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Next time, try a Mac
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[via The Seattle Times ]:
Good advice from Paul Andrews:
Hardly a week goes by that I don't hear from a friend or colleague with a monumental Windows problem.
I tell them I'm glad to help, on one condition: Next time they buy a computer, they agree to consider a Macintosh. A year ago, after a particularly trying week of spyware, adware, viral attacks, lock-ups and reboots, I changed my primary computer to a Mac. I've dabbled with Macs since the late 1980s but never felt a need to change from Windows.
I considered a Mac. Considered it when the iMac G5 was updated. Considered it again, quite seriously, when the PowerBooks were updated. But the answer, for me, is a definite no.
The main problems are cost and hardware compatibility. Sure, it might look affordable, with Apple's great marketing campaign and easy-to-use Apples Stores and online store. But when I look for PCs at deal websites and hardware components at stores such as Fry's Electronics, I see that, for the same memory capacity, capabilities, and speed, PCs are HALF the price. And for the same price, you can get much more. Right now, AMD and Intel clearly provide much better processors. And the AGP/PCI-E video cards you can get for PCs are simply amazing (not to mention using multiple video cards, which is a snap to set up: and with two monitors, I really do stuff twice as fast).
Windows gives me no problems. It depends on how you use it: that is, get Firefox, and use open source tools. The last time I was infected with any sort of malware (including viruses) was 4 months ago, and that's because I opened Internet Explorer. Windows itself, from version 2000 and later, is remarkably stable. I'll admit that it requires a knowledgeable user; for others, a Mac may be worth the price.
Posted by Elliot Lee at Wed Nov 9 00:55:26 2005
The main problems are cost and hardware compatibility. Sure, it might look affordable, with Apple's great marketing campaign and easy-to-use Apples Stores and online store. But when I look for PCs at deal websites and hardware components at stores such as Fry's Electronics, I see that, for the same memory capacity, capabilities, and speed, PCs are HALF the price. And for the same price, you can get much more. Right now, AMD and Intel clearly provide much better processors. And the AGP/PCI-E video cards you can get for PCs are simply amazing (not to mention using multiple video cards, which is a snap to set up: and with two monitors, I really do stuff twice as fast).
Windows gives me no problems. It depends on how you use it: that is, get Firefox, and use open source tools. The last time I was infected with any sort of malware (including viruses) was 4 months ago, and that's because I opened Internet Explorer. Windows itself, from version 2000 and later, is remarkably stable. I'll admit that it requires a knowledgeable user; for others, a Mac may be worth the price.
Posted by Elliot Lee at Wed Nov 9 00:55:26 2005
my english is not good, but i hope you understand.
I had the same problems with micro$oft, adware,viral atack, spywares.
Firt i take te Elliot solution, i.e. firefox instead of IE, firefox instead of outlook, oofice instead of
ms Ofice,... This algoritm helps you to change not of compueter but of operative sistems, in a prudential time you can install ubuntu breezy with no additional cost and you can use your computer most eficiently.
Posted by Guillem at Wed Nov 9 03:24:54 2005
I had the same problems with micro$oft, adware,viral atack, spywares.
Firt i take te Elliot solution, i.e. firefox instead of IE, firefox instead of outlook, oofice instead of
ms Ofice,... This algoritm helps you to change not of compueter but of operative sistems, in a prudential time you can install ubuntu breezy with no additional cost and you can use your computer most eficiently.
Posted by Guillem at Wed Nov 9 03:24:54 2005
Worried about viruses and malaware?
Worried about hardware costs?
Get linux.
Posted by Luis at Wed Nov 9 09:28:31 2005
Worried about hardware costs?
Get linux.
Posted by Luis at Wed Nov 9 09:28:31 2005
Elliot,
I've fixed enough Windows boxes to start using Paul's advice. I used Windows starting from NT 3.51 and only used the NT derived versions, but even then I had plenty of problems and hassles. I won't claim that Macs are as cheap, or cheaper than PC's. But I will say that you get what you pay for (I've had more troubles with Dell hardware than I'd care to recount.). As far as multiple monitors, Macs had this capability for years before Windows. It was only the iMac and eMac that cut back on this.
Guillem and Luis,
Installing Linux is not an option for most of the people whose boxes I have to fix.
Posted by Ted Leung at Wed Nov 9 23:49:48 2005
I've fixed enough Windows boxes to start using Paul's advice. I used Windows starting from NT 3.51 and only used the NT derived versions, but even then I had plenty of problems and hassles. I won't claim that Macs are as cheap, or cheaper than PC's. But I will say that you get what you pay for (I've had more troubles with Dell hardware than I'd care to recount.). As far as multiple monitors, Macs had this capability for years before Windows. It was only the iMac and eMac that cut back on this.
Guillem and Luis,
Installing Linux is not an option for most of the people whose boxes I have to fix.
Posted by Ted Leung at Wed Nov 9 23:49:48 2005
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