To Mac or not to Mac?

[SteveClement]

Has anyone ever regretted purchasing a Mac?

No. What is there to regret?

[BC_Programmer]

No. What is there to regret?

Apple’s blatant, unapologetic contempt for its employees, its suppliers, the media and  its customers? The fact that no matter which of their products you choose, it is a closed, barely upgradable component that they generally deprecate before your warranty is even up? There is plenty to regret, the question is wether it applies to any particular person. Not everybody cares that they can't upgrade everything or replace the motherboard and so forth. Of course the main reason I generally avoid Apple products is because it's impossible to tease apart what it really is from the grandiose announcements. everytime Steve Jobs announces a new product he goes on and on as if this new product is the freaking baby jesus in hardware form.

[Geek-9pm]

Apple’s blatant, unapologetic contempt for its employees, its suppliers, the media and  its customers? The fact that no matter which of their products you choose, it is a closed, barely upgradable component that they generally deprecate before your warranty is even up? There is plenty to regret, the question is wether it applies to any particular person. Not everybody cares that they can't upgrade everything or replace the motherboard and so forth. Of course the main reason I generally avoid Apple products is because it's impossible to tease apart what it really is from the grandiose announcements. everytime Steve Jobs announces a new product he goes on and on as if this new product is the freaking baby jesus in hardware form.

Are you referring to the products or the stock?
Great stock. 
Apple stock for past year

[BC_Programmer]

Are you referring to the products or the stock?

Purchasing a mac is not purchasing Apple stock. I fail to see how anybody can even accidentally infer otherwise.

[mroilfield]

Ok so who wants some apple pie?

I might as well throw that in before the lock gets slammed down on this topic.

Y'all are debating a topic that was started in Oct. 2009 then died in Jan 2010 and was just revived earlier today.

[BC_Programmer]

Ok so who wants some apple pie?

I might as well throw that in before the lock gets slammed down on this topic.

Y'all are debating a topic that was started in Oct. 2009 then died in Jan 2010 and was just revived earlier today.

Thank you for the information. I am fully aware and I was fully aware when I originally replied that the post was a necromance. But it is nice to have people assume otherwise.

[2x3i5x]

Which has less viruses ... Linux or Mac?

[JoshM]

Which has less viruses ... Linux or Mac?

To my understanding, there both pretty limited.

[MarleneD]

Hello everyone.  I finally purchased an iMac!  It was soooo easy to set up; just plug in and start - incredible.
I do have a question about my itunes library.  See my other post.  I'm glad I made the switch from a PC.  I'm still learning how to maneuver around, but so far, it's been pretty easy.  I've already signed up for my first one to one session in about a week.

[MarleneD]

oops, my other post is a question about .pst  files from Outlook. 

[2x3i5x]

Hello everyone.  I finally purchased an iMac!  It was soooo easy to set up; just plug in and start - incredible.
I do have a question about my itunes library.  See my other post.  I'm glad I made the switch from a PC.  I'm still learning how to maneuver around, but so far, it's been pretty easy.  I've already signed up for my first one to one session in about a week.

I'm glad you like your new computer.  Mac 101[.url] is a nice place to help you out.

For some reason though, I somehow do not like apple's mighty mouse. But otherwise mac's are really beautiful 

[Quantos]

Hello everyone.  I finally purchased an iMac!  It was soooo easy to set up; just plug in and start - incredible.
I do have a question about my itunes library.  See my other post.  I'm glad I made the switch from a PC.  I'm still learning how to maneuver around, but so far, it's been pretty easy.  I've already signed up for my first one to one session in about a week.

Great, we're glad to hear it, and from what I understand the learning curve is nice and gradual.