the last engineer Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 guys im fed up with the windows based B.S. i have to deal with, especialy with the lap top and wireless travel problems, my system runs a number of CAD graphic compatable programs for data and drawing analasis, these range from 3d models to step file, agis file, .dmi and pps, this may sound dumb but im looking at the apple laptop/notepad models on offer and like what i see, the 17" Macbook pro seems to me to be the way to go, what do you think? im no wiz so simple like me will be great, any preferences references pros and cons let me know please, i'm told i can open Mac in a windows format after allocating memory, this may make the transition easier, again i'm told junk and virus isnt a problem as yet, another bonus so far. appreciate any info and advice guys, i know its not shooting but hey give me a break im killing myself here. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Cornholio Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi Martin, I'm tempted to stick my neck out here and say go with the mac. If you haven't done the transition from Xp to Vista yet then this would be the ideal opportunity to go down the Mac route. I bought a couple of old Macs some time ago to play with. My only gripe as a techie was that once installed there was no configuration necessary at all. They also, spec for spec, outperformed their PC equivalents. As far as graphic work is concerned the Mac is the Graphic Designers Choice, about 80% of magazines use Mac. Trivia: The Windows 95 logo was designed on, you've guessed it, a Mac... Only problem I can see is you seem to have a few programmes that may or may not run on a Mac. Secondly, if your finished work will not open on a PC then that'll be another problem. I am not a software expert, so Pin or the like could only help you there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mac O/S are without a doubt better than windows as no one make viruses for mac and if you are using C.A.D software mac is the way and alway has been :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I have very little experiance with macs, however im getting one in the next few weeks, i am doing a design based course which has similar program requirements to yourself, obviously a number of these wont run on mac OS, however you can use bootcamp and run windows inside it, which is what i will do. I will reserve my judgement untill ive owned one, however my experiance of pc's is the more you use them the more they breakdown and slow down. Ive recently got into photography and its damn near killed this machine. Such is life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Cornholio Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Boot Camp lets you turn the MacBook into a dual-boot machine that runs full versions of Mac OS X and Windows XP (though you need to purchase a full version of Windows separately). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petethegeek Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Martin, whilst I'm not pin I have been round the block a couple of times and I'm happy to share some of my thoughts if it helps you set yours straight. Apologies in advance if you already know what follows. Firstly nobody should buy a computer simply for or because of the underlying operating system. The primary reason you buy a computer is to run application software. (Or maybe games!) The first step in determining a short list is if, and how well, your required applications run on the platforms under consideration. Unfortunately, due mainly to cost considerations, that will often narrow the field down to one - M$. If you are lucky the application(s) may be available, possibly at a premium, for Mac OSX or even Linux. (Or in pin's case a 'Unix variant'.) If the applications are only available to run in native windows then there are two ways you can still run them in a mac environment. The first simply involves installing a Windows OS, either Vista or XP, in a separate partition on your disk using Boot Camp. This gains you little (imho) other than the privilege of transferring your current gripes to a physically well designed, and pleasing to use, piece of hardware. The second way is to run Windows as a 'virtual machine' under the Mac OSX operating system, using either parallels or vmware. This allows you to switch into those applications which will only run under Windows without having to reboot your system. This is a huge topic and I'm only scratching the surface here. If you have any specific questions I am more than happy to try and answer them in the absence of anyone else better qualified. (Though I see others already are whilst I have been typing this in.) Regards, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 thanks guys the more the merrier pete, the parralells are one of the main reasons i think it a wise move over, that and the fact i hate what i have so far seen in Vista, running the software as a parralell program in a mac os will give me a smoother transition i think, again as a few have said the graphics in my software usage has a way better time in Mac systems, a lot of tablet form doc like word and excel will i'm informed transfer right over, im sure there will be teething problems but its looking like mac all the way, keep the advice coming, im sure i will have more questions thanks guys. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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