Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ October 6 2008, 12:18 PM BSTGo to this site: http://www.crucial.com/uk/ and it will scan your computer and tell you what memory you need. Get the highest amount of GB that you can afford. Problem solved.
Thanks, EMS. I've just run the test. An upgrade wouldn't increase performance significantly, though. But Jeez, memory has become cheap. I might buy some anyway, they cost hardly more than two Mars bars.
Thank your lucky stars Aaron hasn't discovered this thread yet.
I use both Macs and PCs at work, but have always been a PC man, less hassle and Macs take along time to learn and get used too, plus they cost way way too much.
And Finck if you need RAM I reckon an extra gig should do, I wouldn't go with the idea of get all the RAM you can stuff in there, it wastes money when you can buy a little less and still get a lot more.
As for PC and Mac writing differences I wouldn't bother, a PC is cheaper at the end of the day, so buy that and don't waste all that money on a pretty mac.
There is a lot of tribalism between Mac & PC users, it's a bit like supporting a football team. When I got my first Mac, ten years ago now, it was more justified because, as a designer, most significant programs like Quark Xpress and Photoshop only existed on a Mac, and the interface was so user-friendly compared to a PC it was untrue. (I still marvel at the sight, in internet cafes, of a PC start-up screen with green lettering on a black background which looks, for all the world, like my first Amstrad did 20 years ago).
But nowadays PCs can do everything Macs do, they look almost identical (apart from document folders and window-closing buttons being on the opposite side of the screen, oh and that two-buttoned mouse, I've never understood that) and apart from viruses and crashing, the two seem interchangeable. And, of course, PCs are cheaper.
So, I imagine I'll always use Macs, at least for the foreseeable future, for the same reason that I prefer Gibsons to Strats and the Beatles to the Stones. It's purely subjective, and you get used to what you get used to.
Quote: Paul W @ October 6 2008, 1:09 PM BSTAnd Finck if you need RAM I reckon an extra gig should do, I wouldn't go with the idea of get all the RAM you can stuff in there, it wastes money when you can buy a little less and still get a lot more.
As for PC and Mac writing differences I wouldn't bother, a PC is cheaper at the end of the day, so buy that and don't waste all that money on a pretty mac.
Don't worry, Paul, I won't waste money on memory. One gig and a pair of shoes, my rule of toe. 
One thing pro Mac: My Macbook is really tough. I've accidentally thrown it out of bed, rolled over it, let it fall down 2 metres and splashed bathwater on it. It kept running through all those incidents. And it still looks pretty good, whereas the eeePC Watson bought looks like a rickety cheap Barbie computer.
Quote: Finck @ October 6 2008, 1:32 PM BSTDon't worry, Paul, I won't waste money on memory. One gig and a pair of shoes, my rule of toe.
One thing pro Mac: My Macbook is really tough. I've accidentally thrown it out of bed, rolled over it, let it fall down 2 metres and splashed bathwater on it. It kept running through all those incidents. And it still looks pretty good, whereas the eeePC Watson bought looks like a rickety cheap Barbie computer.
Your Macbook's the Buster Keaton of laptops.
I'm using a Mac Mini at the moment, it's great and would purchase one myself seeing as they are an amazing decent in price from all the other Macs. They go for around £400, although I'm sure they can be found cheaper - problem is it's just the Mac mini, no keyboard/mouse and monitor. Luckily, I have all that stuff spare back home on my unstable like nuclear waste Windows PC.
Quote: Finck @ October 6 2008, 1:32 PM BSTDon't worry, Paul, I won't waste money on memory. One gig and a pair of shoes, my rule of toe.
One thing pro Mac: My Macbook is really tough. I've accidentally thrown it out of bed, rolled over it, let it fall down 2 metres and splashed bathwater on it. It kept running through all those incidents. And it still looks pretty good, whereas the eeePC Watson bought looks like a rickety cheap Barbie computer.
A friend of mine once had a job with Apple shock testing their laptops. He'd scale a stepladder and say "dropping from 2 metres" and just let the thing go. Then he'd climb three metres and go again. They're tough f**kers, make no mistake. I slipped over on the ice once carrying mine in a regular man bag. Hit the concrete and landed flat on top of it. Not a mark. Likewise, my iPod has been dropped from a moving bike and survived. They definitely make their products robust.
mmmmmmm, bust.........
Quote: Graham Bandage @ October 6 2008, 2:00 PM BSTYour Macbook's the Buster Keaton of laptops.
Well, it better be. It's sharing a flat with the Buster Keaton of laptop owners.
Quote: David Bussell @ October 6 2008, 2:29 PM BSTA friend of mine once had a job with Apple shock testing their laptops. He'd scale a stepladder and say "dropping from 2 metres" and just let the thing go. Then he'd climb three metres and go again. They're tough f**kers, make no mistake. I slipped over on the ice once carrying mine in a regular man bag. Hit the concrete and landed flat on top of it. Not a mark. Likewise, my iPod has been dropped from a moving bike and survived. They definitely make their products robust.
mmmmmmm, bust.........
Agreed especially with there Ipods, I lost my rag with mine once, threw it at a wall and if anything it started working better.
Stupid f**king scroll wheel.
Well, I went ahead and bought a MacBook.
Wish me luck!
Def.
I love that GIF. If I ever change my avatar...
Quote: Leevil @ October 8 2008, 4:29 PM BST
Aaaargh! Make it go away!
*presses ALT+APPLE+ESC like Glenn Gould in a sugar rush*
Quote: Griff @ October 8 2008, 4:30 PM BST
I love that GIF. If I ever change my avatar...
What is your avatar? It's not showing up on my PC and I can't remember what it is.
It's a cartoon of someone poking someone in the eye. Is anybody else not seeing it?