What will a Mac do for me?

[filmfan]

It will break on you when you need it most... (my experience)

 

[Melvin]

If you do buy a Mac I highly recommend paying for the apple care warranty. I'm glad I did, since my machine so far has needed a new motherboard, CD drive and battery. And back up your files.

 

[dfoo]

I have years of typesetting experience with InDesign across both Mac & Windows and that worked absolutely perfectly. We use word to do the initial document creation and editing due to the excellent change tracking & commenting tools in word. Unfortunately, due to incompatibilities we no longer use word cross platform.

 

[ferider]

What will a Mac(Book) do for me?

It will instantly make you more attractive to the opposite sex. In particular when used at Starbucks. Then again, an iPad might be even better ....


I recommend to buy whatever you can afford with as much memory as possible. And if you have money to spare, get a full PS version.

 

[jsrockit]

What has always put me off is the hardware side. I've built two of our home PCs from components, and run Linux and Windows. The ability to renew the motherboard etc. in the same box, and incrementally make hardware updates is a big plus for me. If this was (is?) possible with a Mac, then I would definitely consider it.

I'm a huge mac user, but if you're into making your own and upgrading instead of replacing, stay away from Macs. I like Macs because I can still sell them for a decent amount of money after a few years of use. PCs lose their value much quicker.

 

[jsrockit]

It will instantly make you more attractive to the opposite sex. In particular when used at Starbucks. Then again, an iPad might be even better ....

If you are woman using the product, then yes, you'll have many geeks drooling. However, most women don't care about laptops or computer goods.