Advice on new computers.

[yerazhishda]

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Porn = viruses

Oh noes anon = porn.

[Azad]

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Games don't matter to me that much, I mainly use a computer for anything related to Microsoft Office, the internet, editing movies, music, and photoshop.

Don't even waste your time with any backwards pcs.
All your requirements are natural on a MAC.
One issue ... make sure if you already have invested in "office" and "photoshop" that they have the Mac version included in the DVD. Newer versions carry both systems software.

[bell-the-cat]

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So I shorted my computer somehow and am in need of a new one. Right now, I'm looking for something with 2+ gigs of ram, and 150+gb harddrive. I think i'd like a better than a mac as well, I'm willing to spend 400-800ish.... Any advice?

What do you mean by "shorted". If all that's wrong with it is a dead power supply then get a new power supply.
If the psu is fine and the same for the case and the cd/dvd drive and the rest, and it is a standard atx-size case and the psu is 300w or better then you could get a new motherboard/cpu/memory and disk drive. That won't cost more than $300/£200 if you are not intending to play games on it.

150GB disk drive is tiny - I don't think you could even buy a new PC with one. You might as well get 500GB.

[Sip]

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All your requirements are natural on a MAC.

One thing to keep in mind is not only are MACs very expensive, but also that you will have to shell big bucks for the software ... have you checked how much photoshop costs? It's a lot easier to "find" software for PCs. Even if you don't want to do anything illegal, which of course you shouldn't , there are MANY more free choices available for PCs than for Macs.

Sure, if you are willing to pay the $$$$, Macs will do a lot of the things PCs do very easily. But if you are a poor student, a PC might serve you much better giving you many more software choices (and "finding" of software abilities) than to be stuck with what you can get on a Mac.

[Azad]

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One thing to keep in mind is not only are MACs very expensive, but also that you will have to shell big bucks for the software ... have you checked how much photoshop costs? It's a lot easier to "find" software for PCs. Even if you don't want to do anything illegal, which of course you shouldn't , there are MANY more free choices available for PCs than for Macs.

Sure, if you are willing to pay the $$$$, Macs will do a lot of the things PCs do very easily. But if you are a poor student, a PC might serve you much better giving you many more software choices (and "finding" of software abilities) than to be stuck with what you can get on a Mac.

Sip, I hate to tell you I do not agree with you. The initial hardware is probably about 1/3 more expensive but when it comes to softwares you will be better off with a Mac. "Microsoft Office" same price on a Mac or pc some discounts if you are a student or better yet you can use Mac's $99 "office" and can open and save as Microsoft office file formats. "The internet" Safari one of the fastest and most stable browsers virus free since introduction for over 15 years. "Editing movies" free will all macs ... "music and editing" free with all macs "photoshop" same price on both systems or you can by some cheap packages for either systems ... if going that route, I would recommend "Adobe Elements" at around $100 as powerful as Photoshop with few missing options that most people don't use.

I had macs for over 20 years and made a good living out of them .. many times I had bought PCs with open mind and had nothing but trouble. In my view, pcs are like lemon cars always something going wrong with them.

[Sip]

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You can't compare PCs from 10 years ago to now. They are far more reliable than the old windows 95/98 days. XP is rock solid. I have not used Vista so I don't know but from everything I have heard, it's a great OS (other than being a resource hog out of the box -- most of which can be turned off) ... Windows 7 seems very promising as well. The basic fact of the matter still is, there are far far faaaaaaaaaaaar more software choices available for PCs than for Macs.

Furthermore, if one were to "borrow" software from friends, or others, it would be much much easier to do with a PC than with a Mac.

As far as Safari, I have heard of many problems and complaints ... seems like firefox is a better choice on Macs. Hopefully they will release the Mac version of Chrome soon as unfortunately, you can't currently run the fastest (and in my opinion the best) browser on a Mac YET ... but soon enough.

[ara87]

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What do you mean by "shorted?"
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150GB disk drive is tiny - I don't think you could even buy a new PC with one. You might as well get 500GB.

By shorted I mean, I smelled burning plastic, and when I got to my room there was smoke coming from my motherboard. The power supply is fried, and some other things inside melted. Even if it is fixable, I think I'll just use this as an excuse so i won't feel guilty about buying a new computer. Yeah, i know 150gb is small, but I figured if i was operating off of a 69.5gb, that it would do nice, but that's just the minimum, I'd prefer 500+

Don't even waste your time with any backwards pcs.
All your requirements are natural on a MAC.
One issue ... make sure if you already have invested in "office" and "photoshop" that they have the Mac version included in the DVD. Newer versions carry both systems software.

Well I have those programs for both mac(I'm on my sister's mac book right now) and pc, actually one of the reasons I like pc's better is b/c the way those programs are laid out on them. As far as photoshop goes, I've spoken with mac geniuses and there's no difference between whether it's on a pc or mac, excluding appearance. I also have a bunch of pc only programs that would go to waste. Anyways one day I plan to get adobe audition, and that's pc only I believe, so a mac is out of the question

[Azad]

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... so a mac is out of the question

Agree, you should stick with pcs.

[ddd]

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The whole PC vs Mac debate has been pointless since Macs started using intel chips. Now a "PC" can run the mac OS and a mac can run windows. So get whatever's in your budget, then load whatever OS you feel like using, maybe even linux.

[hipeter924]

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New Computers: They are not new for long

As for Apple they are twice as expensive and they developed software into their computers so that they can kill people's computers via the internet. In summary this happened to me, the only place Steve Jobs belongs is in Republican Party. They would love him there and he suits them.