[Arnold Palmer]

If you don't have anti virus then how do you know you've got no viruses?

My card provider scanned my network the other day because I need to remain IPC DSS compliant in order to use their online payment terminal - no malware or viruses were found.

Most anti-virus software is more damaging to a PC's performance than the viruses themselves. Don't click suspect links, don't visit dodgy sites, don't open dodgy emails, ensure your firewall is set up correctly - it's fairly straightforward.

I had to change out my PC recently. It was still plenty quick enough but unfortunately Microsoft decided to stop supporting XP.

[8weekly]

I love my PC running Windows 8.1. It's a Chillblast gaming machine and is fast! People saying PCs are slower than Macs aren't comparing like for like. Yes, a £400 pc will be slower than the latest Macs, but a £1,200 pc will thrash a £1,200 Mac. If you aspire to the Apple lifestyle {sn****r} then go ahead and buy a Mac.

[PoleKing]

I love my PC running Windows 8.1. It's a Chillblast gaming machine and is fast! People saying PCs are slower than Macs aren't comparing like for like. Yes, a £400 pc will be slower than the latest Macs, but a £1,200 pc will thrash a £1,200 Mac. If you aspire to the Apple lifestyle {sblack person} then go ahead and buy a Mac.

This is perhaps the most balanced post.
And very true.
£1,200 will only buy a very basic mac

[Perfect Windows]

It seems that there are not many people willing to defend windows based PCs but those with macs are saying the complete opposite

Perhaps people with PCs feel no need to "defend" them.

Vin

[Tony dunmall]

About 4 year now Mac Pro with paraelles loaded on it just to run george, seems to work okay

Quiet happy with mac, I'm not into them that much,

mostly use iPad if I could run george on iPad the mac would go not real need for it

[robert mitchell]

windows is such an outdated operating system .........the hardware is very similar between the two although in my opinion macs are better built and i have owned some very expensive pcs.

Even bill gates is offloading all his shares ;-)

[Fin Clearview]

I bought a refurbished (latest spec at time) Mac book air in apple nyc last october - much cheaper there. Its absolutely superb for my basic needs. I mainly only use it for emails and Internet use. The other main use is for cleaner planner which is all online anyway so happy days.

I have a general rule that its my laptop in the house and is work based only so its out of bounds to my kids. Ive seen the damage they've done to my mrs laptop by clogging the memory.

I've also cleaned many internal office windows and seen generally windows laptops seem more popular, I'm sure they are more efficient for top spec ones but it all depends on what you want out of the machine which must make your decision.

[Tadgh O Shea]

Hi Lal, i have been using a MacBook Pro just over two years now and find it to be an excellent piece of kit, not that i am a pro when it comes to computers but i have to say i just find them excellent, must meet up for a jar sometime in Galway.      Regards Tadgh

[GAZZA B]

I must say that Macs are very good but as said you are tide to apple
I had to make this decision just before the holiday and I went for the Surface Pro 3 what a piece of kit!! It's the best thing I have ever purchased

Gazza

[Arnold Palmer]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.

[8weekly]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.

Just to add, anyone like me who has an ipad2 will know what a heap of sht it is since the last iOS update. They partially fixed it with an update, but the new apps are practically unusable as they are so slow. Soupy is spot on.

[Jakey boy]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.

Just to add, anyone like me who has an ipad2 will know what a heap of sht it is since the last iOS update. They partially fixed it with an update, but the new apps are practically unusable as they are so slow. Soupy is spot on.

Buy an iPad Air 2 then, I thought is window cleaners were on £500 a day!

[8weekly]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.

Just to add, anyone like me who has an ipad2 will know what a heap of sht it is since the last iOS update. They partially fixed it with an update, but the new apps are practically unusable as they are so slow. Soupy is spot on.

Buy an iPad Air 2 then, I thought is window cleaners were on £500 a day!

But that's the point. Once you get into Apple products you are constantly prompted to update your system, but your hardware can't cope so you have to scrap it and upgrade. You have demonstrated my point far better than I could. Oh, and yesterday it was £505. 

[robert mitchell]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.


1k for a poo one ?

Mine was 1k and has by far been the most reliable computer I have owned , the 1200 quid fell laptop I had before lasted 7 months before I binned it .
MacBook air doesn't need to boot up each time , I just open the lid and it's on , battery lasts hours , doesn't run hot , and it had not slows down in 18 months ......that's not luck it's the way the operating system works .

I have 128 gb of hard drive and its plenty , no bloat ware , similar programs are smaller on Mac for instance word etc .

[Sean Dyer]

i bought a new laptop 5 month or so ago on windows 8 and its useless, next purchase this year will be a mac and i will turn my back on microsoft for good

say what you want about apple but there stuff looks good and works , same with my iphone, never wanted or needed anything else since i got my first one 5 years ago

[Arnold Palmer]

Because it's Apple it's good, right?

http://youtu.be/v9JQsXPd41U

[PoleKing]

Seems to me like you've decided on an Apple computer and that's fair enough.

Reading your original post, you are concerned about visitors abusing your machine. You should bear in mind that the main drawback of Apple is the over inflated price tag. A sht one will cost you £1k and you're not going to want anyone else touching it.

All these people telling you that they've had their Macs for years - never had any problems - still as quick as the day they bought it - blah blah - are either extremely lucky, living in cloud la la land or just flat out liars. Yes the build quality is good but they have issues just like anything else. I have a MacBook pro (I say I, I mean she). It cost about £1500 a little over a year ago. Recently the OS updated and when it came back on the graphics card was fried. Being just out of warranty I had to argue with the "genius" in the ishop to get it fixed for free. They wanted £300 before they even looked at it but I started making a scene. Anyway they took it for a week and when I got it back it was sorted.

For £1500 I could have had a half decent PC a shtty laptop and a nexus 7 for angry birds, and I wouldn't have had to deal with the jumped up little sht in the ishop who thinks he's God's gift to computing because a clever marketing manager decided to give him the title "genius". Just sayin like.

Just to add, anyone like me who has an ipad2 will know what a heap of sht it is since the last iOS update. They partially fixed it with an update, but the new apps are practically unusable as they are so slow. Soupy is spot on.

I always leave it a week or so on iOS updates.
Then read some reviews.
I think I'm 2 updates behind on iPad & iPhone.

[duncan h]

Because it's Apple it's good, right?

http://youtu.be/v9JQsXPd41U

Exactly. People purchase Apple because its Apple. Regardless of quality or cost

[duncan h]

i bought a new laptop 5 month or so ago on windows 8 and its useless, next purchase this year will be a mac and i will turn my back on microsoft for good

say what you want about apple but there stuff looks good and works , same with my iphone, never wanted or needed anything else since i got my first one 5 years ago

You got a rubbish underpowered laptop !!
New iphone came out. New update crashed thousands. Yes quality mate. And they snap when bent

[Arnold Palmer]

1k for a poo one ?

Considering that's pretty much what they start at, yes.