If you've read my latest book, She Inc., you know too well my rant on the Mac vs. PC debate and my long-term support of the latter.
My "cool" friends jeer at the fact that I still use a PC, constantly sending me those Mac commercials with the out-of-touch, geeky, PC spokesperson. I've never had a reason to switch and quite frankly, the thought of learning an entirely new operating system, the Mac language and more, evokes great buying trepidation.
However, I'm also a fan of the power of 3's - third time's a charm, three strikes, you're out - and pondering the latter, my PC's on it third strike. My six year-old baby, my laptop, has lived far beyond his expected years with three replace hard drives, mucho memory and yet he still can't play a YouTube video without stalling out and having the fans kick into overdrive.
That's strike one. Strike two, he had a virus that rivalled the H1N1 for computers. With two weeks at the repair shop, reinstalling all of his software (which took days for my assistant to fully find - you'd be surprised how much software one accumulates over six years), and much cost, I must admit that the ridicule of my Mac friends has worn on me (Mac apparently doesn't have the virus issues that PCs do). Lastly, I've heard nightmare stories about operating Vista, and with such a change in operating system if one does buy a new PC, I think I might make the Mac leap yet.
Cost is a huge consideration as the Mac laptop I'm considering as a cool $1,000 plus over that of a PC comparison.
Here's a great blog that I found detailing the advantages and disadvantages, cost and otherwise of PCs vs. Mac - http://hubpages.com/hub/LaptopDilemnaMacorPC .
Happy shopping and leave me a post with your thoughts on the PC vs. Mac debate.
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I did a compromise. Kept my PC to work with, but bought an iphone for internet on the road. Love everything about the iphone, including the fact that it will act as a modem for my laptop when i don't have a wi-fi connection.
Did discover that safari (the apple internet explorer) won't play alot of the video's and seminars posted on websites as apple doesn't have a flash or java application. Won't work for me.
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