I switched to Apple a few months ago.

It does not live up to the hype at all.

It freezes just like Windows programs did.

The windows interface was much better in my opinion. I hate how things open in the Mac and the way you view folders is horrible because they do not save the view format you had it in.

As Rickair said, many things are no compatible. Windows can run on it but you have to get a store copy, not a copy that came with a computer. XP is no longer available for that.

If it had not come with an iTouch and printer for free it would have not been worth the extra money at all.

If you get the job at JB you wont be buying anymore apple products. You'll be waiting outside walmart at 3AM waiting for the 'black friday' $199 laptop on sale.

You need to keep windows if you like your computer to crash 2 or 3 times a day.

I'm going to be blunt about PC and MAC!

The only difference between PC and MAC is the software...PERIOD! If you have a PC and you are having multiple problems, you need to take a look at the source of the problem: The USER! MAC users rave about how well a Mac computer runs, but never consider what software is on a MAC vs PC. First and foremost, the anti-virus software found of most if not all PC slows the performance considerably. It is a resource hog. Get rid of it! That will improve your PC performance by 50%. Closing any background software that you don't use freguently will help as well. I've own a DELL Laptop since 2005. Unistall all that unnecessary software and anti-virus junk and never had a problem! Own a Desktop since 2000 and no problem. The problem people have with computers can be contributed directly to the Users themselves and what their installing on their computer!

My recommendation...download:

Cleanup - www.stevengould.org - Download and Installation

keeps your computer clean of unnecessary junk.

Spybot - The home of Spybot-S&D!
protects against spyware & malware

I can name more, but those are the best and most importantly...FREE! And it won't slow computer performance. Most importantly, don't download anything you don't know what it is and most importantly don't plan to use.

Yeah, for about a month. Tried that for a awhile because I know that stuff slows things down, but after a month the computer took about three times as long to boot up, crashed all the time, and froze up about a dozen times per day. If you have anti-virus programs you can prolong that for about six months. Tried the free programs to keep it "clean" and still ended up with a slow crappy computer. The only fix was to wipe the hard drive and start all over which takes about a full day to re-install the 5 million Windows updates and service packs.

It really is a Windows problem and Windows is absolute garbage and will always be absolute garbage. There is no possible way that a MAC could even come close to the headache you get when running Windows on a PC, even if you do have some compatability problems and don't like the interface as much.

Our VOD systems are run by.....WINDOWS!
Our VOD systems are crashing.....ALWAYS!
Our EFB's are running..............WINDOWS!
Our EFB's run like.............................................. ......

Those who can, do.
Those who can't, buy PCs with Windows.
Those who know better but just can't quite fall in love with a MAC, buy PC's with Linux.

Based on information from three different people I've talked to in the past month or two, I think this is what I am going to do next time (this MacBook just froze an hour ago...had to do the CTRL+ALT+DEL equivalent again).

What operating version are you running? What are you doing when it crashes?
The difference (usually) between a MAC and PC is when a PC crashes, the whole thing crashes. If a program in MAC crashes, it does not crash the whole computer and must force it to quit a program giving you problems.

Pushing the power button on a MAC which some believe is the same as Control-Alt-Delete, is very very bad for a MAC. :eek: That's what the Apple Techs atleast told me. While it might look like it's crashed, it probably didn't. MAC OS X for Dummies was a great guide for me, hence the dummy part.

Right, it at least does not crash the whole thing. I just force quit whatever it is (an assortment of programs including Safari). I don't load this thing up with much to do. Just usually one or two windows of internet browsers, Adium, perhaps iTunes or NeoOffice or TextEdit or something. That's it. No graphic intensive stuff at all. My seven year old Dell desktop hasn't frozen in months. But, it is a desktop.

I never push the power button other than starting the computer up from when it was completely shut down. I just use Command+Option+Esc to force quit when even the mouse cannot click the apple button.

Not only do I baby this thing but it is only a few months old anyway.

Screen's defective, spacebar's also not in good shape. I'm taking it to the Apple store shortly.