"need help switching from mac to pc (steve jobs can blow me)"
yep its true i'm coming in from the darkside after years of mac loving, i am ready to move on. my ibook and my ipod are utter failures in reliability both have been sent back to be fixed under warranty TWICE!! and both times they have failed. the last time they both crashed at the same time causing me to lose a ton of music and documents. anyway i'm looking for a new laptop preferably a convertible one mostly for surfing the net, doing schoolwork and watching porn. so any recomendations would be nice. and also whats the difference between the celeron and pentium processors. who is better dell, gateway, toshiba or lenovo. is 1gb of ram good enough?
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
5. "RE: need help switching from mac to pc (steve jobs can blow me)" In response to Reply # 0
up for some answers to my question.
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
6. "Regular Pentiums vs. Celerons" In response to Reply # 0
Pentiums are more powerful and can crunch numbers faster than Celerons. For the stuff you said you want to do a Celeron processor should be fine. =========================================== -Me
14. "exactly.. personally, i can keep a PC running pretty decent..." In response to Reply # 11
...but its a whole lot of fucking work to do so ...i'd rather fire up my g4 and not worry about it ..and in the process enjoy all the other great features, ichat, expose, spotlight, wigets, umm.. a STABLE OS!!! etc
60. "firewalls are the devil" In response to Reply # 49
having worked for a internet service provider at least 50% of the complaining customers needed to do 1 simple thing uninstall their fucking firewall
and the problem with pcs is people hardly buy all the software so u gonna have to steal it and that comes with cracks and some people dont know which cracks to use and which not ______________________________________________________________________ "whoa.. he sounds like a chopped and screwed cookie monster" - Kate404 on Tom Waits
61. "name a virus for a mac." In response to Reply # 16
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51. "It's a PITA to have to shell out $149 every year and a half just for" In response to Reply # 40
point upgrades.
When we windows users DO upgrade to Vista (yeah like tiger is better, feels like siegfried and roy should come with the OS), we will be getting more than just desktop searching capabilities.
~~~~~~~~ A bad Samaritan averaging above average men (c) DOOM
13. "i think its funny how mac heads always mention viruses ,etc" In response to Reply # 0
but the way ipod and mac simply just randomly BREAK DOWN its funny i'd rather get a wack virus once a yr that i can get rid of in a hour or so then have my entire system stop working, have to ship it out to get it fixed, then MAYBE how the problem corrected and sent back
I was looking at mac compatible Firewire enclosures and the difference in price on Mac sites and on PC sites was insane. I guess people are willing to pay that extra for the same piece of hardware but I'm not. =========================================== -Me
21. "never happened to me since i been using PCs" In response to Reply # 20
i've had my presario for damn near 4-5 yrs got one blaster virus i fixed in 30min. with a free solution on MS website and my HD died last yr thats about it otherwise shit been running better then a MAC and was/is bout 1000 cheaper
26. "back when i was on kazaa and surfing ampland,com sure" In response to Reply # 22
but now naw i don't have ANY security on my shit just the standard shit provided by comcast and no problems in yrs but i stick to non shady sites and only download off yousendit
62. "well the original poster pointed out he gonna have porn on it.." In response to Reply # 45
______________________________________________________________________ "whoa.. he sounds like a chopped and screwed cookie monster" - Kate404 on Tom Waits
37. "RE: welcome to the light side. build your own." In response to Reply # 15
that's a little too much work for me, right now school + work is killing me. building a pc is a little too much for me right now.
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
34. "dude I know what I'm doing" In response to Reply # 33
I clean my pc on the regular, do a fresh install every now and then. Make sure I'm never connected without being protected, and scan whenever I suspect something shady going on.
35. "None of yall really answered dudes questions...what a welcome for a new ..." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Nov-28-05 10:22 AM by FLUIDJ
>yep its true i'm coming in from the darkside after years of >mac loving, i am ready to move on. my ibook and my ipod are >utter failures in reliability both have been sent back to be >fixed under warranty TWICE!! and both times they have failed. >the last time they both crashed at the same time causing me to >lose a ton of music and documents. anyway i'm looking for a >new laptop preferably a convertible one mostly for surfing the >net, doing schoolwork and watching porn. so any recomendations >would be nice. and also whats the difference between the >celeron and pentium processors. who is better dell, gateway, >toshiba or lenovo. is 1gb of ram good enough? > >p.s i'm thinking about getting this one >http://gateway.com/products/GConfig/proddetails.asp?system_id=cx200x&seg=hm
Good move. Although i'm an avid Ipod fan, I doubt i'd ever go all mac. 1st: fuck a gateway, you can get a better computer for less money. Get up on tigerdirect.com or zipzoomfly.com.
2nd: If you don't want to spend the loot on a Pentium 4 (or Pentium D) pc, look for an AMD processor based pc over a Celeron based pc. With an AMD based, you'll get equal or better performance than the Pentium 4 at a cost equal to or lower than a Celeron based pc.
3rd: If your prefered configuration goes beyond the $800 mark, consider building your own PC using a barebones kit.
4th: 1Gig of memory will be plenty. Avoid anything less. 1GB IS the new standard. Anything less is a bargain PC with a bargain PC performance. A pc with 1GB memory can be had for the same price as one with 512MB if you shop around.
Don't let all the hype about viruses and spyware scare you. If you have commen sense, your PC can be problem free with minimal effort.
edit: oh yeah, and if a laptop is what you want...peep game www.averatech.com
36. "finally an actuall answer to my question" In response to Reply # 35
all it took was about 35 replies. thanks for your input. i checked out both those sites but their prices are more expensive than the gateway. i did find it at bestbuy for cheaper though but i will have to personally upgrade the memory (i've never done it but i can figure it out. anyway i will probably get it in the next few days.
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
41. "LOL AT ALL OF STEVE JOBS GIRLFRIENDS" In response to Reply # 0
you idiots act like i never had a pc before, i currently maintain my parents pc and that shit is a breeze even though my little brothers download every concievable free program out there. i think i can handle running ad-adware, mcafee or one of the other spyware programs. i'm not gonna go bitch and moan just so they will replace my shit, thats not how i work. if your company screws me i vote with my feet, all that arguing is for losers. their product reliability is shitty, i should have figured it out when i went to the ipod store and the line was 50 people long to report problems. so long farewell losers, keep sucking off steve jobs if you like but i'm off to serve another master.
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
ive had more bs with dell & sony's customer service than with apple's at least apple provides a clear protection plan ______________________________________________________________________ "whoa.. he sounds like a chopped and screwed cookie monster" - Kate404 on Tom Waits
50. "We use the gateway M275 convertible laptop on campus" In response to Reply # 0
I would recommend upgrading the ram to a gig, because Tablet edition uses more resources than regular XP...so bump up the ram.
I like it, because it's easier to input data if you're out in the field. Microsoft's OneNote is probably the best office application they've put out in a while.
We got the M280 recently...I just have one thing to say, with the widescreen display (glass) and extra battery...that son of a gun is HEAVY. and I'm not one to complain about the weight of laptops.
~~~~~~~~ A bad Samaritan averaging above average men (c) DOOM
54. "RE: We use the gateway M275 convertible laptop on campus" In response to Reply # 50
i'm on a cx2610 right now, copped it from best buy today, i'm doing everything in tablet mode. takes some geting used too. i will upgrade the memory, i'm trying to find the best ram for the best price. someone suggested crucial technologies or kingston, i will decide when i see how my christmas spending goes.
men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli
55. "RE: We use the gateway M275 convertible laptop on campus" In response to Reply # 54
Crucial and Kingston are up there as far as RAM goes but if you're willing to experiment check out what other brands have gotten high reviews on pricegrabber and newegg. I cot some Corsair "Value Select" last week and it's been going pretty strong so far. You can definately save some cash that way.
Oh and quit bitching about people's posts. Everybody (except for Steve Job's eunuchs) is trying to help you. =========================================== -Me
64. "Honestly, all the Apple love in here kind of disgusts me" In response to Reply # 0
especially after having to spend three hours reinstalling my os because OSX decided to put my applications folder like five miles from where it should be out of the blue.
68. "all computers crash. all of them from the lowly tandy to capable xbox 36..." In response to Reply # 64
thats like saying you got a copier that NEVER jams. that's bullshit. they are all flawed BUT it's a user's personal preference and actual performance of the machine that determines the experience. I've had my mac on for 2.5 months, no system wide crashes but safari has quit on me and photoshop cs. this dusty little mac mini aint perfect but the shit works for me.
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