The Mac Pro
[The Mac Pro] is, by far, the most amazingly fast, spacious, capable, and well-designed computer I’ve ever used.
I have no doubt that’s a nice machine, and I am certainly glad his all-too-familiar, all-too-painful wait is over. That said, can one of the Fanbois explain to me what makes Apple computers any better than a PC set up by an intelligent user? Admittedly, I haven’t used a Mac for more than about 10 minutes in as many years, but I’m failing to see what a Mac can bring me that I can’t accomplish for half the cost with an equivalent PC, and Ubuntu or the Linux distribution of your choice?
I’m not a gamer, really, and any games I would play (Frozen Bubble or OpenTTD) are running natively in Linux. I use an admittedly ancient version of Quicken, but at least it runs in Wine flawlessly. OpenOffice.org is enough to get me thru any of the Office documents I regularly encounter. I use Firefox and Pidgin in any operating system, so no loss there.
I get (from what I can tell) just as bulletproof a machine, on great hardware (I use a ThinkPad), without the Apple tax, and with 90% of the eye candy thanks to Compiz Fusion. What makes a Mac so much better?
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I couldn’t say that any better - this was like my experience. I used Windows, too. And switched 4 years ago.
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Was going through Marco’s blog, and came across this. I completely agree with him… even though I am using Windows 7...
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This is what I’ve been telling people for six years now…
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last five years,...couldn’t agree more. I’ve...last fifteen...
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I could never have said it any better myself marco:
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The debate rages on! :)...disagree. My ThinkPad is both pretty as well as extremely...
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I work in IT all day long supporting Windows XP boxes. I go home and hug my MacBook every night because in a year and a...
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I continually wonder why people don’t think avoiding hassle later is not worth cost now. If you can pay $500 more now to...
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Marco just put into words what...have always thought but could not verbalize. This is the...
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Marco explains the Windows (or PC) verses Mac so well… marco:
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vs. PC comparisons! See
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think I’m qualified...answer this because, as you know,
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I have no doubt that’s a nice machine,...am certainly glad his all-too-familiar,...
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I have to agree with Marco, it is...(PC or otherwise) that
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