WotEver Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Just now, Mike the Boilerman said: It had more problems than I was prepared to waste endless time fixing. I binned it and bought the Macbook 12". Brilliant decision. Everything 'just works'. How can you put a price on that! Except that you’ve ended up with a Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Just now, WotEver said: Except that you’ve ended up with a Mac Yes. What a breath of fresh air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Everything 'just works'. How can you put a price on that! Apple did, and not a small one i wager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 I don't need a Mac, my roof doesn't leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Yes. What a breath of fresh air. If that’s what floats yer boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Just now, WotEver said: If that’s what floats yer boat It works for me. Unlike several my Windows machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 29 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Everything 'just works'. How can you put a price on that! That's what I was thinking about my ecofan.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 first proper 'puter I ever bought was a Mac from PC World. I went home, put it all together and it wouldn't connect to tinternet. Took it back and the customer service desk was blocked. Eventually I got to speak to an assistant who told me they knew nothing about Mac puters and advised me to contact Apple customer service. I told him that if the shop couldn't help me get a puter up and running straight from the box then I wanted my money back, and refused to leave the desk until they proved the puter was able to perform. Eventually they tried, including trying to contact Apple, and after 90 minutes they finally gave up. I bought an Amstrad instead and never looked back. ............... once bitten ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 I'd go for Granny Smiths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Granny Smith's what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 minutes ago, David Mack said: Granny Smith's what? Melons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Golden delicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 Just now, rusty69 said: Golden delicious That describes my Macbook perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 I had a netbook (Acer Aspire One 10" running win7), fabulous bit of kit - survived 10k miles in a motorbike tankbag round Europe. Eventually the hard drive bit the dust and was replaced by a SSD and Linux Mint; nothing wrong with it and it still works except the battery is getting a little short of life. Bought a 14" Acer Chromebook last year (£200 from Currys), took 2 hours to install Linux as a dual-boot. Luvverly. And now the chrome OS will run android apps as well. Happy bunny. It is physically larger than the Aspire, but the weight is about the same and the battery life is awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 I'd say go with a Chromebook. You can use things like 'Crouton' (software) to install Ubuntu on it no problem, and they're pretty cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Thanks all. My heart says Macbook, my wallet says Chromebook. Decision made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Thanks all. My heart says Macbook, my wallet says Chromebook. Decision made. MacBook then. A boater never listens to the wallet. Edited May 19, 2018 by Robbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, Robbo said: MacBook then. A boater never listens to the wallet. He does when its in the mrs handbag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, rusty69 said: Thanks all. My heart says Macbook, my wallet says Chromebook. Decision made. "Buy cheap, buy twice", someone once said.... Very true. I bet you end up with a Macbook. Look on ebay at the way even really old ones hold their value if you want the view of the notebook market as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: "Buy cheap, buy twice", someone once said.... Very true. I bet you end up with a Macbook. Look on ebay at the way even really old ones hold their value if you want the view of the notebook market as a whole. Dunno how true that is with the puter market. My netebook cost 60 quid about 8 years ago. It still works, although a bit slower due to "improvements" in the software it is now expected to run. I've looked at second hand apples, that's how I know i can't afford one Edited May 19, 2018 by rusty69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 +1 for MacBook Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycloud Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 On 16/05/2018 at 20:52, Mike the Boilerman said: It works for me. Unlike several my Windows machines. I was a lifelong windows lover until in 2012 I bought a Macbook Air (I had a big redundancy payout at the time and thought I'd have a splurge) - since then the windows machines have all been languishing in the dust as the Mac just feels so much slicker, even 6 years on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartagnan Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 I am an Apple convert. Numerous windows laptops sitting around the house which contain data which I can’t access. I have the iPhone, iPad and I have been looking for a MacBook Air. There are plenty of new ones on eBay which go for about £650-£700 and obviously used ones cheaper still. The only reason I haven’t pushed the button just yet is that there are rumours a new version will be announced in June. This is more than plausible as the MacBook air is now quite long in the tooth despite it saying ‘2017’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Psycloud said: I was a lifelong windows lover until in 2012 I bought a Macbook Air (I had a big redundancy payout at the time and thought I'd have a splurge) - since then the windows machines have all been languishing in the dust as the Mac just feels so much slicker, even 6 years on. Same here. I’ve been a windows enthusiast ever since discovering win 3.0 was a billion times easier than DOS. With versions from 7 onwards Fewer and fewer of my expensively purchased software applications have worked without massive problems, or at all. Very disappointing the way Microsoft have abandoned all pretence of backwards compatibility. Coupled with the persistent and massive security upgrades installing themselves without asking and gobbling up my monthly data allowance, I finally lost patience. It was either Mac or Linux, and Linux seems to require hours of work under the bonnet to keep stuff working just like windows these days. So Mac was an easy decision. Should have changed over years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 53 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: and Linux seems to require hours of work under the bonnet to keep stuff working just like windows It did years ago, but distros like Ubuntu make it dead easy to install and use Linux now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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