Question:
Convince A Windows User
Hey All
I have been a Windows user for most of my life, except for a short stint on Macs when I was very little. Now that I'm about to start my TEE(Tertiary Entrance Examination) my parents have agreed to put a bit of money towards buying a laptop, and I have my heart set on the Macbook Pro, but my parents, being Windows users, arn't so keen for me to get "this weird" thing (their words, not mine). I need your guys help to convince them (and me to some extent) that buying a Mac will be a good thing. Anything will do, from personal switching experiences, to why they are better. Anything that will convince them. Anything will be a great help.
Thanks,
Luke
P.S They are also worried about compatability with my school network, networking in general and compatability with Office so some stuff on that would be helpful.
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I have been using a Macintosh laptop for about three years now... constantly.
There are no compatibility issues in terms of wording, exceling, networking or anything like that. Macintosh OS looks better, works faster, has far more options that are easily accessible and is virtually crash free (nothing ever freezes under OS X). The build quality of Macs is amazing. Although mine fell apart after a year, i blame that on a bad batch as well as poor handling (i drop it often). Its still in tact though.
Although MacBook is amazing all around, there are TWO substatial limitations that you should consider before buying it.
#1 IT IS MACINTOSH, NOT WINDOWS.
you like playing games? you like paying $80 for each one? cause thats the price you will be paying... quake 3 for mac in Toronto cost me $69.99 WITHOUT tax. There are also very few good games available for Macs... Also very few programs that you would usually run under windows dont even exist for macs... its a world in its own that excludes windows. BootCamp is garbage, dont even go there.
#2 IT OVERHEATS AND IT IS UNDERVOLTED
MacBooks (or macintosh lappies in general) can not be called LAP-TOPs. they cant be put on your lap. why? cause you wouldnt put a red-hot stove on your lap... Their systems overheat like crazy and the fan never stops working. It is quite easy to actually sustain a burn from macintosh laptops if handled improperly :p
The X1600 in the MacBook Pro is undervolted and underclocked. Regular clocks are 475/475... Pro has like 3/4 of that. And it still manages to overheat...
Think again man... its an expensive machine that smiply might not suit your needs... Sure you dont want an E1705??? lolz
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Can you back up your statement in saying BootCamp is garbage? I've been running it for three weeks on the MacBook (check out the review on the site if you haven't already), and it runs all the applications I've installed perfectly. Adobe PhotoShop 7, Acrobat, Office 2003, Palm Desktop and more to name a few.
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Yeah sure... here.
Must reboot to switch OSes AND you can only run one OS at a time. Intel Mac platform is not similar to any other PC, which will cause problems for some drivers and system software. Boot Camp Assistant only sets up internal (boot) drive. Airport Extreme driver has no management utilities. Boot Camp Assistant only supports Windows XP.
There are no good PC emulators. I dont see why you would use one. There really is no need. Just stick to what you have. Macintosh is good enough these days to avoid compatibility issues with windows in word, excel and all thsoe... There are programs that are made for PC that have exact counter-parts on Mac....
but then again... what do i know
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You can get a PC notebook for a lot less. A Mac will certainly work.
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Yeah sure... here.
Must reboot to switch OSes AND you can only run one OS at a time. Intel Mac platform is not similar to any other PC, which will cause problems for some drivers and system software. Boot Camp Assistant only sets up internal (boot) drive. Airport Extreme driver has no management utilities. Boot Camp Assistant only supports Windows XP.
There are no good PC emulators. I dont see why you would use one. There really is no need. Just stick to what you have. Macintosh is good enough these days to avoid compatibility issues with windows in word, excel and all thsoe... There are programs that are made for PC that have exact counter-parts on Mac....
but then again... what do i know
No management utilities for AirPort Extreme driver? You can use the one within Windows. All the drivers load fine. Sound works, video works, wireless, and ethernet works. Have you even used BootCamp before? The whole point of using BootCamp and to install Windows on it is to make it run natively. It's a convenience for people who want to or have to use both operating systems. I have no problem with rebooting into another OS when I have to.
The only thing that doesn't work is the iSight camera in Windows. BootCamp is NOT an emulator, but you're right. No emulator is perfect. But seriously, if you are mainly going to use nothing but Windows, then get a Windows PC. Don't buy a Mac just for it's 'looks' and then run nothing but Windows XP on it. That would be pointless.
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You know what...
you are right. ha ha. i have never used BootCamp before.
I base my knowledge of the program on what i know about both Windows and Mac systems as well as many numerous articles that are posted on the net and discuss BootCamp.
Thing is, i kinda have a part time job. The whole point of the job is to find information, summarize it, cut the bullcrap out of it and rewrite it. So thats what i did with the BootCamp thing. i have no first hand experience, just many many bits and pieces of knowlege that came from actual users and reviewers.
By the way, there are multiple driver complications. You may not have them simply because u have not entered that field of useage. But then again, very few individuals run BootCamp just to have photoshop and word... as i said before - u dont need bootcamp for that.
its mostly used for other purposes. a good example would be running a program that DOES NOT have a cross-platfrom counter part. All OF OFFICE files that you may create on Windows will work on mac...
BootCamp is prone to crashes as well...
I kinda live in a boarding school with 650 Macintosh laptops going back and forth all the time 365 days a year... i have seen people run BootCamp on their machines. they are not happy campers. ha ha.
And by the way, those of you looking to use BootCamp to play windows games... forget it. there is a 65% performance loss.
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Thing is, i kinda have a part time job. The whole point of the job is to find information, summarize it, cut the bullcrap out of it and rewrite it. So thats what i did with the BootCamp thing. i have no first hand experience, just many many bits and pieces of knowlege that came from actual users and reviewers.
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You're not very good at researching and summarizing.
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Macs may look better than windows machines (maybe in black but white is just to feminine for me) but the problem with apple's is they lack raw power when it comes to performance especially in gaming and the new macbooks run hot as hell. On another note better looking and custom pc machines can be had (such as the ones we here at infinity create) and as for OSX yes its very nice looking and easy to use etc. and its very safe etc. but the only reason its better for security is because so few people use it that no one bothers to creat viruses etc. for it considering a huge majority use windows. Truthfully linux is the best, at least on desktops.