So what computer go you guys use.

[Gaerek]

How customizable are macs though. When the warranty runs out can you just replace parts that break like a pc.

I grew up building PCs; Replacing this part and that, debugging this and that, fixing this and that, installing this and that. Then I bought a macbook. Now, instead of wasting my time trying to make things work, I spend time doing what I bought it for in the first place (in the case of this forum: photos). The funny thing is that my wife bought a (pretty expensive) gateway laptop about the same time that I bought my macbook. Before the gateway completely died, the battery was running for about 10 min between charges. My macbook (which is still going strong after 4+ years) will still hold 4 hours.

You won't need to replace parts that break; stuff just works, and keeps on working. Save your money and buy something worth buying.

And for every anecdote someone has with their particular experiences with Mac vs. PC, someone else will have a story that's exactly the same with the names flipped. For example:

I bought this very laptop I'm typing this with 3 and half years ago (Dell). My friend bought a Macbook 3 years ago. I've had zero issues with this system, and still purrs along like it did when I purchased it. He's had to send him computer back to Apple 3 times now for 3 completely different problems. He's now a proud owner of an HP he's had that's run flawlessly for a year. And before you say it was user error, he works in my IT department, and unlike most of the people who browse the Interwebs, actually knows how a computer works.

Now, I'm sure someone will have another anecdote to counter my anecdote.

Anecdote is not proof.

I used to be hardnosed against Apple. Now, I say, use what works for you, and is in your budget. Don't switch just because the proverbial grass is proverbially greener, as they say. That's why I invoked the comparisons of Ford/Chevy, and Coke/Pepsi earlier. Same damn product. Different damn box.

 

[Robin Usagani]

What underwear do you guys use? Boxer or brief?

 

[scottfishel]

What underwear do you guys use? Boxer or brief?

What if I roll with the boxer-brief?

 

[Robin Usagani]

Thats how I roll too.

 

[Raian-san]

What underwear do you guys use? Boxer or brief?

Depends on the weather.

 

[Kbarredo]

Boxers for bed boxer briefs when out and about. Boxers are too lose and wad up. Bbs on the other hand stay in one place

 

[Raian-san]

Boxers for bed boxer briefs when out and about. Boxers are too lose and wad up. Bbs on the other hand stay in one place

Ever heard of TMI?

 

[Netskimmer]

Boxers for bed boxer briefs when out and about. Boxers are too lose and wad up. Bbs on the other hand stay in one place

Ever heard of TMI?

That's not TMI, I asked an older gentleman (60-65) that I work with a while back what the worst pain he ever felt was and he said that he sleeps in the nude and when he rolled out of bed one morning he pinched his sack between the mattress and box springs. Now THAT'S TMI! Sad thing is that if you knew him you would know that he was dead serious.

 

[Raian-san]

Boxers for bed boxer briefs when out and about. Boxers are too lose and wad up. Bbs on the other hand stay in one place

Ever heard of TMI?

That's not TMI, I asked an older gentleman (60-65) that I work with a while back what the worst pain he ever felt was and he said that he sleeps in the nude and when he rolled out of bed one morning he pinched his sack between the mattress and box springs. Now THAT'S TMI! Sad thing is that if you knew him you would know that he was dead serious.

That's WTMI

 

[SabrinaO]

Get a Mac desktop... thats what I have. When I got it it made me an instant kickass pro photographer.

 

[Kbarredo]

Boxers for bed boxer briefs when out and about. Boxers are too lose and wad up. Bbs on the other hand stay in one place

Ever heard of TMI?

That's not TMI, I asked an older gentleman (60-65) that I work with a while back what the worst pain he ever felt was and he said that he sleeps in the nude and when he rolled out of bed one morning he pinched his sack between the mattress and box springs. Now THAT'S TMI! Sad thing is that if you knew him you would know that he was dead serious.

Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!! Tmi doesn't matter when the wad is in your crack. I can beat that look up filipino tuli. now that's pain at 13.

 

[iNick]

15" Macbook Pro. Been using Apple for about 6 years now my entire family uses them along with iPhones and iPads. I switched because i had no knowledge or a desire to learn how to keep my PC from getting all messed up from any number of things. PC's are great for people who have some knowledge of how to maintain them. I have never had a real issue with any of the 6 macs that have been in my house except for 2 HD failures on 2 different machines, but i took it to apple and they replaced it free of charge and i was on my merry way. It should be mentioned that HD's pretty much have a 100% failure rate. So if you don't have much knowledge about PC's and don't want to be bothered dealing with any virus's or any of that trash, invest some more coin in a mac and don't worry about buying another one for at least 6 years (i still have a mac mini i bought in 2006 before intell, it still works perfectly).

 

[scottfishel]

That's not TMI, I asked an older gentleman (60-65) that I work with a while back what the worst pain he ever felt was and he said that he sleeps in the nude and when he rolled out of bed one morning he pinched his sack between the mattress and box springs. Now THAT'S TMI! Sad thing is that if you knew him you would know that he was dead serious.

The bad thing is that I've spent the last 5 minutes trying to picture how that could happen. I feel that I now need to wash out my brain.

 

[vtf]

I remember watching a news report years ago in the early nineties that concerned research about the future of computers. These geeky researchers said if we ever reached 1 gb of processor power the computer would become "self-aware". Ok geeky people, where's my pet computer?

 

[scottfishel]

I remember watching a news report years ago in the early nineties that concerned research about the future of computers. These geeky researchers said if we ever reached 1 gb of processor power the computer would become "self-aware". Ok geeky people, where's my pet computer?

Maybe they are, and we just don't know it yet... Maybe they're plotting against us...