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There are times that I really hate my materialistic streak.

Like, for example, the fact that since we use iMacs at the Speaking Center - in fact, I'm typing this entry on one now - I'm seriously considering getting a Mac (desktop or laptop) for when my desktop inevitably craps out on me, because it's really nice. >_>

I SWORE I WOULD NEVER BECOME ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE CRAZY APPLE FANS WITH THE MANIACAL GLEAM IN THEIR EYES...and here I am, with an iPod, and considering buying a Mac eventually. GOOD GRIEF, AUGH

Maybe I should just get a nicer monitor next time though, since while the Mac interface and such is appealing, what I find the most enticing is the awesome awesome monitor that makes everything look ridiculously pretty, even when you're just checking LJ or surfing ONTD. And I really do like Windows XP too, for different reasons. (Though you can run that on Macs now too, that's right...how is software compatibility when running PC games and other software on Mac-XP?)

One thing is for sure, though; if when I look at buying another computer, Vista is my only PC option, then you better believe I'm buying a Mac. (I hate Vista with a fiery passion, mostly because every single person I know who has it complains about it, and the one time I had to use it on my brother's PC I didn't find it all that intuitive either. Not that easy to use + taking out functionality = a sucky OS.)

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Word. I have vowed never to get a Mac, so I bought a new laptop with Vista on it. And it's everything that drives me crazy about how the Mac operating system works! I want real Windows back!!!! And I will giggle a lot if you get an apple sticker and put in on your windshield.

Haha, or maybe I'll be one of those people who gets an Apple logo tattoo on their bicep. XD

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE

Reporting for duty! :D

XP runs like it runs on any other machine - it doesn't realise it's on a Mac or anything. :P You have to reboot rather than run it in Parallels for the best experience, though it'll run ~~porn~~ 2D games fine from within OS X.

But you're not one of the people I'm talking about, you're sane. XD

I was talking less about Mac users in general and more the crazy-eyed radical fringe who are convinced that OS X can cure cancer and make French toast in bed for you, or who buy all Apple products on release day just because they're Apple and therefore must be perfect. XD

And it's nice to know that XP runs fine...and it's nice to know you can do basic stuff in it without switching out of OS X, too. (Or Leopard or whatever the new one is called.)

They're all OS X, but each new big cat name (Panther, Tiger, Leopard) represents big functionality updates and UI changes. Tiger is still my favourite for now, but Leopard will probably grow on me by the time we get to 10.5.4 or so!

Huh! I should check which one we use at the Speaking Center, since that's what I'm used to.

I have to say, I quite like OS X so far, at least for basic stuff. I haven't tried to do anything complex on the computer there - just checking e-mail, using Word and the like - but it's worked out pretty well overall. And it's really pretty too. >_>

I've been considering getting a Mac for sometime. I would have gotten one the last go around but I didn't have the money for the kind of mac I wanted. Also at the time, I wanted to play PC games which sadly lack for the Mac (though the kind I like are starting to lack in general), but with Parallels, I could run most of the games that I would want to play. They are worth looking into, they are so nice and shinny.

Yeah, that is the big problem...Macs are hella expensive, and most games that I'd want to play are made for PC (though it sounds like that's much less of a problem now).

Still, that's the major obstacle still in my way; I'd essentially be paying close to twice the price of a PC for what is basically a style difference. D:

(Though if compared to Vista rather than XP, then it becomes a functionality difference too; I know it's a bit harder to go rooting around in a Mac than a PC, but I do know you can at least do it. With Vista, on the other hand, there's some settings and such even my brother was having problems getting to, and he's a total computer person, so I KNOW it'd be pretty difficult for me to configure shit in it.)

At my previous job I work no nothing but Macs, once you figure out how to do everything you can play with a lot of the settings. There are some other advantages to think of like, no need for Norton anti-virus and other crap like that.