Macs, Boot Camp, and crappy computers. Options

[Lux]

I'm considering getting one of the new MacBooks [link], but I've never used Mac OS X, and was wondering if someone can give me what they like about it compared to Windows. [Yes, I've read EVERYTHING I could find on the internet.] I just want some human opinion.

Another thing. I was considering using Boot Camp to triple boot it, so I have OS X/XP/Ubuntu on it, and was curious as to how easy it is to upgrade the OS after you trpple boot.

Thanks guys.

[valkan]

OS X vs. Windows on appearance is opinion based, as I personally thing that OS X icons are too large and thus ugly.

Probably my only major gripe about Windows comes from when you're looking for what hardware your computer has, as for a long time I couldn't find what soundcard I had. In the end I figured out that my soundcard is built into my motherboard, and Windows wasn't telling me this. I don't know if OS X tells you things like this, but it's definitely something I don't like Windows for.

If you pull down the apple menu on OSX and hit "About this Mac" it shows you all the hardware you have on your mac in a nice summery.


If you need to know more, all you have to do is click "More Info" in the same window, and then it shows every bit of hardware your computer has in detail. Specs too.


It's pretty useful.

This post has been edited by valkan: Nov 2 2008, 08:30 AM