To Mac or not to Mac

[userfriendly]

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Im quite surprise that acer aspire is number 2 in the list.

Acer isnt bad. I have a 2 year old Acer 1830T that has never given me any problem. Used daily as my only computer.

[Retz]

If you want to challenge yourself, go get a mac and install a virtual software that will let you use Windows inside OSX like Parallels or VMware fusion.
Start by using and learning Mac softwares. If things go tough, you can always use Windows, but try to restrain yourself. That's how you learn.

Sometime, it's okay to get out of your comfort zones and try other stuff - because that's how people learn.

Otherwise, we'd still be living in caves till now.

Not being a fanboy but Mac is a very reliable piece of machine. I made the switch 30 months ago and never looked back.
Just get Applecare with it and you're set for at least three productive years.

correct sir. yan ung hanap ko din reliability kaya yan pa din gamit ko same holds true with their iphone, hindi nag hahang.

[shadow]

Acer isnt bad. I have a 2 year old Acer 1830T that has never given me any problem. Used daily as my only computer.

Agree! It's branded that's cheap... Yun batteries lang problems sa acers laptop


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[Snake1]

You are certainly right about that part. Sounds like the MBP is not for you, what's "SC"? "value wise" meaning price? Being able to find product that meets your needs and you're comfortable would be perhaps more priceless than "value" of the product.

The Mac has actually grown on me... I love its Keynote presentation software and its really quick. I'm enjoying the "best of both worlds" so to speak... If I'm in the mood for some gaming.. I just boot up windows....

The only "disadvantage" I see.. if it can be called one.. is that since its more expensive than the average laptop... I find myself taking more care of it.. to the point of being OC sometimes....

[Retz]

once you get into mac you won't go back.

[x_outpost]

once you get into mac you won't go back.

That's right. Been using Macs since 2003.
Here's a picture of me when we got our first batch of MacBook Pro Retinas last year.

[Retz]

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baka may sobra pa kayong macbook pro dyan sir.

[roninblade]

The Mac has actually grown on me... I love its Keynote presentation software and its really quick. I'm enjoying the "best of both worlds" so to speak... If I'm in the mood for some gaming.. I just boot up windows....

The only "disadvantage" I see.. if it can be called one.. is that since its more expensive than the average laptop... I find myself taking more care of it.. to the point of being OC sometimes....

been using OSX since mid 2000s. if you had the chance to use Tiger (like me) then you'll say Mountain Lion is so low. my boot up time before around 10-15 seconds. now it takes half a minute or more 0_o

weird, i find myself being more careful with windows laptops since they have poorer build quality. whereas sa mac i just clean the monitor with any clean rag in reach.

once you get into mac you won't go back.

that statement is not 100% true; i go back all the time :p but then again i use other OS's regularly. i guess Mac hardware and software is like experiencing proper industrial design for people who been trapped in an all Windows crap fest for the past 20 years.

[x_outpost]

been using OSX since mid 2000s. if you had the chance to use Tiger (like me) then you'll say Mountain Lion is so low. my boot up time before around 10-15 seconds. now it takes half a minute or more 0_o

weird, i find myself being more careful with windows laptops since they have poorer build quality. whereas sa mac i just clean the monitor with any clean rag in reach.

It looks like you may have upgraded your OS from one version to a newer version by using the lazy method by running the installer.
If you have done this to upgrade even once - then, that's your culprit. I'm an Apple engineer and we use another method to upgrade an OS.

[stavros]

Whats that, deleting the partition and do a clean install?

[x_outpost]

Whats that, deleting the partition and do a clean install?

For an enterprise environment, we run a Mac OS X Server running several partitions. Each version of OS X (i.e. 10.8, 10.7, 10.6 and so forth) runs each own netboot set and runs as a deployment server. In addition, each version of OS also has its own netboot set that we use to boot with various utilities (i.e. CCC, various recover tools, etc). But I'm not going to go through that details since you'll need more than one computer to establish this plus in order to do this, you'll need to know how to create scripts, package apps and create workflows from the server.

Anyways, for home use, what you would want to do is get a 16GB or larger USB thumb drive. Install a new OS on it. After installing the new OS, boot using that USB drive. While you are booted to that drive, download CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) and install it on the USB drive which you are currently booted.

After this, plug in a USB hard drive that has enough disk space as your internal drive. Format the USB hard drive as a GUID partition. Then run CCC and clone your internal drive to your USB drive. This process may take up to 6 hours depending on the size of your drive. After cloning, you now have the same 1 to 1 copy of your internal drive and your USB hard drive. You can boot on either of these drives but we're not doing that.

Now, proceed by running Disk Utility again and format your internal drive as a GUID partition (don't worry, you have your exact clone on your USB hard drive). After formatting, install a fresh OS on your internal drive.

Then, once you have 10.8.x installed, boot on your internal drive and run Software Update to install all available updates. You may have to run the update a couple of times since some updates requires a certain update (i.e. firmware update).

While you are booted on your internal drive, run Migration Assistant and migrate your files, applications and settings.

Done!

You might say, that process sucks since it involves a lot of process. Yes, I agree. But this process allows you to refresh your OS, be able to migrate back your data and apps and don't loose any performance due to constant OS upgrade.

[ZENMasterTYL]

new mac osx mavericks (10.9) is already out

best thing, it's free on app store

[Retz]

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x...567?mt=12&ls=1

Best things in life are free. Would Microsoft follow?

[roninblade]

Best things in life are free. Would Microsoft follow?

when hell freezes over

[Retz]

upgrading from 8 it's free pag 7 hindi na.