new PC. If you want to use the software on more than one computer it has to be bought a second time anyway. I switched from PC to MAC two years ago. One piece of software convinced me to do it. It is Parallels. Parallels is a virtual machine. All you need is Parallels and a Windows XP license. In the virtual machine, you are able to install and use your old Windows programs until you have to update them to perhaps a native MAC version.
A new MacBook Pro or iMac should also be enough to play modern games.
Roland
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