macbook or vaio

[seare]

im now in the final stages of buying a new laptop and im stuck between a mac or windows xp. Ive been using windows all my life and have never used a mac before, if i buy the mac im worried i wont be able to work it and it will b a disaster! i need some guidance, are macs easy to get used to, is office 2004 for mac easy to use?? thanks

[Ethel]

Mac users are passionate about their Macs - they love them!

However, many programmes do not work with Mac - including updates for your road angel and similar.

Macs are better for graphic designers and creatives, so if you have been able to do everything you need and want to with a PC, go for the Vaio.

[fo3nix]

I have a Macbook Pro. Firstly, we need to lose some of the stereotypes.

- macs aren't much better than a windows machine for graphics designers
- they are totally compatible with files created on a windows machine
- not all software is available and exactly the same for macs, but most 'big' software (word, photoshop, etc.) is available for both platforms. any other software that is windows-only almost always has a similar product for mac.
- only real loss is lack of games for Mac OS X. Still lots there, but nothing like the array for Windows.

However, macs are enormously easy to get used to. Remember that Microsoft copied the Mac to make windows in the first place! They do do some things differently, so it'll take you the first initial few days to get used to it, and you may even get annoyed that things you do on windows is done differently on a mac. But often you'll find that the mac way of doing it is more logical, or just requires less steps and so is faster.

They also make you more productive, because you spend less time dealing with the niggles and more time doing work or whatever you actually want to be sat in front of a computer screen for.

If you live near an Apple store, then I strongly suggest you go there and try them out. Even better if you have a friend with one.

Note that mac users will almost always tell you to buy a mac, because they've gone through the same process and are better for it. Most windows users will tell you to keep using windows, since they don't know the hidden benefits of using a mac that can only be realised by doing stuff on it, and not reading a manual on the features or seeing a magazine article about them.

[Ethel]

My good friend is a passionate and avid Mac user, and has had to very reluctantly by a pc, to keep her road angel up to date.

And as she is a business seller on eBay, she needed a pc for turbolister, as it is not mac compatible.

[fo3nix]

Yea, two prime reasons.

However, if she had an Intel mac (i.e., any one made in the past 9 months or so), you can also install windows onto it.

With parallels desktop, you can run windows apps in Mac OS X itself!

[seare]

thanks guys i bought the macbook yestereday