One reason I can't justify buying a Mac is the companies "my way or the highway" attitude. The new Macs now have the batteries built in, so bringing an extra battery on a business trip is out of the question. They get rid of every useful type of port you can think of. They are twice to three times the cost of a PC. I wish I had the link (and i dont feel like googling right now), but there have been occasions that major security flaws in OS X have been pointed out and ignored by apple. I have a 4 year old laptop running linux and windows (dual boot), and it runs perfectly. I was considering buying a mac, but all of the reasons above have prevented me.
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Butturini, Russell < [email protected]> wrote: > I've been wondering the same thing. What is the benefit of OSX vs. buying > a PC at a lower cost, blowing it away and loading your favorite Linux/BSD > distro? I'm not saying that's necessarily the best way, but like Robin I'm > curious about the advantages of one vs. the other. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Robin Wood > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:18 PM > To: PaulDotCom Mailing List > Subject: [Pauldotcom] mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers) > > I've been looking at getting a new laptop for a while and I'm trying > to compare a PC and a Mac. I know that a lot of security people are > moving to Macs and I'd like to know why. For half the price, or less, > I can get an high spec PC so why are people moving? Is it OSX, is it > availability of tools, hardware quality or what? > > I'm particularly looking at the Macbook Pros, probably the 15". > > I know this will probably start a fanboy fight but I've got to ask. > > Robin > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > ****************************************************************************** > This email contains confidential and proprietary information and is not to > be used or disclosed to anyone other than the named recipient of this email, > and is to be used only for the intended purpose of this communication. > > ****************************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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