Macs

My brother has one and loves it and trys to talk down to me and my PC. I just laugh. His is pretty cool and easy to use and is Plug and Play with just about anything you plug into it.

Slick looking and bright, sharp screen and I could see me getting one to play with if I had expendable cash.

Enjoy
peace

Nothing you pay for is for free in this world. With the kind of money you probably put down on the laptop, the least they could do was give you an iPod for "free."

I do think stepping away from the Windows world is a good thing so congrats on that :)

Saden have you messed around any video editing and audio programs? I was wondering how linux compares to PC and Mac on that kind of stuff.

I hate all this Mac VS Windows VS Linux Stuff.

They all have their good and bad points.
Macs are reliable and very stable. I know some hard core software guys( they actually work for HP ;) ), They love the mac OS.

Macs have alot of substance and style!
You've spent your money on a good machine.


FYI, I've installed a few ubuntu servers and desktops.
I actually dual boot on my laptop.
The one thing that gets me with linux is that I have to tweak every freakin thing. Sometimes I just want the simplicity of windows or a Mac. Ubuntu is close, but still not there.

I support them both here and software-wise Macs are fine. The problem lies in the fact that when someone DOES go wrong with your Mac, it's nearly impossible to pin it down. Also, when it comes to PCs, sure, I do this for a living BUT I don't think I've had any of mine crash in years.

Saden have you messed around any video editing and audio programs? I was wondering how linux compares to PC and Mac on that kind of stuff.

I have messed with audio editing (audacity) and as far as video all I have done in that area is rip DVDs into AVIs. There is a whole Linux distrbution dedicated to audio and video editing It's based on Ubuntu and it's called Ubuntu Studio (http://ubuntustudio.org/).

I just got a new GMac laptop. If anyone here uses a Mac, are they happy with it? Also, how is the virus protection?

Love my Mac- was hesitant on getting it, but extreamly happy with price, performance, and best of all virus protection.. I grabbed the IbookG4... good luck!!!:food-smil

Saden have you messed around any video editing and audio programs? I was wondering how linux compares to PC and Mac on that kind of stuff.

audio editing on linux is retardedly bad. they got asio drivers now, but cubase, all the plugins, don't run so hot... or at all. and the video drivers aren't always going to be up to date...

video editing is decent, and 3d modeling is good.


linux is good cause its free, and you can modify it all you want (full source etc), but only if you know how to code. It can take a while to learn for non-unix users unless it's been pre-setup as a thin client (for web terminals), myth tv box, etc.

as far as "just working" or being "easy to use", linux is always almost there, but not quite. Macs take care of that (they run on bsd, which is unix-like and somewhat similar to linux) with a very nice UI and packaged software.

I have a few friends in my major that went MAC for the laptops. I know of at least two that really regret the decision.

On a side note has anybody tryed Safari for windows, its says it 2x faster than exploer 7 and 1.6 faster than firefox. Im gonna download it and give it a try.

It is noticeably faster. So far no problems, it is a beta version though. I like it.