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Having used macs at various times throughout my life, I'm less impressed with them now than I was five years ago. Windows may have started out as a cheap rip-off but it's pretty much caught up in terms of both interface and stability. Macs occupy the same technological niche as Beta, LaserDisc, and videoconferencing hardware - solid technologies with a lot of potential but also high prices and little support, which were eventually abandoned in favour of low-cost alternatives (VHS, DVD, and webcam).
I really wouldn't recommend it. Sure, they seem great, but if you're working in a Mac price range then you could just as well get an Alienware PC that would be just as great. OS X was a great idea because Linux is the wave of the future, and mac hardware is superior to PC hardware in almost every way, but the problem, as always, is that developers simply don't take advantage of these features. Instead they mostly waste their time on the Mac's candy-apple interface, which epitomizes everything I've always hated about Microsoft's approach to software. Unfortunately, that makes it really not worth the time or money to invest in - at least, not yet, not until we can get a clear picture of what direction they're headed in.
Just my two cents. It's like buying a Tiburon, you're sinking a lot of money into something that doesn't do a whole lot other than look pretty.
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My party schedule:
2009-02-21 - DJ Attention @ I'm So Popular
2009-06-18 - DJ Annoying @ People Need To Know Where I'll Be
2012-11-32 - DJ Insufferable ɸ Or At Least the Stalkers I Complain About
2048-06-66 - Spastic & Whocares ¶ Although I'm Actually Flattered
9999-45-81 - Tweaker Gimp ☼ I Probably Won't Even Go To This But I Have To Make Sure I Fill Up All The Available Space Here
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Who here uses Macs?
