Originally posted by song
I recently is looking around for a computer. I am currently quite annoyyed by the growing trend of Activation Technology from microsoft which is used to prevent installation on more than one pc.
Nowadays, there is a lot of homes with more than one computer, be it laptop or desk. So it is unimaginable to keep buying software for your 2nd or 3 PCs when you are the only user at home, or at most , your family members.
This leads me to think about MAC because someone told me that activatio technology has not been used on MAC yet.
Can someone comment on the pros and cons of a MAC other than the above?
song
Erm... It's "Mac", capital "M"
Well, Apple trusts their users basically. Thus instead of those activation technology, we basically still get user-agreement papers bundled with the OS bought. Primitive as it may sound but den it juz goes to show Apple's trust to her fellow users. How long this will last, I'm not really sure though.... But I hope the trust can be maintained...
Stability is definitely the word on MacOS. My Mac had been turned on since... I'd forgotten, but so far, I only required 3 restarts due to a serious error bringing down the OS (we call it 'Kernel Panic'). Those 3 restarts are like.... almost 1/2 year ago. Stability's the name of the game on Macintoshes even on minimal spec Macs. Try WinXP with a minimal spec machine and see what happens.
User interface friendliness. U can definitely bet it's hell easy to use for ur kids who are juz beginning to explore the IT world. As the word 'easy' is rather subjective, perhaps u can go down to AppleCentre@MI (located at level 5 Funan IT Mall) or AppleCentre@Orchard (located at Wheelock place level 2 beside Sakae Sushi) for a test drive. And talking abt logic on the Macintosh, at least Mac users know that we don't press start to stop. :bsmilie: It's terribly bad for logic development for ur kids.
As for cost wise. U bet it's definitely a far more worthy investment than a regular PC. For the little more initial cost, the entire Mac can last u up to 5 or more years. There are ppl in the Macintosh community with Macs more den 10yrs old and it's still humming away (although they'd upgraded in favour of prettier Mac designs - u dun see regular PC users upgrading for this reason). With a regular PC, the money used to bust on the latest graphics card, upgrading processors once every year or getting the latest soundcard, all these are already offset by the initial cost of a Macintosh. Early morning, abit lazy to count. Go & do ur Maths.
A basic model Macintosh will cost abt $2K. Considering dat u can get a really barethread DIY PC for $1.2K excluding future upgrade costs within the next 5yrs, eventually the Mac still wins out in the long-term. Furthermore, Macs are really future-proof despite their high price.
I swear I can write a 10K word thesis on the benefits of a Mac over a regular PC by further elaborating on my points. But enuff for now. I shall continue another day. I'll be back.....