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"Mac isn't right for me"
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeM" data-source="post: 717812" data-attributes="member: 39238"><p>I'm kinda 50/50 on this topic.</p><p></p><p>I am a long time PC user and system builder (Who actually started out on Apple IIs) and a couple years ago I bought the Mac I have from my cousin as something new to tinker with. I upgraded as much of the hardware as was possible so that I could get a decent experience out of it and started integrating it into my Windows network. It was fun learning the differences and spotting the similarities with other operating systems. After a while though, it just never wowed me enough to consider truly switching. </p><p></p><p>It's a neat approach to computing but ultimately, it does all the same things a Windows PC can, just in a different way. It's no more or less reliable than a PC if you know what you are doing. It accesses the web in roughly the same way a Windows PC does. Loads programs, saves music and pictures. To me in the end, it just boils down to preference. PC or Mac, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you prefer will work for you.</p><p></p><p>OSX can be setup to be quite simple to use so I ended up locking it down and giving it to my son for him to learn about computers and have his own system to go to kids websites on (Sesame Street, Disney, etc...). He picked it up quite quickly and it's currently his favorite "toy". It's age is showing however in the choppy playback he gets on flash videos so I'm now debating on whether or not I want to get him a Mac mini (Which is way more powerful then a 6yr old needs) or just build him a basic Windows PC (which would be half the cost but mean having to teach him a new OS [Vista]).</p><p></p><p>-MikeM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeM, post: 717812, member: 39238"] I'm kinda 50/50 on this topic. I am a long time PC user and system builder (Who actually started out on Apple IIs) and a couple years ago I bought the Mac I have from my cousin as something new to tinker with. I upgraded as much of the hardware as was possible so that I could get a decent experience out of it and started integrating it into my Windows network. It was fun learning the differences and spotting the similarities with other operating systems. After a while though, it just never wowed me enough to consider truly switching. It's a neat approach to computing but ultimately, it does all the same things a Windows PC can, just in a different way. It's no more or less reliable than a PC if you know what you are doing. It accesses the web in roughly the same way a Windows PC does. Loads programs, saves music and pictures. To me in the end, it just boils down to preference. PC or Mac, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you prefer will work for you. OSX can be setup to be quite simple to use so I ended up locking it down and giving it to my son for him to learn about computers and have his own system to go to kids websites on (Sesame Street, Disney, etc...). He picked it up quite quickly and it's currently his favorite "toy". It's age is showing however in the choppy playback he gets on flash videos so I'm now debating on whether or not I want to get him a Mac mini (Which is way more powerful then a 6yr old needs) or just build him a basic Windows PC (which would be half the cost but mean having to teach him a new OS [Vista]). -MikeM [/QUOTE]
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