tdlfoto Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Sorry to hear about that Rob. Four years ago I made the switch from PC to Mac. Three years ago I revised my accounting sheets where I had alotted 6 hours / week to deal with PC-related tech issues, down to 1hr in my new Apple ecosystem. Four years on and still couldn't be happier. However, like me, you probably work within an ecosytem at your shop, and maybe going Mac isn't an option? I've heard good things about Samsung.
mgravito Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I'm also in IT and in a high school with kids who like to break things and administrators who also like to break things and we have both PC and Mac users. I swear by apple products. We have a lab of 90+ Macbooks from 09 and I have had only 1 machine with hardware issues where the display cable was frayed. Meanwhile, Windows is garbage and the manufacturers too inconsistent to count on and I have 4 year old laptops that are useless. The key is no one wants to use the PCs anymore. It's a complicated OS for anyone who's new to computers. Windows was great once upon a time, but their days are numbered. One other thing I'd like to touch on as well is the idea that Macs are expensive, but no one ever talks about their resale value. You can still sell Apple products 4-6 years after their release and still sell for 50% what you paid. Try selling a 5 year old Toshiba for 500 dollars and someone would laugh at you.
jimschn Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 MacOS is way better than Windows... I'm a power user and made the switch 4 years ago
jrb5783 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I bought a Macbook pro 3 years ago, use it daily for work (word processing and spreadsheets etc) and it still runs great. I'd never buy another PC again. Waste of money and endless frustration. Same here I have a three year old mac book pro and works just as good as the day I got it. I don't get into the apple vs PC because I truely believe both are fine systems and it comes down to personal preference. I am an apple guy however I was to buy a tablet the new windows surface looks really nice.
Oscar300 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Mac Book Air 13". Its amazing. No bugs Great screen 10hr bat life No fans No noisey hard drive Back lit key board is a god send Its machined out of a block of solid aluminium for god sakes, you know when you pick up any other laptop and give it a squeeze it makes a cheap plastic creeky noise? Not this bad boy. Down side was paying for it, there not free you know.
First Lady Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 You broke another laptop ,not another glass of wine ? LoL
El Presidente Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 My Godsend tech Christy is here now getting my new laptop up and running. I have gone "Cheap" this time ...Toshiba Z930. I know it won't last 12 months the way I handle/use it. I have found I really need the extra slots that the Z930 delivers in a netbook. I am going to purchase a Mac Air as well for private use (leave at home). Back on air shortly.
El Presidente Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Up and running Now to those 200 e-mails
Oscar300 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I am going to purchase a Mac Air as well for private use (leave at home). Back on air shortly. Good choice, you will love it.
Maxismoke Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 My 2 cents, i worked for Dell over 10 years, got Dell products for virtually no money, and still bought Apple for my own hard earned money. 1
Oscar300 Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 My 2 cents, i worked for Dell over 10 years, got Dell products for virtually no money, and still bought Apple for my own hard earned money. This says everything
Rushman Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 I have two MacBook Air machines. One 13 and one 11. I also like some of the windows ultra books but I am stickin with my macs
PigFish Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 …let them eat cake! There is no harm in liking what you like. I am no computer novice, but certainly not an IT guy. I run both platforms. I usually build my own PC's, currently running an i7 4770k to rip movies to m4v and run AutoCAD. AutoCAD runs different (and better) on a PC but I also run it via Parallels (W7 virtual machine) on a Mac Mini and you would never notice the difference. I have never had a PC that was not obsolete in a few years. I have run a Mac machine over 12 years, still running faster than PC's clocked at 4 times the speed. I think Macs are a value! I had to replace it only after Apple stopped supporting the OS. I don't own an iPhone. I use a phone to make calls and little else. I don't game or run video editing that requires $500.00+ video cards. There is little that I cannot do, in native OSX or W7 that I cannot do on a Mac Mini. I happen to think that the Mac Mini is hands down the best personal computer ever built. My PC is the size of a box, about the size of an office trash can. My Mac Mini is about the size of a serving of corn bread! My PC has 4 fans, a 650w power supply and a water cooled processor! My Mac Mini has an 65w power cord! My Mini will run: iTunes (so I can listen to my favorite cigar smoking radio talk show host) email, so I can email him internet, so I can blog about cigars Adobe InDesign so I can design literature Adobe Illustrator so I can format graphics … all on the OSX side …while running W7 and, AutoCAD Quickbooks Pro …along with a few other items I might need or desire, like Preview or Photoshop, separated onto different desktops to ease my work. IT NEVER CRASHES! Categorizing Macs as over priced 'play things' is frankly incorrect (not that I care if you think so). Anyone overlooking them as such, not recognizing them as viable business tools, has disadvantaged themselves in the business machine category! I don't mind if you want to do it… I just thought I might give you the heads up if you don't know any better… Cheers! -Piggy
poisonowns Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Agree w/ Piggy. I had PCs for years and pretty much bought my first Macbook Pro blind. The first 10 minutes of using it I felt like I was using an idiots computer. By the end of the hour I realized that by using something as frustrating as a PC for so long I had created a new normal in my mind in which computing was a hassle. I appreciated how intuitive the OS was, and realized that if I needed to learn something new, common sense took me a long way on OSX.
Guybrush Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 IT NEVER CRASHES! I use a PC every day. Last time I witnessed a crash was in the 90s if I remember correctly. It just depends on the software you like to use. Some staff I like is not available for Mac. Oh, and on a personal note I kind of not like the Apple image. (It it seems to me that Apple is the Cohiba of technology )
backslide Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 PC = democracy Apple = Communism. You either like to do what you want or you like to be told what to do. Sent from my Nexus 4
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