Mac rocks the party.

Mac mini user here, with 21", HI Def, flat screen monitor.

mac = messy ass computers...

notoriousj said:

Ok. We'll see.

Yeah, Viva Glam V rocks my world.

AnotherLoverToo said:

I know. I :heart: my Mac.

Ok well lets see....I just called Apple to try and resolve a Itunes issue....I was on hold for 20 minutes....then the guy who could not even speak english very well...I had to spell my first name for him...not like it is all that hard to spell "Jessica"....Then he tells me that he can not help me and Itunes only has customer service by email...ok that is not customer service...that is we will take your money, but not help you if you have any questions or anything.... All I wanna know is why my itunes purchase has not been posted to my credit card and its been almost 2 weeks....

notoriousj said:

Because if you call Microsoft about, say, Word, you have a great experience? And at least with Apple, as a last resort, you can go to one of the stores and talk to a Mac Genius in person to get questions answered (though probably not billing questions). And what's wrong with email customer service? I love email customer service!

Anyway. None of this has anything to do with the fact that OSX is vastly superior to Windows. Nobody who has actually used both will argue with this. The PC guy I'm dating works for Microsoft, and HE won't even argue with this. He's about to buy a Mac Mini.

Matt, this girl needs schoolin'. Get to work.



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SeattleInvasion said:

Have you even used XP?

TMPletz said:

I have used both - OS X is better.

DiminutiveRocker said:

It may be better, but that description of Windows is outdated.

TMPletz said:

I regret to inform you that I'm using it right now. I spend about 8 hours per day in front of a machine running XP. Ugh.

And yeah, XP doesn't crash as much, but the design and functionality of the OS is still way behind OSX.


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SeattleInvasion said:

I'll Skool boff ya'll's asses if ya push me....

notoriousj said:

Me: "I ain't afraid of shit. "
Matt: "Are you afraid of. . .JESS? "



The end.

notoriousj said:

Um, how much did you pay for iTunes? Oh, I see, you mean your music purchase? But it seems that your support issue is that they are NOT taking your money?

For every one example of bad customer service from Apple, tons and tons of examples of MS or Dell examples can be found. It doesn't work the other way around...

amyhr said:

Maybe that's because tons of more people have PCs than Macs.

I still would never buy a Mac unless I was heavily into video/image editing. I do it in my spare time, but not for a full time job. Other than that, I don't see any reason to switch.

TMPletz said:

Because the operating system is better. If that isn't enough reason for you, then yeah, you shouldn't buy a Mac.

SeattleInvasion said:

My operating system is perfectly fine. Thank you drive through.

SeattleInvasion said:

Come on Melissa...you know I am bigger then skinny boy...he's gonna run...

I like my IMAC G5. The first run models had a few bugs but Apple replaced my logic board free and it runs well.

notoriousj said:

Yeah, he'll run right to court, where he'll sue your ass for Assault and Intent to Distribute a Shitty Operating System.

Plus I do more gaming on my machine than anything else. Macs are NOT gaming machines of choice.

TMPletz said:

That's correct. Though, you can now dual-boot and use the Mac OS when you're not gaming. Best of both worlds.

SeattleInvasion said:

You can't sue for assult...when you ask to be handled roughly....

notoriousj said:

True enough.

(side note for people who enjoy both Star Trek TNG and BDSM: my guy came up with the best freakin' safeword ever. "Arch!" The three of you who got that are laughing really hard right now, I just know it. . .)

SeattleInvasion said:

Do you have to say "computer" first?

TMPletz said:

Prolly should.

Now, "arch" is the "yellow" safewod. The "red" safeword is "end program".

SeattleInvasion said:

Ditto. In the past I'd often bring my 12" PowerBook G4 to work, and I've connected it to our office network, but I rarely do that these days due to insurance reasons. (Basically, if I use the PowerBook for work purposes too much, my insurance company might classify it as business equipment and limit my coverage for it.) So I make do with Windows XP at work.



I'll concede that XP is much more stable that previous versions of Windows (putting aside Windows 2000, which was not intended for consumer use). That's probably because it isn't based upon DOS. It's certainly better than that atrocious OS known as Windows Millennium Edition, the last of the DOS-based versions of Windows.

It's probably a good thing that, for the reasons others have discussed, I'm going to wait before considering the purchase of a MacBook Pro. It's tempting, but it wouldn't be responsible of me, as my PowerBook G4 should still have at least a year of useful life.

I'm hoping that when it comes time to replace my current machine, the following will be true:

• Apple will have fixed whatever problems -- if any -- exist with the first MacBook Pros
  
• Microsoft will have released a Mac version of Office that runs natively on the Intel chip
  
• Apple will have released a 12" version of the MacBook Pro
  

The "MagSafe Connector" power cord is pure genius. I've tripped over the power cord once, sending my PowerBook crashing down to a hardwood floor. Amazingly the machine itself was essentially unharmed, but the power cord connector was bent and no longer usable. The replacement power cord wasn't cheap, although, to be sure, a new PowerBook would have cost me a lot more.

Anyway, as for Windows versus Mac OS X, I used DOS/Windows for literally 20 years: 1984 to 2004. (The first computer I used was an IBM Personal Computer XT, back when I was a little kid.) I have no regrets about switching. While it took awhile to adjust to OS X, the same was true when I started using Windows 95 instead of 3.1.

matt said:

What's this? Googling "MagSafe Connector". . .



That is genius!

Wouldn't helped me when I had to replace my power cord. Dog's rope toy was laying accross it, and the dog didn't distinguish between the toy and the cord. He was fine. The cord was not. I can't believe how much those damn things cost.

matt said:

I am sure it improved its horrible performance to.....still a horrible computer after it hit the hardwood floor.