A month ago, our family computer (Dell Inspiron) bit the dust and we were in the market for a new computer. That computer had been giving us problems for quite some time, too many problems to mention.
I had a decision to make, since I am the one that does all of the research for tech things at home and work. I was debating whether to get another PC or make the switch to a Mac. I realized that I could get an HP with tons of features(21.5 inch screen, 6 gigs of memory, 500 gb Hard drives etc...), for less than $1000 and all of my programs and files would work with it without any additional software purchases. I recently bought an HP laptop for $450 that I use for work when I travel that I like a lot. After doing a ton of research on the internet and talking with friends that work on PC's, I was leaning towards the Mac.
After giving it more thought, I was starting to re-think making a switch. My biggest concern was price. I could afford either, but was thinking about other things I wanted to buy and started to lean towards getting another PC.
After giving it even more thought, I started to remember all the problems I had with my PC's that were suppressed in my memory. I would constantly get calls from my wife or kids when the PC would freeze up or get the dreaded blue screen. I would usually be able to get it up and running again. Since I travel a lot, I wanted a computer that I didn't need to solve problems on.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, I was going through the Best Buys flyer and saw they were giving $100 off any Mac. Bingo, that made my decision even easier. I went and picked up the Imac for $1099.00
Let me tell you how awesome this Mac is. First off, this thing was so simple to get up and running. Not to mention, my wife really likes that there are less wires to get tangled up Everything is in a compact and neat package. The display is amazing. Setting up my e-mail accounts was so easy (compared to the fun I had setting them up on my HP and my wife's Acer netbook) and stting up the printer was ridiculously easy. Even though it's a lot different than my PC's, it didn't take long to figure out how to get familiar and comfortable with this machine.
I will be getting Windows XP SP2 for it, so I can run some of my favorite programs on it.
I am happy to say that I made the right choice.
I had a decision to make, since I am the one that does all of the research for tech things at home and work. I was debating whether to get another PC or make the switch to a Mac. I realized that I could get an HP with tons of features(21.5 inch screen, 6 gigs of memory, 500 gb Hard drives etc...), for less than $1000 and all of my programs and files would work with it without any additional software purchases. I recently bought an HP laptop for $450 that I use for work when I travel that I like a lot. After doing a ton of research on the internet and talking with friends that work on PC's, I was leaning towards the Mac.
After giving it more thought, I was starting to re-think making a switch. My biggest concern was price. I could afford either, but was thinking about other things I wanted to buy and started to lean towards getting another PC.
After giving it even more thought, I started to remember all the problems I had with my PC's that were suppressed in my memory. I would constantly get calls from my wife or kids when the PC would freeze up or get the dreaded blue screen. I would usually be able to get it up and running again. Since I travel a lot, I wanted a computer that I didn't need to solve problems on.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, I was going through the Best Buys flyer and saw they were giving $100 off any Mac. Bingo, that made my decision even easier. I went and picked up the Imac for $1099.00
Let me tell you how awesome this Mac is. First off, this thing was so simple to get up and running. Not to mention, my wife really likes that there are less wires to get tangled up Everything is in a compact and neat package. The display is amazing. Setting up my e-mail accounts was so easy (compared to the fun I had setting them up on my HP and my wife's Acer netbook) and stting up the printer was ridiculously easy. Even though it's a lot different than my PC's, it didn't take long to figure out how to get familiar and comfortable with this machine.
I will be getting Windows XP SP2 for it, so I can run some of my favorite programs on it.
I am happy to say that I made the right choice.
