The "Get a Mac" Thread

[john]

In regards to admin accounts and such, several of the applications I use require you to be logged on as an admin to run. Hell, I even had to give my 12 yo son an admin login to his computer because some of his games even require it. Talk about asking for trouble! Doubt that issue will be fixed by vista

[john]

Seriously, I understand that most of us Windows power users don't get this type of thing. And if you are only dealing with your own PC, and you're a power user, then everything is A-OK for you.

But like you said, when I fix my relatives' PCs (a few of which I put together so I feel obligated to fix it even though they did something to break it), or worse, when I troubleshoot the 12 work PCs that I am the tech contact for, it really saps my energy nowadays.

I remember years ago when I first really got versed in Windows, troubleshooting was "cool". You were doing something most others couldn't. You felt useful, smart, etc. It was You vs. the PC and you won (most of the time).

Now it's like "Great...another frickin' virus/spyware/malware/driver/corrupt registry problem...well F!@#$ me! There goes another few hours of my life..."

So despite owning and/or using 4 WinPCs to my 1 Mac, I've grown to love the simplicity and security of my Macbook Pro. And I wish that the office-required software we used did work with OSX, because I would recommend to the head manager a switch. And she is the one with the most computer problems, and when she saw me working on my MBP, she said "oh that's great...I wish we could move the whole office to Apple..."

As it is, she's already making plans to buy a Macbook Pro to replace the 3 year old IBM Thinkpad she has that's due for replacement.

[moromendas01]

I recently did the switch. I blamed up a 20" iMac Core Duo as well as haven't looked back. I rarely use my PC now.