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Old Apr 14, 2007, 06:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Would you ever contemplate buying a mac?
I have owned a few in the past and I still have an old G4 powered mac in a cupboard. I used them in my work for many years with mainly photoshop/quarkxpress.

I do however feel that windows and building my own hardware is a more viable proposition as I have access to more software and higher support. I also don't like the fact very few are upgradable and you pay through the nose for less powerful hardware than the PC equivalent....

So any mac users out there? why do you use it? Anyone thinking of buying one as a secondary or even main machine?

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Old Apr 14, 2007, 08:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yes

i plan to buy a mac pro when i can afford to, mostly for my music production (my software only works on mac now)

of course i'd be dual booting windows on it for general purpose usage
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Old Apr 14, 2007, 09:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Not at the present time as I have no need for one, and it would be more money for a more limited platform.

But who knows what the future holds.
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 02:46 AM   #4 (permalink)
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If I get to school I would get MacBook Pro
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 02:50 AM   #5 (permalink)
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nope considering they use same hardware as a pc now... it's all eye camdy

i'd rather VM Ware it
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 04:43 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Not really, there is nothing there which really intrigues me that much.

Is nice and all, but there are to many program for Windows i would prefer to use.

But it looks like my work is going to buy me one, as we has to include Macs in our projects (I'm a network administrator / system administrator / it technician), since more users are beginning to get macs, *sigh*
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 05:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 06:01 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I'd get a mac, but only end up isntalling windows on it... I like the macbook...
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 08:00 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I might get an mini for my mother, but for myself? I don't see any reason to. I also don't like the much higher prices for upgrades and the monopoly of Apple on eh, Apple computers. (yes yes I know)

I might get one after a couple of years for my job, but not entirely sure yet.
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If i wasn't such a gamer/overclocker Mac's is all I would own. I plan on buying a Mini in October'ish and use it for day to day tasks, and use a PC for gaming/benching. I use a Mac 8 hours a day at work and when i come home to windows I am dissapointed lol.
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My sister has a nice Mac, I was fairly impressed with it, and the OS is good. Problem with Mac is the price and the fact that I game with my PC. Performance wise, you can get a PC much cheaper, and for what I use mine for, there really wouldnt be any advantage to using a Mac. But, if I got a good deal on it, and was looking for a laptop, I might consider a Mac.
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really?
Yeah, the organization I work for, administrate a lot of higher education schools and the students is really in to mac.
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 02:06 PM   #13 (permalink)
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once spring and summer are done with I'm planning on getting back into recording music big time again, and given my previous experience with macs and music production I'd definately have one if I had the cash
they are definately over-priced though , unfortunately
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Old Apr 15, 2007, 02:11 PM   #14 (permalink)
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did you play in a band richy? what instrument and genre?
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Right now, of course this could change, but the Macbook is the number one selling laptop model at our University. Small wonder really, it does everything well - except 3D gaming, for $1100.00 complete - and I wouldn't consider that overpriced but quite competitive really - no offense...

One major problem though - no accidental coverage available. Gateway, Dell, and the others offer it - not Apple. It matters bigtime on a laptop purchase. You don't want to know how many spills I've seen in laptops over the past three months...
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