Mac Laptops

[frogger]

I can't believe this thread is still going. It has now officially transcended the absolute limits of sadness

PC's rule!

[Richard Lowe]

Your friend should have looked into what he was buying before spending his money

Would you rather Microsoft only release Vista Ultimate and force everyone to pay full whack, or release a few versions so people who don't need certain features dont have to pay for them?

Tell your friend to install FFD show or Vista Codec Pack, both free

[OldTimer]

Just got one of these, ideal for surfing around, msn, checking email and a bargain at £180 just got to find out if the race info at nationals on wifi, is just sent via a web server or some software needs installing.



And it look's very nice in blue to

[rowanp25]

so...........i guess to sum up......... everyone has their own views on whats the best system/ coolest ect! all this argument about mac pc........well if you look at it Pc= personal computer so whatever you bought its to your personal requirements or sold as that if you went to pc world lol im personally moving over to linux mint (ubuntu based) there is a lot of heartache when certain drivers still need properly configuring (namely my emu 0404) but apart from that im really enjoying the switch over from a long stint with xp. well see if it sticks! i use my comp for music mainly (so intergrated ubuntu studio) and a few bits of graphics (must admit it performs better overall) anyway as this thread was started about laptops id say 1, shopping on the high street go to the apple centre n buy the pretty mac book 2, if you shop online go look for rain systems as their laptops are just works of art

[SlowOne]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Your friend should have looked into what he was buying before spending his money

Would you rather Microsoft only release Vista Ultimate and force everyone to pay full whack, or release a few versions so people who don't need certain features dont have to pay for them?

Tell your friend to install FFD show or Vista Codec Pack, both free

OR, as I said to him, buy a Mac, where everything you need in a brand new operating system costs just £80, and no extras required!!

If Apple can do a complete OS for £80, including iLife and all the drivers, DVD makers, etc, just how much of a rip-off is Vista Ultimate at £230...

[OldTimer]

Umm thats odd i can buy Vista Ultimate for £111 or Home Prem for £65

[SlowOne]

Sorry, quoted MS price from its website to compare to the Mac. So, only cut-down versions available for prices comparable to a complete Mac OS system!

(Think maybe I've done this one to death. Gets coat and leaves thread.... )

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by SlowOne

Sorry, quoted MS price from its website to compare to the Mac. So, only cut-down versions available for prices comparable to a complete Mac OS system!

(Think maybe I've done this one to death. Gets coat and leaves thread.... )

No that's the price for the full versions lol

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

Umm thats odd i can buy Vista Ultimate for £111 or Home Prem for £65

Heck I can buy it a fair bit cheaper than that if I buy a stick of memory at the same time Doesn't mean there's any technical support with them though.

The point is 9 out of 10 copies will be bought at PCWorld or similar stores, where OSX Leopard (the full OS plus the iLife suite, Apache server, developer tools, etc, etc) is sold for £74, or the 5 user pack for £130. Vista full version home basic is £139, the upgrade version that needs a copy of XP on the disc so it can install(not much good on a blank hard drive) is £69, almost the price of the full version of OSX. The full on Vista Ultimate (with everything equivalent to OSX Leopard) is £229

From experience a Mac (or goodOS) would be a more suitable computer for the majority of general computer users out there who just see their PC in the same way they see their TV, DVD Player, etc, as something that's just supposed to work and not something that needs regular maintenance to keep running fine. It also amazes me how many people go on the internet by firing up IE, waiting for msn.com to load then type the web address they want into the live search box.
And of course (for those using either Mac or Windows) those who don't make any backups at all then ask if I can get their holiday/kids birthday photos and videos off a crashed hard drive.

[jono83]

lol i was in my local pcworld with a friend who was buying a mac book pro and the sales guy sais he loved his macs and knew all bout the products they sell. so we sat down to pay for the mac and then he tried to sell us ilife which is already included in the box !! what the f*&k was he talking about and then asked me if i was gonna do the hack so i could run vista on it !! why would you wanna run vista on a mac i really wanted to punch the guy in the face .

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

Heck I can buy it a fair bit cheaper than that if I buy a stick of memory at the same time Doesn't mean there's any technical support with them though.

The point is 9 out of 10 copies will be bought at PCWorld or similar stores, where OSX Leopard (the full OS plus the iLife suite, Apache server, developer tools, etc, etc) is sold for £74, or the 5 user pack for £130. Vista full version home basic is £139, the upgrade version that needs a copy of XP on the disc so it can install(not much good on a blank hard drive) is £69, almost the price of the full version of OSX. The full on Vista Ultimate (with everything equivalent to OSX Leopard) is £229

From experience a Mac (or goodOS) would be a more suitable computer for the majority of general computer users out there who just see their PC in the same way they see their TV, DVD Player, etc, as something that's just supposed to work and not something that needs regular maintenance to keep running fine. It also amazes me how many people go on the internet by firing up IE, waiting for msn.com to load then type the web address they want into the live search box.
And of course (for those using either Mac or Windows) those who don't make any backups at all then ask if I can get their holiday/kids birthday photos and videos off a crashed hard drive.

And it goes on and on and on lol, some people like mac's some like pc's and people will allows defend there choice of OS, a bit like the best make of speedo really

[Lee]

The Ashley Virus is spreading.

[Southwell]

I don't like either OS. We had a mac to test and when i tried to convert a video for dvd the system froze for 5 hours before i could do anything else, the equivelent PC worked fine. Vista is also crap, i setup an automated security deployment server and there are several updates which disable any driver not authorised by Microsoft, whether you want it to or not! Both systems have flaws, and pretty big ones at that, go to Linux

[jono83]

have any of used unbuntu ? it a complete open source os

[rowanp25]

im currently using mint elyssa which is a linux based distro! oh n the ubuntu studio theme cos its pretty even got my emu 0404 working which is an acheivement

[glypo]

Okay I said I wouldn't reply - and with good reason. Look at the nonsense above about Macs. But this post isn't Mac based.

Anyway on the Linux subject, I think Ubuntu is a little overrated. I'm glad that one Linux distribution is finally having a big following in dekstop market, but in my opinion the Red Hat based distributions are much better. My favourite by far if Fedora.

http://fedoraproject.org/

Fedora 10 comes out end of next month and will be even better than the great Fedora 9. The Fedora website may not be as pretty as the Ubuntu website but the distribution is much better. Fedora is the best desktop OS out there in my opinion.