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New computer - what am i doing wrong......

Started Oct 1, 2016 | Discussions thread
Pete Stavrakoglou Veteran Member • Posts: 8,331
Re: What am i doing wrong with a Mac?

Laurence Matson wrote:

SigmaChrome wrote:

Laurence Matson wrote:

motomanDK wrote:

What the .... am i doing wrong?????

Have you heard of an Apple product called a Mac?

Yes, that's right, Laurence. Macs are perfect in every possible way! They are unfaultable! Nothing could ever go wrong with a Mac! That would be un-possible!

I understand that I know nothing about computers - Macs or PC Windows, Linux or whatever. However, a major issue with SPP is having as many cores as possible. Next on the list is ram. And then there is maintenance.

When I knew that the SD1 was going to arrive back in the good ole days, I contacted the best PC builder I could find who is in Rochester, New York, to get a multicore machine made. The price was far greater than a Mac Pro, and repairs and maintenance would be still as difficult as ever. So I bit the bullet and got a Mac Pro, which meant that I had to change a lot of software and say ciao to Corel.

Was you r Mac speced out pretty much the same as the PC you were going to have built?  I have no doubt as to what you are saying, but if the two systems were similar in specs, I'm surprised the Windows system was far greater in price.

Since then, I have increased storage with SDD drives, increased ram easily, and now I am considering changing the processor side to 12 cores. All of this is exceptionally easy with plug in parts.

And my nearly seven-year old machine is still running 24-hours a day.

Macs are not perfect. I know that because I repair many of them in my little part of the world. But they are much easier to repair than any PC sent my way. And there is a benefit to having a closed system.

The only time I've ever used a Mac is when I bought my son a MacBook Pro years ago.  The extent of my use was to turn it on and connect it to the home wifi.  As for ease of repair, I wouldn't know that either from first-hand knowledge but I suspect that these Macs have a very good design any layout to the hardware that help make them easy to repair.

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