I've always used Apple and it works great for me.

We're a large family of Mac users.

I agree that many of the games and other software programs that a windows user can get first makes many people choose windows. Many people can't afford Macs since they are a bit more.

When you buy Mac, you're buying the complete package. Apple is the computer AND the operating system.

When you buy a Gateway, you have a Gateway computer, with a Microsoft operating system.

When you buy a Dell, you have a Dell computer, with a Microsoft operating system.

When you buy a .....well, you get the picture.

Anyway, to address the HEATING issue in a POWERBOOK, avoid the "Flurry" screensaver. It is known to cause the cpu to heat up.

A friend of mine uses iBreeze under her iBook to keep it cooler. It has two small fans which run off the usb. It keeps things cooler even in the summer heat.

Have you tried checking the temperature of the Powerbook using some of the nice programs out there?

Temperature Monitor

Thermograph


Macs rule!

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as I know that even mac is not absolute virus Free, but just much less than win system.



Difficult to say, but my Powerbook 1G sure not good for game, it's getting too hot after about 30 mins play. and I tried to install sims2, OMG just forget it.

I chose powerbook, because I didn't know much about apple computer, yes didn't know much, just heard of it and saw them in stores. So just want to know more about it, and bought one. I'd say that OSX is good stable OS, and less virus, but it's a bit heavy to carry around.

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Okay.....a few things need to be said here...
just to shed some light on people.



Actually, if you want to make something available to the majority of computer users out there (assuming i's programs you are talking about), UNIX is the way to go. Typicaly it's easier porting to Windows from UNIX than vice versa. Not to mention if you write your source code properly, nearly everyone under the UNIX sun can use it. Also, personnaly, I would never design a Windows application in my life. The environment isn't exactly stable.Not to mention it would also run slower, and of course, not as stable as it would run on UNIX. What's the point of creating software for a buggy platform?



Well to be exact, BSD is more of an uncle of UNIX. You have the Mother (UNICS, later changed to UNIX), who had two children, System V and BSD, and then each had their own children. Children of System V being Minix, Linux, IRIX, and Solaris, and the children of BSD being Darwin (The actual OS in Mac OS X)...But yet it is a rather interesting family. And then we have Windows....completely unrelated, it's own family tree consisting of it's own father, CP/M, and then a 16-bit ripoff of CP/M that Microsoft didn't even create (MS-DOS) and Windows, originally the most crude and mediocre GUI out there for DOS, as compared to GEM and GEOS. If anyone actually did deserve to be that powerful of a company (in the AT world), it's Digital Research, NOT Microsoft. DR actually cared about it's customers and made good stuff.



Counter-Strike and Half-Life honestly bore me, personally. Besides, I'd rather play games on a dedicated system, like a console. No compatibility issues, better-designed hardware for that specific purpose, not to mention current game consoles are all 64-bit systems, as opposed to 32-bit X86 ATs. Oh yes, and don't forget how much more comfortable it is to use a real controller as opposed to a keyboard. Computers generally, are better for games that exclusively use keyboard input, like Infocom-type games, and games that use something similar to SCUMM (think Monkey Island), or emulation of older, more simple systems. The advances in the past 10 years in video games, just really makes them too complex to play them on an AT. Wouldn't Counter-Strike be so much nicer to play when you can have an analog stick to aim with, rather than a numeric keypad or that horrible upside-down T?



Remember, before you drive a car, you must learn how to, and get a license. Before you perform surgery on someone, you must go to school, and before you use ANY kind of tool, you MUST learn how to properly operate it. Learning is an important part of life, and the more you learn, the more successful you will be. And a computer is a tool. If you don't want to learn how to use it, then why did you even buy it? If you are a parent, I'm sure you realise how ridiculous it would be to buy your child a car, them never learning how to drive it, throw them the keys and just say "Just go drive it, don't worry about not knowing what to do." Learning is an essential part of life, and it saddens me to try and see people avoid it.
And using GIMP and Photoshop side by side, I can tell you that GIMP is every bit as good as Photoshop, if not, then better. So you have multiple windows open instead of one huge one, which contains, essentially all the same little windows inside it, resulting in nothing more than wasted space. I know, learning, and UNIX and the like can sound like a hassle, but really, it's not, as compared to Windows. Remember, you only have to learn it ONCE. With UNIX, maybe it's a small hassle in the beginning, but once you have it down, you have it down. Windows however, is the neverending hassle. Always Defragging, Scandisking, Antivirusing, and all this other junk that you do, really, only to just have to do it right over again. UNIX is actually a lot simpler and easier once you learn how to use it, in the sense that it doesn't give you **** when you actually want to get your work done. You know the command, and you know exactly what it is going to do. With Windws, you know maybe what it SHOULD do, but that doesn't mean it's going to do it. If you want the computer to do things YOUR way, use UNIX. If you like having problems, and an OS made by a company which doesn't care for it's customers, but only money and control of it's users, get Windows. (And remember, Windows XP is spyware itself, so Big Brother really IS watching.) If you don't want to use UNIX, or you need support for things that aren't yet supported in UNIX, get Mac OS X.

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I choose Mac because, well, I don't really play any computer games. I am very into photography and movie editing. Also, it is very user friendly for my wife and family. My kids are learning faster than I am, haha.

I believe, though, that in the near future, everyone will have two computers. One MAC for everyday use and then a PC for business. Hopefully MAC can progress in the areas Windows does best.

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The reason why I chose a Mac is because 99% of my major uses a Mac. If that was not the case then I would never use a Mac.

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