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My wife wants a mac, is it worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quiara" data-source="post: 814348" data-attributes="member: 38477"><p>The best thing to do is to go to the Apple Store if you have one near you and play around with the various machines. The benefit of doing this is that it lets you/her see it in real time and get a feel for both hardware and software - and it also has you surrounded by experts who'll help you find the functions you might not intuit at the outset due to greater familiarity with Windows. </p><p></p><p>What I've found, personally, is that I am most attracted to the software. I prefer OS X to Windows. The hardware is (usually, with a few exceptions) a bonus. While they seem more expensive at the outset, I find that I get a greater lifespan with my Macs as opposed to my PCs and they tend to run more recent operating systems compared to PCs of the same age/generation.</p><p></p><p>That's my experience, obviously, and YMMV, but it's worth checking out. And in the end, if you buy it and she decides she prefers Windows after all, you can either sell it for a higher resale value than a comparable PC or you can install Windows on it, since it's an Intel model. And if neither Windows nor OS X are her thing, there's always the entire Linux/Unix world to explore. </p><p></p><p>But the best advice I can give you is to find one in person and have someone there who is competent to show you around it.</p><p></p><p>ETA: And if money isn't a huge issue, I would say go for an aluminum MB or a MBP if she prefers laptop computing. If she *does* prefer OS X ultimately, she'll probably wish for the portability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quiara, post: 814348, member: 38477"] The best thing to do is to go to the Apple Store if you have one near you and play around with the various machines. The benefit of doing this is that it lets you/her see it in real time and get a feel for both hardware and software - and it also has you surrounded by experts who'll help you find the functions you might not intuit at the outset due to greater familiarity with Windows. What I've found, personally, is that I am most attracted to the software. I prefer OS X to Windows. The hardware is (usually, with a few exceptions) a bonus. While they seem more expensive at the outset, I find that I get a greater lifespan with my Macs as opposed to my PCs and they tend to run more recent operating systems compared to PCs of the same age/generation. That's my experience, obviously, and YMMV, but it's worth checking out. And in the end, if you buy it and she decides she prefers Windows after all, you can either sell it for a higher resale value than a comparable PC or you can install Windows on it, since it's an Intel model. And if neither Windows nor OS X are her thing, there's always the entire Linux/Unix world to explore. But the best advice I can give you is to find one in person and have someone there who is competent to show you around it. ETA: And if money isn't a huge issue, I would say go for an aluminum MB or a MBP if she prefers laptop computing. If she *does* prefer OS X ultimately, she'll probably wish for the portability. [/QUOTE]
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