Mokothemonkey Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.9 How are macs in general? I've been thinking of switching from windows XP to OS X and am wondering is it worth the $2000 for a mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriMethylXanthine Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Uh...it is in fact a quite tough question. If you ask that question to a Windoze fan, he will probably tell you that: Macs suck/What is Mac?/Yeah, I've tried the Mac theme for my Windoze XP... or something like that. If you ask that question to a Mac guy, you will hear something like "YES!Mac is the best system forever!". If you ask that question to a linuxoid, he almost certain will just answer "Linux rules" and go away. But from my point of view, Mac is totally worth that money.BTW, you will avoid the price of anti-virus programs that are necessary on Windoze.And it's UNIX-like. You can decide for yourself of course, though I'd rather buy that Mac than something less useful.But if there is a choice between Linux and Mac OS X, I couldn't resist the open-source. P.S.I'm using an iMac 2008, that I've bought for only $600 and I'm totally satisfied with all my needs. P.P.S.My iMac is PowerPC, but all of the newer Macs are Intel, so if you want you could virtualize Windows (VirtualBox, Wine, VMWare although it's expensive, etc...).Windoze was(deleted in 2008) running pretty fast for me on VMWare Fusion(you can even play fullscreen 3D games).And it was using about 80% CPU if the emulator was the only app running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokothemonkey Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Uh...it is in fact a quite tough question. If you ask that question to a Windoze fan, he will probably tell you that: Macs suck/What is Mac?/Yeah, I've tried the Mac theme for my Windoze XP... or something like that. If you ask that question to a Mac guy, you will hear something like "YES!Mac is the best system forever!". If you ask that question to a linuxoid, he almost certain will just answer "Linux rules" and go away. But from my point of view, Mac is totally worth that money.BTW, you will avoid the price of anti-virus programs that are necessary on Windoze.And it's UNIX-like. You can decide for yourself of course, though I'd rather buy that Mac than something less useful.But if there is a choice between Linux and Mac OS X, I couldn't resist the open-source. P.S.I'm using an iMac 2008, that I've bought for only $600 and I'm totally satisfied with all my needs. P.P.S.My iMac is PowerPC, but all of the newer Macs are Intel, so if you want you could virtualize Windows (VirtualBox, Wine, VMWare although it's expensive, etc...).Windoze was(deleted in 2008) running pretty fast for me on VMWare Fusion(you can even play fullscreen 3D games).And it was using about 80% CPU if the emulator was the only app running. thanks I will probably buy a mac when I have the money available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Uh...it is in fact a quite tough question. If you ask that question to a Windoze fan, he will probably tell you that: Macs suck/What is Mac?/Yeah, I've tried the Mac theme for my Windoze XP... or something like that. If you ask that question to a Mac guy, you will hear something like "YES!Mac is the best system forever!". If you ask that question to a linuxoid, he almost certain will just answer "Linux rules" and go away. Don't spread FUD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokothemonkey Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Don't spread FUD. fear uncertainty and doubt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicman Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 xp is the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Suika Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I've been using Windows 7 since before it was released and I must say I'm loving it. But I've also used Linux - to be exactly, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Arch and Kurumin. Didn't like any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xboxer578 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I use a mac with a dual-boot of snow leopard and windows 7. I have to say, microsoft did a great job making windows 7. It can even recognize my horrible handwriting! However, I still mostly use macs because I'm used to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanval Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Im running Windows 7 Professional (Microsoft academy something release, a lifetime free licence via my school). I could REALLY! use another harddrive for a good linux distro I enjoy Ubuntu, but i must say that microsoft fixed quite a lot wit windows 7, my pc is running smooth... just still miss that "oh it crashed, who cares" aspect of linux' multi-sessions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosko Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit and Ubuntu. Microsoft did a good job with Win 7 ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecost900 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Right now , I'm working with Ubuntu 9.10 and It's a superb Operating System with high security. It's also an open source and because of this there is no need to buy it. We can easily download it from the Internet freely . I recommend all the members here to use Ubuntu 9.10 rather than using Windows . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Right now , I'm working with Ubuntu 9.10 and It's a superb Operating System with high security. It's also an open source and because of this there is no need to buy it. We can easily download it from the Internet freely . I recommend all the members here to use Ubuntu 9.10 rather than using Windows . No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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