I prefer pc's. We have 2 running windows (XP Home and XP Pro) and one old one running Ubuntu Linux.
Really, just turn it on and fiddle around awhile. They're meant to be intuitive, and there isn't really much to 'learn' how to do-- unlike Windows.Originally Posted by ShopCat
What do you prefer?
I don't know anyone personally that is good with a Mac, & that kind of stinks cuz a co worker gave me a nice iMac ...it was given to his Mom, who didn't like it & thus wanted to pass it on. It is a nice computer, but different. I have practically no experience with these things at all & am back to the basics, learning stuff all over again. I feel that it is worth my time spent to learn this system, as different as it may seem at first. What the heck, right?
I'm just looking for opinions, wondering what you might like better, & why.
Also, I know basically nothing about Macs, so any advice would be sincerely appreciated!
YIKES!Originally Posted by Forensic
...I made some of them make funny noises before they died.
1. ALL programs have gotten much more intricate - so I don't think the Mac programs are less intuitive, they just require a little more explanation. They are keeping up with the technological - times...Originally Posted by coaster
I always rated a new program by whether or not I could use it without opening the manual. At one time you could do that with just about everything that ran on a Mac. Not quite so much any more.
Windows XP isn't so bad, so long as you don't have to make any changes -- new software, new hardware. It gets the job done well enough for me.
XP is hands down one of the worst. I've had more issues with my XP PC than with any other computer, mac or pc. Even when my Win98 laptop was online all the time, I had less issues. Back in Chicago, I kept threatening my XP machine with taking a trip out my 7th floor window... I shoulda done it. Now i'm in a ground floor apt. Won't make as much of a mess/crash.Originally Posted by Renovia
2. as long as you don't make changes (software, hardware)...yuck. you'll need to buy everything you could possibly need ON/WITH the computer because once you use the darn thing there it goes........don't use the XP you'll clog it up....
Of course, putting XP on an inferior machine doesn't help. Granted, my XP machine runs a smidgen better with some new hardware... inferior machines cause problems... both of my PC's are from a major 'budget' company (cow print on boxes, you know who I'm talking about), and have had nothing but headaches since buying it. The threat of being tossed out the window back in Chicago was at least once a month... and no, it wasn't my PMS talking...Originally Posted by coaster
Ya, I agree with that. I don't know why Amanda has so many problems with XP. It's miles above ME, SE, 98, and everything preceding. Yes, it's a real pain with new installations and when it breaks refill your anti-depressant prescriptions and stock up on cold beer. But preceding versions were the same or worse. When XP is running smoothly, if you just leave it alone and do regular defrags and disk cleanups then it runs pretty good.