You can run OS X on a PC ( I don't know if they got leopard working yet), I still have yet to try it out since I only have one good PC that I own and that's my laptop.
Also I think one reason why Macs last longer than other computers is because there user know what there doing. I'm having to go over my friends house all the time to remove malware, why because they don't have safe browser habbits. I also think that's why my familys computers last so long, we know what we are doing. Now with about your old Toshiba laptop, I think that was a simple glitch with that laptop because I've never had major issues with Toshiba laptops at all. Now my brother on the other hand has had issues with his Macbook, it has a good bit of power issues and he has had to replace the AC Adapter twice. On 3/5/09, Arnel Tuazon <a.tua...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/03/09 8:55 PM, "Stephen Weber" <maryland...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a Toshiba A205-S5803 running Windows Vista with 2GB ram, 250GB hard >> drive, with a intel Pentium Duel Core (1.6GHz). I've had this computer >> for >> around a half of a year and so far the only problem I've had is the the >> left >> arrow key is broken. But nothing a little tape would can fix :) and I >> would >> have to disagree with that statement of saying PC's die out. >> Sure my dad's computer that is close to 8 years old is slow but that's >> because >> there is a whole lot of crap on it. I'm sure if you load up a whole lot >> of >> crap on a Mac it will slow down a bit. We also have a 11 year old Compaq >> that >> still runs like new. >> >> Also I do say "I can't afford a new Mac" but that's why I buy my macs used >> and >> just upgrade them. >> > > Yeah, but the Toshiba¹s and Compaq¹s can¹t run on Leopard; mini¹s can run on > both OSes. I¹ve bought cheap PC¹s and you usually do get what you pay for. > The cheap PC running XP that I¹m toying with has been nothing but trouble > getting it to run stable. Adobe Reader makes it crash, anti-virus programs > make it crash, Winbloze makes it crash, anyone who looks at it makes it > crash. My Mac IIsi has been running since 1992 when it was bought new. My > B&W has been chugging along since 1999. The Toshiba laptop I used to own > was sent into the shop 2x for screen failure just 1 year after it was bought > new. To be fair you certainly can¹t lump ALL PC¹s as crap and there are the > crop of ³road Apples² out there. There are some good makes of PC¹s, but the > good ones seem to be tiny islands in an ocean of crap. Working, updating, > installing stuff on Winbloze drives me nuts. OS X is heaven and that¹s what > you don¹t get on your cheap PC¹s. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
