New Toy

[Raphael]

Macs are like kilts. Not many people recognise the superiority of Macs. I never have to auto save any document because Appleworks always stays on.

[starbkjrus]

Once you go Mac, you never come back.

Best

AA

What he said!

[Sherry]

I'm thinking of getting myself one of those, but I have to wait a bit as my DH had to get a laptop for business. He sure is enjoying the wireless aspect.

[furrycelt]

I have respect for Macs... But I just cannot get into that way of thinking. First time I sat infront of a Mac, I was lost. Where the heck is the right mouse button? I right click on everything. And I use the middle button, and the scroll wheel... yeah.. Macs are not for me. Besides they are way over priced.

-ian

[mudd]

That iBook is the same one I just got for my Wife and Daughter to use, so they wouldn’t keep trying to use my iMac.

I have to use a Wintel laptop at work and am constantly troubled with it slowing down, locking up, or blue screening on me. My Macs are up 24/7. We just put them to sleep when not in use. They operate Months at a time. The fact that they are based on UNIX now makes them even more reliable and secure.

And as far as them costing more… well, Kilts cost more than pants you know.

[Rob Wright]

I have respect for Macs... But I just cannot get into that way of thinking. First time I sat infront of a Mac, I was lost. Where the heck is the right mouse button? I right click on everything. And I use the middle button, and the scroll wheel... yeah.. Macs are not for me. Besides they are way over priced.

-ian

I understand about not being able to right click but I overcame that quickly, they do have a scroll wheel now on their mighty mouse but not on their wireless mouses.

As far as being overpriced, not really. I'm only paying 100$ more than for a comparable laptop from a pc maker.

My imac was only about 150$ more than a comparable one from a pc maker. Considering that I haven't had a single crash or freeze up in the year I've had it that extra money is worth it as far as the work i do.

Macs aren't for everyone, there are a few things that a pc is better suited for, not much though ;)

Rob

[Zyzzyx]

Windows systems have their place, and Mac systems have their place. And for the most part people are not going to change from one to the other. I consider it the electronic version of Ford vs. Chevy. Its an argument that can't be won, for one side or the other.

But, since we're here... I'm a PC guy. Show me the extensive list of games that are available for the Mac, then perhaps I'd give it another try. That, and I like to build my own. I love the parts selection, the building, the modifying, the upgrading. Just can't do that with a Mac.

[clancelt]

Show me the extensive list of games that are available for the Mac, then perhaps I'd give it another try. That, and I like to build my own. I love the parts selection, the building, the modifying, the upgrading. Just can't do that with a Mac.

You have a point there. Of course I use my mac all day, every day(using it now) and I think I played Call of Duty on it about 4 months ago. Games are not what I use my machine for. My mac does at least play "some" games which is something the Sparcbook didn't(unless you count some BSD text game ports). Now on a side note, my mac is a powerbook. When was the last time you "custom built" or upgraded a notebook? I might upgrade mine this year, to a 17" one

[Graham]

I'd switch over to macs - except for one thing, to migrate to the mac version of my sign software would cost several thousand dollars. Can't do that!

[mddock58]

I have respect for Macs... But I just cannot get into that way of thinking. First time I sat infront of a Mac, I was lost. Where the heck is the right mouse button? I right click on everything. And I use the middle button, and the scroll wheel... yeah.. Macs are not for me. Besides they are way over priced.

-ian

ANY Mac running OS X can use a standard 3 button mouse, I have a number of them for my users. There are many mice Microsoft makes that are fully compatable with the Mac.

There are many games that are made for the Mac platform, but because many computer stores do not carry a large stock of Mac software.

As I said before, it is a choice, and if it's not yours, that's fine!

It's mine!