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Thread: Looking to convert to a Mac
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07-13-2007, 09:06 PM #1
Looking to convert to a Mac
I've used PC's for about 20 years and recently been looking at going the MAC route. I've started doing alot more photo editing and, soon, video editing. I play minimal games, most Civ, Chess, Go, AOE, etc. What advice can you offer? What should I be looking at? I think I want a desktop rather than a notebook.
The gostak distims the doshes.
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07-13-2007 09:06 PM # ADS
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07-13-2007, 09:24 PM #2
if you want a desktop over a notebook, i'd wait till august/september and get expected update to the iMac. you'll have a choice of 20 or 24 inch display. as usual, the computer and display are one in the same, and it's expected to come in brushed aluminum and be sleaker than before. i have one at work, very happy with it. in many ways towers (mac pro) are better, but they're gonna cost ya.
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07-13-2007, 11:32 PM #3
20 years ago, Macs were much better than PC's for design, graphics, photo editing, etc. That's not true anymore. I know a lot of artists who've switched to PC's because they are cheaper.
If you want a Mac, then get one. If you just want something to use that will work and can be supported by a kid on every street corner, stick to a PC.
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07-13-2007, 11:58 PM #4Originally Posted by scoutaboutLive Life, Don't Watch Life!
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07-14-2007, 09:00 AM #5
I have a 2005-era 20-inch flat-panel iMac at home that I use every day, and I think it's the best computer I have ever used. I have a G5 and a 20-inch flat-panel monitor at work, but for its cost, we could have had three iMacs that were just as capable.
I have never regretted being Mac. Good machines.
-R
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07-14-2007, 09:27 AM #6
once you go mac you never go back.
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07-14-2007, 10:20 AM #7Originally Posted by marc olivares
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07-14-2007, 11:18 AM #8Originally Posted by Summit42
oh and summit, Jesse wants her hat back
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07-14-2007, 12:22 PM #9Originally Posted by marc olivares
Originally Posted by marc olivares
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07-14-2007, 03:44 PM #10Originally Posted by Summit42
ifixit.com baby ...
but hey, summit, i actually enjoy your apple bashing, it's amusing
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07-14-2007, 05:52 PM #11
I have been looking for a new machine.... I don't game much anymore so I may consider a Mac. Any suggestions stefan?
I will admit... i don't like apple much. There was an apple rep in my life for a few years and that pushed me over the edge. I love to tinker, upgrade and Game on my machines so i guess i don't fit into Iworld. sorry.....
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07-14-2007, 06:16 PM #12Originally Posted by Summit42
I will admit... i don't like apple much. There was an apple rep in my life for a few years and that pushed me over the edge. I love to tinker, upgrade and Game on my machines so i guess i don't fit into Iworld. sorry.....
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07-14-2007, 06:29 PM #13
whoa..wtf is that?
Crazy little thing ..
"Vista Business" that scares the crap out or me, that thing just meets the Vista system requirements
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07-14-2007, 07:10 PM #14
Vista is reason enough to go Mac, IMHO.
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07-14-2007, 07:42 PM #15Originally Posted by Richard Barron
Actually, I use Vista, very happy with it. No issues yet, been about 4 months. I do alot of video editing and photo editing, no issues. But I must confess, I am not a big Mac fan. There is something about being able to build your own computer I find fun....
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07-14-2007, 09:52 PM #16
I run both. . .seamlessly. Although I have to admit I only have winders for testing.
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07-14-2007, 10:09 PM #17
Better a sister in the whore house then a brother on a MAC!
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07-14-2007, 11:21 PM #18Originally Posted by accadaccaLive Life, Don't Watch Life!
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07-15-2007, 12:58 PM #19
I have a MacBook Pro and I am running XP within OSX. As I understand it, with boot camp you can only boot with one or the other. However, with parallels you can run both at the same time. They are alive and function together. Really cool! Go to www.parallels.com and watch a demo or search it on YouTube.
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07-15-2007, 03:15 PM #20
I run parallels and it works seamlessly with XPsp2 and Vista. I use to run Virtual PC before Microsoft bought it and F Ked it up... I use a parallels virtualized machine to run virtualized routing and switching gear. One day we're all going be part of the same process
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