Convince me to try a Mac...

[Gamma Ray]

Why should I?

 

[DV8]

A . . . . Big . . . . Mac?

 

[jaguarr]

Why shouldn't you? The worst that could happen is that you won't like it. Or, you might discover that you do like it and find yourself exploring a new computing platform with a whole new set of applications and capabilities. Maybe you'll like the user interface, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like not having any viruses, spyware or malware, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the way the iLife apps function and allow you to create your own music, home movies, DVD's and photo albums right out of the box, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the security, quickness and stability of the operating system, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the award-winning design of the hardware, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like using the latest and greatest Intel processors, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like having access to a vast array of top notch opensource freeware apps ported from the Linux and Unix community, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll enjoy using some of your favorite commercial applications from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and more on your Mac, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the supportive user community, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like being able to dual boot into Windows OR into Mac OS X (or run them simultaneously in Parallels), maybe you won't. But practically daring everyone to give you a reason to try a Mac seems sort of pointless to me. Either you will or you won't, regardless of what anyone here might tell you about them. If I'm misreading you on this, i apologize in advance, but I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not.

jag

 

[enterthemadness]

1. Fools don't target, so less chance of viruses and other crap.

2. Cheaper?

3. Steve Jobs.

4. You're supporting Justin Long.

5. You get a free green lantern ring...with no powers.

 

[Apollo]

i used a mac once and i got lost

 

[Erzengel]

Well it might make you arrogant and presumptious as that guy in those commercials.

Look what I can do I can make a presentation with pictures.

 

[Apollo]

i wasnt used to the non windows format o_o

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Palestinians use windows.

 

[Cаrter]

Only hipster rubes have Macs

 

[Kaboom]

i have a pc and sometimes it likes to

i have a pc and sometimes it likes to

i have a pc and sometimes it likes to

daggum its freezing again

 

[Mr Sparkle]

1. Fools don't target, so less chance of viruses and other crap.

yeah, that's ending pretty soon, enjoy your happyness while it lasts, because soon.....very soon.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[Apollo]

very afordable

 

[Mr Sparkle]

ummmmm It's white?

 

[jaguarr]

yeah, that's ending pretty soon, enjoy your happyness while it lasts, because soon.....very soon.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Security through obscurity on the Mac and Linux platforms is a myth. The truth is that it's really damn hard to write viruses and malware that can do any sort of damage or proliferate themselves on those platforms. I've seen the script kiddies angsting over it in their little hacker forums, so it's not for a lack of trying. But in six years on the market, there isn't one viable virus for the Mac platform. *shrug*

jag

 

[Mr Sparkle]

*shrug*

jag

I'm going to write the *shrug* virus

 

[Duende Verde]

3 words:
Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

[The_Dark_Knight]

Dude, if you stop useing Microsoft, you'll effect Bill Gate's income...we dont wanna do that do we?

 

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

Why should I?

They're tasty and go good with fries!

 

[jaguarr]

3 words:
Microsoft Flight Simulator

So boot into XP on your Mac (or even better, run XP in Parallels from within OS X) and use it anyway.

jag

 

[Duende Verde]

So boot into XP on your Mac (or even better, run XP in Parallels from within OS X) and use it anyway.

jag

I was trying to use Microsoft Flight Simulator as a reason not to buy a PC.

 

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

PCs FTW!

 

[Gamma Ray]

Why shouldn't you? The worst that could happen is that you won't like it. Or, you might discover that you do like it and find yourself exploring a new computing platform with a whole new set of applications and capabilities. Maybe you'll like the user interface, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like not having any viruses, spyware or malware, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the way the iLife apps function and allow you to create your own music, home movies, DVD's and photo albums right out of the box, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the security, quickness and stability of the operating system, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the award-winning design of the hardware, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like using the latest and greatest Intel processors, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like having access to a vast array of top notch opensource freeware apps ported from the Linux and Unix community, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll enjoy using some of your favorite commercial applications from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and more on your Mac, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like the supportive user community, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll like being able to dual boot into Windows OR into Mac OS X (or run them simultaneously in Parallels), maybe you won't. But practically daring everyone to give you a reason to try a Mac seems sort of pointless to me. Either you will or you won't, regardless of what anyone here might tell you about them. If I'm misreading you on this, i apologize in advance, but I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not.

jag

How does the interface compare? I'm too used to Windows at this point, aren't I?

 

[jaguarr]

How does the interface compare? I'm too used to Windows at this point, aren't I?

I don't know. Are you too used to Windows? If you believe you are, then you will be and learning any new interface will probably prove problematic for you. You'll find that MS has lifted quite a bit from the Mac interface, though, sometimes not for the better. Most of the people I know who have earnestly taken a bit of time to understand the interface in Mac OS X and how it really works wind up liking it quite a bit once they know their way around it. It's like anything else that you're new to; it takes a bit of time to adjust and learn what you're doing with it.

jag

 

[Master Chief]

What's life like without the right click?

 

[Addendum]

Security through obscurity on the Mac and Linux platforms is a myth. The truth is that it's really damn hard to write viruses and malware that can do any sort of damage or proliferate themselves on those platforms. I've seen the script kiddies angsting over it in their little hacker forums, so it's not for a lack of trying. But in six years on the market, there isn't one viable virus for the Mac platform. *shrug*

jag

6 years? Macs have been around since 84