Oh yes, I recently converted to become a Mac user. One reason is the truly nifty feel and look of Mac OSX (not to mention the powerful G4 or G5 chips), another is the wonderful security provided by Macs. Viruses, adware, etc. are practically all aimed at PC-Windows platforms (though I think using Firefox or whatever instead of Internet Explorer may help significantly), thus using a Mac is alone enough to improve security tremendously. Then if you reinforce the Mac with the build in Safari Firewall (the Internet browser of OSX), virus scans and take certain other precautions, your Mac becomes basically impregnable.
Of course, Macs used to be limited in usefulness because of its lack of native applications. But Microsoft has written a Mac-Office and also Virtua-PC which allows Window applications to run on your computer. So you get the usefulness of the PC with the security, performance and cuteness (however defined) of a a Mac. Also, I just like the Apple Icon (reminding me of my first long lost Apple II computer. Sobz) =).
There is one major drawback. The Cost. =P I leave it to you to find out for yourself. Then again, who has heard of a cheap BMW or Lexus?
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OS X is very nice, but it has its own drawbacks as well - there are its little interface quirks too. But I'm looking forward to the next release, Tiger, which hopefully will address these problems. :)
All the more reason to get a Mac. Tiger is coming in 2005, and the aptly named Windows Longhorn is coming only in 2006. And whether it will be better than Tiger is still doubtful.
Since we're (or we were) on the topic of tech and anything to do with tech, a rambling on the following topics close to my heart (ok, as close as tech-things get, I'm seriously no techie) may be very useful indeed:
1)Thumb-drives (types, prices, capacity & how to choose them)
2)Ipods( both the Apple :) and the Creative Zen version plus any other existing versions; prices, capacity etc)
Thank you :) Any help rendered is much appreciated in advance.
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