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Buying my 1st Mac and need lots of advice :)
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<blockquote data-quote="agurlnamedgoo" data-source="post: 813585" data-attributes="member: 59272"><p>I'm gonna answer what of these I can.</p><p>1. From everything I've heard, Mac will NOT open your computer up at a later date and switch your harddrive for you. To do that, you'd have to go to a third-party person... a local computer tech or something, and have them do it. Just so you know... SSD has its share of 'complications,' as well. Before buying my MacBook, I spoke to the guy at the mac store and asked if he recommended one type of harddrive above the other, and he explained the flaws that come with SSD as well, and said they come out about even as of now.</p><p></p><p>2. I kinda covered the first part of this question in my previous answer. But yes, apple will repair your machine for free. As long as the damage isn't physical... ie: if you step on your computer, apple doesn't owe you a new screen. But if you're using your computer one day and your logic board fails, they repair it for free. Or give you a new machine, depending.</p><p></p><p>3. I know nothing about parallel software. As for your antivirus questions... when you run windows through boot camp... From what I know, you will truly be running windows. This means that when you're booted up in windows, you're more or less using a PC. Therefore, your system is open to the same attacks as a regular Dell or any other PC. So yes, you'd probably want some antivirus software on your windows partition. As for your mac OS, that's up to you. When I got my iBook 4 years ago, it came with a free antivirus program. A year after I got it, they cut the antivirus program out and it no longer worked on my machine, because Mac said "our system is stable we don't need it." I haven't had one since, and no mac users I know have antivirus ware for their Mac OS. But that's a judgement call on your part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agurlnamedgoo, post: 813585, member: 59272"] I'm gonna answer what of these I can. 1. From everything I've heard, Mac will NOT open your computer up at a later date and switch your harddrive for you. To do that, you'd have to go to a third-party person... a local computer tech or something, and have them do it. Just so you know... SSD has its share of 'complications,' as well. Before buying my MacBook, I spoke to the guy at the mac store and asked if he recommended one type of harddrive above the other, and he explained the flaws that come with SSD as well, and said they come out about even as of now. 2. I kinda covered the first part of this question in my previous answer. But yes, apple will repair your machine for free. As long as the damage isn't physical... ie: if you step on your computer, apple doesn't owe you a new screen. But if you're using your computer one day and your logic board fails, they repair it for free. Or give you a new machine, depending. 3. I know nothing about parallel software. As for your antivirus questions... when you run windows through boot camp... From what I know, you will truly be running windows. This means that when you're booted up in windows, you're more or less using a PC. Therefore, your system is open to the same attacks as a regular Dell or any other PC. So yes, you'd probably want some antivirus software on your windows partition. As for your mac OS, that's up to you. When I got my iBook 4 years ago, it came with a free antivirus program. A year after I got it, they cut the antivirus program out and it no longer worked on my machine, because Mac said "our system is stable we don't need it." I haven't had one since, and no mac users I know have antivirus ware for their Mac OS. But that's a judgement call on your part. [/QUOTE]
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