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Originally Posted by GranMassaX
From what I've seen, the average apple user is far more advanced than the average pc user. You don't see someone buying a computer just for internet and email even considering an apple. If these "noobs" were to get apples than there would be WAY more errors and reports of crashing.
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There'd a good bit of truth in that - that's the funny thing about Macs, they are "polarizers" - either TOTAL idiots buy them who know (and want to, can't blame them) NOTHING about computers but want something to use, or people with much more extensive / knowledgeable background.
I consider myself extremely knowledgeable about personal computers in general... hardware, software, architecture, etc... I've worked at a PC store building and repairing machines, troubleshooting, tech support, sys-admin jobs, as well as done development work (mostly online but that's more than most "average" users comprehend). I've built more machines than your average Joe owns in a lifetime. Yet I still chose a Mac... because while I _KNOW_ how to troubleshoot stuff, I don't want to always HAVE to. Just the little extra BS that goes with locking down / keeping a Windows machine clean isn't worth my time, much less dealing with hardware/software conflicts when building it yourself (no real support if your mo-bo doesn't like your video card, etc). The new Macs being Intel and a more open standard is great since there's a lot more 3rd party hardware, yet Apple's control of the "user experience" seems to have kept it all playing friendly.
I, like Mike, do a lot of professional graphics work, everything from video to design - and there's nothing worse than a 3d render or movie compile getting hosed after running for hours because of something stupid. The "answer" when I was on PCs most of the time was having a physically separate machine for each major application - one for 3DSMAX, one for AVID, but that's expensive and just plain silly - yet, with hardware or driver issues, there was really no way around it (save dual-booting but even then stuff didn't play along). My Mac happily does Final Cut alongside Aperture along side the Adobe CS3 apps and I don't have to worry about iChat or Safari or Firefox or my FTP client taking down everything with it.
Have I had Kernel Panics? Sure. Blue-screens etc happen on ANY platform. But far less frequently - as I tell people "I bought a Mac so I could WORK using it, not work ON it."
YMMV, it's a silly / religious / un-ending debate and people (especially those closed-minded and ignorant) will argue til they are blue in the face... I like what I chose, would like if more people chose it cuz I hate fixing dumb shit for IE6 lol, but that's life... we're all free to make (stupid) decisions (like running Vista) hehe
