Does anyone here use a MAC?

I finally broke down and bought one, Ive been a PC user for over 15 years. But after seeing what this sucker can do I finally caved in and became what Ive grown to hate...... the MAC user.

MAC is to computing as Zaino is to Detailing I guess... LOL

Anyone here make the switch?

 

My whole family but me uses MACs. Which one did you get?

 

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MAC? dude wow....
Mac is only good for people that do photography,
digital design and music. FOr every day life i choose PC.

WAIT YOU PAID ALMOST 16K for a mac?

 

Yep. I use a Mac. First one ever after 18 years on a PC. I bought one in October and was so impressed I bought one for my GF(now fiancee) in December.

24" iMac's.

 

Sure. If you say so. No viruses or spyware here. Even when I was 'browsing safe' on my PC's I'd pick up some crappy spyware now and then. Not so much after switching to Firefox from IE.. but none the less. No worries what so ever now.

And no, he paid 8k for a mac, and another 8k for 4 30" LCD's.

 

Wow, probably the best you can get right now. I can't believe you paid for RAM, it's so easy to install and freaking cheaper. Have you looked into student or discounts, because you can easily save thousands. Mighty Mouse is horrible.

I wouldn't say the Mac is the Zaino of Detailing considering the main difference is the operating system.

 

Woooow!

 

I use both the Mac and PC via KVM switch.

I also use a MacBook Pro for its flexibility when I need windows and leopard.

 

So you pulled the plug, congrats on the purchase Phil.

 

Sweet mother you got the 8-core wow, that's one mean machine. Let me know what you think of it as my Mac has been waiting for me for a wile now, I just need to pick it up from DB Boss's house.

Every person I've asked and has used a Mac has had nothing but good things to say about the machines so that's why I got one..but...just havent picked it up :shakehead:

 

I got a buddy that works there, so its a lot cheaper, and I did get the RAM from Crucial instead. I just sent him the list of what I got.

And YES those are 4-30 inch monitors....

 

so the real question is what the hell are you going to use that beast for?

 

damn get me a deal??

i have an old g4 power book.

but yeah after a life time of PC's i finally made the switch when my laptop broke down and i used my sons. fell in love and never looked back. i honestly dont know if i could ever go back.

 

I still use PCs for business, only because I have to. But everything at home is done on 4 macs (3 for me, 1 for my wife). You got the granddaddy of all computers, just short of a supercomputer. Congrats! Might want to also get the Time Capsule. I'm gonna get one soon.

 

phil please do not buy those 30" apples the refresh rate on them are terrible my friend had one and if you did to much graphics wise like even editing a picture it would seem jumpy.
and he had no problem with any other monitor.

i understand the want to use apple moitors, but even the dell one is better.

ill look for some thing better when i get home. i just hope you didnt buy them already.

 

That computer is going to be a rocket haha. Actually I have seen several day traders use them. with 4 monitors and 3 keyboards. I guess when you need speed the mac pro delivers. You could actually just run Mac OS for your personal use and Windows for your trading or vice versa. The computer can definitely handle running handle running both at the same time. I am typing this on a macbook pro, and I love it to death. I am actually thinking about getting a mac pro, but they get pricey FAST as I think you know!


Congrats on the purchase. You will think it is stupid for the first week or two that you have it, but then you will love it. I was a hardcore windows user for all my life, and the Mac OS thing seemed kind of trivial, it is good if you have a friend that knows what they are doing on macs, because they are really capable machines.

 

I love my Mac. I won't be going back to a PC anytime soon. Although it's almost time to look for a new laptop. I'll probably go with a Macbook Pro this time.

 

:bla2:

The Apple panels (and a few others) are true 8-bit (millions of colors) S-IPS panels. They are made for the truest color reproduction you can get on a LCD screen to date. Yes they do lack in other things as they are dated now such as faster refresh but this has no bearing on photo editing at all.

 

Just so that everyone knows, the 30" Mac LCD is the same as the 30" Dell LCD. And I know...

Very nice order Phil, that beast is going to serve you very well. My brother has one of them for graphic designing and he personally has not had much luck with it, it kept crashing a lot. He might have just had a lemon though. My wife just got an Apple notebook and she's addicted. I wouldn't mind getting one of their laptops either, but I am buying myself a Dell Precision workstation here soon.