[Leddyman]

My last computer was an HP desktop, it was still kicking at 7 years when it burned up in a fire. I am typing this on an HP Pavilion laptop w/17" screen and I love it.
It's great for watching DVD's and the big screen is good for surfing the web. You get used to vista pretty quick.

The only one who likes change is a wet baby regards,
Terry

 

[Cody Covey]

just bought a Dell 1420 dual core laptop with 350 gig hard drive 3 gigs of ram...we'll see how it goes. i know the horror stories of customer service! as for a desktop build your own or go home!

 

[Kevin WI]

had an HP Pavillion for a little over a year...really liked it until the keyboard froze up....service told me to fix it would cost almost as much as a new one...couldn't afford either, so after I threw it against the floor I lost all my data and am laptopless for the moment.

 

[Steve Amrein]

I few months back I bought a dell business lap top w/o all the BS and with XP pro that was upgadable. I have some software that is not yet supported by vista so I did not want it.

 

[Larkin]

Why not look at a Macintosh? No Vista stuff to worry about, less spam, fewer popups and no viruses. More intuitive interface, a pleasure to use and they last forever.

Check it out in Consumer Reports. They have consistently outperformed the Windows based machines in the CR tests. More expensive, sure, but worth it.

 

[AmiableLabs]

I am using Vista on three computers and have had NO problems! And one of my computers is a homebrew with generic parts, built by hand.

That doesn't mean I like Vista or dislike it. But the so-called reports of problems with it are ovedone.

 

[Boondux]

Why not look at a Macintosh? No Vista stuff to worry about, less spam, fewer popups and no viruses. More intuitive interface, a pleasure to use and they last forever.

Check it out in Consumer Reports. They have consistently outperformed the Windows based machines in the CR tests. More expensive, sure, but worth it.

Programs cost more and are harder to find. I love Macs but PC's have way more software available. Also I think memory and parts cost more...

 

[Larkin]

Programs cost more and are harder to find. I love Macs but PC's have way more software available. Also I think memory and parts cost more...

Hmm. That hasn't been my experience in twenty-plus years of using a Macintosh.

Most programs are made for both, and you can certainly get them overnight from Amazon (or another source) if you can't find them locally. Memory and parts (particularly since the advent of the Intel core in Macs) seem to be comparable.

Certainly more games are available for PCs than Macs, and should be a consideration if that's important to the user.

 

[Steve Hester]

IBM doesn't make thinkpad's any more. They sold the company to Lenovo. IBM doesn't make any personal systems any longer.

I knew that. Old habits just die hard......lol

 

[EdA]

Thanks for everyone's advice, now I'm really

does anyone make an HPDellIMac.......

 

[Bubba]

Thanks for everyone's advice, now I'm really

does anyone make an HPDellIMac.......

It's your lucky day there big fella. As luck would have it, the company just bought me a new laptop, so I'm all up to speed on this. I can have the tech support guys get you all the particulars, but it's small, lightweight and has all the features I need.

Just have to turn it upside down and shake it every now and then to "reboot".

Simpler is better regards

Bubba

 

[D. Province]

I've been using PC's for many years (15). I just bought a Macbook Pro. I love it. I can run most programs and hardware through the mac and with the programs that don't, I can run them in Windows on the Mac as well. Best of both worlds. I am now a Apple believer and will never go back to MS.

 

[cgoeson]

Just so y'all are aware, you can also run Mac OS and programs on HP's as well. Not many people want to do it, but you can. My sister in law does video editing on her PC and likes the Mac software better, but didn't want to pay so much more for a Mac. Simple fix...

 

[Boondux]

Hmm. That hasn't been my experience in twenty-plus years of using a Macintosh.

Most programs are made for both, and you can certainly get them overnight from Amazon (or another source) if you can't find them locally. Memory and parts (particularly since the advent of the Intel core in Macs) seem to be comparable.

Certainly more games are available for PCs than Macs, and should be a consideration if that's important to the user.

My point was that you can't just walk into a media store and expect to find Apple products. You have to go to online stores or to an Apple store. There have been games and programs that were $30 for the PC version and $50 for the Mac version in local stores. I loved my Apple computers and would consider getting one again...but my HP does a good job right now and the lowest Apple laptop was $1099. I got mine for $700.

I used Macs all though school and college - Macs are great for graphic design and multimedia - that's all we used.

Who's to say that Ed isn't a gamer???

 

[EdA]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Who's to say that Ed isn't a gamer???

sometime Ed struggles to open certain pdf files, the closest I've ever been to "a gamer" was when I was in college (summer school) and my buddies and I wasted 2 or 3 hours a day playing the pinball machine at the little truck stop in Stephenville Texas....

 

[TheShadow]

i honestly say go Mac and just be done with it. If the majority of your use is internet just get a macbook. no worries of pop ups/virus/trojan/blah blah blah. i agree the mac is no gamer but since you don't even do that stuff, look into the mac.

at work i have to work with Windooze all day long. its a pain. but at home i'm on my macbook pro the majority of the time. I do a bit of video editing, tons of music stuff, and picture editing. so it works for me.

 

[djansma]

I have had 5 macs loved them all but the new intel cores are really nice and you can find any program you want except some games. but they will do anything I want to do
and have never had any virus's

David Jansma

 

[Buzz]

I would have a harder time with telling someone what computer to buy than which puppy they should choose...

Having used computers since the days of the keypunch cards, I kind of like them intel MACs. But if you get one based on this tepid recommendation, I don't want to hear no complaining when you come across something you don't like...

I was once a hardcore DOS guy - I thought Windows was stupid for stupid people. But then again, I wrote programs in assembly language, if there is anyone out there that knows what that is... Then interestingly enough I saw the light and became a hardcore Windows guy. But I'm liking Windows less than I did in the beginning.

 

[EdA]

use is internet just get a macbook.

which then, the suped up MacBook and the entry level MacBook Pro are almost identical except for screen size, is a 15 inch screen worth an extra $400....

 

[Buzz]

which then, the suped up MacBook and the entry level MacBook Pro are almost identical except for screen size, is a 15 inch screen worth an extra $400....

There must be a store in Dallas. I would say, don't buy one until you test drive it first, and ask lots of questions...