I have noticed my shutdown and restart times are extended.
It’s not seeing my 1TB FW800 drive that’s daisy chained either...will have to work on that!
On start up, I’m getting my desktop and the dock just fine, however, my mouse over icons in the dock doesn’t respond for about 30-45 seconds...using a wireless logitech mouse by USB...>?>>
Okay. I did the research this morning. To buy a Mac similarly equipped hardware-wise as what I now use, I’d have to spend FIVE TIMES what I paid.
Advantage? I can run a different OS that isn’t Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 98/se, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, W7, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Mepis, Mandriva, Puppy, Linpus, DSL, or the rest of the OS’s whose names I forget.
Five times the money for one more OS?
More secure? The ONLY infection that ever happened in my house was when I was trying to download a “free” game. I called the virus in. I dont’ get virii around here.
Smoother operation? Better performance? WHAT is five times better? If I could honestly say a mac performs FIVE times better that a similarly equipped PC, then it would be worth the money. Plus, the absolute must have MS software will run on Mac, just like Windows, or under Windows, but at a performance hit. I’d have to overcome running two OS’s hardware-wise, so I’d more than likely need MORE speed, memory, and stuff just to break even perfomance wise. Then it would cost even more that five times as much.
When I can afford a Mac, I won’t need it. Maybe I can just put a Apple sticker on the side of my HP and impress the ladies.
I’d love to have the OS as a dual boot. Wish they’d ALLOW us OSX wanna-have-its to buy and install it legally. I’d buy it. The OS is the only advantage of a Mac from my perspective.