iMac?

[GommeInc]

You haven't convinced me that you've ever owned a Mac.

Stupid comment. He doesn't need to ever of owned a Mac :/ Hardware - anyone can compare the two and it appears to be common knowledge now that hardware on a Mac can be bought for a cheaper on a PC, Apple ship off their extras at rip-off prices. PCs are more compatible with "daily life" - gaming, office, media and so forth (common sense, they do more and are backed by millions of companies building their own programs and software to enhance the computer experience). Build quality isn't better, the design may arguably be better (down to opinion), but build quality isn't necessarily better, especially as it is common knowledge that there are more PC companies out there making PCs than Macs- that's about a million against 1 (Apple). And you can get similar software on a PC and a Mac, both are equal in that area and both usually have the ultimate software compatibility e.g. Office, Photoshop etc. :/

[Chippiewill]

everything 'just works'. I didn't want to use the last bit but I had to, because it's true.

The guest account doesn't

[Mint]

I made the change from PC to Mac recently and will tell you what is so good about an iMac.

Quick, simple, easy and fun to use operating system, it looks good, the build quality is amazing, you can download many wicked apps, can't really get any viruses, it just works (haha), freezes far less than windows machines (from my experience and I think it's safe to say they do officially tend to freeze less on a whole) will work great with your iPhone (if you have one), you see a lot of professionals or well off people on TV using them, they have the Apple Logo (not that you buy it for that, it is just a bonus) and many more. I still can't believe that all them times I had the cash to buy a new computer I went out and bought a PC. I might of always bought better PC's (£1000 and up) but when in comparison to Mac's they are just blown away. I love my Mac so much I gave it a name, it's called Robert.

[Recursion]

The guest account doesn't

OH SNAP!

I made the change from PC to Mac recently and will tell you what is so good about an iMac.

Quick, simple, easy and fun to use operating system, it looks good, the build quality is amazing, you can download many wicked apps, can't really get any viruses, it just works (haha), freezes far less than windows machines (from my experience and I think it's safe to say they do officially tend to freeze less on a whole) will work great with your iPhone (if you have one), you see a lot of professionals or well off people on TV using them, they have the Apple Logo (not that you buy it for that, it is just a bonus) and many more. I still can't believe that all them times I had the cash to buy a new computer I went out and bought a PC. I might of always bought better PC's (£1000 and up) but when in comparison to Mac's they are just blown away. I love my Mac so much I gave it a name, it's called Robert.

But I have a question, how can an operating system be fun to use? It is just there to be a butler and serve up applications if you will. An OS cannot, isn't, will not, was never etc. fun to use. And in regard to freezing, Windows 7 hasn't frozen once since I downloaded Release Candidate 1. And AFAIK, the iPhone works just as well on Windows as it does on Macintosh. As said, Windows 7 just works, and yes, yes there are Mac viruses.

I own a Windows 7 machine and a MacBook, which one do I dualboot Windows and Mac OS X 10.6 on? Oh look, the MacBook, because Apple's ballsy, "polished to the core" OS doesn't do everything I want it to do, well its fine for designing, coding, word processing, general use etc., but to get the Nvidia 9400M to put out, I have to run Windows.

Love XCode by the way, means even a newbie can code up a Twitter App (even if it is ugly) over at www.tweetsee.intweet.net (shameless plug)

[N!ck]

I agree. I've had 3 kernal panics on my MacBook since I've had it. I've never had a BSOD on Windows 7. Plus, when OS X freeses and gives you the spinning beach ball of death, as I like to call it, you cannot do anything until it decides it's sorted itself out. If Windows has to do something like that at least it doesn't completely lock up while it does it.

Also, I find things "just work" much more often for me on Windows.

It's proven that the build quality and hardware is no more (or less) reliable than the hardware of any other OEM PC or notebook manufacturer.

[Glasses]

You should watch the advertisements Apple have made, even though PC owners don't like it, Mac's JUST WORK. Everything flows continually, unlike PC's which are like oil and water, they are just stubborn and have errors, get viruses, bloatware, come in 500 different pieces and look ugly. Give yourself piece of mind, get a mac

[Agnostic Bear]

You should watch the advertisements Apple have made, even though PC owners don't like it, Mac's JUST WORK. Everything flows continually, unlike PC's which are like oil and water, they are just stubborn and have errors, get viruses, bloatware, come in 500 different pieces and look ugly. Give yourself piece of mind, get a mac

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[HotelUser]

I agree. I've had 3 kernal panics on my MacBook since I've had it. I've never had a BSOD on Windows 7. Plus, when OS X freeses and gives you the spinning beach ball of death, as I like to call it, you cannot do anything until it decides it's sorted itself out. If Windows has to do something like that at least it doesn't completely lock up while it does it.

Also, I find things "just work" much more often for me on Windows.

It's proven that the build quality and hardware is no more (or less) reliable than the hardware of any other OEM PC or notebook manufacturer.

From my experiences I've had the exact opposite. My Acer laptop running Windows V-BADWORD- BSODs when I unplug the power adapter. Don't think I've seen a MacBook do that.

Stupid comment. He doesn't need to ever of owned a Mac :/ Hardware - anyone can compare the two and it appears to be common knowledge now that hardware on a Mac can be bought for a cheaper on a PC, Apple ship off their extras at rip-off prices. PCs are more compatible with "daily life" - gaming, office, media and so forth (common sense, they do more and are backed by millions of companies building their own programs and software to enhance the computer experience). Build quality isn't better, the design may arguably be better (down to opinion), but build quality isn't necessarily better, especially as it is common knowledge that there are more PC companies out there making PCs than Macs- that's about a million against 1 (Apple). And you can get similar software on a PC and a Mac, both are equal in that area and both usually have the ultimate software compatibility e.g. Office, Photoshop etc. :/

I don't comment on how welll a Pontiac drives if I've never driven one.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Even though he's right.

[StefanWolves]

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

I was thinking the same.

[Recursion]

You should watch the advertisements Apple have made, even though PC owners don't like it, Mac's JUST WORK. Everything flows continually, unlike PC's which are like oil and water, they are just stubborn and have errors, get viruses, bloatware, come in 500 different pieces and look ugly. Give yourself piece of mind, get a mac

I agree with the others, you have absolutely no idea what you're on about.

My Acer laptop running Windows V-BADWORD- BSODs when I unplug the power adapter. Don't think I've seen a MacBook do that.
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Theres your problem.

Also, if you think you've never seen a MacBook do that, they have done far worse... (Google around for the Magsafe problem where the wire began to burn, spark and catch fire).