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SirGeorgeKillian
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Alright Apple puter guys
SirGeorgeKillian
Posts: 5,463 Senior Member
What makes crow taste better?
My 4 month old Dell has had 3 chances with Dell's "customer disappointment" department. Then I remembered I bought one if those worthless warranty things with it. Called them up and they said for the quickest repair drop it off somewhere local like geek squad, pay out of pocket, and they would reimburse me. Cool says I.
Just got my Dell back (again) from Geek Squad, they said the mother board was no good. They actually found problems with it that I forgot about it having because the other problems were more aggravating.
So long story short, I send it in for the aftermarket techs to look at and when they deem it unfixable, I get a check for 1100 bucks. My question is what Mack book should I buy? I know absolutely nothing about Mac other than what I used 12 years ago. I do a lot of photo editing, so I need something with some power. And am used to a 17" screen. I have never owned a desktop and don't intend on it anytime soon. On the go too much for that.
What say you guys with macs? Any thing to look for, avoid, ect?
Thanks!
My 4 month old Dell has had 3 chances with Dell's "customer disappointment" department. Then I remembered I bought one if those worthless warranty things with it. Called them up and they said for the quickest repair drop it off somewhere local like geek squad, pay out of pocket, and they would reimburse me. Cool says I.
Just got my Dell back (again) from Geek Squad, they said the mother board was no good. They actually found problems with it that I forgot about it having because the other problems were more aggravating.
So long story short, I send it in for the aftermarket techs to look at and when they deem it unfixable, I get a check for 1100 bucks. My question is what Mack book should I buy? I know absolutely nothing about Mac other than what I used 12 years ago. I do a lot of photo editing, so I need something with some power. And am used to a 17" screen. I have never owned a desktop and don't intend on it anytime soon. On the go too much for that.
What say you guys with macs? Any thing to look for, avoid, ect?
Thanks!
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"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Also, if you have anyone in your family who is a federal government worker or currently in the military, they can download Windows for Mac for about 10 dollars!
My Macbook is about 5 years old and it's starting to boot up a little slower than when it was new, but it has three people's worth of crap on it.
I'll never go back.
Dan
OK that isn't a true fix, but it would make me feel a little better.
And I am a federal employee. But I don't know if I would even want to put Windows on there. Especially if it's Windows 8.
You can run windows on a Mac, if you really want to.
I have reliable sources for used models, if you're interested.
Audios Windows!
I originally switched to Apple because they're Unix based, and I do a fair amount of "raw" Unix stuff, and was tired of self-supporting various flavors of Linux. But Apple keeps making bone headed decisions that would get them laughed out of business if they were ANY other company - but because they're Apple, its a Good Thing (tm). Their twice a year (mild exaggeration) OS upgrades break "everything", yet if you don't upgrade "soon", all support is dropped. Apple drops all support for anything older than about 6 months. Gak!
So, I had an aging iMac a couple of years ago that was dying, and I needed a new system. Because of all this continuing Apple stupidity, I was seriously thinking about going to a windows box (now that windows and Apple both share the same crappy hardware anyway) and either running windows 7 with Cygwin, or 7 dual boot with Linux...
Then Microsoft came out with Windows 8. I bought a Mac mini...
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Macs have less (or no) viruses because hackers don't bother writing viruses for them.
Not sure about if it works on the iPoop....
I miss CP/M...
I'm not drunk on the coolaid yet. But there is something about a computer that goes back to its maker 3 times, then goes to Geek Squad 2 times only to be not able to be fixed. I am still very in love with my Note 3, and doubt I'll be buying the Apple TV, router, or toilet seat.
This computer on the other hand is freaking awesome.
I meant "word" for mac. Not "Windows"
If you like word, you can get it for MAC. Use it extensively. No bugs.
Try Techtool Pro or Drive Genius. They both solve problems. Techtool Pro is a better program, but Drive Genius is faster but more limited in scope of repair. Both programs need to be started on an alternate startup drive or partition to work properly. Techtool Pro will create a partition and you won't need a second drive, but Drive Genius needs an alternate drive that has an OS installed.
I appreciate the advice, but I don't want to spend $400 on Rosetta Stone to understand a thing you just wrote.
Apple sells hardware, but they really are a software company. Their software control is tight and they require their suppliers to "get approval" prior to publishing them. That's the reason Apple's products work better than MS products. MS has an open standard, and Apple, does not.
Really what you are buying today is a software interface to the hardware.
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
iOS doesn't support flash. OS does.
One great thing about having Apple through out the house is Apple is designed to talk to apple by default. Networking the devices throughout the house is so painless. Especially with Airdrop.
PC's are for people who enjoy pulling their hair out from frustration, then throw the damn thing out after 2 or 3 years.
but i just treated myself to my first new mac - an 27" iMac. Its maxed to the hilt.
Whatever you do, all i can say is to get a SSD and a big one if you can afford one.
A friend at work has faster internet connection so i had I'm reconfigure my SSD for a dual boot. I have some Solid Modeling software that i wanted to use in Bloatware Windows.
But my mac boots in about 4~6 SECONDS flat. that includes windows too. I won't go back to a mechanical drive now, its only used for backups.
Also, if you have any peripherals that connect via USB, i would think about upgrading them too. USB 3 is sooooo sweet and fast too. If you use them a lot, it could be worth it - time wise.
just a comment. I was using, up to a few months ago, a Mac Pro tower "quick silver" G4/1.25 ghz mac tower. This has the Motorola processor. I bought it 2nd hand. Originally it was used in one of our high schools and some guy bought a truck load of them. i got it from him. These were discontinued in 1999 so you can't say they don't work or last. I only got rid of it since none of the OS was being supported anymore and that included browsers.
good luck in whatever you choose.
- Don Burt