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blackjack2150

Flame wars coming up. Take cover!!! :~

rastaVnuce

I am aware of that risk, but I need the answer to that question before I do (not) buy one. :sigh:

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Rob Philpott

Well, if you want a computer to match your curtains rather than one you can run stuff on the Mac's the obvious choice. Apple is after all, the loser in the PC war and only regained some market share by making their computers 'pretty' so girls would buy them.

Regards, Rob Philpott.

Michael Schubert

rastaVnuce wrote:

Are Macs worth the extra money?

Only the extra juicy Big Macs.

Zhat

I prefer the Quarter Pounder myself...

rastaVnuce

Royale with cheese? :)

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Henry Minute

I like a nice crisp Granny Smith, myself

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Maximilien

I've worked on Mac (system 6 and 7) many years ago and it was really fun. I now have 2 Mac laptops and they have been working flawlessly for 3 and 2 years respectively.

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realJSOP

Only you can answer those questions. Do you want to pay for a Mac AND a Windows license, and then fight with a VM application so you can still write code?

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rastaVnuce

I don't need Windows. Currently I'm using Linux. It's purpose (besides Code Project) would be C++ development. No Windows, no MS tools needed.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Doug Goulden

Mattel makes excellent computers ......

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DaveyM69

They don't come pre installed with Vista - that's enough for CG :-D

Dave
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Chris Maunder

Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds at PWN2OWN, wins $5K[^] But aside from that (and the Win7 crack that article mentions) you need to work out who will be using the machine and why. I have a Mac and it's the last one I'm ever getting. Others find it far more intuitive than Windows but personally I find it infuriating: It uses the 'it's so obvious we don't need to provide help' system of providing help. And sometimes it really isn't obvious. And the docking bar always getting in the way of trying to resize a window because you can only resize from the bottom right hand corner thing kills me. But iPhoto, iDvd etc work great (though Picasso from Google is pretty damn good too) and Macs can run Windows, so you get a nice looking laptop (with the odd keyboard) to run your Windows apps and have a test bed for when testing against Mac. The thing that kills me though is the cost of the things. Compared to what you can get for your money elsewhere they are simply not good value for money.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Stuart Dootson

Well, I don't give a rats ass if I do come over as an Apple fanboy, so here we go.

rastaVnuce wrote:

Are Macs worth the extra money?

That's very subjective - it all depends what you're looking for from your computer. I originally got a Mac (a G4 iBook) because I had a specific opportunity that let me get it for a good price. It was slow (a 1.42GHz G4 PowerPC is like a Celeron, only slower), but it worked, it didn't crash (the only time it did was when the motherboard went a bit wacko), various things that irritated me when using Windows (wi-fi, for one) didn't irritate me on OS X (to use the oft-quoted phrase, it just worked!). And yes, it's nicely designed, with clean lines etc. But anyway - the combination of hardware and OS (especially the OS) suited what I wanted from the computer - I pretty soon decided there was no way I was going back to Windows full time outside of work. The only thing I wanted was more power...which I got when I bought my MacBook Pro. Expensive...yes. Worth it? For me, yes. Even though it doesn't match my curtains - I don't (yet?) have aluminium furnishings :-) And, of course, I can now run Windows on my Mac if I need to, as I have an Intel Mac. I've just completed three days of training on a Windows software package using Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion on my MBP. Issues? None.

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

Paul Watson

All I'll say is go try one out before buying one. Same with any computer/camera/car/girlfriend. (I use a MacBook and really like it. But, as Chris says, it is not for everyone. Also, I don't do Windows dev.)

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

ToddHileHoffer

Because of the metric system? :)

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ToddHileHoffer

rastaVnuce wrote:

I don't need Windows. Currently I'm using Linux. It's purpose (besides Code Project) would be C++ development. No Windows, no MS tools needed.

You are hard core... Why don't you wait for Windows 7 and give that a whirl?

I didn't get any requirements for the signature

ToddHileHoffer

Do Apple computer's still come with a mouse with only one button?

I didn't get any requirements for the signature

Tom Deketelaere

Paul Watson wrote:

/girlfriend.

:-D

Todd Smith

The new Dell Adamo[^] looks like a nice alternative to Apple if you don't need/want OSX.

Todd Smith