So I'm thinking about buying a macbook, which would be by first mac computer and I'm wondering what you people who switched from windows xp/vista think about your macs? Is it just as easy to pirate software? Do they run much smoother? Do they crash or freeze much? Do applications also available for windows run better on macs?
Switching from windows to mac...good decision?
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Depends on who you ask. My girlfriend has a macbook pro and it crashes at least twice as much as my vista laptop.
CS3 apps seam to run faster on her machine then mine. Firefox runs much faster on my machine then hers. Other than those two programs I don't think I've noticed a difference in anything else.
Just my personal experience.
CS3 apps seam to run faster on her machine then mine. Firefox runs much faster on my machine then hers. Other than those two programs I don't think I've noticed a difference in anything else.
Just my personal experience.
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Yeah yeah yeah. Nice work! I've been reading through these forums for about a year now and still haven't managed to actually start anything. I think my problem is that I get to involved in reading what to do without actually doing any of it.
Hell yes it's a good decision. I'm a graphic designer and my co-worker bugged me to switch for months. I have a a sysadmin background with PC's so I wasn't thrilled about it. However, I finally got a macbook pro just to shut him up, and holy crap I'm happy.
No hassles, viruses, spyware etc. The operating system is rock solid, and since the chipset is based on intel, you can boot into windows with no problems.
I'm sure there will be plenty of fuckfaces like the cakes who say that XP or Vista (hahaha) is better. But, again, I'm sysadmin certified up the yin yang, so I'm not just talking out of my ass when I say I like the mac better.
No hassles, viruses, spyware etc. The operating system is rock solid, and since the chipset is based on intel, you can boot into windows with no problems.
I'm sure there will be plenty of fuckfaces like the cakes who say that XP or Vista (hahaha) is better. But, again, I'm sysadmin certified up the yin yang, so I'm not just talking out of my ass when I say I like the mac better.
I have both a Mac Pro workstation and a MacBook Pro which I use everyday, and I have not had a single issue. As far as pirating is concerned, it's probably easier since you don't have to worry about trojans and other malicious backdoors being hidden within cracked software.
Just remember that as soon as you boot into Windows on a Mac, you are susceptible to all of the issues that plague native Windows machines...
Just remember that as soon as you boot into Windows on a Mac, you are susceptible to all of the issues that plague native Windows machines...
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Good luck!
Yeah that would be great, and Linux would be even better. Get away from the Windowz nazis. Seriously, run. You can still run most of your favorite windowz applications on either thanks to Wine - other wise there's always virtual machine or Parallels Desktop for Mac
Hmm I've had a macbook for almost two years now and it's never crashed once. Safari is the fastest browser I have ever used. My computer "emulates" Windows faster than I have ever experienced on another computer. Even faster than my friends gaming computer. That's a good enough point to get one right there alone. If you are concerned about the swap over to mac, just run windows on the same machine so you can switch back and forth!
Because you just aren't cool without a neckbeard, birkenstocks, an ipod, macbook, and starbucks credit card, and every dave matthews album.
I prefer macs. But I'm using vista 64 and it's not THAT bad. I mean, unless you are a power user and need a reliable system that doesn't crash, get viruses and need security updates every week, than maybe a mac isn't such a bad idea?? lol
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