Thread: The Ol' Mac vs. PC deal again...

Originally Posted by kingsfan28

External would be the easiest solution, but replacing the HD isn't that difficult. There are plenty of youtube videos on how to replace a mac laptops HD.

As Royal Pain stated earlier, depending on the model of laptop, changing the HD will be either really easy, or a real pain in the ass. I changed the HD in my G3 ibook once, and I think I had to unscrew about 25 or so screws just to access the HD. Laptop was going back to Apple to get the screen fixed, but I had already broke the HD, so I had to replace the HD myself before sending it to APple, or else I would have had to pay to get the video fixed.

I imagine the G4 ibooks are the same pain in the ass to upgrade. The Macbook designs made it much easier to work with.

Originally Posted by DRice

Well, if anyone is interested I have an iMac on the way. I am going to try it for the 14 days or whatever I have to return it to see if it's "all that".

you wont be returning it.

Originally Posted by ianmonsta

you wont be returning it.

what he said

you'll love it

I concur with the previous two posters. Once you go Mac you never go back.

Originally Posted by kingsfan28

I concur with the previous two posters. Once you go Mac you never go back.

That's what they should center their marketing campaign around, not the lame Mac vs PC commercials that have made me loathe Justin Long.

Originally Posted by kingsfan28

I concur with the previous two posters. Once you go Mac you never go back.

To bad this isn't always the case. I used Mac's at my last 3 jobs and I still haven't made the change. I didn't see the value in them like you do. Although I didn't stay with Microsoft either. I choose not to give my money to Bill which in fact buying a Mac is still giving money to Bill Gates since he has around 20% stake in apple's stock. I went to Linux and I will never look back on that move. All software is free for me and upgrading my OS to the latest version requires a single click and my password and an Internet connection, and the system does the rest. If I want to upgrade my system I just pull the hard drive out and put it in my new computer and run the X-window reconfigure utility and bam, I am done upgrading my system. Oh yea no special hardware needed.

So far so good. I've pretty much set up my wife's MacBook Pro and my iMac 24". The simplicity is nice, although the mouse and keyboard are kind of awkward. Its so tiny!! I'm used to my ergonomic, gargantuan keyboard.

It does look pretty on the desk. And one wire. Thats nice too.

Originally Posted by DRice

So far so good. I've pretty much set up my wife's MacBook Pro and my iMac 24". The simplicity is nice, although the mouse and keyboard are kind of awkward. Its so tiny!! I'm used to my ergonomic, gargantuan keyboard.

It does look pretty on the desk. And one wire. Thats nice too.

If you can't get past the keyboard (I needed an ergonomic keyboard), you can snag this from Microsoft:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBH35E/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=]Amazon.com: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac-Silver ( 65U-00001 ): Electronics[/ame]

$25 shipped. Keyboard and Mouse included.

I use it at the office and home and it works great. Has all the mac keys as well.

So seriously, I don't have to run an antivirus on a MAC???

That goes against every single thing I have ever learned about computing in the modern age.