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| Thread ID: 87565 | 2008-02-26 06:29:00 | made the switch | handya (3666) | PC World Chat |
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| 643783 | 2008-02-28 02:14:00 | If you are buying a computer because you want the option of being able to upgrade every screw and circuit board with your own choice of hardware then you would get a Windows PC which would be someone like beeswax Simple really. Or din't want to pay 2x for just a shiny box like 95% of people and me (beeswax) |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 643784 | 2008-02-28 02:19:00 | Or din't want to pay 2x for just a shiny box like 95% of people and me (beeswax) Sorry - forgot to mention that bit for you beeswax.:rolleyes: Actually its 92% and dropping.(for business users) marketshare.hitslink.com |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 643785 | 2008-02-28 02:26:00 | hard drive, optical drive, cpu, ram righto, On New Years eve my home theatre PC died, I replaced the MotherBoard (New Asus) CPU (dual core AMD 4800) and 1 GB PC 800 DDR3 (I think) It cost me $200 delivered, zero to install. Now, whats the deal if it happened to your iMac? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 643786 | 2008-02-28 02:27:00 | righto, On New Years eve my home theatre PC died, I replaced the MotherBoard (New Asus) CPU (dual core AMD 4800) and 1 GB PC 800 DDR3 (I think) It cost me $200 delivered, zero to install. Now, whats the deal if it happened to your iMac? probably would have brought quality parts to start with:rolleyes: |
plod (107) | ||
| 643787 | 2008-02-28 02:32:00 | If it broke you would get it replaced under warranty like any normal bit of electronics gear. I use mine as a duke box/sound system all the time though the stereo with no problems. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 643788 | 2008-02-28 02:51:00 | I guess I could install a Mac OS on my PC and run it for a while and see what I think prior to buying one. Free D/L and instruction on Apples site. Although the Mac Pro I messed about with at my daughter's school seemed very intuitive indeed compared to Vista. Photoshop on both are very similar indeed. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 643789 | 2008-02-28 03:14:00 | Leopard is not a free trail download - although you can purchase Leopard from Apple's site. | vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 643790 | 2008-02-28 03:20:00 | If it broke you would get it replaced under warranty like any normal bit of electronics gear. Ah, but then what happens to the hard drive? ;) At least on a PC, if hardware fails and you need to send it in, the hard drive can be removed. ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 643791 | 2008-02-28 03:25:00 | Ah, but then what happens to the hard drive? ;) At least on a PC, if hardware fails and you need to send it in, the hard drive can be removed. ;) Same on a Mac which is why you can swap out a 250GB drive for a 500GB drive that you sourced from Pricespy or somewhere. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 643792 | 2008-02-28 03:28:00 | If you are buying a computer because you want the option of being able to upgrade every screw and circuit board with your own choice of hardware then you would get a Windows PC which would be someone like beeswax If you are buying a computer so that you can just do stuff and not have to worry so much about whats under the hood - you would get a Mac like me . Totally agree! A mac is perfect for people who want something that works without hassle; it is much like an appliance you use, like a toaster or microwave, but instead of heating up food, you use it for email, multimedia production etc etc . Grandma/music producer/video editor dont care what version the graphics card driver is* . It just works, and looks pretty good as well . A PC is more for true nerds who care what version their graphics card driver is*, in order to get best use of the hardware's speed . Typically ugly, or if the 'new' non beige cases are anything to go by, garishly ugly because that is the cost of having complete freedom in hardware . I'm not saying that grandma's cant send email on a PC, or that music/video cannot be created on a PC . I actually fail to see why macs are 'better for multimedia production' than pcs . Can't you get equivalent software that runs on the PC? ie it is not the hardware that makes a mac good for multimedia production? (they are intel inside anyway . . . ) *Some generalisation . Some mac users will care about drivers . Some pc users wont . |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
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