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<blockquote data-quote="jjski78" data-source="post: 2344465" data-attributes="member: 568999">Wow, I&#039;m gonna resurrect an oldie here.&nbsp; Just wanted to throw in my .02 on a thread that I bet no one cares about anymore.&nbsp; I ran PC&#039;s since God created them.&nbsp; My first was an IBM PC JR.&nbsp; Now, that probably dated me, but whatever.&nbsp; I&#039;ve built PC&#039;s, bought PC&#039;s, thrown PC&#039;s out the window, and went back for more.&nbsp; This past January was the last straw.&nbsp; My homebuilt PC was churning along, sounding like a Harrier jet like it always does (lot&#039;s of fans!!) and all of a sudden, nothing!&nbsp; Thing just shut down.&nbsp; I turned it back on, and all it did was restart, over and over.&nbsp; My brother looked at it, he&#039;s a computer programmer/tech support guy, and he said the HD was dead.&nbsp; Oh, well.&nbsp; I bought a new one, installed it, turned it on, and........NOTHING!&nbsp; So he looked at it.&nbsp; The beep code led us to bad RAM.&nbsp; Again, no big deal, went to CC, bought a 512 stick, and plugged it in.&nbsp; Turned it on, and......NOTHING!!&nbsp; Back to my brother.&nbsp; Bad motherboard.&nbsp; WTF I thought.&nbsp; Now I looked at him and asked him what I should do.&nbsp; I know motherboards are cheap, but come on, what&#039;s next??&nbsp; Video card, Combo Drive??&nbsp; Now remember, PCs are what make my brother his money, and he said, without hesitation, Mac.&nbsp; So I did it.I bought myself a 20&quot; iMac G5 2.1 and this thing is awesome!&nbsp; Then my wife came home from Iraq, and her Dell laptop took a dump, so we have a Macbook that she absolutely loves.&nbsp; We sold every PC in the house.&nbsp; Her Dell laptop, Gateway desktop, and yes, I put a new motherboard in my PC and sold that one too.&nbsp; The Mac platform is just too **** easy to use.&nbsp; We bought an airport, plugged it in, and boom, wireless internet.&nbsp; No setup required.As for the whole Macs are expensive line.&nbsp; Wrong again.&nbsp; Actually if you take a Macbook Pro, and go through Dell and try to build one with the same features, the Dell winds up being more.&nbsp; And it doesn&#039;t come with iLife, which, unlike all the garbage Dell puts on their computers, is actually a useful and, dare I say, fun application suite to use.Then we go on to customer service.&nbsp; Apple wins hands down.&nbsp; Remember, I sold a Dell and a Gateway, but before I did, I called both service departments trying to get them running again.&nbsp; With the PC companies, I waited on hold for an average of 1.5 hours.&nbsp; Ok, I figured, if you&#039;re the biggest PC manufacturers around, call volume may be pretty high considering the number of retards they let use a computer.&nbsp; Then I get someone from a different **** continent who speaks barely understandable English.&nbsp; That pisses me off to no end.&nbsp; Then, in the case of the Dell idiot, what he had me do to the computer actually screwed it up more!&nbsp; Some tech support.&nbsp; Wound up fixing both by wiping the hard drives, which is what I was trying to avoid.&nbsp; I had a small issue with the wife&#039;s Macbook while trying to transfer all of her iTunes and pictures off her Dell via the ethernet cable.&nbsp; Called Applecare, got a real honest to God American in 5 minutes!&nbsp; And wouldn&#039;t you know it, my problem was fixed no more than 10 minutes after he picked up the phone.&nbsp; And most of that time was spent BSing because he was from the East Coast and noticed I was in NC.&nbsp; So, hands down, Apple wins in customer service.In closing, I&#039;ll be surprised if anyone reads this because I&#039;m just a dumb noobx, but IMHO, Apple&#039;s Mac platform is a vastly superior system in terms of reliability, ease of use, design, and the all important Customer Service.&nbsp; PCs do have an edge in gaming, and you can upgrade the crap out of them, but then again, if you want maximum upgradeability, try a Power Mac or the new Mac Pro.&nbsp; How many PCs out there can hold 16 gigs of RAM with quad core processing??&nbsp; Not too many.&nbsp; And honestly, I like my iMac with it&#039;s measly 2.5 gigs of RAM and &quot;slow&quot; Power PC G5 processor at 2.1 GHz.&nbsp; If for no other reason than the fact that it&#039;s a Mac, and &quot;It Just Works!&quot;&nbsp; Think Different!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jjski78, post: 2344465, member: 568999"] Wow, I'm gonna resurrect an oldie here. Just wanted to throw in my .02 on a thread that I bet no one cares about anymore. I ran PC's since God created them. My first was an IBM PC JR. Now, that probably dated me, but whatever. I've built PC's, bought PC's, thrown PC's out the window, and went back for more. This past January was the last straw. My homebuilt PC was churning along, sounding like a Harrier jet like it always does (lot's of fans!!) and all of a sudden, nothing! Thing just shut down. I turned it back on, and all it did was restart, over and over. My brother looked at it, he's a computer programmer/tech support guy, and he said the HD was dead. Oh, well. I bought a new one, installed it, turned it on, and........NOTHING! So he looked at it. The beep code led us to bad RAM. Again, no big deal, went to CC, bought a 512 stick, and plugged it in. Turned it on, and......NOTHING!! Back to my brother. Bad motherboard. WTF I thought. Now I looked at him and asked him what I should do. I know motherboards are cheap, but come on, what's next?? Video card, Combo Drive?? Now remember, PCs are what make my brother his money, and he said, without hesitation, Mac. So I did it. I bought myself a 20" iMac G5 2.1 and this thing is awesome! Then my wife came home from Iraq, and her Dell laptop took a dump, so we have a Macbook that she absolutely loves. We sold every PC in the house. Her Dell laptop, Gateway desktop, and yes, I put a new motherboard in my PC and sold that one too. The Mac platform is just too **** easy to use. We bought an airport, plugged it in, and boom, wireless internet. No setup required. As for the whole Macs are expensive line. Wrong again. Actually if you take a Macbook Pro, and go through Dell and try to build one with the same features, the Dell winds up being more. And it doesn't come with iLife, which, unlike all the garbage Dell puts on their computers, is actually a useful and, dare I say, fun application suite to use. Then we go on to customer service. Apple wins hands down. Remember, I sold a Dell and a Gateway, but before I did, I called both service departments trying to get them running again. With the PC companies, I waited on hold for an average of 1.5 hours. Ok, I figured, if you're the biggest PC manufacturers around, call volume may be pretty high considering the number of retards they let use a computer. Then I get someone from a different **** continent who speaks barely understandable English. That pisses me off to no end. Then, in the case of the Dell idiot, what he had me do to the computer actually screwed it up more! Some tech support. Wound up fixing both by wiping the hard drives, which is what I was trying to avoid. I had a small issue with the wife's Macbook while trying to transfer all of her iTunes and pictures off her Dell via the ethernet cable. Called Applecare, got a real honest to God American in 5 minutes! And wouldn't you know it, my problem was fixed no more than 10 minutes after he picked up the phone. And most of that time was spent BSing because he was from the East Coast and noticed I was in NC. So, hands down, Apple wins in customer service. In closing, I'll be surprised if anyone reads this because I'm just a dumb noobx, but IMHO, Apple's Mac platform is a vastly superior system in terms of reliability, ease of use, design, and the all important Customer Service. PCs do have an edge in gaming, and you can upgrade the crap out of them, but then again, if you want maximum upgradeability, try a Power Mac or the new Mac Pro. How many PCs out there can hold 16 gigs of RAM with quad core processing?? Not too many. And honestly, I like my iMac with it's measly 2.5 gigs of RAM and "slow" Power PC G5 processor at 2.1 GHz. If for no other reason than the fact that it's a Mac, and "It Just Works!" Think Different!! [/QUOTE]

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