I am in the market for a new computer. I have been looking around but don't know what I should get. I know vista came out but what does it take to run it properly,. Also if I got an apple what does it take to run OSX properly?

If I got a mac I would like to get a mac pro

if I get a pc I would like something that can handle gaming. If I get a pc which company has a good rep?

but the question for both is I don't know which processor to get and how much hd space I should get or how much ram, what video card to get.

 

I have all macs, my home computer is a g5, like a turbocharged computer, very fast, and for the road i have a g4 powerbook. Couldn't be happier...biggest thing...No such thing as a virus for macs. Plus you can beat the every living crap out of it and it works like a charm. Just my two cents, and about what it takes for osx to run properly...Step one.. turn you computer on. Step two...wait, there is no step two

 

alienware already has a vista ready gaming laptop
check them out for top of the line gaming products

 

lol yea i know macs are easy to use lol . I jsut wanted to make sure if I got one it would be able to run the next update of osx. Which is umm jaguar or some type of cat name like that right? lol


also thanks for all the responses so far. I will check out alienware as well and see what desktops they have.

 

yeah its jaguar, i believe the last version was porsche and the one after this will be bentley ha ha ha! the ONLY bad thing ive found about macs is the software for emanage won't work on a mac lol

 

mac is whack.

 

All of the current Macs will be easily upgraded to Leopard when it is released. Also, if you wanted, all of the current Macs will run Windows.
The current version of OS X is Tiger, the one before that was Panther, and before that was Jaguar.

Oh, and hotbox... get the hate out of your blood, so much hate.

 

dont get vista, its terrible and u need a lot of RAM to do anything good. Macs suck for gaming. i say build ur own, if you know how... use newegg.com or ibuypower.com. if not then get a dell xps, or alienware(expensive). u can always get a mid-range computer and then upgrade it, a lot of people do that. just make sure it has a pci-express slot or agp cuz thats wut the best graphics cards are made on. Get ram and a good power supply. processor speed is ok but not the most important 2.4 and up is good. dual core is nice.

 

Okay, since you mentioned mac pro and gaming, there's your answer. Get a mac pro and install XP via boot camp. Boot camp runs Windows on the Mac box with full harware support. That way, you can have the best of both worlds, a stable OS and a nice gaming rig.

 

everyone on forums are funny. anytime anyone expresses an opinion that is less than favorable they are a "hater"

funny people.


i've yet to mess around with vista but am lookin to get a new desktop and a new laptop within the next two weeks.

for me my requirements are as follows

laptop:
15.4 screen
120gb hd
2gb ram
256mb videocard
amd turion 64 1.8 or better or amd turion64 duo core
dvd burner


desktop:
200gb hd +
2gb ram minimum
512mb videocard
amd athlon 2.0 or better
front memory card reader
tons of usb and firewire ports
dvd burner with lightscribe


laptop i'm lookin at hp , compaq , dell

desktop probably acer , hp , or compaq.

 

Dude, the only reason I brought it up is that "mac is whack" is indeed an opinion, but it's an opinion of someone who's clearly never used a mac and gave no back up to the opinion. Anyway, good luck with your Dell.

 

You guys know you can dual boot (or quadruple boot) on Windows too right? And it will be much cheaper to get a Windows based computer and run OSX, Linux, etc. on it because Macs are overprices as hell. Look into Toshiba for laptops, they have good prices and they make great laptops.

 

If you already have a monitor (or LCD/DLP tv would suffice), keyboard, and mouse, then you get a MacMini for < $1000.

Not much for gaming, but it could be a great media center for you. Just another option for you to consider.

 

remember that if you decide to get vista with a mid-range computer and decide to update later, you cannot install vista on another motherboard (or something similar to that) I am not quite sure but you might want to check that out. I can get vista business for free... but I think it would be illegal for me to give it to you(I personally don't run vista because vista business doesn't have media center and I need that)

 

Mac.
What's your budget?
With any new Mac, you can run Windows or Linux - no PC can do that.
For Windows, you can run Boot Camp - you actually boot the Mac as a Windows PC.
Great for gaming, etc.
If you just need to use Windows for the occasional app, then Parallels rocks!
It will eventually support 3D, but not yet.
I have XP and XUbuntu Linux running on my Macs (yes, three Intel Macs - one Mac Pro, one MacBook Pro, and one Mini.)

If you get an iMac, MacPro, or MacBook Pro, put in 2GB RAM.
If you can afford a Mac Pro, get 4GB RAM.

You can get by with 1GB, but not very well.
If you're going to run Windows - XP or Vista - get 2GB for sure.

Scott

 

You know the price points are no longer that different... since the Intel switch, the prices have become quite competitive. Oh, and good luck trying to get OS X to run properly on a Windows box. Sure it'll work, but at the end of the day, it's way easier (and legal) to run Windows on a Mac box via either Parallels or Boot Camp.

 

Very funny and misguided post.
Toshiba laptops BLOW.
Yeah, they blow - know how I know? I have watched our vendor replace about 100 of them so far with logic board failures.
We're moving to HP.

As for Macs being expensive - do some research for LIKE Mac/PCs. It's not true.

Don't give advice on a topic you don't know enough about.
Someone's money is going to be spent, and it's best that advice be worth reading - even if it is "free"

 

And we're off!

 

Nothing more than trying to give the guy some GOOD info.
If people come in and start the "Macs blow" crap, I'm out.
They don't.
Simple.

 

I liked my dell it lasted forever, now i am going to get another dell, the only thing i don't like about dell is the support line.....the people are from another country and i can't understand them.