Originally Posted by steph

I got rid of my MacBook Pro about 8 months ago and bought a new HP 17.3" quad core laptop but now I'd like to get rid of the HP and go back to a Mac. I'd really like to go to an iMac. I've used iMacs before and they are really nice systems. Now that my iPad is scheduled to arrive next Wednesday (May 26th), I'm thinking about putting my HP laptop on Craigslist for trade for a reasonably new iMac. If you have really nice Apple toys, you should run them on a Mac so you can get all the functionality out of them.

Before you read this, the formatting is a mess because I'm using my iPad and it doesn't have any arrow keys on the soft keyboard.

I went out last Friday and bought an iMac so now my HP 17.3" quad core laptop is just sitting on my desk. I ended up buying an Early 2009 model iMac. I really wanted a new one but couldn't justify the price difference. I just can't believe how Macs hold their value. A few negatives to buying it the way I did, I didn't get the specs I wanted, it only had 2GB RAM and it was full of nude photos (I did a system restore and got rid of them). Even with only 2 GB RAM it performed really well. I had it running multiple web browsers,
Photoshop CS5, Word, a Windows XP virtual machine and iTunes with my new iPad and my iPod Touch. No way could I have done all that on a PC with only
2GB of RAM. I am really impressed. I did go ahead and upgrade the RAM
though. Apple really makes some great products. Wish they'd make a PC
based OS even if it was a lite version so PC users could still use PCs. I
wouldn't be surprised if Apple gets some new converts with the release of the
iPad. I've been into the App Store for hours and there are so many great
apps that increase the functionality. Just a tip, if you are looking for a book
and the iBook app doesn't have it, search the app store for it. I found so
many great programming books and video tutorials and they were only like
$3.99 each for most of the titles. I guess I have a new topic for my blog.

I used to play wow on my Mac till it cost me my family (J/k) lol. But I do sync with my macbook pro.

I loved building computers....since way back when (1978)...I took apart my Atari 400 and when I put it back together, I put a screw thru the video cable...it fried a diod...I went to radio shack and bought some diods and a solder iron....I fixed it before my parents found out...I have been tinkering with computers in one way or another ever since. I will always be a windows fan when it comes to desktops and will always be an Apple fan when it comes to Laptops or Tablets....I will be syncing with a PC.

Mac, only because I'm lucky enough to have one.

I do believe they are very expensive, but if you can afford it you will never regret it.

I swap out the hard drive to run Windows. I've never found a PC that can run Windows as well as on my Macbook Pro. (Granted the apps that let you run Windows while running OS X aren't that useful as Windows takes up too many resources to share them with OS X)

As for the guy who was having problems syncing apps - Make sure you are running the latest version of iTunes.

PC, always.

Mac, It' all I got

pc, i always have always will, mac computers just arent for me, but apple gadgets are way better and more fun

Pc here!

A Mac is a PC.

But I use to sync with Windows and now I bought a Mac so I am using OS X.

Originally Posted by phenixagom

A Mac is a PC.

You do have a good point.

In fact someone else said they wished Mac made PC's, well, I've heard of people buying Macbook Pros taking them home, reformatting them and installing Windows.

Mac makes the best PC - I'll argue that all day long.

As for Windows vs OS-X - I won't get into that argument.