Re: Mac vs PC

[Guest guest]

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I have a Mac book Pro but I've been using for most e-mail, messaging, iTunes

etc. over the past two or three years. I also have a few regular PC notebooks

as well as seven or eight desktop PCs scattered about my house. (I build

desktop PCs myself). I like it well enough. It's constructed well but costs

substantially more than a regular PC notebook would. I run regular Windows

using parallels workstation. The issues I've had or forsee with the Mac would

be-

At the end of its life, replacing it with another Mac would be somewhat

expensive or more expensive than a Windows notebook. I use the Macintosh mail

client which is proprietary and so I am locked into using it-if I had to start

over I would probably use something like Thunderbird so that if I change

machines to a regular PC I can save and transfer all of my e-mail messages which

I sometimes search. Connecting to printers with the Mac I found to be a real

pain in the butt. Otherwise the connectivity is excellent. If you have any

questions I would be glad to talk with you in person.

Regards,

Lou Spikol

(Even though I am somewhat of a geek regarding hardware I've gone retro with my

phone-I have a Samsung ruggedized phone which I just use for gasp " talking " .)

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> Spent some time on the Wiki in the last few days, but would like to ask

> for other input on Mac vs PC, especially from anyone who wishes they

> could switch form one to the other or has done a switch.

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> Also looking at hand held options, for phone/email and probably going

> with blackberry, but wanted to make sure not missing other

> thoughts/words of wisdom.

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> Thanks! Jenn

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[Guest guest]

one thing i've done when it's time for me to buy a new mac is sell my old mac on ebay.

 

they have good resale value.  i bought a 13 inch macbook for 1100 dollars, used it for 4 years, then sold it on ebay for 600.

 

the 600 went towards buying me a 13 inch macbook pro. 

 

thuc huynh

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