Windows 10!!

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch... some of us Mac-users are still procrastinating about installing Yosemite to replace Mountain Lion! Should I, or shouldn't I??

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A Macbook would probably be a better option, however at £1599 for a 15" here in the UK, it's out of the question. You can buy a cute looking Lenovo for £700.

Apple shoot themselves in the foot with their pricing.

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so far it was easy loading and works very well

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I can switch on, get on to the net, email, (even that was different) do the normal everyday things, but beyond that, all the technicalities escape me, so if you are satisfied with your windows 7, stay there and stay happy!

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You get what you pay for. I used PC's for years (went through 4 of them!), and spent a fortune getting them debugged every few months (even with state-of-the-art malware protection). I started using Macbook Pro's in 2007, and I'll never look back! Mine have never gotten viruses, trojans, etc. and I've never had to have them cleaned. I'm on my second 15" Macbook Pro with solid-state storage, 8 gigs of memory, retina screen resolution... It's lightning fast, runs cool and quiet, lightweight, and power-up to browser is always less than 5 seconds. PC's were always a huge time-waster, waiting for them to boot and scan at start-up, then freeze all the time. Mac for me!

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My advice to everyone would be to hang on for six months and wait for all the inevitable teething problems to be sorted first.

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Ive upgraded and keep getting a pop up saying The Current Dolby Audio Driver Version 7.2.8000.17 and the software expects driver version 7.2.7000.4 Please install a valid driver and software application combination but dont know how to do this or where i find it

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If you are on windows 7, stay on it! Avoid 10 like the plague! I was quite happily on XP until they started closing it down, when I then went on to Windows 8.1 and headed for a nervous breakdown. Now I understand that 7 is similar to XP, but 8.1 is a different country. In fact, it's a different world. You have to start learning all over again.

I took the upgrade to 10, and find it not much different from 8, - more bells and whistles which I shall never use, and perhaps a lot of trouble in store, if previous posts are anything to go on. Of course I'm a complete amateur where computers are concerned, - like most people, I suspect, - I can switch on, get on to the net, email, (even that was different) do the normal everyday things, but beyond that, all the technicalities escape me, so if you are satisfied with your windows 7, stay there and stay happy!

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch... some of us Mac-users are still procrastinating about installing Yosemite to replace Mountain Lion! Should I, or shouldn't I??

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You get what you pay for. I used PC's for years (went through 4 of them!), and spent a fortune getting them debugged every few months (even with state-of-the-art malware protection). I started using Macbook Pro's in 2007, and I'll never look back! Mine have never gotten viruses, trojans, etc. and I've never had to have them cleaned. I'm on my second 15" Macbook Pro with solid-state storage, 8 gigs of memory, retina screen resolution... It's lightning fast, runs cool and quiet, lightweight, and power-up to browser is always less than 5 seconds. PC's were always a huge time-waster, waiting for them to boot and scan at start-up, then freeze all the time. Mac for me!

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I've had 3 desktop computers since 1989. So that's 26 years. That's 3 CPUs & 3 motherboards. 4 power supplies, three cases, and I've had access to laptops owned by various companies I've worked for since 1998, and I've a 2008 HP entertainment laptop - I use now when I travel, it's about 10 times slower than my desktop, but that's to be expected. It's the emergency entertainment device, I'm often non-internet accessible when I am using it.

I built my last two personal computers with no assistance and my 1st pc, I was allowed to watch the guy I bought it from - build it. I basically drive them til they just quit working - or the CPU won't support the latest majority of software I wish to utilize.

All told, I've spent nearly $8000 usd on personal computing over 26 years. They've helped me earn multiples of that amount, too. I've gone through a dozen hard drives (and currently utilize 6 of them and two SSDs as boot drives in my laptop and desktop). Sure, I get viruses, everyone does. They don't freak me out. Windows & PCs are used by the vast majority of people the world over - hence they are the largest target of hackers. I fix the annoyances and carry on.

I've used every release of Windows operating software dating from Win95. Used MS-DOS before that was released.

I've played around with Linux & Unix, and frankly - that's the A ticket. My laptop sees maybe 2 or 3 weeks of use a year. Constant use of a laptop, with the heat they generate and the lack of air filtration they afford (plus how roughly they are usually handled) is what sends 99% of them to an early grave.

When I bought my first 25Mhz 386 clone, I knew nothing about the thing. So I broke it quickly and often, and fixed it myself. At least they can be diagnosed and worked upon with common, inexpensive tools and some easily found knowledge (google) when necessary. I've never paid another person to repair any computer equipment. Fck that noise.

Apple tried to mystify their product (it helped their marketing strategy to do so) as well as make them highly proprietary and closed-off and Steve Jobs convinced millions of people that they were too ignorant to learn about how a PC operates. Pay them their ransom and they'll give you what they tell you - you should have & need. They charge an arm & a leg for their units...then when those things need repair, they charge you your other arm and leg to fix it - or recommend you just buy a brand new one, to...you know, be on the cutting edge again.

I guess if you have money to burn, Apple is there for you.

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So in order to own a PC that will last you as long as a Macbook Pro you have to be a total geek?

That's like having to be a mechanic to own a certain type of car and then claiming it's better because you know how to fix it every time it breaks down.

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Does -or- will, the Mac you mentioned, last 10 to 11 years without a major component failure?

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I bet even you could replace any item inside of any pc and get it back to working status. You can't do that with a Macbook Pro.

Total geekdom not required to operate and maintain a desktop. Just a little self determination & curiosity. Or are you lacking all of that, too?

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Does -or- will, the Mac you mentioned, last 10 to 11 years without a major component failure?

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I have an iMac from 2002 that still works perfectly fine. My current MacBook pro is about 6 years old and will keep working past the time my desire to buy a new one comes.

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In essence, you're saying that your 2002 era iMac is still superlative and quite useful, yet you also have a newer, more expensive MacBook Pro which you use (probably 100% of the time, since it's so much more powerful)...It's prudent to keep a back up unit for when you're main rig shits the bed -- better to have and never need, than need and never have. Smart!

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I don't know...

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In essence, you're saying that your 2002 era iMac is still superlative and quite useful, yet you also have a newer, more expensive MacBook Pro which you use (probably 100% of the time, since it's so much more powerful)...It's prudent to keep a back up unit for when you're main rig shits the bed -- better to have and never need, than need and never have. Smart!

Sounds like you're a computer collector and an even bigger geek than me, or you just really have a thing for 13 year old....Apples of your eye.

I donate the old units after I upgrade. But, hey, whatever floats your boat.

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First of all, you can't even quote properly. 6 fucking years you have been a member here and you still can't do it right.

My iMac can run programs new computers can't without a subscription. Photoshop being one of those. I also have the very first ipod ever released and I suppose I still have both because they are more collectors items now than tools. Something a PC will never be, by the way. Them being collectors items has nothing to do with your claim that there are no apples that can work for more than a decade without having to replace the parts though. How would you know anyway? Obviously, you can't afford one since you always mention their price when talking about apples.

And that sucks for the poor kid that gets your jizz and beer soaked donated dell... Probably why you have to replace the parts so often. lol

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Heh, settle down big shooter before your taped up glasses get all scratched up against your shirt pocket digital calculator. You're a computer collector/investor as well as a redundant system storage maven.

Aren't you surprisingly super geeky. How much have you donated to Apple pensions over the years?

Blows me out of the proverbial water -- all around.

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So in order to own a PC that will last you as long as a Macbook Pro you have to be a total geek?

That's like having to be a mechanic to own a certain type of car and then claiming it's better because you know how to fix it every time it breaks down.

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Snap.

And why I will not upgrade until forced to (when my computer dies in some smoky plume of fuck you metilda).