My mate just bought a MAC

RDM · 16 Sep 2009 at 16:48

Goldfingers said:
The same way I'd happily pay £2000 for a perfectly restored golf gti mark 1, while I could get something brand new that would do a better job for half that.

Such as? What car exactly can you get brand new that would do a better job for the princely sum of £1,000?

Ross1234 said:
Can you give reasons why you feel photoshop is better on a mac?

The very flexibility of the PC platform generally means that with a thought towards the design of the workstation you can get photoshop to run much better on a PC.

Tefal · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:08

hallmeister said:
I used to get one phone call a month from my Dad with issues with his Windows PC - viruses, router issues, alerts popping up that he was worried about. Bear in mind he knows nothing about PCs and should probably not be allowed one .

Anyway, about 3 yrs ago I had use of an iBook laptop for 3 months through work. It was a very nice little machine for the time, easy to use and just did the job.

When my Dad came to refresh his desktop I recommended a Mac and he bought a 17" iMac - which at the time wasn't too overpriced. He's been happy with that ever since and the best thing is he's only had a problem with it once which turned out to be an ISP issue anyway. No more tech support phone calls!

I would definitely recommend them for the less technically literate as they tend to just work. I'll stick with my Win 7 PC for the games and the versatility - although wouldn't mind one of those shiny new MacBooks for work...

So what you're essentially saying is Macs are PCs for idiots?

Ross1234 · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:09

Tefal said:
So what you're essentially saying is Macs are PCs for idiots?

Your calling his dad an idiot?

Tefal · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:16

Ross1234 said:
Your calling his dad an idiot?

if he has to call his son over a pop up yes.

or manges to get a virus despite having AV stuff then yes.

Raumarik · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:22

If this was the BBC and Tefal was PM, they'd have the ticker on BBC News reading something like:

"PM Tefal: "All Mac users are idiots."

*eats pop corn*

LeJosh · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:27

I don't know, if he doesn't know anything about PC's but suddenly knows how to use a Mac problem free... :\

cotton_flex · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:29

reflux said:
I am a serious photoshopper. Macs aren't worth it

Goldfingers said:
not serious enough

Ross1234 said:
Seems the brainwashing worked on you then

Can you give reasons why you feel photoshop is better on a mac?

Please, do tell. I would like to know this as well. What they have specific fruity filters or something that the pc doesn't?

hallmeister · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:33

Far from it. He's just from a generation that never used PCs. He just seems to get on with the Mac easier.

I work in IT so I get calls from all the relatives whenever their PC breaks down. Even with my patient hat on, it gets annoying after a while.

hallmeister · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:33

@Tefal

Russinating · 16 Sep 2009 at 17:53

So to conclude the thread, Macs are overpriced and built for idiots.

Adrianr · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:18

Aekeron said:
Yeah..I have to laugh when people come out with these arguments about photoshop being better on a mac. Le fun.

Especially considering it's technically more advanced on the PC (64bit).

I love my Mac Book Pro as a laptop, and with a lot of hard searching I couldn't find anything I liked better. But you'll have to pry my £700 quad core 16GB PC desktop from my cold dead fingers. This isn't getting replaced for a Mac ANY time soon.

Bes · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:12

Mac laptops at least are not actually badly priced. I have a 2.66GHz dual core 4Gb machine, and I could not find a Windows based laptop that was better value and of comparable spec. Add on that the Mac laptops have wonderful screens and amazing battery life, they are quite competitive with Windows- based laptops IMO.

Ross1234 · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:17

Bes said:
Mac laptops at least are not actually badly priced. I have a 2.66GHz dual core 4Gb machine, and I could not find a Windows based laptop that was better value and of comparable spec. Add on that the Mac laptops have wonderful screens and amazing battery life, they are quite competitive with Windows- based laptops IMO.

Sorry, but I just looked around the mac webiste and they really are quite expensive

FrenchTart · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:27

Ross1234 said:
Sorry, but I just looked around the mac webiste and they really are quite expensive

Indeed - I sourced a laptop with 2ghz c2d, 4gb ram and 9600gt(1gb dedicated VRAM) for £450. I defy a mac to offer that kind of value for money.

Adrianr · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:34

Bes said:
Mac laptops at least are not actually badly priced. I have a 2.66GHz dual core 4Gb machine, and I could not find a Windows based laptop that was better value and of comparable spec. Add on that the Mac laptops have wonderful screens and amazing battery life, they are quite competitive with Windows- based laptops IMO.

On HE discount. I wouldn't pay RRP for one.

bloodiedathame · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:34

I had always used PCs for everything (10+ years of constant PC use) until last year when I decided to give up trying to keep up with the latest PC tech, an operating system that ran fine as long as you didn't try to do anything on it (Vista64), defrags, registry cleans, viruses, spyware, trojans... couldn't be bothered. Had some money from a previous job, a hefty student discount and got myself an 08 Macbook Pro for under a grand.

I've had it now for about a year, and it's great. Had a superdrive fault that was fixed under warranty but that is the only issue it has ever had. Upgraded my RAM to 4GB, HDD to 500GB, runs brilliantly. CS3 all works perfectly (better than it had done comparably on Vista), FCP and Logic are Mac only pieces of software, both of which I prefer to their Windows counterparts.

Oh and I installed Windows 7 last week, to see if I could play some PC games I had lying around, and it did that too.

It's a no brainer for me.

jas72 · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:37

randal24 said:
WoW will run on an Intel GMA x3100 all day long. Although I can't help but think he'll end up using his shiny Mac for some other stuff...

Incidentally OP, do you chastise nice car owners for using their car to drive to work too?

Indeed.

FrenchTart · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:38

Adrianr said:
On HE discount. I wouldn't pay RRP for one.

Still overpriced even with around 50% off sadly.

Ross1234 · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:39

Aekeron said:
Still overpriced even with around 50% off sadly.

Thats taking it too far. I would possibly buy one if they were half the price.

Adrianr · 16 Sep 2009 at 22:43

Aekeron said:
Still overpriced even with around 50% off sadly.

Depends on what laptop I guess. I tried OCUK for a roundup of Mac Book Pro comparable 13" Laptops and they only suggestion that was even remotely viable was the Dell Studio XPS 13, which has a serious heat problem, isn't as nice in the flesh, and I think might actually cost a little more when you factor in 3 years hardware support. Nothing came close on battery life either.

As far as big power house laptops go it sounds like you don't get your moneys worth. But then I want a laptop to be small, portable and last on the battery long enough to do some work, I have a desktop for power house duties.