Getting myself a new laptop strictly for work - What about a macbook? - GoFuckYourself.com

xpics · 07-21-2006, 04:18 PM

I've been a Windows user all my life but I think I would like to try a Mac. I work for a big ISP in Iceland, and all the mac users rave about their computers like brainwashed zombies... so this stuff gotta be good right?

candyflip · 07-21-2006, 04:19 PM

I got one recently and love it. Make sure you get at least 1gig of RAM and checkout out Parallels Desktop, making it easy for you to run WinXP on your Macbook.

http://parallels.com/

FiReC · 07-21-2006, 04:40 PM

same situation as you, never used a mac in my life, but i'm a freebsd fan and i figure why not have a desktop os that also works as a great development server. picked up a macbook and i dig it.

Hollywood376 · 07-21-2006, 04:45 PM

I know the mac haters will be in here before long, but I love 'em.

Belinda · 07-21-2006, 04:52 PM

Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.

Belinda · 07-21-2006, 04:52 PM

Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.

minusonebit · 07-21-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood376

I know the mac haters will be in here before long, but I love 'em.

Yeah, I love to pay for overpriced hardware that isnt compatiable with anything.

jrap · 07-21-2006, 05:09 PM

bought a macbook two days ago. I really like it!

$tandaman · 07-21-2006, 06:02 PM

I've got macbook pro.. it's hot shit.. never had a mac before, just got it when they went intel. Absolutely love it.

kanalj · 07-21-2006, 06:12 PM

get a macbook!

ProducerCashDave · 07-21-2006, 06:15 PM

Get an Alien notebook

kanalj · 07-21-2006, 06:16 PM

and for the record I've spent all night tinkering and installing windows (again!) on my sisters broken Windows PC.

PenetratinP · 07-21-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBoy_Dave

Get an Alien notebook

Isn't alienware a bit overpriced?

They're never high in the rankings in consumer reports. I'd stick with more reputable brands such as Lenovo/IBM and Toshiba or Apple(ugh) which always rank at the top of laptop brand ratings for quality and customer service.

Kimo · 07-21-2006, 07:16 PM

sony sony sony sony sony sony sony!

Fucksakes · 07-21-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBoy_Dave

Get an Alien notebook

lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

Fucksakes · 07-21-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBoy_Dave

Get an Alien notebook

lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

Fucksakes · 07-21-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BadBoy_Dave

Get an Alien notebook

lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

Fucksakes · 07-21-2006, 07:58 PM

wtf i hit the submit button only once.

xpics · 07-22-2006, 10:52 AM

the macbook looks better and better, awesome replies you guys.

KrisKross · 07-22-2006, 10:59 AM

Once I sell my old latptop, I'll be buying a Macbook. I'll be running Bootcamp so I use XP on it as well.

dissipate · 07-22-2006, 11:00 AM

I love my mac and I'm not letting go

GoodGuy · 07-22-2006, 11:41 AM

Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.

KrisKross · 07-22-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GoodGuy

Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.

That's not true anymore.

Gerco · 07-22-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GoodGuy

Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.

WTH are you talking about. Do a LITTLE research before you make a statement like that. You show your ignorance.

If you load bootcamp on a macbook pro, and windows xp sp2, then your running windows. That means anything and everything that you would normally run on any other windows machine run on the macbook.... simple as that. You do understand that right? Your BOOTING to windows XP, NOT running it on top of OSX. When you do this, you also better have all your regular antivirus and spyware apps running, because your machine at that point IS a windows XP machine. Hats off to Apple for not only giving us the choice to run OSX or Windows XP, But giving us a FREE tool to do it and provideing ALL the drivers in simple self creating CD to make the features of the Macbook pro work with XP without having to hunt all over the net for them. Tell me another company that has made it so simple.

Gerco · 07-22-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerco

WTH are you talking about. Do a LITTLE research before you make a statement like that. You show your ignorance.

If you load bootcamp on a macbook pro, and windows xp sp2, then your running windows. That means anything and everything that you would normally run on any other windows machine run on the macbook.... simple as that. You do understand that right? Your BOOTING to windows XP, NOT running it on top of OSX. When you do this, you also better have all your regular antivirus and spyware apps running, because your machine at that point IS a windows XP machine. Hats off to Apple for not only giving us the choice to run OSX or Windows XP, But giving us a FREE tool to do it and provideing ALL the drivers in simple self creating CD to make the features of the Macbook pro work with XP without having to hunt all over the net for them. Tell me another company that has made it so simple.

Oh and check the thread I created about my experiance with my new Macbook pro ...

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=623452

MarinaAngela · 07-22-2006, 12:45 PM

hmmm, i love to have a macbook, but i would settle for my ibm and dell for the moment...

MyNameIsNobody · 07-22-2006, 12:51 PM

it's PC for me all the way

minusonebit · 07-22-2006, 01:00 PM

I think the next unit I get will be either a Sony or an IBM. I hate Dell, Compaq, Gateway and MACs.

macmark · 07-22-2006, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Belinda

Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.

That is so true!

You have to unlearn all the bad habits you learnt as a windows users which you think are standard.

UCH · 07-22-2006, 02:06 PM

macbooks are nice for work purposes

07-21-2006, 04:18 PM	#1
xpics Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 136	Getting myself a new laptop strictly for work - What about a macbook? I've been a Windows user all my life but I think I would like to try a Mac. I work for a big ISP in Iceland, and all the mac users rave about their computers like brainwashed zombies... so this stuff gotta be good right?

07-21-2006, 04:19 PM	#2
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,056	I got one recently and love it. Make sure you get at least 1gig of RAM and checkout out Parallels Desktop, making it easy for you to run WinXP on your Macbook. http://parallels.com/ __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me Last edited by candyflip; 07-21-2006 at 04:21 PM..

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xpics Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 136	the macbook looks better and better, awesome replies you guys.

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KrisKross Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5,019	Once I sell my old latptop, I'll be buying a Macbook. I'll be running Bootcamp so I use XP on it as well. __________________

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minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	I think the next unit I get will be either a Sony or an IBM. I hate Dell, Compaq, Gateway and MACs.

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