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audioholic
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I want you to convince me to buy a Mac. I've only ever owned PCs, but I have done a fair bit of work on Macs in school.
Now, I was a PC technician for two years, when I recently quit to attend post-sec schooling. Therefore, I'm not an idiot when it comes to computers. BSOD is not an issue for me. I know what spyware is. What I mean to say is that the problems that bother me with Windows are inherent flaws in the system, not a result of misuse and poor maintenance(which I know is less of an issue on a Mac). I have heard too many arguments against PCs which are in fact a result of bad users, not necessarily a bad operating system.
Anyway, my interests and needs have changed. I want a laptop, I don't need power, and I don't have much interest in gaming anymore. The computer is more of a tool to me now. Therefore, I think the MacBook addresses my needs best. I don't need the larger screen, or the better video performance of the MacBook Pro. However, I have heard that the MacBook has some stability issues compared to the MacBook Pro. This doesn't seem logical to me, as they share so much hardware and software.
The reason I'm interested in buying a Mac is partly because I am sick of idiosyncrasies involved with PCs and the software and OS running on them. Is OSX really that much better?
For example, I noticed this post in another thread. Are these widespread issues? Surely OSX can't entirely refined.
Also, Windows suffers from what is known as Windows Rot. I don't want this. Is OSX vulnerable to a similar problem? Is there an equivalent of the windows registry on a Mac? How does uninstalling software function on a Mac?
Now, I was a PC technician for two years, when I recently quit to attend post-sec schooling. Therefore, I'm not an idiot when it comes to computers. BSOD is not an issue for me. I know what spyware is. What I mean to say is that the problems that bother me with Windows are inherent flaws in the system, not a result of misuse and poor maintenance(which I know is less of an issue on a Mac). I have heard too many arguments against PCs which are in fact a result of bad users, not necessarily a bad operating system.
Anyway, my interests and needs have changed. I want a laptop, I don't need power, and I don't have much interest in gaming anymore. The computer is more of a tool to me now. Therefore, I think the MacBook addresses my needs best. I don't need the larger screen, or the better video performance of the MacBook Pro. However, I have heard that the MacBook has some stability issues compared to the MacBook Pro. This doesn't seem logical to me, as they share so much hardware and software.
The reason I'm interested in buying a Mac is partly because I am sick of idiosyncrasies involved with PCs and the software and OS running on them. Is OSX really that much better?
For example, I noticed this post in another thread. Are these widespread issues? Surely OSX can't entirely refined.
Also, Windows suffers from what is known as Windows Rot. I don't want this. Is OSX vulnerable to a similar problem? Is there an equivalent of the windows registry on a Mac? How does uninstalling software function on a Mac?