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AlunJ	posted on 17th Mar 09 at 16:23
	quote: Originally posted by John Do you have to take it back or will they send somebody out as well? only downside is I couldn't find anywhere on the website where they said they would send somebody for it, so i've had to take it in myself, I may kick up a fuss and see if they will refund train fare.
John	posted on 17th Mar 09 at 16:21
	Do you have to take it back or will they send somebody out as well?
AlunJ	posted on 17th Mar 09 at 16:19
	I did love my macbook.... love the operating system and its a rather nice looking piece of kit but I'm starting to get a bit annoyed with it, had to return it to the apple store for a new hard drive, having had it a week the same thing has happened again so I've got to trapze back over to bristol again :( considering i've only had it a few months i'm a little annoyed - but I will say the customer service is 2nd to none
Cosmo	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 17:30
	Have had a PowerPC (not that Intel shite) iMac for a while now, took me a few months to really get used to the operating system over windows, but now I have I wouldnt go back. You do spend more for a similarly powered PC though, but imo is worth it.
Butler	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 17:27
	I love my macbook, as a system itself its always been second to none. I have however cracked the fascia a few times due to a flaw in the old style macbook, and my battery has died which I have yet to replace.
Sam	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 17:00
	I have an old G4 as my workhorse machine, it will never win any performance competitions (1Gb RAM, G4 400MHz CPU) but for work purposes it's excellent and does things quicker than my 2Gb Vista laptop!
Balling	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 09:01
	quote: Originally posted by Andrew The Mac is currently more reliable but as it comes more and more popular, it will soon become as unstable as Windows. :lol: People have been saying that for the last 5 years (probably even longer) and I'm still to see evidence supporting this theory. You'd think the virus' would start to slowly build up, but to this day there's not one virus capable of infecting OS X on its own! There is, ofcourse, mallware, but you still have to install this your self and give it access to your system. As for reliability, I run Adobe Creative Suite on a windows machine at work and on a MacBook Pro at home. Spec of the Mac is slightly worse than that of the PC and experience a VAST improvement in speed and endurance when I work on the laptop. Firewire? I've never once used it and tbh hardly any external hardware supports it.
dannymccann	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 07:21
	quote: Originally posted by Andrew They are not as subject-able to viruses and crash rarely. However, as they become more popular, geeks will write viruses for them. You can run MS Office on there and MSN just like you can on a Windows machine. There is also the option to run Boot Camp and install Windows XP or Vista on there too. You see I dont understand this? I have had Windows for as long as I can remember. It very rarely ever ever crashes (to put a number on it 5 times a year I have to use the reset button), this is XP and Vista. Virus infections, again, I get about 1 or 2 a year, and have had no data lost or stolen as a result. I do visit some, somewhat, dodgy sites where there is potential for all sorts of shit, but nothing ever happens, so I dont know why some people suffer so badly from it, its more people's stupidity than vulnerable software, IMO :)
jacko198	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 01:14
	If it was for music and internet, the mac would have been ideal! I love the remote control with mine, so i can watch dvd's and scroll through music off itunes etc lying on my bed with it on my desk :p quote: Originally posted by Balling Black MacBook is an old model and not beeing made anymore. I would recommend buying an aluminium unibody MacBook. Much more value for money and newer hardware. Missed out on one major thing about the newer models - No firewire. Which is a serious drawback. Apple realized the huge price difference between the top spec macbook, and the macbook pro, and noticed people wernt seeing the point of the macbook pro. So they bloody took firewire off it, to get more macbook pro sales! :mad:
Matt H	posted on 16th Mar 09 at 00:21
	Ahh balls to it I've bought a normal lappa now :lol: It's only for music & internetz anyway
jamied	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 21:25
	my dad has the 24" imac, its ok for internet and itunes etc but apart from that I cant see anything special
ed	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 21:23
	quote: Originally posted by Balling Black MacBook is an old model and not beeing made anymore. I would recommend buying an aluminium unibody MacBook. Much more value for money and newer hardware. "Not very good for playing games on" Lies, tbh! "There's nothing magic inside them either" There is, actually. Unix operating system, OS X. Beats the crap out of Windows in terms of performance, usability and reliability. There's not much Unix left in OSX these days, and the software isn't really what's inside them. The comment was in relation to the hardware.
Andrew	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 20:57
	Mac's are now becoming affordable in camparionship with a Windows PC. They are not as subject-able to viruses and crash rarely. However, as they become more popular, geeks will write viruses for them. You can run MS Office on there and MSN just like you can on a Windows machine. There is also the option to run Boot Camp and install Windows XP or Vista on there too. I have a Mac Book which i rarely use as i'm a snob and will defend Windows all day long :look: The Mac is currently more reliable but as it comes more and more popular, it will soon become as unstable as Windows. The new Mac Books do look nice and the Pro Mac Books are really thin. The reason i like my MacBook is the battery will last 4 hours when sitting there watching TV and browsing the internet and the fact it looks pretty.
Balling	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 20:34
	Black MacBook is an old model and not beeing made anymore. I would recommend buying an aluminium unibody MacBook. Much more value for money and newer hardware. "Not very good for playing games on" Lies, tbh! "There's nothing magic inside them either" There is, actually. Unix operating system, OS X. Beats the crap out of Windows in terms of performance, usability and reliability.
dannymccann	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 20:19
	Not very good for playing games on I am led to believe, but then really, what laptop is? If I had the money to spare I would probably try one but I wouldnt swap my XP/Vista desktop for anything from Apple :)
ed	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 18:37
	They're fine if you're doing general web browsing and word processing. This who 'it just works' stuff is a load of bollocks when you get to doing real things like large image editing and video editing. They do fuck up and crash like any other PC. There's nothing magic inside them either, they use the same parts as any other x86 PC does now. Saying that, they are nice to use and they are a great piece of industrial design :)
Matt H	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 18:26
	What exactly is better though? Other option is get a desktop Mac, but I think a Macbook might be a bit more practical
jacko198	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 18:25
	IMO yes. I have had countless pc's and laptops. Got a macbook with my course last year, and i have got to say, im not looking back! I think im going to buying mac from now on to be totaly honest. Everything just works, and extremely fast
Joe	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 17:24
	In my opinion yes its worth the extra. I have an iMac, I know I could have got a similar spec PC for a couple of hundred less. But its just so good to use, looks awesome. Just a generally good piece of kit. I don't think I'd ever get a PC again now to be honest, I've been really happy with mine.
Matt H	posted on 15th Mar 09 at 17:17
	Looking at a new laptop, have been for ages. Mine is fooked! I figure a decentish laptop will be about £500ish 2gb ram, big hard drive, etc etc Or, today I've seen a Macbook (the black one) for £700 It's supposedly better than the white one, better processer & graphics. £200 more, but is it worth it? What am I getting for the extra money? :boggle: