To Mac or not to Mac ?

uptomyeyeballs

I suppose if you pay Apple prices, you're paying a configuration cost. If you want anything that isn't a standard off the peg Mac, someone then has to source the part, open up the Mac, install it, test it, reassemble and then ship. You pay for someone else to do this work for you, the cost of the bits subsidises the labour costs.

Getting back to the original question, there are two options - dual boot or virtualisation. Both work well, but it depends how you want to access your data. Only virtualisation can allow access to run both Mac and Windows data (in their native applications) at the same time. Dual boot cannot. I can run Mac programs and Windows programs side by side seamlessly under Parallels. There is a slight performance hit, but only you know whether that's important to you or not.

knightstyle

steady__eddie, ignore the Mac haters, enjoy your purchase. I have a Macbook and really appreciate the ease of use and logical way it does things. You will soon get used to working the Mac way so don't bother installing PC stuff, just practice with the Mac programs.
You can get an expensive three year warranty from Apple, I got one from Ebay for a quarter of the Apple price, just make sure you get one within 12 months of purchase and buy a BNIB, (brand new in box) not one of the electronic code ones from the US.
If you have any problems pop in to your nearest Apple store or Genius Bar, they are very helpful.

mrochester

knightstyle wrote: »

steady__eddie, ignore the Mac haters, enjoy your purchase. I have a Macbook and really appreciate the ease of use and logical way it does things. You will soon get used to working the Mac way so don't bother installing PC stuff, just practice with the Mac programs.
You can get an expensive three year warranty from Apple, I got one from Ebay for a quarter of the Apple price, just make sure you get one within 12 months of purchase and buy a BNIB, (brand new in box) not one of the electronic code ones from the US.
If you have any problems pop in to your nearest Apple store or Genius Bar, they are very helpful.

You can also pop into an Apple shop to get help and advice on various Mac related things. They run regular workshops (which are free). The Apple website details the schedule or workshops and events.

http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/