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dell or apple?
Replies: 42 — Last Post July 14, 2005 10:42am by Krys
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stormsorter9


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my friends that have had dell always get viruses or their comp crashes. i dont know much about appl. but i would try and get an HP.

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I like both of them...
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Go with the Apple. You'll get much better support with it, while Dells support is talking to some foreigner who complains your phone sucks. The hardware in the dells pretty much blow, and not to mention your stuck with windows, if that's what you want so be it, but OSX is a nice OS as well, and prettier then XP in my opinion.

Anyway. The Tech Forums.

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Quote: from ManicDepressant at 6:28 pm on June 26, 2005
The mac killed, my inner child

Click the link!!!

(Edited by ManicDepressant at 6:31 pm on June 26, 2005)

That is SUCH bullshit.

You know what you should get....

Get a PowerBook, it's FANTASTIC.. and OS X is an unbeaten slice of sex.

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A cousin told me that his Powerbook got so hot that it melted his CD-ROM drive.

He's also been out of college for a while so maybe that problem's been fixed... but he said it annoyed him and he got tired of it quite a lot (the Powerbook itself, that is.) If you're familiar with PC's and never/rarely used a Mac, go with the Dell. You'd probably get sick of the Mac trying to figure it out while writing a term paper/notes/whatever. The Dell would be also half the cost of the Powerbook... at least one equipped with the bare essentials.

But, if your budget's over a grand, and you have experience with OSX, then go for the Powerbook. I'd go for it, but that's just me. I'm at least somewhat familiar with Macs.  

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OS X is incredibly easy to use.

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Yeah I know it is, but it may depend on the person, too...

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What, as in "Retarded or not retarded"!?

Also, Price isn't an issue... sure, they're a bit expensive in comarison to some (poorly made) Dell piles of shit etc., but they don't break, they're not gonna need new parts, you're not gonna need anti-virus etc. etc.

In the long run, A MAC is a MUCH better idea.

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Quote: from ManicDepressant at 10:28 am on June 26, 2005
The mac killed, my inner child

Click the link!!!

(Edited by ManicDepressant at 6:31 pm on June 26, 2005)

That was some funny shit...

But macs don't crash as much as PCs dow thats for damn sure...

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Quote: from Butters UK at 4:01 pm on June 26, 2005
What, as in "Retarded or not retarded"!?

Also, Price isn't an issue... sure, they're a bit expensive in comarison to some (poorly made) Dell piles of shit etc., but they don't break, they're not gonna need new parts, you're not gonna need anti-virus etc. etc.

In the long run, A MAC is a MUCH better idea.

Eh

I'm also not a Mac nor a PC expert, so I guess I shouldn't have said anything in the firstplace. But I mean if it's just for college, then whatever, although it'd probably crash a lot which would be more annoying than "figuring out" how to use the Mac in the first place...

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Apple's got excellent graphics, and its software is more reliable and consistent. It's also got great customer service. But because it's mac and not the mainstream windows, a lot of windows software that you are used to may not be supported by mac.

Here's my experience with mac software angst:

Can't unzip .exe files (if someone knows a program to overcome that, tell me? )

MSN messenger on mac sucks sucks sucks. I cannot emphasise this enough.

Most games are a few versions behind, if they exist in mac software at all.

Files are fine when transferred from windows to mac, but crap from mac to windows.

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dont' get dell
get a SONY VAIO

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Apple pwns Dell.
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Quote: from Shel at 12:23 am on June 27, 2005
Can't unzip .exe files (if someone knows a program to overcome that, tell me? )

MSN messenger on mac sucks sucks sucks. I cannot emphasise this enough.

Unzip a *.exe?!... That's not zipped though. If you mean RUN a *.exe, of course not... it's a program for Windows, similarly a Windows PC couldn't run a *.dmg etc. (I think it can't anyway.)

The MSN thing could be better, Apple wants it to be.. but what can they do? It's Microshit's fault.

Oh.. and as for the games thing. That's KINDA true, sure, but they're getting to the same level now as they realise for games more people are getting MACS. HALO for example. (A game originally being designed FOR MAC)

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i think my two choices are between:

********APPLE********
Apple Powerbook G4 15" bundle
$2815.00
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********DELL*********
Dell Latitude D810 15"
$2446.00
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Im leaning towards the Apple now... hearing so much that Dell sucks, lol. Any specifics about these versions of Apple/Dell?  

Oh, and I wouldn't have to worry about comparing service or warranty because either way, since it's a Student Computer Offering from my university, it'll be the same.

(Edited by lonelychickk at 6:44 pm on June 26, 2005)

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