Am I wise buying a macbook

Discussion in 'Mac - General discussion' started by aidan1987, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. aidan1987

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    These are some of the programs I use. Do I have an alternative on mac or am i screwed.

    bittorrent
    winrar
    tmpgenc
    poweriso
    px3 convert
    vcd gear
    coverxp
    virtualdubmod
     
  2. lilg_06

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    Theres alternatives on the mac for half of them, the first 4 definitely, the others also yet, but they might not contain all the features that you get from what you already have.
     
  3. Xan21

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    Ive got a mac and pc and let me tell you that you will NOT find suitable alternatives to most of those. go with the PC
     
  4. aidan1987

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    Well Ive still got a dell pc. Think i will buy one anyway just to see what they are like.

    Found out how to hack apple tv but can i fit a hard drive bigger than 250gb in it.

    Or am i wise waiting for this time capsule thing, could it be hacked to work as a tv media player.
     
  5. aidan1987

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    is it true im virus free using a mac. please answer this quick if you can. my dad doesnt believe me.
     
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    No you are not virus free,theirs just not as many as on Windows because of Apples small market share
     
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    WTF???

    Macs cant get viruses... It is because they are UNIX based. There has only been 1 virus created for macs that actually was consider somewhat malicious! If I can recall that was back in '06 though.

    I would go with the mac... There are several suitable bittorrnet apps for macs. winrar is garb compared to Stuffit Expander. I believe you can get tmpgenc for mac... not sure about poweriso, for px3 use Roxio Toast 8 or 9 and not sure about the last 2

    Domreis
     
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    I would assume that thats the case, since only one was reported as in the link i've given above, but my aunts laptop which is a powerbook g4 has no antivirus software installed, and it doesnt get infected with any virus's, but i cant say personally as i dont own my own mac.
     
  10. Domreis

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    I have a mac.... actually many macs and you DO NOT GET VIRUSES... there was 1 virus in '06 that only affected the 10.2.X operating system! You can get a virus that will effect a PC on the mac but it dosent do harm...
     
  11. aidan1987

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    so what if i play a video clip on a mac if i get it and there is a virus in it.

    anyone know a good bluetooth printer that works with mac, it must be able to print cd/dvds.
     
  12. Domreis

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    If you play a movie that has a Trojan in it your mac will be fine because macs aren't effected by viruses because they are UNIX based!

    I dont know about the printer... ANY Canon would be a safe bet though.
     
  13. aidan1987

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    I like the macbook air, but I just done like the black keyboard, would prefer all silver or even more all white.

    Do you think they will ever release all white.
     
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    No... Because the air is in an aluminum case and aluminum dosent come in white
     

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