laptop

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:55 pm

terry you got a compaq not an HP altough its the same company its 2 diffrent computers

That being said Ive ownd a dell an ibm an hp and a sony.

I rate Dell as the worst by far nothing even comes close to that kind of shitty

ibm and hp are really nice both were through work HP was power hog but wasnt horrible

but i love the sony i have works well the quality is very very good.

brisgreat1 · Post by **brisgreat1** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:01 pm

laptops r expensive

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:51 pm

Not to mention the fact that you can't get a virus. It's so nice to not have to worry about spyware, running scans and checks, downloading anything without worrying.

Thats actually BS, but macfags won't realize that until someone opens pandora's box.

That being said I do know it's possible to run a windows without problems, by taking proper care and measures, but in my opinion, its far too much work, and something you SHOULDN'T have to take care of yourself, when you are paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars.

Far too much work? Like avoiding shady websites and downloads, and generally not being a retard? okay. Most of my windows issues have been PEBKAC or ID107 related problems. I will admit that windows does plenty of security issues - mainly due to it having 90-95% of the market, thus making it FAR more targeted than Mac.

That being said I do know it's possible to run a windows without problems, by taking proper care and measures, but in my opinion, its far too much work, and something you SHOULDN'T have to take care of yourself, when you are paying hundreds upon hundreds of dollars.

You shouldn't be responsible for it? So if you get in a car accident, blame Ford?

With all that said, i actually want to get a mac just to mess around with. I still like windows XP and Vista (although i do not use Vista as much/for the same things as XP so i really haven't gotten a good look at it yet). Windows Defender is annoying and vista is slow since my laptop is fairly low end.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:10 am

yea i had a presario and an evo from compaq but the dell is much faster and its a smaller footprint. the presario was huge, the evo was entrly level crap but i asked around and the dell came highly recomended.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:55 am

smoker wrote:yea i had a presario and an evo from compaq but the dell is much faster and its a smaller footprint. the presario was huge, the evo was entrly level crap but i asked around and the dell came highly recomended.

wait till those people have a problem with it and it needs service

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:56 am

all i have to say is Apple runs there servers on Linux...

End of story.

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:02 am

Apples are good for many things... some ppl just dont like them because they are unwilling to change... but its all about what you need it for. Besides... I know a lot of ppl who run Parallels on their macs so that they can run windows on it, and thats really an added benefit. I know that its going to be my next computer and ill definitely get mine for $1200

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:03 pm

I agree windows defender is really annoying, I am waiting for it to ask me "are you really sure you want to turn your computer on" hahaha, anyone who has used Vista knows what I mean. I am slowly getting used to Vista though. Our desktop had it when we bought it or I wouldn't be running it.

Anyway as long as a computer does what you want it too and you like it that is all that matters.

Tim

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:05 pm

Apple's OS is based on BSD, which is based on UNIX

Linux is based on UNIX as well. None of it is 100% secure.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:11 pm

CaptainPioneer wrote:Apples are good for many things... some ppl just dont like them because they are unwilling to change... but its all about what you need it for. Besides... I know a lot of ppl who run Parallels on their macs so that they can run windows on it, and thats really an added benefit. I know that its going to be my next computer and ill definitely get mine for $1200

Yeah, I have Windows XP on my Macbook, partitioned for 5gb. I use it for Cubase and a few other programs... But I can't take more than an hour on XP before I just get fed up and have to switch back.

Darthness....I'm not even going to respond to that. It's people like you talking about "macfags" that are just arrogant and unwilling to change. I used to "hate" Macs and "macfags" as you put it, and then I pulled my head out of my ass and used one for a month or so...I couldn't believe what I was missing.

Microsoft is BS. I live in Seattle and hate it. They have an incompetent monopoly. Hell not even mentioning their computers, how about the Xbox360 I just turned on. The "Red light of death"? Ok, so I just paid $500 for something and you're telling me "Oh...your console just may happen to spontaneously shutoff and not work...and then you'll have to either exchange it for a new one or send it to microsoft."

Are you kidding me?

I am not intending to pick on microsoft...as this theme of shitty quality is apparent all around America today, and with all sorts of products, especially technology. But when such a quality alternative (mac) is available and people refuse to acknowledge it, its frustrating.