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Hello, I'm thinking about switching to mac, I've heard alot of hype about it and how it is superior to windows for "life stuff".
I'm 15 years old and heading to college in september, I have been using windows for about..3, 4 years now, and i feel at home with it.
But recently my anti virus software keeps picking up cookies from websites and basically "scraping my face off" thinking its a virus. I'm talking 20-40 messages per morning. I've tried to put in personal preferances to tell it that i know they arn't viruses,etc. but it just isn't working.
I play counter strike:source on my windows, I'm not sure if mac runs it, but this isn't a concern(i can just switch to windows for gaming, I've heard mac aren't the best for gaming). But since i scanned my computer, let my computer auto-cleanup my computer, its made my computer worse, it aparantly free'd about 50% more space, but now my computer runs very slow, and annoying(realised I've gone totally off topic).
The course I'm doing is digital media, but the college I'm going to doesn't use macs. Should i make the change, and keep my windows for things i need it for, and get an ibook?or should i stay with windows and put up with the skits anti virus, slow internet time, horible download limitations, and viruses?
Or should i throw out my old computer, and switch totally to mac?
I'm working on a budget of roughly £1,000 (Yes, I'm british, not sure if there are many british people on the forum that can give me advice) give or take.
Also a few questions:
1: can macs support mozilla firefox and plugins?
2:what kind of gaming is it limited to, such as counter strike source, client games,etc.
3:does it have its own download managers that help downloads come along,etc
I've looked at many posts about switching but still feel it would be better to get an opinion in my current situation.
I've already decided on matte vs glossy(matte won) but i haven't decided on what model. any sugestions or setups that i can upgrade would be helpful.
also, if leopard(forgot the exact name, sorry if I'm wrong) comes out, i guess i could upgrade since it was labelled around $129 which should be fine.
thanks for reading and please suggest =) thank you
howdet50
I'm 15 years old and heading to college in september, I have been using windows for about..3, 4 years now, and i feel at home with it.
But recently my anti virus software keeps picking up cookies from websites and basically "scraping my face off" thinking its a virus. I'm talking 20-40 messages per morning. I've tried to put in personal preferances to tell it that i know they arn't viruses,etc. but it just isn't working.
I play counter strike:source on my windows, I'm not sure if mac runs it, but this isn't a concern(i can just switch to windows for gaming, I've heard mac aren't the best for gaming). But since i scanned my computer, let my computer auto-cleanup my computer, its made my computer worse, it aparantly free'd about 50% more space, but now my computer runs very slow, and annoying(realised I've gone totally off topic).
The course I'm doing is digital media, but the college I'm going to doesn't use macs. Should i make the change, and keep my windows for things i need it for, and get an ibook?or should i stay with windows and put up with the skits anti virus, slow internet time, horible download limitations, and viruses?
Or should i throw out my old computer, and switch totally to mac?
I'm working on a budget of roughly £1,000 (Yes, I'm british, not sure if there are many british people on the forum that can give me advice) give or take.
Also a few questions:
1: can macs support mozilla firefox and plugins?
2:what kind of gaming is it limited to, such as counter strike source, client games,etc.
3:does it have its own download managers that help downloads come along,etc
I've looked at many posts about switching but still feel it would be better to get an opinion in my current situation.
I've already decided on matte vs glossy(matte won) but i haven't decided on what model. any sugestions or setups that i can upgrade would be helpful.
also, if leopard(forgot the exact name, sorry if I'm wrong) comes out, i guess i could upgrade since it was labelled around $129 which should be fine.
thanks for reading and please suggest =) thank you
howdet50