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Re: Rant
I've had both Mac and Windows machines over the years. I'll have to say that the Mac's just about set themselves up when you open the box, very easy compared to any Windows's based computer I've set up. The Mac's usually just automatically find any available wireless connection and simply ask you, "Would you like to connect?" Having said that, they do have some issues. I've had two die on my when they were about 3 years old. My daughters just completely crashed and burned and my wife's notebook is currently in the shop because it can't seem to maintain a link with the internet and doesn't want to find it in the first place without a lot of input from the user anymore. One of my good friends also had one crash at about a year old, Apple gave him a brand new laptop without charging him a cent and even re-loaded a lot of things for him for free, so great customer service, and he was happy with the outcome. The only other problem with Mac's is , well, they cost a lot compared to a Window's based PC.
My general experience with PC's is that they are relatively cheap and good for about 4 years if you avoid downloading crap on them and keep a good, constantly updated virus program running on them. Even though I keep them on really top notch power surge suppressors, I tend to loose the internet cards pretty regularly and power supplies die on me about every two years, but they are relatively cheap to replace, usually less than $50. I have only had one get a virus and crap out, and I just wiped the drive and reloaded the OS on that one.
Back up your hard drive, either with a local back up system or pay a fee and back it up on a server somewhere.
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