Computer Shopping, Toshiba A75-s231 Options

[spunky393]

Anybody have it? Problems, likes, dislikes, etc. What do you over-all think of the toshiba company, and where did you happen to buy your notebook. Thanks guys.

[tomazws]

As a web developer, I prefer Macs more than anything else. Even the god father of Linux has recently reported switched his main computer to a Mac. As to speak, Apple's OSX manages memory far more superior than ANY Microsoft Windows operating system. Plus since the OSX is built on Unix, you get all the back-end Unix barebone features (like Terminal to name one) plus all the fancy OSX gui. It's a must-have machine for web developers and it's a really handy machine for software programmers.

As for gamers, stay away from the Macs. Usually games come out at least half a month behind the PC version. Luggish 3D graphics support provides you with 10FPS in the newest games won't give you any fun at all. My Pentium III with ATi 9600 could out run ANY Mac G4s out there.

Mac people love to brag about how they NEVER get hacks, NEVER get virus... etc. But the truth is, if I am a hacker myself, I wouldn't even BOTHER hacking the Macs, or coding Mac virus.

The main complaints from PC users are how Windows XP always crash on them, blue screens every now and then, having a hard time searching for the correct driver for their hardware.. etc. It's good for the Mac users that they don't get any. Not because OSX is far better than Windows, but of the facts that OSX only has to support a small range of KNOWN hardware. As for Windows, they have the support a wide range of hardware that's dated back in the early 90s to the newest gadgets. A report on news.com stated that the upcoming Windows LongHorn could even open an excel file back in the 80s. I give mad props for Microsoft for doing this for us.

As for price, I do think the Macs are overpriced (Like BMW compared to Kia), but I'm willing to pay for what they offer, from the highly detailed packaging to the slick hardware design to the ease of use and not have to worry about virus and hacks and so forth.

Well, I think I'm bias on the Mac... but I love Windows still

This post has been edited by tomazws: Mar 29, 2005 - 3:57 PM

[wuhukf]

As a web developer, I prefer Macs more than anything else.  Even the god father of Linux has recently reported switched his main computer to a Mac.  As to speak, Apple's OSX manages memory far more superior than ANY Microsoft Windows operating system.  Plus since the OSX is built on Unix, you get all the back-end Unix barebone features (like Terminal to name one) plus all the fancy OSX gui.  It's a must-have machine for web developers and it's a really handy machine for software programmers.

As for gamers, stay away from the Macs.  Usually games come out at least half a month behind the PC version.  Luggish 3D graphics support provides you with 10FPS in the newest games won't give you any fun at all.  My Pentium III with ATi 9600 could out run ANY Mac G4s out there.

Mac people love to brag about how they NEVER get hacks, NEVER get virus... etc.  But the truth is, if I am a hacker myself, I wouldn't even BOTHER hacking the Macs, or coding Mac virus.

The main complaints from PC users are how Windows XP always crash on them, blue screens every now and then, having a hard time searching for the correct driver for their hardware.. etc.  It's good for the Mac users that they don't get any.  Not because OSX is far better than Windows, but of the facts that OSX only has to support a small range of KNOWN hardware.  As for Windows, they have the support a wide range of hardware that's dated back in the early 90s to the newest gadgets.  A report on news.com stated that the upcoming Windows LongHorn could even open an excel file back in the 80s.  I give mad props for Microsoft for doing this for us.

As for price, I do think the Macs are overpriced (Like BMW compared to Kia), but I'm willing to pay for what they offer, from the highly detailed packaging to the slick hardware design to the ease of use and not have to worry about virus and hacks and so forth.

Well, I think I'm bias on the Mac... but I love Windows still
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Very true, i think Macs have gotten much better and are better than PC's now except for gaming. My mom got a new dual processor G5 with the 20.1" widescreen LCD. That thing is insane, of course it costs like 8 times as much as my PC too.