First of all, greetings to everyone in the forum.
And I hope I'm posting this in the right section. If not, I appologize.
I'm currently considering in buying a new computer, and I'm considering a Mac.
I never owned a Mac before and I'd like to get some feedback from the community first.
1. First of all, I need to uderstand more or less the life expectancy of a MacBook. So this question of mostly for the eldest Mac users. Durability can really be a deal breaker for me.
2. Secondly, other OS compatibilities. On my line of work, I have to work and use multiple OSs, namelly Windows, some GNU/Linux distros and Solaris.
I also need to know the machine control that is give to these systems. For example, I've been told that to make a partition and installing a new OS in a Mac, you'll need the OSX CD, but after you install, lets say Windows, can it freely magage at least its partition and create new ones from it, as install other OSs?
3. Non-apple hardware compatibility (printers, drives, HDD's, etc)
4. I mostly intend to be a work computer, but, you know, a guy has his needs, so games: even if (and specially) using Windows for most games, what is your experience with it as a game machine?
5. MacOS software development: anything I should know before getting into that?
And that's all I can remember to ask for now. Thanks in advance.
And I hope I'm posting this in the right section. If not, I appologize.
I'm currently considering in buying a new computer, and I'm considering a Mac.
I never owned a Mac before and I'd like to get some feedback from the community first.
1. First of all, I need to uderstand more or less the life expectancy of a MacBook. So this question of mostly for the eldest Mac users. Durability can really be a deal breaker for me.
2. Secondly, other OS compatibilities. On my line of work, I have to work and use multiple OSs, namelly Windows, some GNU/Linux distros and Solaris.
I also need to know the machine control that is give to these systems. For example, I've been told that to make a partition and installing a new OS in a Mac, you'll need the OSX CD, but after you install, lets say Windows, can it freely magage at least its partition and create new ones from it, as install other OSs?
3. Non-apple hardware compatibility (printers, drives, HDD's, etc)
4. I mostly intend to be a work computer, but, you know, a guy has his needs, so games: even if (and specially) using Windows for most games, what is your experience with it as a game machine?
5. MacOS software development: anything I should know before getting into that?
And that's all I can remember to ask for now. Thanks in advance.