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E-Revonut · **bye bye PC hello Mac -** 03.06.2010, 12:29 PM

Well last Monday my PC laptop died again. This laptop is just over 3 years old. About a year and a half ago I had to send it back to HP 3 times for repair, they sent it back to me twice with the damn thing not working at all. I have been very disappointed with this computer in general. I had wanted a Mac when I bought it but I'm impatient and the apple store wasn't open at 3AM when my last one died so I went to Walmart and bought the best they had at the time. Fast forward to this week, I did a lot of searching for a new computer, via my iphone. I found a laptop at Bestbuy.com for $330 that had decent enough specs for my use and was on the verge of buying it. Deep down I wanted a Mac though, I just didn't have that kind of cash available, had $450 cash available. Took one last look at the apple site and seen an offer for 0% for 12 months! Well I was approved and I'm now playing on my MacBook Pro 13" screen. A 15" would have been nice but they are considerably more money and this is really close to the same size I had.

Biggest downfall now is CastleLink is PC based, luckily I have friends with them if I really want to tinker with the settings on my CC controllers but for the time being I just ordered one of their programming cards which should suit me fine. My Eagle Tree may be a problem though so I may sell it or pick up a cheap netbook in the future.

Anyways I'm back and enjoying my Mac. Are there any other Mac users out there that can answer any questions that may come up?

03.06.2010, 12:37 PM

And Apple claims another poor soul....

E-Revonut · 03.06.2010, 12:42 PM

I have loved my ipod since I got it like 4 years ago and I got the original iphone when it came out, which was my only link to the web to pay bills and chat when my computer died the last time. I recently tried a blackberry and thought it was hell on earth so I bought a iPhone 3GS and once again that phone was the only thing keeping me sane when my computer died again! My iphones and ipod have never let me down and my friends that have Macs have never had the issues I've had with their computers either! If you want to say they claimed another poor soul thats fine but I'm sick of my PC dying whenever it feels necessary. The biggest kick in the balls though, I ordered a 250GB portable hard drive 2 days before it died and it showed up 2 days after it died!

ClodMaxx · 03.06.2010, 12:49 PM

pretty hardcore mac user here. congrats on leaving the dark side....

you can partition your hard drive into a small amount...say, 10 gigs... and install windows on that.

wallot · 03.06.2010, 12:55 PM

nothing like having overpriced hardware and operating system where you have to pay for updates. enjoy

JThiessen · 03.06.2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

I had wanted a Mac when I bought it but I'm impatient and the apple store wasn't open at 3AM when my last one died so I went to Walmart and bought the best they had at the time.

Wow....Your kind of the poster child for your generation's "need it NOW" culture!!!!

Be sure to try to give us a comparison a month or two down the road (with out comparing break down rate).

You can't use portable HD's on a MAC?

ANGRY-ALIEN · 03.06.2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

I'm sick of my PC dying whenever it feels necessary.

Amen...

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Originally Posted by JThiessen

You can't use portable HD's on a MAC?

Yes you can... here's a good one - LaCie 500GB Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive

E-Revonut · 03.06.2010, 01:15 PM

I will be able to use the portable HD on the Mac, it just sucks that I didn't get to back up everything I had on my old laptop. Now I have to pay someone to try recovering everything. I'm mostly interested in saving my music and movies, everything I had purchased from itunes transfered right over from my iphone to the mac but all the music I didn't purchase didn't. I have a lot of stuff backed up from when my computer went in for repair last time but I have added stuff since. I have no backup of the pictures I have of my neice. As far as running windows on my Mac, I don't even wanna mess with it! If it comes down to needing windows for CastleLink and the Eagle tree I would rather spend $200 on a netbook that I can take to the track with me and not worry so much about it.

ClodMaxx · 03.06.2010, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JThiessen

You can't use portable HD's on a MAC?

why would he do that if he doesn't need to? he didn't say he needed more hard drive space... he said he wanted to run programs that are only available on windows. he can use what he has for that, without spending more money.

t-maxxracer32 · 03.06.2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Amen...

Yes you can... here's a good one - LaCie 500GB Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive

good god 170 for a 500GB...

check it out...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+...=9258885&st=TB

sure this one needs to be plugged in but the price difference is well worth it.

I have this one for my house..

plus an additional 500GB portable one for on the road

both are pretty much full

riverat1540 · 03.06.2010, 02:15 PM

I have a macbook as well and love it, i download like crazy, no viruses, great speed, runs windows 7 great with VMware fusion, i also have linux as well so i can run my ps3 through it so i can get hulu on my ps3 it shows up to the server as a windows based computer running firefox and i can watch all the movies on hulu off my ps3,my castle link works fine when running windows on my mac, I would never go back as im not a pc gamer, i just search the web and manage video and music for the most part.

riverat1540 · 03.06.2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wallot

nothing like having overpriced hardware and operating system where you have to pay for updates. enjoy

I have never paid for an update with my mac

nothing like having viruses, and slow loading pages, and constantly wondering why it is so slow.

my battery lasts about 5 hours if im just surfing the web, i cant complain a bit about my 1400dollar 13" mac book! Its expensive because its worth it!

wallot · 03.06.2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by riverat1540

nothing like having viruses

why there are now viruses for mac? because what is the point of making viruses for minor OS. same with Linux. If it ever gets more users there will be viruses don't worry :)

Finnster · 03.06.2010, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by riverat1540

I have never paid for an update with my mac

nothing like having viruses, and slow loading pages, and constantly wondering why it is so slow.

my battery lasts about 5 hours if im just surfing the web, i cant complain a bit about my 1400dollar 13" mac book! Its expensive because its worth it!

$1400 for a little 13" notebook? OMG, my little toshiba 15" was $400 3yrs ago. Cuts movies, plays vids, does some games, certainly surfs well. Never got a virus either...

JThiessen · 03.06.2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ClodMaxx

why would he do that if he doesn't need to? he didn't say he needed more hard drive space... he said he wanted to run programs that are only available on windows. he can use what he has for that, without spending more money.

You completely misunderstood my question. He has already paid for the hard drive - his statement sounded to me like he couldnt use the HD he had ordered........

A portable HD is always of value. If you can get in the habit of backing up your system to it, a person wouldn't lose all that pirated music, let alone your financial records.