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Finally broke down and sold my macbook pro and bought a xps

post #1 of 22
8/30/06 at 12:59pm
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After using my macbook pro for 3 months, I finally couldn't stand it anymore. Sold my macbook pro and bought a M1710. Subtotal was 2,319.68. T7200CPU with 3 year warranty and the 3 year accidental damage thing (I think it's called complete care?).

Even though my mac was 2.16 and this one is 2 ghz, the xps was 400 bucks cheaper after taxes. I am so sick of Apple notebooks. I figured I would give it a try with the bootcamp thing but yeah, screw macs.
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post #2 of 22
8/30/06 at 1:01pm
Welcome to the world of Windows/Linux... Not all that bad, but if you chose the windows world you've joined the world of crashing, but at least you have control over what your apps do and they won't minimize on their own and your OS will actually give you the feeling of having control.
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post #3 of 22
8/30/06 at 8:07pm
Welcome back from the Darkness lol
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post #4 of 22
8/30/06 at 8:12pm
Macs are great for some things. I still have my mint Powerbook G4 1.67ghz and use it a lot. But the M1710 is the killer..
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post #5 of 22
8/30/06 at 10:24pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p
Welcome back from the Darkness lol

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post #6 of 22
8/30/06 at 10:56pm
Hey DrMooCow, what happened to your Mac? was their a problem with it or something? im just woundering since everyone is switching to Mac's and this is actually a shock on how a Mac guy comes to windows (again i think?!).

Just want to know what happen, nothing to bashing (i hope )
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post #7 of 22
8/30/06 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by GAMER135
Hey DrMooCow, what happened to your Mac? was their a problem with it or something? im just woundering since everyone is switching to Mac's and this is actually a shock on how a Mac guy comes to windows (again i think?!).

Just want to know what happen, nothing to bashing (i hope )
Yeah. I was wondering, too.

I wish I could have my Dell in a Mac body. I love their build quality.
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post #8 of 22
8/31/06 at 1:09am
well you can have the best of both worlds:
a windows gaming machine & run 10.4.7 on your machine too, see

insanelymac.com

macvidia.com
(driver doesnt have QE/CI yet but its in the works)
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post #9 of 22
9/1/06 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by DrMooCow
After using my macbook pro for 3 months, I finally couldn't stand it anymore. Sold my macbook pro and bought a M1710. Subtotal was 2,319.68. T7200CPU with 3 year warranty and the 3 year accidental damage thing (I think it's called complete care?).

Even though my mac was 2.16 and this one is 2 ghz, the xps was 400 bucks cheaper after taxes. I am so sick of Apple notebooks. I figured I would give it a try with the bootcamp thing but yeah, screw macs.
wow... nice price where did you get it and what was your specs.. gpu?
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post #10 of 22
9/2/06 at 2:18am
Welcome back to the light side.
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post #11 of 22
9/2/06 at 5:05am
Mac is the root of all evil.
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post #12 of 22
11/16/06 at 10:13pm
haha, I currently own a xps gen 2 and am going to buy a 2.0 ghz macbook to replace it (well, not selling it.... still need it for games and turbotax/quicken) sorta the inverse. what issues were you experiencing to make you switch to windows? the m1710 makes me drool though, very nice choice!
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post #13 of 22
11/17/06 at 12:58am
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Originally Posted by stormlifter
Not all that bad, but if you chose the windows world you've joined the world of crashing,

Out of curiosity: What do you mean by that? I use my PCs a lot, and work them hard, too, but I have a hard time remembering when I saw any of my machines crash. I think there once was an incident was about two years ago, or thereabouts...
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post #14 of 22
11/17/06 at 1:18pm
The closest I have come to a crash in XP in the last year was a poorly written APP hanging.
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post #15 of 22
11/17/06 at 2:29pm
His whole computing world must be based on those 'PC vs Mac' commercials. Windows XP has been great for me on my 2 laptops and 2 desktops.
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post #16 of 22
11/18/06 at 3:43am
I have friends that have nothing but problems with Windows (98,ME,XP,2000,2003....) I, on the other hand, don't have OS problems at all. As a previous poster said a poorly coded app will sometimes cause me a little grief, but I can quickly recover from it. The only real aggravation I have ever dealt with would have to be XP's activation service ::: grumble ::: I just got my Atheros WiFi card not that long ago, and no sooner did I swap it out, that XP decided it didn't know me anymore. This of course demanded a call to a support center somewhere in the far reaches on some remote island of Fiji (you get the idea...) Besides that, XP has been a staple of my life since before it was released I then shortly afterwards went out and purchased an OEM copy of XP Pro, and it has migrated to nearly 25 computers since I bought it. Now I can only hope Vista Ultimate becomes more reasonably priced in the foreseeable future, and I may just have a go at it!
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post #17 of 22
11/20/06 at 7:14am
i thought macs were PCs just cost more had slightly lower specs and only ran Mac os opposed to a PC that runs every OS costs less for higher specs. Ami wrong ?

oh and macs are white.
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post #18 of 22
11/20/06 at 12:22pm
What OS worth mentioning does mac not run?
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post #19 of 22
11/20/06 at 12:55pm
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Originally Posted by Krayziepop
I then shortly afterwards went out and purchased an OEM copy of XP Pro, and it has migrated to nearly 25 computers since I bought it.

Won't be able to do that with Vista. You'll only be able to migrate to a new system once.
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post #20 of 22
11/20/06 at 2:23pm
Well, when it tells me I can't install it anymore, it will be time for the 'hax0red' version
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