Had a gut full of PC's, Thinking Mac Mini i7 time

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Our main PC with WinBlows7 is really becoming a PITA - I've rebuilt it and replaced bits etc and it's still being a POS! :thumbsdown:

Anyway so Im trying to talk the wife into moving to an i7 powered Mac Mini with MacOS X - apps arent a big deal and I can get office from my TechNet Sub plus the iLife apps look quite nice - I mainly play old DOS games on our PC via DOSBox, use WinUAE to transfer files onto my Amiga formatted CF Cards and do the usual email/websurfing.

All of our files and media are stored on our HP MicroServer N36L running WHS2011 which I have discovered supports Time Capsule.

I dont have a lot of spare funds for this and I so i figure get the i7 with 4GB ram with the Apple Numeric Keyboard for now and later on throw an SSD into it and more ram (Im keeping my Logitech G7 Mouse).

The Wife has agreed to visit our local Apple Retailer on saturday for a look see so that should be interesting. I was a MacOS Classic user (& HW Tech) back in the 90's and from what ive seen, MacOS X doesnt look like a big learning curve.

Thoughts?
 
I made a similar move a few years ago and have never looked back. The mac is probably the best thing I have ever bought. Quick, reliable and easy to use. I just got fed up with the endless issues with pcs / windows nonsense.

I still keep a windows laptop for flashing/ hacking as some program's are more refined on the windows platform.

All I would say is try it and have a play.

I was hooked instantly.

Mike
 
Just bare in mind Apple stuff isn't cheap and cannot compete with the Chinese stuff that's churned en mass.

But I will always say - you get what you pay for. I'm still using the same mac 5 years later , I would changed the pc at least twice by now.

Having said that I'm no longer a game player and that is where the pc wins although the mac is catching up fast. The apple App Store has plenty of stuff to play with / iLife is great as is office and such

Mike
 
Most of the games I play are on my Amiga's so that isn't an issue for me either. Come to think of it my last Mac (Centris 610) lasted nearly 10 years! :D never had a winblows PC get near half that!
 
Then your all set for the transition to a better world..

Welcome aboard :-)
 
I did the transition to a mac in 2009. Been a happy camper ever since. I really like OS X and Macs in general. My next computer will be a Mac too.
 
Well I've got the wife on side, she just needs to see and use one in person now! :)
 
I have a house full of Mac hardware these days. I rarely set foot in Windows-land any more. The only running PC I have at home is a Linux server. Like most people, I have the necessary bits to string together a Windows system if I need one, but I so rarely do that I don't bother.

As the old saying goes, "Once you go Mac, you never go back!"

:lol:
 
Unfortunately my job/field demands I use a Windows PC for work (I work in .NET) but for day to day use, give me a Mac any day. I've had one at home instead of a PC since the release of OS X in 2002. Windows has always been and will always be ****e, poorly designed crap. I think my current work laptop (a £1000 Toshiba) has blue screened more times in the last 6 months since it was new than all of my Macs over the last 11 years have combined. You absolutely get what you pay for.
 
do we really need another PC bashing thread from the Mac elitists?

so you like Macs, well done good for you, enjoy, i'm pretty sure the PC market is not going to miss you or your 7 friends.
 
Now now children :-)

Mac users aren't elitist in any way, I disagree with any one up man ship. Besides the mac is much better ;-)
 
Firthy2002 said:
You people do realise modern Macs are just overpriced PCs right? :lol:
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That is spoken like everyone who just don't get it. Just like in my other hobby - bicycles. People shake their heads that someone is willing to pay twice or more for a better engineered bike that does just the same as their popular cheap brand bike.

In my third hobby - photography - I meet people that seem to think their cellphones are a match for my expensive gear. Yes, a cellphone is sufficient for the average user.

To quote a wonderful website I know:
'the item is worth what the buyer is prepared to pay for it'

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Justin said:
do we really need another PC bashing thread from the Mac elitists?
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I feel it is usually the other way around. every time a mac thread pops up, it get bashed by the PC elitist that fails to grasp that everyone prioritize the same way they do.

iPhone threads produce probably half of the advertising revenue from some mass media technology websites, because every time they write an article about something related to that - the rabid non-users flock around like some starving wolfs around a lone pray.
 
moijk said:
To quote a wonderful website I know:
'the item is worth what the buyer is prepared to pay for it'
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There's another nice saying that goes:
'It's a sin not to take money from stupid people.'

No offense intended, just an interesting opposite saying ;) Myself, I like all kinds of computers, I mostly work with linux on a PeeCee, but also really like the Apple hardware, especially the laptops seem to be the only ones with fairly reasonable specs (screen resolution, anyone? WTH is with PC laptops & 1366x768 res??) Also, I don't think they're too pricey for what you get.
 
I have a early 2009 Mac Mini running Mountain Lion, really nice piece of kit. With a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, it is a really compact powerful desktop.

Plus if you need Windoze, with bootcamp you can still access Windows with a seperate partition. It works nicely.
 
Firthy2002 said:
You people do realise modern Macs are just overpriced PCs right? :lol:
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Made of PC compatible components sure so yes I agree, don't kid yourself that the occasional hardware malfunction isn't possible. The difference is the far more stable/advanced OS, and the fact that the components sold together as a 'computer' actually work together, unlike most PC systems you buy.

Not bashing, just stating facts from my own experience. On the contrary, most people that bash Macs have never owned one. As said, as a developer I've had to use a PC for work every day for the last decade, I'm using one right now. I think that makes me reasonably qualified to have a preference.
 
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