Personal laptop has died and I am not going to pay Lenovo another $300 to tell me that something is wrong again!

Having been a die hard PC fan, I am looking at converting over to a Mac. Most of my personal computer work is email, surfing the web, photos, design and video stuff and having tried a friend's mac I was impressed.

What is the forum's thoughts and what do you use?

Mac user myself. My first computer was a Mac, then converted to PC, now back to Mac. If you were impressed, then Mac is the answer.

And if you fly from T5, reserve one at PC World or Dixons and you won't pay the 15% VAT.

Be prepared though. You buy an Apple Laptop, next is an iPhone, then a Time Capsule, then a nice Apple screen, and before you know it, you're an addict.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/four_..._from_mac_os_x

http://chris.pirillo.com/50-reasons-...ples-mac-os-x/

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.ac...81474977680150

I went from being a PC guy to a Mac guy. Not regretted it for a minute.

The only slight problem is that the product I specialise in doesn't work too well on MacOS. However, I find that running Windows XP via Bootcamp is actually better than I've ever had it on a PC!

Cheers,
Rick

I went to Mac 2 years ago and have never looked back. Everything just seems to work. I added XP on to mine via bootcamp as well just in case there was anything that wouldn't run on OSX. I think I've used it twice in 2 years, I just get frustrated now with Windows.

If you know any students/teachers/anyone working in HE sector then the Apple educational discounts are good too.

Remember you can use Boot camp or Parallels for using yoiur curent applaicatiosn until you need to replace.

Mac laptops are haevy and hot, the Air is light but not reccomended.

In fact the only blip on the Mac horizon is taht the computers are not selling. The buisness is being driven by the iphone and ipod,in some ways the main business is back where it was pre-ipod

Heavy and hot? Not in my experience.

My Unibody Macbook runs very cool (never hear the fan) and is pretty light.

Cheers,
Rick

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/125)

Another PC to Mac guy. Still use PC at work.

Macs are for non-techies. Its usually plug in and go. Software installation is simple and less goes wrong compared to Windows. I suppose Mac builds the hardware and Opertating Systems hand in hand.
This is not the case with Windows and PCs.

For the techies, Macs are frustrating because there is limited ability to "fiddle around"

Another Mac fan. I grew up with Macs at home and school, and then switched to PCs at university. I replaced my university PC laptop with a Mac and I have been very happy. I love the way it comes with the software for photos and email.

However the laptop chargers are not robust enough and easily break. We've had two break (including one that had never even left the house) and have ended up buying an emergency spare. And they are not cheap to buy either.

But overall, it's a ^ for Mac from me.

Another PC -> Mac convert. I used to hate Mac users, they were so smug. I now understand what they were smug about. Reasons for me to keep being a Mac user
1) security. Macs are just so much easier to maintain, without constant threats from malware, viruses etc. I've actually accidentally visited sites containing malware, and never had a problem.
2) ease of use - although some things I find annoying (I still use a PC at work, so remembering the different key combinations for MS Office is a pain when switching between the two), generally, Macs just get on and do things. Instead of the annoying paper clip, I think Macs work out what you want to do, send you off to go drink coffee while they sort it for you.
3)sorting things out when things go wrong - the resources online are pretty good, and so far, I haven't had a problem I couldn't solve using them. I even managed to add in more memory to my Mac - something a non-geek like me wouldn't have considered, but the instructions were very clear (and started with 'place a towel on the ground' so at my level ). I did have another FTer hold my hand through the operation!
4) aesthetically pleasing to use - so many of the basic programmes just seem a lot better than the MS equivalent. And now I have my first i-phone, phone and Mac fit together seemlessly!

One more Mac fan. But maybe the pro Mac brigade is always going to be more vocal in their loyalty out of perceived necessity?

For me the no brainer with with Mac is the manufacturer of hardware also makes the operating system software. For me that results in more seamless running of all applications and a distinct lack of need for third party plug-ins to add more functionality -- it's there already, out of the box as they say. But as per first para, I would say that!

Sounds like a Mac will be ideal if that's all you'd use it for as those seem to be its strengths.

We'll let this subject run on the BA forum for a few days before moving it on to Travel Technology.

Prospero
Moderator: BAEC forum

Do you travel a lot? That's my only reservation against my lovely Mac: it's heavy to lug around.

Work provide me with a 12" Compaq with Windows which is very light and perfectly usable, whilst at home I've become a Mac convert with laptop, wireless keyboard and mouse, cinema display, TV, phone, iPod... they really are that good.

For overnight personal trips I've landed on the a Dell Hackbook (but then I am geek enough to almost enjoy getting that to work).

As they say, 'Once you go Mac, you never go back'.

That is most certainly true.