After years of happy Mac ownership, I used to think that nothing could sour our blissful relationship. However, some recent Mac behaviour has left me scratching my chin thinking, "Hmm. Maybe that Windows 7 on a new PC ain't a bad idea."
Lately we've been using our 20" Aluminum iMac only to have it rudely shut down unexpectedly. One of us would be surfing the web, checking email, or thumbing through photos, then alluvasudden… BLACK. And we're talking a shut down here, not a sleep.
Naturally, this has me scouring the Net with questions. I'm not liking the answers. My google searches have taken me to many sites, but there appears to be one sickening theme that has emerged: a problem with the logic board and/or power supply. Now, for PC users, this is not a big deal. Off to Memory Express, grab a $100 motherboard, a $25 300W power supply, open up your case, do the ol' switcheroo, done. For Mac users, well, not so simple.
First off, a logic board will start at around $800, the power supply is around $150. Next, the whole Mac line is not exactly famous for allowing tech enthusiasts to crack open their Macs to replace this or upgrade that.
What all this has done is have me come full circle and ask myself, "why did I come to the Mac in the first place?" If I recall, the reasons were (in no particular order):
- looked damn nice.
- low Operating System maintenance, install OS once, no need for the spring OS reinstall.
- good selection of music, video, photo software to play with.
- no screwing around with anti-virus software.
- just a reliable machine.
With Windows 7 just around the corner, and with the snappy looks of inexpensive 20" LCD monitors, I'm starting to wonder if a switchback is in order. Are those previous points relevant anymore? The iMac could be relegated to another room somewhere, but our main family PC would be Windows 7 PC.
I still love my Mac, but I don't think it loves me back.
6 comments:
once you go gay there's no going back or once you go mac there's no going back... same thing. How about you give Linux a try? I've changed over and never looked back. There are some apps I use the wife's computer for but that's far and in between.
Apple's approach to hardware upgrade: Buy a new mac. Too bad you find this out the hard way. How can Darwin possibly defend this?
I'm glad to hear about your lifestyle choice. Hope it brings you happiness.
Since I can't go back in time and NOT buy the iMac, I've decided to fix it myself.
Linux doesn't seem to have the video and music editing shit that I'm into.
hey Greg,
Could you please stop using my email address as a spam catcher?
ghutch@gmail.com is my account.
Thanks,
ghutch
Well, I'm not sure who "Greg" is, I also don't know about this email you mention.
But one thing I do know, if you're concerned about spam, its probably not a good idea to advertise it in a blog comment.
alright... can you tell me why my email address is on...
http://plosivity.blogspot.com/2008/02/do-not-read-this-blog.html
...this post?
Good point.
Blog article deleted.
Post a Comment