I'm genuinely curious these days about why Macs are so popular, especially with professionals. What triggered this question even more is reading today that Mac hard drives now come with proprietary connections. Meaning if you want to upgrade or your hard drive craps out, you have to buy one from apple - presumably for at…
Well, regarding stability, you could say its easier to claim its more stable when you don't allow you to alter it as you like. Using LEGO as example, I see Mac as where you get a LEGO pack with 3 different schematics you can build, but you are not allowed to make something else, while PC comes with lot of different…
The battery on new macs is pretty sophisticated. Im not to clear on what the difference is but I've heard they added a small processor that controls the charging process to avoid over charging on a per cell basis. Not to sure on the tech but I've also got 5 hour runs. its awesome :) there seem to be alot of folks here who…
I have a theory that computer preference is a bit like religion - you're prone to stick with what you grew up with. I really think that's true of a lot of things, like foods for example. I, like you, grew up around PCs, poking and prodding them to make them work better. My wife's parents were graphic designers in the 80s…
I am a fan of the operating system.. Not because of no viruses or otber junk like that.. but i just like the work flow. Since vista i dont like the direction windows was headed.. win7 was great, but still didnt like the feel. to me windows has changed to become easier fir every one... except me. every new feature to make…