Sick Of Windows, Thinking of getting a Mac!

Freakish_05 · 3 Aug 2006 at 10:55

Hoi guys!

Self explanitory really.

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I'm sick of windows! I'm feeling a lot like This Guy in that I've had my nice legit copy of windows (which set me back a hafty sum) running on my PC for over a week when last night, it just up and fried on me. Managed to get windows to finally boot after messing with the repair feature in xp-setup god knows how many times, but then my gfx drivers were fooked....I have 2 monitors and they were both showing the same thing, so after running system restore, my PC now refuses to boot!
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I'm now looking at MAC's simply because they are a shed load more reliable than M$Ware (plus the fact you can now dual boot the powerbooks with XP so you can still play games

)

I'm just wondering how many people have made the change from windows to MAC, what was it like? was it worth it? any regrets? would you ever go back to windows?

Cheers guys!

dirtydog · 3 Aug 2006 at 10:58

Mac... MAC is something your modem or router has

they are a shed load more reliable than M$Ware

Negative, that isn't true since Windows 2000 came out.

Oh and wrong forum btw. (edit - was originally in GD)

red11 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:01

How do you know it wasn't a hardware failure?

hyper_piper45 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:01

I have never thought of getting a mac, although i did think of giving linux a try the other day.

Freakish_05 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:02

dirtydog said:
Negative, that isn't true since Windows 2000 came out.

Please explain. I was under the impression that Mac's (thanks for the correction) were more stable than windows i.e. dont crash as much and less vulnerable to attack because people cant be bothered to make viruses for them.
Is there something I dont know?

Inquisitor · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:03

Tony Soprano said:
How do you know it wasn't a hardware failure?

Yup. It's very often something to do with the hardware, which means that the problems are independant of the OS.

squiffy · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:05

I've seen plenty of unstable Mac's. Mac's are generally overpriced, with limited software and customisation.

Inquisitor · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:05

Freakish_05 said:
dont crash as much

I've never had a serious crash that wasn't something to do with hardware (usually because I overclocked it too far

)

Freakish said:
less vulnerable to attack because people cant be bothered to make viruses for them.

I've never had a virus on my computer either. As long as you use common sense and don't do something stupid, there's no problem.

dirtydog · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:05

Freakish_05 said:
Please explain. I was under the impression that Mac's (thanks for the correction) were more stable than windows i.e. dont crash as much and less vulnerable to attack because people cant be bothered to make viruses for them.
Is there something I dont know?

People make viruses for Windows because it accounts for 90%+ of the market. Apple has a few percent. As for Macs crashing less, that really isn't true nowadays as Windows 2000, XP and 2003 are very reliable and stable. Personally I am happy to use OSX for half an hour as a novelty but the rest of the time, Windows is simply more intuitive to use.

Freakish_05 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:08

Is anyone acctually going to help me and give me some useful advice?

I am well aware that it could have been a hardware failure, but explain to me how everything was working fine (ish - bar certain display issues) until the point of system restore!

I do know my way around a computer you know, I even underclocked everything to try and get it to boot.

So I ask again:

For those of you who have switched from windows to a Mac system....What were your experiences? Was it worth it?

jas72 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:09

my mate has a G5 and it's quiet I mean totally quiet no noise at all. The pc is at the back of the monitor it's uber fast. If I had 2K to spend i'd get one in a flash.

Freakish_05 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:09

dirtydog said:
People make viruses for Windows because it accounts for 90%+ of the market. Apple has a few percent. As for Macs crashing less, that really isn't true nowadays as Windows 2000, XP and 2003 are very reliable and stable. Personally I am happy to use OSX for half an hour as a novelty but the rest of the time, Windows is simply more intuitive to use.

Finally!

Cheers m8

Superdude · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:12

You might want to watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEAGmBRC1dc

Macs don't crash is total rubbish. Although I have been thinking of getting one for work recently as a lot of it involves music editing and the such.

Bassically the only reason I see to buy a Mac is the proffesional software available for it.

Freakish_05 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:13

Thanks to those of you who helped, Jas72, dirtydog.

I'm going out this afternoon to have a play with some in John Lewis

Psypher5 · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:15

Superdude said:
Macs don't crash is total rubbish.

At e3, or some big event like that, i remember a mac, running halo (I think?), and crashing. On stage, infront of bazillions.

Mac's can crash.

I've always wanted a mac though, just looks, better and more to what I want (hell i have a dock on my desktop and my toolbar at the top..) but I play games, lack of game/software support is only thing thats putting me off

Superdude · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:16

Freakish_05 said:
Thanks to those of you who helped, Jas72, dirtydog.

I'm going out this afternoon to have a play with some in John Lewis

Good luck, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

Basher · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:18

squiffy said:
Mac's are generally overpriced

Not completely true, take the MacBook for example, try and find a windows laptop with similar spec for the same price (£643)

squiffy · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:26

Apple MacBook MA254, 13" TFT, White, 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 512MB, 60GB HDD, Combo Drive MA254
£746

Acer Aspire 5672WLMi Intel Centrino Core Duo Mobile Processor T2300 1.66GHz
1GB DDRII SDRAM
100GB Hard Drive
DVD Super Multi Dual Layer Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs, DVD+, DVD-, large Dual Layer DVD and DVD-Ram
15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite Widescreen TFT Screen
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 with 512 MB of HyperMemory (128 Dedicated, up to 384 Shared)

£760

Klo · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:36

Freakish_05 said:
Thanks to those of you who helped, Jas72, dirtydog.

I'm going out this afternoon to have a play with some in John Lewis

The only people that "helped" you are the ones that you agree with!!

And Macs do cost more, as proven by squiffy.

manveruppd · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:49

Two friends of mine own Apple laptops (recent models, one purchased a year and the other 3 months ago), both have had hardware problems with them. One dodgy memory, the other a failed HDD. They both got them replaced, and the keyboard of one of them started falling apart.
So, in terms of build quality I'd say stay away from them, unless you absolutely need the software exclusive to them.