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Replies: 11Last Post May 7 9:56pm by jamescoleman
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I'm a Windows user thinking about moving over to a MacBook. Can someone tell me what the MacBooks are like - what you think of them? Does it come with anything already installed on it? Give me a crash course in Macs if you can =P

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OMFG greatest things ever!

and yes they come with iTunes, Photobooth, iPhoto, preview, safari, some movie thing, and all kinds of stuff

the new mac books have cameras at the top which are convenient =D

and they run like u wouldnt believe =]

have fun with it!

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It's not much of a learning curve and pretty simplistic. More user friendly than XP IMO.

But then again I don't like user-friendly :P

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well first, don't waste your money an underpowered, overpriced, poorly supported piece of shit frrom apple, just because of their flashy advertisiing, and all the faggot drones that buy into it.

there's nothing a mac can do, that windows or linux can't do (much) better. just dual-boot windows & some linux distro (like ubuntu), and spare yourself. if you play games, then forget macs.

you can get a much better laptop, with more power, for less money, from just about any respectable manufacturers website, or somewhere like newegg. personally, I got my desktop from avadirect, and I would go for a laptop from there if I ever wanted one.

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Quote: from ampamp at 3:12 pm on April 27, 2008

well first, don't waste your money an underpowered, overpriced, poorly supported piece of shit frrom apple, just because of their flashy advertisiing, and all the faggot drones that buy into it.

there's nothing a mac can do, that windows or linux can't do (much) better. just dual-boot windows & some linux distro (like ubuntu), and spare yourself. if you play games, then forget macs.

you can get a much better laptop, with more power, for less money, from just about any respectable manufacturers website, or somewhere like newegg. personally, I got my desktop from avadirect, and I would go for a laptop from there if I ever wanted one.


you can download windows XP so u can play games and u dont have to get all kinds of shit spyware

everytime that my family has had any other computer than a mac, it broke so ya know what, macs are worth it

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Don't listen to ampamp.

I've been a converted user for nearly three years. Safe to say I'll never go back. It's so much easier to use, and the OS itself rarely ever crashes. There are tons of good free software out for it, it comes with loads aswell. iTunes for Music, iPhoto for organising your photos, Safari for internet, Mail.app for your email, Garageband for creative music making, iMovie for movie making (100x better than windows movie maker, iDVD for DVD creations, iWeb for easy website, and loads more.

It really is fantastic. There's also iChat for AIM and Photobooth for mucking around with your camera =]!

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Quote: from ampamp at 6:12 pm on April 27, 2008

well first, don't waste your money an underpowered, overpriced, poorly supported piece of shit frrom apple, just because of their flashy advertisiing, and all the faggot drones that buy into it.

there's nothing a mac can do, that windows or linux can't do (much) better. just dual-boot windows & some linux distro (like ubuntu), and spare yourself. if you play games, then forget macs.

you can get a much better laptop, with more power, for less money, from just about any respectable manufacturers website, or somewhere like newegg. personally, I got my desktop from avadirect, and I would go for a laptop from there if I ever wanted one.



Indeed, they are fairly over-priced but their machines are pretty decent.

From a Gentoo user since I was 10(I grew up using it), the only main reason why i'd rather get a Mac than a standard PC is for OSX. Really, their hardware is actually good, I own a Macbook Pro.

Other than the OS itself, I also like the fact that I am too lazy to sit their and find drivers for a PC when I can just reinstall OSX and have it pretty mcuh run off the bat.

I'm not saying they're horrible and I'm not saying they're the best thing in the world, but they're nice systems. Overpriced yes, but worth it, yes. they'll last you a while.

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Quote: from musicxmaniac at 3:14 pm on April 27, 2008

Quote: from ampamp at 3:12 pm on April 27, 2008

well first, don't waste your money an underpowered, overpriced, poorly supported piece of shit frrom apple, just because of their flashy advertisiing, and all the faggot drones that buy into it.  

 there's nothing a mac can do, that windows or linux can't do (much) better. just dual-boot windows & some linux distro (like ubuntu), and spare yourself. if you play games, then forget macs.  

 you can get a much better laptop, with more power, for less money, from just about any respectable manufacturers website, or somewhere like newegg. personally, I got my desktop from avadirect, and I would go for a laptop from there if I ever wanted one.


you can download windows XP so u can play games and u dont have to get all kinds of shit spyware  

everytime that my family has had any other computer than a mac, it broke so ya know what, macs are worth it


if you're not some dumb fuck, then you'll never ever get a virus, spyware, or other shit. it's not like viruses don't exist for osx, either.  maybe your family just needs a crash course in "how-to-not-fucking-fail-at-the-internet"

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Quote: from ampamp at 3:18 pm on April 27, 2008

Quote: from musicxmaniac at 3:14 pm on April 27, 2008

Quote: from ampamp at 3:12 pm on April 27, 2008

well first, don't waste your money an underpowered, overpriced, poorly supported piece of shit frrom apple, just because of their flashy advertisiing, and all the faggot drones that buy into it.

  there's nothing a mac can do, that windows or linux can't do (much) better. just dual-boot windows & some linux distro (like ubuntu), and spare yourself. if you play games, then forget macs.

  you can get a much better laptop, with more power, for less money, from just about any respectable manufacturers website, or somewhere like newegg. personally, I got my desktop from avadirect, and I would go for a laptop from there if I ever wanted one.


 

 you can download windows XP so u can play games and u dont have to get all kinds of shit spyware

 everytime that my family has had any other computer than a mac, it broke so ya know what, macs are worth it


if you're not some dumb fuck, then you'll never ever get a virus, spyware, or other shit. it's not like viruses don't exist for osx, either. maybe your family just needs a crash course in "how-to-not-fucking-fail-at-the-internet"


actually it was me who broke it
anywho my brother is a fucking genius when it comes to computers, along with his geek of a friend, and my geek of a neighbor so...

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i would suggest a laptop where you have xp and linux...
isn't osx a unix based os?
then what is the difference from osx and linux??
i also think they are over priced for the little a person gets

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I have a MacBook, and a MacPro. And they are amazing. It comes with iLife which is great for movie and photo editing. And Leopard is quick and responsive.

There is a huge difference between OS X and Unix.

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and what difference would that be?

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