mirrodie
2008-03-18, 10:22 AM
Well, I found that my 4 year old Dell was running a bit slow the other day.
So I went through spamware and virusware and things of the sort, cleaned it out, backed it up and realized I have only 17% space left on my hard disc(120Gb)
And being that our son is going be banging away soon at the keyboard, I do have to get myself a laptop.
Now I have been considering a Mac recently, only based on others' word of mouth but I really don't know the pros or cons.
I do have a fear of going to Mac, thinking I'll "lose" something, perhaps files or the like. Like I wont have Photoshop anymore, or FS2004. But I can alwas do those on the old desktop if I feel the need ;)
I big consideration is cost and I can get a comparable Dell for significantly less than a Mac. Plus, if I have issues with a Dell, I have support that comes to my office (he takes care of our servers) whereas if I were to have an issue with Mac, he's not familiar with them. However, I am more than willing to spend a bit extra for the comparable Mac if the pros are justified.
So I would like to ask you guys, especially those with experience with both, what are the pros and cons of each. I am hoping to hear more about hard evidence, not just preference. In other words, please explain why you prefer one over the other.
Thanks in advance for sharing the knowledge.
My needs: Documents, Net surfing, photoediting and quick access and ease of use.
So I went through spamware and virusware and things of the sort, cleaned it out, backed it up and realized I have only 17% space left on my hard disc(120Gb)
And being that our son is going be banging away soon at the keyboard, I do have to get myself a laptop.
Now I have been considering a Mac recently, only based on others' word of mouth but I really don't know the pros or cons.
I do have a fear of going to Mac, thinking I'll "lose" something, perhaps files or the like. Like I wont have Photoshop anymore, or FS2004. But I can alwas do those on the old desktop if I feel the need ;)
I big consideration is cost and I can get a comparable Dell for significantly less than a Mac. Plus, if I have issues with a Dell, I have support that comes to my office (he takes care of our servers) whereas if I were to have an issue with Mac, he's not familiar with them. However, I am more than willing to spend a bit extra for the comparable Mac if the pros are justified.
So I would like to ask you guys, especially those with experience with both, what are the pros and cons of each. I am hoping to hear more about hard evidence, not just preference. In other words, please explain why you prefer one over the other.
Thanks in advance for sharing the knowledge.
My needs: Documents, Net surfing, photoediting and quick access and ease of use.