“Most buyers will go with Windows PCs. But Apple’s new iMac models are an excellent choice. Not only are they beautifully designed, but they also use a powerful processor called the G5, and their prices are actually lower than those for comparable Windows machines. Best of all, users of the current Mac operating system haven’t encountered any viruses,” Walt Mossberg writes for The Wall Street Journal.
“The main downside of the Mac is that it requires buyers to acquire and master all new software. Much of this comes bundled on the computer, but most people will have to spend at least $150 for a Mac version of Microsoft Office, which can handle files created in the Windows version,” Mossberg writes. “If you choose Windows, make sure you wait for a machine that has the new SP2 version of Windows XP, which closes some of the operating system’s most egregious security holes.”
“Even on a brand-new Windows machine, you should immediately obtain an arsenal of security programs, and keep them updated. One recent test showed that a brand-new, unprotected Windows machine became infected with viruses in just 20 minutes on the Internet,” Mossberg writes.
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MacDailyNews Take: Are you a Windows user wondering about your next computer? Get a Mac. If you’re worried about having to master new software, don’t worry about it. You’re going to be so happy! Apple’s software is better and more intuitive than most anything you’ll find on Windows (check out Apple’s iTunes for Windows 2000 or XP to see an example of just how good Mac users have it) and if you ever need any help, you can email webmaster@macdailynews.com and we’ll help you personally. We can do this because we know you won’t need much help, but, if we’ve pushed you to get a superior Mac, you’ll want to know how to thank us for your liberation from Wintel Hell. We’re serious: get a Mac, email us for help if you need it, and get ready to actually enjoy personal computing!
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Mossberg: Apple iMac G5 ‘powerful, affordable, virus-free with better, more modern OS than Windows XP’ – September 23, 2004
Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg: ‘The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh’ – September 16, 2004
Mossberg: ‘MSN Music is no match for iTunes – yet’ – September 02, 2004
Mossberg: Dump your Windows machine and get an Apple Macintosh to free yourself of spyware – August 25, 2004
Mossberg: Sony Walkman ‘laborious, weak, lousy, confusing, stinks’ vs. Apple iPod – July 28, 2004
Mossberg likes Apple’s Airport Express, but bemoans lack of remote control – July 22, 2004
Mossberg: Roxio’s Easy Media Creator 7 ‘significantly inferior’ to Apple’s iLife – June 25, 2004
The Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg: ‘iPod mini a gorgeous device, a winner’ – February 11, 2004
Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg: Apple GarageBand a ‘terrific tool, another feather in Apple’s cap’ – February 04, 2004
Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg on making the switch from Windows to Mac – September 18, 2003
Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg: Apple’s iChat/iSight teleconferencing ‘vastly better than any other I’ve tried’ – August 13, 2003
Walt Mossberg: ’17-inch PowerBook a great choice and another design win for Apple’ – April 03, 2003
this is the gunshot approach…
~~macuser
In fact, the whole package is a bit of a visual mess. The toolbar, introduced in ClarisWorks 5, is an obvious attempt to ape Word, but where it was a neat addition in ClarisWorks, the version featured in AppleWorks 6 is bloated and of limited use.
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Bloated and of limited use.. let me know when you make up your mind.. i’m gonna say limited use.. NOT bloated
i have office 2004 and love it
Well, I…for one have been Micro$oft-free for many years….
I have no need for any M$ crap… Awfus… IE… nothing made in Redmond ever touches any of my hard drives…
But, I do feel for those who cant do without it tho…