Even Macs can have hardware problems

[TheDude]

Wow. You hate OS X??

That's a new one, but I like the way you think.

FWIW, I prefer the Lenovo Thinkpad hardware (and support) to anything else out there.


Funny story. Years ago, when LCD monitors were first sold, my boss at the time got one from Apple.

From time to time, there would be lines through it, and the Apple online solution was to "gently strike" the side of the monitor with the palm of your hand. It was a riot.

[STEELINOX]

Originally Posted by TheDude

Wow. You hate OS X??

That's a new one, but I like the way you think.

FWIW, I prefer the Lenovo Thinkpad hardware (and support) to anything else out there.


Funny story. Years ago, when LCD monitors were first sold, my boss at the time got one from Apple.

From time to time, there would be lines through it, and the Apple online solution was to "gently strike" the side of the monitor with the palm of your hand. It was a riot.

That is a "riot" !

[explodingtaco]

Originally Posted by TheDude

Wow. You hate OS X??

That's a new one, but I like the way you think.

I have worked in IT for 10 years now and OS X is so limiting and OS X Server is the worst server platform I have ever seen. If you want to use OS X for basic stuff (e-mail, web-browsing, etc.) you'll probably be happy with it...But trying to do anything outside of Apple's little box they've drawn for you will be a total train wreck. For example my PC has 8 HDDs with 5 raid arrays. Possible but serious pain on a mac, IF you can fit that many drives in a Mac Pro in the first place (you cant). And lets not even start on 3rd party software support. Also macs are locked to apples hardware and that just doesn't work for me.

Don't get me wrong for what most people use their computers for OSX is fine, and I have used it extensively for web-browsing and email as I have had a couple of macs (before Intel processors and bootcamp). Also OSX protects itself from dumb users by not needing an anti-virus as noone waists their time writing viruses for it. But I haven't gotten a virus EVER and I need my main computer to do more.

Originally Posted by TheDude

FWIW, I prefer the Lenovo Thinkpad hardware (and support) to anything else out there.

That's good to know as Lenovo is my other choice. I love their X301. I have used many a thinkpad and have never had a complaint.