I may be getting a Mac...

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

I just don't have the time, energy or passion to do it anymore. I guess the World of IT has finally done me in!

Just described me in a nutshell. I don't care for Linux and certainly wouldn't use it at home. Not a Mac fan either, but I'd get a Mac before using Linux just because I do what everyone else said, surf, pay bills, upload photos, download music.

I just use PC's because we have several of them, it's easier for me right now and cheaper. I like a lot of what Apple has to offer, especially in their newer laptops, but just not for me right now.

[Heelfan71]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

I gave a suggestion. He wanted suggestions.

he wanted opinions on the mac mini you nerd. not suggestions.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

he wanted opinions on the mac mini you nerd. not suggestions.

Stop it with your name-calling.

If I started a thread saying I may be getting a PS3, then people would suggest the Xbox 360 instead. So I feel like I was presenting a viable alternative, although seemingly everyone would rather rip into me, saying I'm brainwashed... I still use Windows to play video games... I'm not brainwashed by any means.

I apologize for trying to give suggestions. I see now that it's immoral reprehensible behavior, to try and offer a differing viewpoint to spur conversation on a forum. Thank you heel, for enlightening me.

EDIT: And yes, perhaps it was bad taste being passive aggressive earlier, so I apologize for that.

[fishepa]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

This is like battle of the super dorks. If we all feel compelled to post in a thread regarding someone purchasing a computer, then it's likely that we're all nerds.

[fishepa]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

Okay, I'm posting from my mac now. I really have no idea what I'm doing. LOL. Time machine is currently backing up everything. After that I need to transfer all of my Itunes music on here. Anyone have any other apps they like?

[dagger55]

Re: I may be getting a Mac...

Okay, I'm posting from my mac now. I really have no idea what I'm doing. LOL. Time machine is currently backing up everything. After that I need to transfer all of my Itunes music on here. Anyone have any other apps they like?

most of the software that comes with your mac is really all you will need!

[mgoblue]

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One other thing I've seen - which is odd and completely out of the norm.

The company I work for is about 70% Linux, 30% Windows. We're running either Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or CentOS 3 as our Linux distributions. The Linux servers seem to go down more frequently and have caused more headaches than the Windows servers (AD, Exchange, IIS, Anti-Virus is about all we run on Windows). I never thought I'd say that before as in past jobs it's been the Windows servers causing more problems and the Linux servers "just run".

I have never used the Linux distributions that Giggas has mentioned so I can't speak for their ease of use. I do know that every variant I've used, I've had to write/edit scripts and use the command line to achieve what I've needed. Like BK and Herb, I just use my home machines to read email, surf the web, pay bills, track/update/change my investments through MS Money and use MS Office. I want it to run and not have to deal with any more headaches when I get home. Windows has afforded me that. With that said, I know Giggas is younger and I loved to mess with things at that age as well (I used to write scripts and very small programs to get around evaluation software expiration dates - cracks as some might know it). I just don't have the time, energy or passion to do it anymore. I guess the World of IT has finally done me in!

For me most stuff comes out on Windows, and working as a web developer I sadly know I have to make sure everything is perfect on IE, other browsers don't get the pull that IE does.

When I go home I don't want to deal with computers, installing Linux, etc. I'm a nerd/geek/whatever, but I don't enjoy tinkering like that anymore. I do work on a Mac, but I just can't justify buying myself a MacBook Pro, it's sooooooooo expensive.

Windows is so common and the leader, just makes sense for me to stick with it. I want to be able to easy buy my tax software, etc...Linux is great, and it's come so far over the years, but I just don't want to deal with the pain it can be.

I think a part of it is getting older. I also don't want to build my own PC anymore, it's just too much work/annoyance.