Tangram

It's a sweet machine. I have had the 17" for 18 months now and no glitches. Same with the iMac I had before that for 2 years.

YYZlover

I had a 12" powerbook and loved it. Sold it when I bought the 15.4" macbook pro and when I told the mac store how much I got for the PB they very nearly offered me a job.

Unfortunately my first MBP had many issues and in the end had to hae it returned and refunded at PC World as Apple refused to exchabge it. I bought a newer version MBP and have had no problems at all with it. It just ran out of warranty so I changed the hard drive on it so it now carries a 250GB drive. My next upgrade will be more ram (I want to max it out at 3 GB as it now carries 2GB) and a new airport card to the n version. As for the rest, I'm happy as can be.

Dad is still on PC bt I'm working on a G3 for him.

Mom is on a G4 already. Sis swicthes between her state of the art PC and mother's G4 quite comfortably. She is contemplating getting a mac mini or ven a macbook. I wouldn't mind finding her a last generation 12" powerbook.

Jay Bird

I work in a huge mortgage centre for one of the big banks - half the staff use Macs, the rest of us PCs. A friend works at a local hospital, designing brochures and leaflets; she uses a Mac. So I s'pose it depends what work you're in.

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Biiiiink

Welcome Novo. Have they shown you the secret handshake yet?

I don't find the availability of Macs or software any better here than in the UK, although obviously now I'm closer to several Apple Stores in MI, but leaving those out of it, I'd say it was about the same.

I miss the 2yr John Lewis warranty, but the price savings make up for that

Started with a wee Mac Plus in the late 1980s (cost well over 2k GBP *with* a massive education discount!!!), I think we've got 7 or 8 Macs in various states now. My name is Biiiiink, and I'm a Mac addict

YYZlover

Hi Biiiiink! Welcome to MAA (Mac Addicts Anonymous)

Novocastrian

I'm rolling up a trouser leg as I type.

mc_dub

has anyone seen the new "genius bar" in the Apple stores? You have to make an appointment for them to answer questions for you. I went in because my battery is dying on my ipod yet had to make an appointment for the next day for one of the "geniuses" to confirm it for me at which point he suggested it was probably the hard drive Needless to say I went elsewhere, got my battery replaced and it works fine

Steve_P

My second home computer was a Apple II+ clone followed by an Apple IIGS two computers I was really pleased with.

Unfortunately Apple chose to discontinue the IIGS with no warning and no software support so I was left with an expensive paperweight.:curse:

It was at that point that I moved to a PC clone running MS-DOS and have had a PC ever since.

Biiiiink

You didn't fancy a fish tank?

YYZlover

Yes, the genius bar is a bit of a waste. I also don't like the new policy of repairs. If you have warranty they will handle it but they will only do it on a first come first serve basis so you could be waiting 5 days or more before you get your machine returned. However, if you want it done quickly, you can pay £79 which will give you a year of premium service and the turnaorund is "on site" from an Apple store or within 24 hours.

*sigh*

Still, I love my Mac.

*stroking it gently*

mc_dub

booooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggg! what's on the other channel? Or are you sure it's not the aquarium screensaver?

YYZlover

I don't care. I want one!

mc_dub

If my ex had an older sister I'd be very scared by now!!

Atlantic Xpat

Back in the dim mists of time I had an ATARI ST MEGA which was, in 1988 regarding as the poor mans Apple Mac. Sadly since then it's been PC's all the way for me. The Mrs has talked about wanting a Laptop so we'd probably give a macbook a try if we bought one.

I'm Atlantic Xpat and my first computer was a ZX81!

mc_dub

ah good old Sinclair, the days of the Atari, the Sinclair ZX spectrums and the Amstrad CPCs, high pitched whining from the tapes loading only for it to crash halfway through only to be blow away by the super advanced commodore amiga and sensible soccer!!