Pashley26 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Dude, you said all you want to do is Type stuff, and mess about with Music, Video's, Photo's and general Media....This is what a Mac is designed to do ! Why buy a Camera phone when what you really want is a Digital SLR ? I had always used Windows, but since i switched to mac i can do loads more stuff....It's great ! And it hasn't broken ! Jarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 osx is a foam-padded linux. it's great.my macbook has been good to me since i bought it in late august 2006. it's a bit slower now than it first was, due to me filling the hdd with shite. i have had no problems with any of my other things like external hdd, cameras, midi interfaces or anything. i miss windows for some things that i used frequently before, but generally speaking, i'm happy. the batch of macbooks which mine came from has a hdd prone to failing, so i might get it replaced in a bit, but it's been fine so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Random question: Have any of you mac lot had to do any warranty claims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Mac vs PCVinyl vs CDJWhen will these arguments end?They're both good for different reasons! There's no better computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Random question: Have any of you mac lot had to do any warranty claims?I sent mine back after 3 months becouse i didn't fully charge it properly first time and the Battery got raped...They replaced the Battery under warrenty and only charged postage....It came back in a little Foam padded Cardboard box with a letter of compliments in it ! Jarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 How about getting a VBI platform? You can configure most of the components yourself and it's much cheaper than a branded laptop. I'm pretty sure you can get these in the UK, it seems to be a worldwide Intel initiative. Got myself one of these laptops a few weeks ago, it was really cheap considering it's spec, it's well built and one can upgrade it like a normal PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I wouldn't buy one like that personally - That sort of money gets you a proper computer with an 8 core Xeon, 16GB o Ram , SAS hard drives (look it up) and a quadroFX5600 with 1.5GB o memory on itPrice: £13,574.45VAT: £2,375.53Subtotal: £15,949.98Ready to ship:3 - 5 weeks Free Shipping SpecificationsTwo 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon32GB (8x4GB)NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB GDDR3300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/sTwo 16x SuperDrivesAirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi)Quad Channel 4GB Fibre Channel PCI Express CardMac Pro RAID CardApple Wireless Mighty MouseApple Wireless Keyboard & Mac OSApple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)Apple Cinema HD Display (30" LCD)Five USB portsTwo FireWire 400 portsTwo FireWire 800 portsA slice under 16k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Link? Sounds interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/At a guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) I remember sitting in a class, flicking through the mac site and making my dream mac.I also remember my stomach plunging when I got to the price... still - I'd pay it. 24" iMac for the win! Edited January 8, 2008 by Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I remember sitting in a class, flicking through the mac site and making my dream mac.I also remember my stomach plunging when I got to the price... still - I'd pay it. 24" iMac for the win! Why, what would you do with it that would be useful? Browse the internet and make up more rumours about how you know who the stig is?I'd rather buy a base mac then upgrade the RAM and HDD's myself, would be lots cheaper and more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Random question: Have any of you mac lot had to do any warranty claims?Only with my iPod (Got a brand new one no-questions-asked on the very last day of the warranty ).For my laptop, the other thing is that there was a battery recall when Sony recalled nearly all of its batteries (apple batteries are/were made by Sony). But all that meant was that I got a new free battery out of it (kept the old one as a spare). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I claimed on my warranty for a dying hard drive. Took it to an Apple store and they replaced it and fixed the few other things that were up with it. Also claimed for a dead power adaptor and they replaced it no problem.Also claimed for a dead iPod 3 years ago which I landed on skating, got a replacement in 2 days.Generally Apple are sh*t hot for replacing stuff, but contacting them is a ball bag, cos they're all f**king foreign and don't understand english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Why, what would you do with it that would be useful? Browse the internet and make up more rumours about how you know who the stig is?Someone's jealous Plus. Ever heard of Logic Pro 8 Gold with jam packs... it equals god of some sort.Anyway, back to the main point.I'll still say, if you can afford a mac, get one. If you need a windows program, you can always get an Emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) but, i think the biggest reason to go for the mac is the operating system. thats the reason i switched, xp is getting a bit old and crappy and vista is just unbelievably bad.I'd love to know why exactly?If your on a budget and you want it future proofed so its physically capable for a little while go for a low branded pc laptop (acer, compaq etc). If its the sort of thing your going to be carrying around while you do photography type things at photoshoots and your going to be using it to show the images get a mac. But if your not sure you want to buy a budget brand the choice becomes a bit harder.The reason i say this is because while a pc desktop is a much better saving than the equivalent mac, the laptop market for both put a fair premium on the things. So going for a sony vaio or a macbook is about the same, so its just a case of which one you like more. As joe said, some of the dell business laptops really are amazing value so thats definately something to look at.The reason behind the photo shoots scenario is because the subjects and people your doing the shoot for will probably be more impressed because they automatically think macs are professional (yes, due to those crap "i'm a mac..." adverts). At the end of the day a sleek clean looking machine that may or may not be as good as a windows based machine might be the final thing that sways your narrow minded clents opinion. Macs are largely fashion over function as well so you'll find the higher price has gone into making the thing more compact and lighter, rather than big heavy and better specc'd like a budget pc laptop.Also, i would definately say go with vista rather than XP. The connectivity and driver installation system is far better, and as you'll be plugging things in and out of the laptop all the time that'll be a real help. Laptops are also generally used for a narrower range of things, word processing, emails, photos etc so the vista prefetching will learn how you use it and speed up the loading times of those things appropriately.Or you could upgrade it with a faster processor, faster, bigger hard drive, over priced Apple RAM, and a 1920x1200 display:Are they still sticking kingston value ram in them and passing it off as their own? Edited January 9, 2008 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc7r Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/At a guess...Haha yeh. Supports up to 4TB of HD space at 7200 rpm. Mega. New displays soon 8-)Are they still sticking kingston value ram in them and passing it off as their own?f**k apple ram. No-one upgrades with Apple ram. Get it from Crucial, much cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Macs are largely fashion over function as wellBollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) Bollocks So the glowing apple on the top of the laptops is a better way to spend money than say, a card reader? Apples main selling point is the fashion aspect, the adverts just re-inforce the idea. Apple use their machines to appeal to games designers or 3d rendering stuff? Pretty sure people like poopipe in his line of work use pc's rather than macs. Edited January 9, 2008 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Someone's jealous Plus. Ever heard of Logic Pro 8 Gold with jam packs... it equals god of some sort.Yes, I'm jealous. Or maybe I just think you're a dick.Yes, but why would you need a top spec Mac Pro to run it!Are they still sticking kingston value ram in them and passing it off as their own?AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Do you REALLY think that? No one buys a computer because it makes them look cool. Actually there are some dickheads somewhere that might, but most people wouldn't. I know the impression of Mac users can be of some self-righteous fool trying to 'convert' people, but that's definitely the minority and you're daft to assume they're the only people who buy Macs. People buy them because they're easy and friendly to use, and more importantly they're nice to use. If that sort of thing appeals, go and buy one. If not, move along. The glowy Apple thing is quite cool and it doesn't affect the computer in any way. I refuse to believe it costs Apple an awful lot to cut a hole in the back for the light to shine through. So why not? It's the same attention to detail that's in loads of places on Mac hardware and in OS X. I guess a card reader might be good, but I've got one in the drawer right next to me so it's not a big deal for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) Do you REALLY think that? No one buys a computer because it makes them look cool. Actually there are some dickheads somewhere that might, but most people wouldn't. I know the impression of Mac users can be of some self-righteous fool trying to 'convert' people, but that's definitely the minority and you're daft to assume they're the only people who buy Macs. People buy them because they're easy and friendly to use, and more importantly they're nice to use. If that sort of thing appeals, go and buy one. If not, move along. The glowy Apple thing is quite cool and it doesn't affect the computer in any way. I refuse to believe it costs Apple an awful lot to cut a hole in the back for the light to shine through. So why not? It's the same attention to detail that's in loads of places on Mac hardware and in OS X. I guess a card reader might be good, but I've got one in the drawer right next to me so it's not a big deal for me.Where did i say the majority of people buy them to look cool? I said apple campaign and focus on fashion with their products sometimes more than they do function. You don't see mac adverts showing off the specs of it, you see them showing off how much cooler they are than windows. I said if your doing photography it could be a deciding factor pulling out a smart sleek macbook or pulling out a generic black plastic windows machine, especially if the hardware between the two is about the same... along with the price. The only reason i say it is because my friend bought her mac for that exact reason and pretty much for that reason alone, she was determined to get a mac because when she does photo stuff she's literally trying to sell an image, and at a fashion shoot the image counts for everything.Technically, the glowy apple thing is marginally sapping battery power for no functional gain, but that IS just nitpicking. Surely its just as easy to cut a hole in and stick a card reader in the side? What if you forget the card reader one day? What if the card your trying to read has something really important on it like the plans for the cure of cancer but you can't read it because apple thought they'd rather help you see 4 inches further in the dark (intermittently as it pulses) ......obviously i'm exagerating and having a laugh, but still. Theres always the chance that it could happen Edited January 9, 2008 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Technically, the glowy apple thing is marginally sapping battery power for no functional gain, but that IS just nitpicking. Surely its just as easy to cut a hole in and stick a card reader in the side? What if you forget the card reader one day? What if the card your trying to read has something really important on it like the plans for the cure of cancer but you can't read it because apple thought they'd rather help you see 4 inches further in the dark (intermittently as it pulses) ...Well... if you think about it, it's just "powered" by the screen backlight... as you lower the screen brightness, the Apple dims too, as it's just a cutout in the case. It also doesnt pulse, that's only the sleep light that pulses, to let you know it's asleep.Card reader? I'll stick one in my ExpressCard slot on the side of my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) Well... if you think about it, it's just "powered" by the screen backlight... as you lower the screen brightness, the Apple dims too, as it's just a cutout in the case. It also doesnt pulse, that's only the sleep light that pulses, to let you know it's asleep.Card reader? I'll stick one in my ExpressCard slot on the side of my computer.I always figured it was an actual light they'd put in becaus ethe one i saw faded from bright to dull. But now i've had a look on the internet i might have been imagining it ... i'm such a tit! Edited January 9, 2008 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Option 1Option 2Option 3These arent final options, just a few ive picked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Option 1Option 2Option 3These arent final options, just a few ive picked out.First one wins it for me. Faster processor, double the HD space, better graphics chipset, hdmi outputs etc. That is a VERY respectable laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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