You replace a HD because it goes bad (too many bad sectors etc). Not super common if you buy quality drives, but it does happen. That is also why you back up your HD. If you think your Mac is immune to HD failures, you are kidding yourself big time! A Seagate in your Mac is not better than the Seagate in my desktop PC. That is imho one of the greatest problems with Apple: in order to market their products as "friendly", they have created a vast sea of complacency through lack of knowledge... the "Mac Toaster" syndrome...

Some PC's are trash + disposable for sure, but Macs have had their share of problems also over the years, and the trouble is they often require nonstandard + pricey service to deal with said problems, whereas most problems in a PC can be cheaply fixed the same day with a trip to any local computer store (and often DIY as opposed to dealer serviced ;-). Fortunately Macs are generally reasonably good for reliability, so they aren't a bad buy, but they are not the holy grail of computing in that sense either.

My suggestion to Stickman is to avoid any computer product that is overly integrated or customized (eg built in monitor). Ie, avoid Imac, get a Mac Mini. Avoid a Dell, get a generic PC built with quality parts (eg ASUS mainboard vs some shoddy brand with the same spec at half the price).

Probably a good idea to go try out a Mac + see what you think. Imho, the mini is a very good gateway for a former PC user (if nothing else, you can connect it to your existing mouse, keyboard, and monitor + get started right away relatively cheaply)...

James...

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• Mac or PC ?, STICKMAN, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:39:29
  • Re: FaceTime for Mac, Dano in Texas , Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:55:46
    • Re: FaceTime for Mac, Wingnut, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:13:53
  • This is a question like..., Noel, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:27:53
    • HDDs, James, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:51:29
  • Re: Mac or PC ?, Scott Paterson , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:40:01
  • Re: Mac or PC ?, Simon S, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:53:13
  • Not saying this should influence your decision, but..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:52:56
    • I don't know if Bill Gates is a nice guy or not..., Craig, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:03:46
      • Re: I don't know if Bill Gates is a nice guy or not..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:36:29
        • Re: I don't know if Bill Gates is a nice guy or not..., Craig, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:02:10
          • Sure, I'll give it a go..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:19:20
  • Mac -- if you value your money, vvk, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:17:15
    • Easy on the cool-aid there, AdamB , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:32:01
    • Re: Mac -- if you value your money, James, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:10:53
      • Re: Mac -- if you value your money, TML , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:01:12
  • Neither, JerseySaab , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:39:53
    • Watch your fingers, Brian in MA, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:15:53
    • FIRST SANE ANSWER!!!, Simon S, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:41:41
    • Re: I have a MicroVAX II, Street, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:16:12
      • Sweet!, JerseySaab , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:48:39
        • Re: That's the ticket alright! :-) n/m, Street, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:36:17
    • Re: Neither, brick8, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:14:23
      • What, no Rainbow?, nwas, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:10:15
      • DEC PRO series was PDP-11 based, JerseySaab , Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:24:44
        • Re: DEC PRO series was PDP-11 based, brick8, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:28:39
          • DEC PRO 350 P/OS, Steve T., Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:23:37
            • Re: DEC PRO 350 P/OS, brick8, Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:12:00
  • Re: Mac or PC ?, Bruce, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:17:45
    • Well put., Noel, Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:54:42
  • depends, brick8, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:35:40
  • how come nobody yet posted this?!, Siegfried, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:19:08
    • Where I'm going, 50N40W, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:35:53
  • PC. MAC"s use proprietary main drives. Very bad!, Used to be Chaz, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:50:11
    • Camel Pucky, AlS, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:02:00
    • Re: PC. MAC"s use proprietary main drives. Very bad!, Cark, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:50:58
      • Chevy v. Saab motors, Steve T., Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:23:40
        • Re: Chevy v. Saab motors, kkelley, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:07:42
      • Apple does not make hard drives!, James, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:31:58 <-- Viewing This Message
        • You don't get it. Apple does what's good for apple, Used to be Chaz, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:50:29
          • I get it..., James, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:28:02
            • I don't think Jobs ever, Tim, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:04:32
              • I don't think Jobs ever, James, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:46:54
  • If you already know your way around Windows ..., dmz789qqq, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:02:03
    • If you like to pay twice what a system is worth, nwas, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:04:58
      • Re: If you like to pay twice what a system is worth, Cark, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:19:33
        • Like Saabs in a way, but..., Craig, Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:38:28
        • Re: If you like to pay twice what a system is worth, James, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:03:59
        • MAC's get obsolete too, nwas, Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:02:06

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