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i'm thinking to switch from pc to mac g4? help!
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<blockquote data-quote="lzasitko" data-source="post: 31679"><p><strong>I switched a while ago</strong></p><p></p><p>I switched a while ago when I got an iBook. I used a performa for years back when they were new and then needed a PC so that became the wifes computer of choice. Last June I bought her a new iMac, then in Nov I bought a clamshell iBook. A couple weeks ago I bought a brand new 1.33ghz 12" PowerBook. I got this to replace a pc portable that died on me a month or so ago. </p><p></p><p>pluses for me at least;</p><p>- Great lcd screen, of all the pc's I looked at, Toshiba was close and Sony was almost as good but I like Apple's better.</p><p>- OSX hands down blows any version of Windoze into the weeds</p><p>- Styling is better though some of the new pc's are looking more and more like the Apple's, the Vaio's look pretty good</p><p>- Ability to run Windoze if needed. I have Virtual PC v6 and Win2000 on mine and run Autocad, Floorplan and Lightscape without problems. Try to find a emulator on the PC side that will run OSX decently...</p><p>- Stability of the system is far better. Mine is never off, just sleeps at night and so far not one crash or anything. My old Toshiba portable that is now a boat anchor used to crash at least one or twice a day and even on my PC desktop with XP and 1gig ram I still have memory problems and crashes.</p><p>- My PowerBook came with Quikbooks New User Edition</p><p>- If you use Office, the Mac version is much nicer than the PC version, go figure.... Microsoft is it's own competition <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>- Lack of virus's </p><p>- Programs are smaller than the same thing on a PC</p><p>- Spam filter in the mail program is the best I have seen yet</p><p>- Resale value and lifetime. After 10 years the performa still works though it is long obsolete. I watched a Key Lime Clamshell sell on ebay a month ago for $1025, this is for a computer that has not been on the market since 2001, try getting that much for a PC. My Toshiba that died was not worth fixing after 3 years.....</p><p></p><p>Drawbacks for me...</p><p>- Initial price is higher but once you start comparing the machines the cost is similar.</p><p>- Lack of some programs or the same programs for a Mac cost more. I use Autocad all the time and though there is talk of Autodesk making a version for Apple again it is still nowhere in sight. Looked at some tax and accounting programs and the mac versions are more than the PC's but I put that down to market size. If they sell fewer they have to be priced a bit higher, oh well. </p><p>- No Appleworks on the PowerBook so I copied it from my iBook <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>- no point in installing demo programs on a brand new computer. Office demo was installed and soon made it's way to the trashcan <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lzasitko, post: 31679"] [b]I switched a while ago[/b] I switched a while ago when I got an iBook. I used a performa for years back when they were new and then needed a PC so that became the wifes computer of choice. Last June I bought her a new iMac, then in Nov I bought a clamshell iBook. A couple weeks ago I bought a brand new 1.33ghz 12" PowerBook. I got this to replace a pc portable that died on me a month or so ago. pluses for me at least; - Great lcd screen, of all the pc's I looked at, Toshiba was close and Sony was almost as good but I like Apple's better. - OSX hands down blows any version of Windoze into the weeds - Styling is better though some of the new pc's are looking more and more like the Apple's, the Vaio's look pretty good - Ability to run Windoze if needed. I have Virtual PC v6 and Win2000 on mine and run Autocad, Floorplan and Lightscape without problems. Try to find a emulator on the PC side that will run OSX decently... - Stability of the system is far better. Mine is never off, just sleeps at night and so far not one crash or anything. My old Toshiba portable that is now a boat anchor used to crash at least one or twice a day and even on my PC desktop with XP and 1gig ram I still have memory problems and crashes. - My PowerBook came with Quikbooks New User Edition - If you use Office, the Mac version is much nicer than the PC version, go figure.... Microsoft is it's own competition :D - Lack of virus's - Programs are smaller than the same thing on a PC - Spam filter in the mail program is the best I have seen yet - Resale value and lifetime. After 10 years the performa still works though it is long obsolete. I watched a Key Lime Clamshell sell on ebay a month ago for $1025, this is for a computer that has not been on the market since 2001, try getting that much for a PC. My Toshiba that died was not worth fixing after 3 years..... Drawbacks for me... - Initial price is higher but once you start comparing the machines the cost is similar. - Lack of some programs or the same programs for a Mac cost more. I use Autocad all the time and though there is talk of Autodesk making a version for Apple again it is still nowhere in sight. Looked at some tax and accounting programs and the mac versions are more than the PC's but I put that down to market size. If they sell fewer they have to be priced a bit higher, oh well. - No Appleworks on the PowerBook so I copied it from my iBook :D - no point in installing demo programs on a brand new computer. Office demo was installed and soon made it's way to the trashcan :o [/QUOTE]
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