you know - I'm really REALLY leaning towards getting a mac
 

I'm getting soooo fucking sick of all the viruses and shit that happens to PCs, i'm sooooo close to going out and buying a mac now....

sugestions?

dont have a big mac youll only getter fatter than you are now porker :Graucho

I work at an advertising agency part time and use an iBook. I'm personally not the biggest mac fan, I luckily am not having any trouble with my PC in terms of viruses and stuff.

I would just stick to PC's, but hey, no harm in shopping around :http://www.apple.ca

I am a Linux user and I love it, but for an end user, MacOSX = FreeBSD + Dreamweaver and Photoshop natively, infinitely better than M$ crap.

Buy a G5 and you'll be in heaven...

:thumbsup

Ask quiet he sure will give you the best tip.

Good luck :)

give Linux a try.

you can get SuSe Linux for about 10 or 15 bucks in a store with an install cd on you can download it free from the web.
With suse linux you can partition your hard drive to be half Microshit and half Linux so you can give it a try and you still have your old Microshit if you need it.

and their are other versions of Linux too.

I went with Linux for the same reason you mentioned - virus horseshit just gets to be too much. Now I like Linux a lot better than Microshit. Hardly ever use Microshit now, just some apps not on Linux or I can't find them.

give it a try, alot more stable than Microshit, and no virus crap.

Dont bother dude you will regret it.

If anything just get a damn mac if it it does not crush ya.
They aint no thing to really consider till ya start video editing and that just a maybe.

New Hyperthreading in the chips for PC's is lookin pretty good and does outerform Mac still.


Now about these Virus's...

STOP SURFING RUSIAN PORN SITES!
and if you must...

Turn all your security up and accept no shit from any website.
No Java Script.
No Java.
No FLash
No VIdeo.

Okies?

Kool.

Oh and maybe update your Virus protecxtion.

mac's suck for anything except multimedia. the reason why pc's have more virus is because it's popular. no one has time to make a virus for a mac, hardly anyone uses it.

idiot -it's impossible to surf effectivly with security that high.

You forgot about dtp, desktop publishing and print stuff and much more. He can even use his pc for less risky stuff and the mac won't get infected when networking them.

Too many viruses from surfing the web? Try a browser other than IE.

That's a very good point... give Opera a try, it's the shiznit.

SLEAZY!!!!!
I just changed my hole network over to mac's
Hooper is now on mac and so is Kris!!
I am no computer wiz by any means
But the new Mac's kick ass
I just baught a G-4 desktop down in my office
and a G-4 Powerbook laptop to use upstairs..
With the Mac to Windows software you can get you can bring all your shit from your PC over to your Mac...
there isnt alot of new shit to learn
but let me tell you!!!
Some of the Feutures of the mac Kick ASS!!!!!!

"idiot -it's impossible to surf effectivly with security that high."

Awright...
Ya got me there...

I have one comp that surfs shit and is a PC beating bag.

Basically...
It's my catcher if you will.

Some of the shit that goes on in Webpages these days peeps that create the shit outah be hunted down like Saddam and given treatments with no vaseline.

PC or Mac...
Pick your poison really cuz shit flies onto MAC's as well. Its not that the security is more advanced it is simply the fact that it has less development under the hood. That makes it truly more vulnerable when an attack is ensued.

Agreed. Best $3800 I've spent in a long time. G5s rule.

MAC :1orglaugh

you will like osx if you are paranoid about viruses and trojans

I want a Mac so bad I can almost taste it, and computers taste really funny without A-1.

With the right security settings, firewall, antivirus and ad-avare, you will be safe and fast.

I run
Ad-aware PRO
Trend antivirus
Quickfix IE exploitblocker
Spamweed
Kiero Ps Firewall
3. party MSAutoupdater

And in the last 1,5 year NEVER had a virus, trojan, advare or spyware problem

Buy a Fast AMD Opteron based PC with WinXP Pro, and you are home free


When I sell a new system, I GARANTE my customers that it will never fail, if they follow my basis instructions. If the system fails, we will give them all the money back = free computer

PC''s are WORTHLESS if it isent configured right - that why our customers are willing to pay us for the right configuration - but we arent cheap :thumbsup

Stop opening every fucking e-mail attachments you receive.

Free_Bigmacs.exe is propably a virus, stop clicking on those.

Never wanna hear that again sleezy :ak47: :ak47: :BangBang:



seriously

mac=crap

it's not a worldwide known fact for nothing

windows forever:thumbsup

LOL

hey buy the way mac is t eh sux0r

Macs own in terms of graphic design work, other than that, they're useless.

well you never had a virus or trojan that was undetectable , i have seen windows trojans written by people that were undetectable

And my computer doesn't take 30 minutes to boot. :1orglaugh

My mashine use about 20-25 seconds to boot and autologin (and all the services to start)


Bigdog: I CHALLLENGE YOU
http://www.gfyboard.com/showthread.p...hreadid=213039

i get the feeling that you're full of shit and just trying to hack your crap.



my 'feelings' are usually right.

Up until 1.5 years ago, I've never owned a mac, and used PC's for the previous 15 years. Whenever anyone asked me about apple, I would happily state how they sucked. I am a compulsive buyer, and being subject to boredom, a friend talked me into buying a powerbook g4 (tibook), fast forward 1.5 years, i now have tibook, dual-2 g5 with dual cinema screens, ipod, and have bought ipod, and imac's for friends/family. Anyone who says that mac's are "crap", or "crap for anything that's not design work" are wrong. You can do anything on a mac that you can do on a PC, and you can also do anything on a PC that you can do on a mac. There will be some things you will find that work better on one than the other. Personally, I find that 99% of the things that I do work better on the mac than the pc (and this includes, surfing the web, ssh, testing c programs I write for unix, and so on. OSX is based on FreeBSD, and has apple's UI. Basically that translates into, "designed to be simple enough for an idiot to use, yet has the capabilities to keep an advanced user happy." If you're not willing to learn how to do things again, you won't be happy. Everything is different to some degree, some things are very different. If you are willing to learn, you might be a poster-boy switcher at some point.

I bought an iMac for my mother recently, specifically because I got tired of cleaning the computer up every time she got spyware/viruses on there, which was turning into a daily occurance.

i'm really leaning towards getting a mac now.........

You may wanna see this before you go thinking a mac is perfect though....
Http://www.sponsorslist.com/mac.wmv

Although, that being said... I actually do recommend a mac to people who just know that they'll never get used to a PC. For those people who just know they'll never go beyond the basics of what they need a computer to do... then a Mac is probably the way to go.

That's not to say you couldn't, but most people who have a computer, use it for at most, 5 different functions. Surfing, email, word processing.... what ever. But 5 is usually the limit. And if you find that it is your limit, then a Mac might very well be your best bet.

You won''t regret it :)

Such bullshit. I'm running Panther and no program ever does that. Plus, Photoshop runs a lot smooth on a Mac. I'm stuck using a PC at work for Photoshop designing, ugh.

you definitely won't reget it.

OSX rules. and with the new features in panther... damn. get a 17 inch powerbook ;)

just wondering have you ever used a mac with OSX?

If you are going Mac wait a couple of months. There's going to be a nice powerbook update soon.

if you get a mac you'll be one of "THOSE" people heheheh the diehard Macintosh users ,
Their Graphics is great lots of benefits with Mac , but i think you might run into some issues with certain programs that are not Mac Compatible ! On the otherhand , i hear lots of great things about them such as the one you mentioned like they never get viruses or if they do its very seldom

Go for it man!
MAC is just fantastic and amazing and you don't get those problems compared with PC...

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,188961,00.jpg


Don't do it sleazy!

With all the mad cow stuff going around right now its just not worth the risks. I hear you on the viruses though.. salmonella is a bitch.

Shit that happens to PC's? oh.. like when you drop a piece of lettuce in the keyboard or something?



(but hell yeah, get an Apple :thumbsup)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Judas_Hansen
[B]With the right security settings, firewall, antivirus and ad-avare, you will be safe and fast.

I run
Ad-aware PRO
Trend antivirus
Quickfix IE exploitblocker
Spamweed
Kiero Ps Firewall
3. party MSAutoupdater

And in the last 1,5 year NEVER had a virus, trojan, advare or spyware problem

Buy a Fast AMD Opteron based PC with WinXP Pro, and you are home free

You run all that software just so you can use a PC, why ? when a Mac straight out of the box is less prone to getting a virus. I run 10 x G5 dual 2 gigs in my office and we get so much work done its amazing. I dont care if PCs are the fastest or a Mac is the fastest. The fact is my Macs dont crash, if a program crashes the OS is still up and running allowing me to restart the program without re starting the computer, we network all 10 machines and can process images in fractions of a second. Sometimes i have to process 10,000 images which would normally take hours on this set up takes less than 1 hour.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cindyff
[B]Why bother? WinXP Pro wont take advantage of the Opterons 64bit processor anyway.

I could see if you were a Linux guy and you wanted to run AMD64 maybe.

Depending on what you wanted to use it for .. probably better off with a Mac

I'm such a lightweight against the viruses and trojans out there, I'll go buy a TRS 80 or maybe a Commodore Vic 20:helpme :1orglaugh

it's amazing how many people that make a living with computers don't know basic computer maitenance.. these viruses don't download themselves people... :helpme

Speaking as someone who takes care of linux boxes for a living, linux isn't ready for the desktop. No matter what the /. crowd says. Buy a mac. You'll love it. With OSX you get the power and stability of UNIX, and all of the productivity apps you use. Photoshop, flash, whatever else. Sure you can do
all that on a linux box, but its just not the same. (Again, speaking as someone who supports linux boxes in a CAD env)