whats it like to be a mac user?
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It's an awesome experience which I recommend to anyone who can appreciate simplicity, quality, elegance, ease of use, superior software and OS which is way ahead of XP. Don't listen to all of those arrogant Windows users - they've never tried a Mac (and maybe it's for the best, because one of the things which keep Apple a great company is its small but faithful marketshare) so they don't know what they're missing..\n\nBy the way, if you switch I can recommend you the new Mac mini as a starter, it's got some great features and it's really cost-effective!\n\nOnce you go Mac, you cannot go back..
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1st Part --  the MAC User doesn't annoy me but the attitude sometimes does.  Somehow it's superior to work with a device that is "plug and play" and not have to know anything about the machine rather than be required to know much about the computer in order to modify it both hardware- and software-wise.  Why is it superior when no knowledge is required?
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Its really very Simple. If you buy a mac u can always install windows xp on the same machine. But if you buy a pc u can't install Mac OS X, iLife 06 and all great stuff from Apple and for apple. So, its very easy to decide.U can get a mac instead of a PC and when u like mac u can put windows as an option.\n \nBuying a Mac Advantage:-\n        - Mac OS X, iLife, easy to use and well integrated softwares\n        - Less viruses or almost no viruses.\n        - Can install Windows Xp - same as having a PC in Mac :)\n        - PC virus can't doing anything to Mac. so even windows xp          in the mac is affected with virus still mac is intact. ;)\n\nBuying a PC :-\n        - No Mac OS X, No great user experience, no iLife, only a pc which a Mac already has in it.\n       - Virus attacks then whole life is ruined\n\ni'm mac user for 12 years... U will love your mac when u buy and start using it and Windows XP is always an option on  a Mac with boot camp ;)
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I like Macintosh Computers because:\n\n1. They are very stable. Windows-powered computers are usually very unstable due to driver problems and what not. With the Mac, though, everything is already handled by Apple so you don't have to worry about it.\n2. Plug-in-play, without the drivers. You can use most any piece of hardware that you want, without having to install drivers.\n3. No viruses. People don't target the Macintosh computer with viruses.\n4. Great multimedia power. Mac OS X works great with Photoshop, Bryce and a few other programs.\n5. Run Windows alongside Mac OS X. Now you can partition your drive with Boot Camp.\n6. Macs do Office too. Apples have their own version of Microsoft Office.
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Yes. It is stylish, easy to use and is far less prone to viruses. I can and do send documents from work (pc IBM compatible) to home and back again with no problems although I do occasionally have to tell the computer at work which program to use to open it.\n\nI would have a Mac each and every time - no contest.
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If you like Windows at all, you'll love the Mac OS as soon as you get used to the differences. Give it about three weeks and you'll never want to go back to Windows. \n\nMicrosoft Office is considered by many to be better on the Mac than the PC version. \n\nOut of the box, Mac's can print directly to PDF files and view them with Preview or use Adobe Reader, so Mac PDF support is better than on the PC.\n\nI'm not sure about SPSS, but if you do need to run Windows applications, you can boot into Windows on the new Intel Macs (Bootcamp) or run Windows from within OS X using Parallels.\n\nHere's a good place to go with Mac questions:\nhttp://forums.macosxhints.com/
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I recently switched to using a mac, and I love it. I immediately noticed that I was more productive. I can spend 3 hours on my newer PC P2 2Ghz, then spend 3 hours on my mac g3 333, and somehow on my older mac I have written 50+ pages or completed a research project in the same time I may have finished 10 pages on the PC.\nWith a mac everything really does "just work" I haven't had to spend hours looking for drivers, downloading many many programs to find one that works well, I haven't had as much reason to worry about viruses, all my work is encrypted and saved for only me, even though there are several others who use the mac regularly they can't access my work.\nOn my Mac I can use graphically attractive font's like "Adobe Garamond" which was used in the printing of harry-pottter books.\nand I don't have to spend any extra money for a font-pack. \nWith the i-life suite from apple, I can handle itunes music, make my own music, handle photos, edit home-videos. And with the literally hundreds of small things that help you at every moment when using the mac, like spell-check inside of almost every editor, integrated search functionality with spotlight and limitless other little things.\nSo for me the new i-macs are perfect offering every functionality I could possibly need, and with the support for windows integrated I don't need 2 machines anymore.\nIt's also amazing to me that Microsoft couldn't create anything new with windows vista. Vista is a lesser copy of Mac OS X, and I can imagine that after vista is released and apple releases jaguar in a month or 2 apple will show they have innovated, they didn't have to copy anyone.
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Mac is superior for graphics.
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Macs are better for everything other than gaming.  OSX is more stable and reliable than Windows.  Macs aren't prone to viruses, spyware, adware, malware, etc.
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is it a windows? because windows suck. macs are much better.
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you can get osx to run on a dell or an amd. I got bored and its running on my work pc which is a dell and its also running on my xBox. you just need to be not a noob. but honestly if you just switch to mac you will fall inlove. Trust me i switched about 19 months ago. I am an A+ certifed technician my last pc was an AMD 64 FX 53 with 4 gigs of ram and 1 terabyte of hdd. i loved my windows but needed a mac cert for my new job so i got one thinking this will suck. i sold my pc 6 weeks later. mac is the only thing i need its so much nicer
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eh it's alright\ni like mac os x better
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Macs are a step down from Windows.  Therefore, it has less features and less updates than Windows.  If you want more updates get Windows.
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I would like to have one. I love Macs because they are less susceptible to viruses, spyware, etc. than PCs. I wish that the MacBook Pro has a numeric keypad in addition to its regular keyboard.
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Mac's in general are more stable then windows that's for sure!! OS x is an excellent OS.
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Hello,\n\nI have a new 15" MacBook Pro 1.83GHz / 512 Ram (upgrading to 2G when I get time and $) / 80GB HD / 4x Superdrive and I absolutly LOVE IT!\n\nI'm getting a program called parallels to run windows on it without rebooting.  And then cutting off all internet to windows.  It's true, once you go Mac you never go back.\n \nI'm a new Mac user as well but I've had a laptop (Compaq) for a few years now.  I wouldn't go for a laptop with less than a 15" screen because I use it for a long time and hunching over like that, squeezing your arms to type just isn't what I call fun.  I believe the MacBooks only come up to 13" if I'm not mistaken.\n\nMy laptop does get very, very hot but I have a cooling pad for it so it's not bad.  And it's comparable to my old Compaq, it would get very hot as well.\n\nIf you're a light user, you could go MacBook, if you're a student like me or you're going to be using it for long periods of time go MacBook Pro, your back is worth the extra $$
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Changing to Mac is one of the best things i ever did. There were no disadvantages at all, everything about macs is better.\n\nthe software is so much better. there's not as much compared to pc, but who needs 10 pieces of software to do a job if you can have 1 that does it all better than the rest put together. Quality is better than quantity. You will soon be able to run pc programs on a mac without even having to install windows on it, so you won't have to put up with windows ever again.