The Public Opinion Soapbox

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 538 Location: Shippensburg, PA

Can I finally afford a "MAC?"
_________________
I am having brain surgery on 09/26/08 please read my blog to help ease my mind.

http://ggchamplin.blogspot.com/

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

i <3 my macs very much.

i <3 them so much we're getting married, me and my macs.

um. well, no. but i do love them. i have a pc too, just to give them a chance.

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 538 Location: Shippensburg, PA

Laughing Man · Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 419 Location: Earth

not really.
at this point pc's have advanced to the point where they pretty much do what used to be a mac thing.

the interfaces are prettier and macs are trendy

I'm biased... I hate Steve Jobs.
_________________
"Nothing is more precious to me than the smile of a child"- Joseph Stalin

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 2709 Location: Chambersburg

I wish I could bleach all of his turtlenecks....
_________________
I demand euphoria!

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

so laughing gave his biased opinion, now let me give you my biased opinion. i started life as a mac girl. went to grad school and bought a pc cuz i couldn't afford a new mac (i had one of those lovely perfomas hehe...it still runs actually lol)....that HP gave me a lot of grief. it eventually died, i got another pc and felt the waves of discontentment. after a few terms of teaching, i thought 'eff it! i'm buying a mac' and i got one of those eMacs (what a beast...heavy as hades but man it's the little engine that could...just gave it to my parents as their dell is on the fritz)...i got a macbook pro 17" laptop and it's been a dream. i have an iMac as well and i bought a toshiba pc to play some gamese. it's ok. no problems yet. but, i don't know...there's just something about macs for me.

so, yeah, the gap is closing on the two and mac is duel boot etc etc but i think it boils down to your personailty...you either prefer macs or pcs.

<---mac girl

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 538 Location: Shippensburg, PA

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

tina fey. love her.

so, sure...i'll run with it. hehe Very Happy

Laughing Man · Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 419 Location: Earth

i started my life as a mac girl too.
er um actually my first computer was a zenith and it had this fun game called Archon in it and the side-perferated paper was fun to print banners on(though i was often chided for wasting paper) but in school we had macs

it was a bad time for us all.
_________________
"Nothing is more precious to me than the smile of a child"- Joseph Stalin

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

i started on the IIc.

haha.

GIANT floppy disks.

lemonade stand and oregon trail, OH YEAH! life was good.

sassy moose · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 250 Location: Virginia

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

man they were beasts. they'd chug and chug and were unstoppable...like my emac. and imac. and my macbook. <3 mac

/hugs her macs...i wuv u miccymacs!

not the same but:
http://www.lemonadestandgame.com/

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2234 Location: Chambersburg

I recommend Macs for two people; computer novices and those into graphical design (taking pictures, making movies, etc. etc.). Yes, PC's can certainly do everything a Mac can and more, but it's just much easier and more straightforward with Apple. Plus, you don't really have to concern yourself with viruses, malware and such. That said, i would never use one myself, but I see the appeal. I think they're all overpriced, as you're paying a premium simply for having a Mac and all the trendy hipness that goes along with it.

I do not recommend the MacBook Air to anyone though. Anyone who actually works with computers knows that the more computer crap you cram into a small space, the less efficient that computer is (and far more prone to hardware failure, which is a scary thing on the Air considering they have no replaceable parts).

Fun fact: from the infamous Mac vs. PC commercials, "Mac Guy" (Justin Long) uses a Dell and "PC Guy" (the hilarious John Hodgeman) uses a Mac. He tells a great story about walking into an Apple Store one day and the place went nuts.

I'll never be sold on the super-trendy iPhone, but their coolness factor is indisputable. I'm holding out for Google's Android phone myself.

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1766 Location: shippensburg

yeah...macs rock for graphics (arty girl)...pcs are good for flash and dreamweaver but a tad more inefficient w/the other design software.

Laughing Man · Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 419 Location: Earth