22-06-14, 11:22 AM
Personally I don't see what the worry is with Microsoft ceasing support for XP, all their updates ever used to do was cause things that did work properly to stop working. I've a desktop machine that I use for video editing and a laptop that I use for everything else. Both running XP and I doubt that will change. I can use the laptop in the living room (as I am now), in the garden and I can put it in my rucksack when I go away and use it wherever I am. I've never been a great fan of anything with an i in front of it's name as they will only work with something else with an i in front of it's name. I was once given an iPod but found that to load any music onto it I had to install iTunes on my computer which then took a huge amount of disk space and tried to take over everything to do with music files. With any other bog standard mp3 player, I can just copy files over from the laptop and they play.
Windows 8 now integrates calendars, email settings and address book online so does nothing that a Mac can. However, to give the other side of the coin, a friend who is a complete computer numpty went over to a Mac After his son persuaded him that he might find it easier. Most of the time he does but still has problems with things he used to be able to do on a pc that he can't do or aren't as straightforward. He's also changed his phone for an iPhone as he had all sorts of problems getting his previous Samsung Galaxy to work with the Mac and hates it.
As said, you'll pay a lot more for a Mac than an equivalent spec Windows machine but as Apple have their own shops you are likely to get better support than from the ignorant box shifters that work in PC World. It just depends if you need it. You've obviously got on fine with a Windows machine up until now, so what makes you think you'll need it in the future?
Windows 8 now integrates calendars, email settings and address book online so does nothing that a Mac can. However, to give the other side of the coin, a friend who is a complete computer numpty went over to a Mac After his son persuaded him that he might find it easier. Most of the time he does but still has problems with things he used to be able to do on a pc that he can't do or aren't as straightforward. He's also changed his phone for an iPhone as he had all sorts of problems getting his previous Samsung Galaxy to work with the Mac and hates it.
As said, you'll pay a lot more for a Mac than an equivalent spec Windows machine but as Apple have their own shops you are likely to get better support than from the ignorant box shifters that work in PC World. It just depends if you need it. You've obviously got on fine with a Windows machine up until now, so what makes you think you'll need it in the future?