apple imac ?

[car-15]

I wouldn't buy the upgrades unless your son is a gamer.



The best is when they blame their mac problems on windows when software in their windows emulator crashes. What can people expect, especially when running nested operating systems???......

Computers are all tools. Whatever works best for an individual is what they should get. I just hate when people are snobby about their macs.

His school went all apple this year and they gave them iPads, so I figured it would be easier to do and save his school work if he could just plug it in at home and sync everything. He needed a new one anyway, his old one is unreliable and runs vista... And there is nothing good about vista IMHO

[car-15]

As far as set up it is much easier than any pc I have ever dealt with, just one cord and done, and after I plugged it in there was no two hours of updates and patches that need to be downloaded and installed before you begin, Just plug and play so far.

[Rooskibar03]

As far as set up it is much easier than any pc I have ever dealt with, just one cord and done, and after I plugged it in there was no two hours of updates and patches that need to be downloaded and installed before you begin, Just plug and play so far.

Welcome to the wonderful hassle free world of Mac ownership. Things get really sweet if he's got an iPad, iPhone. Everything talks to one another and try are updated together.

I have to ask though, did you manage to get the Apple store to cut you a deal? If so you are a god among men.

[Byte Stryke]

The funniest part of this entire thread is that Mac has been using PC parts for years and everyone still thinks its super high speed proprietary...

its not.

a Mac... in its simplist terms is no more original than Dell's Alienware.

its an overpriced PC with Apple plastic on it and a modified Unix OS.


get what you need and let the hype be damned.


EDIT: you can get a 3TB drive now for less that $150
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0364652

[Byte Stryke]

[Scanker19]

the last two Macs I've bought have not been nice. I'd trade them both for my 2009 model back.

[Ah Pook]

OR you could buy a real computer that's much faster... None of that over priced mac junk.

Chevy vs Ford

I run both PC and Mac. Mac wins hands down.

I worked for IBM in the late '90s. Visited their big printer rooms a few times. These guys could use any computer on the market. All the work stations had Mac desktops.

Just got back, thanks for those who gave me answers to my question, no thanks to those who wanted to turn this into another ak vs. ar debate, I got the lower priced model, they gave me a decent deal after much debate and questioning, I think they just wanted to get rid of me, but I got it for $1019.00 instead of the msrp of $1199.00 I'm setting it up now we will see how he likes it when he gets home from scout camp on Sunday.

Not a bad deal. I use Mac Shack pretty much exclusively.

Will Son be able to pry it out of Dad's hands?

[car-15]

Welcome to the wonderful hassle free world of Mac ownership. Things get really sweet if he's got an iPad, iPhone. Everything talks to one another and try are updated together.

I have to ask though, did you manage to get the Apple store to cut you a deal? If so you are a god among men.

I just looked at the receipt again I was off by a couple of bucks, it was $1020.99 I got $79.00 off sale price and they gave me a $100.00 discount to get rid of me.

[bogie]

I'm sure your son will love the computer you got him.

I just looked at the receipt again I was off by a couple of bucks, it was $1020.99 I got $79.00 off sale price and they gave me a $100.00 discount to get rid of me.

WTF... Taxes.... At least your discount covered those. Make sure you write that $hit off this year.

[Troublco]

IMHO. Windows is for people that actually know how to use a computer.

Mac is best for those that don't know how to use a computer.

Besides... Everyone who buys a mac ends up having to install parallels to run windows specific programs, and then you're back to square one of running windows =P

Yeah...ok. Windows is for people who don't mind dealing with viruses and crap like that. I'd say that the majority of people wouldn't need to do anything on a PC that they couldn't do on a Mac.

I got Parallels when I first got this MacBook. I used it for a few months, but I got tired of dealing with it so I just replaced the one or two programs I was running on parallels. No more windows.

I'm forced to use a laptop PC for work...but it just reinforces my belief that my mac works better. My 14 month old issue Dell died (system failure) a month ago. My 5+ year old MacBook Pro continues to work perfectly. Like I said, you're welcome to your PC's. IMHO.