Comments on: Mac vs Windows (Round 1,330,542) http://www.AskReaMaor.com/apple-and-macos/mac-vs-windows-round-1330542/ Your one-stop-blog for all latest Technology News updates and interpretation, heck, we'll even teach you how to Make Money Online and wrap it up with some WordPress blogging tips. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.AskReaMaor.com/apple-and-macos/mac-vs-windows-round-1330542/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 Chris Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:03:38 +0000 http://www.askreamaor.com/apple-and-macos/mac-vs-windows-round-1330542/#comment-2745 If Macs are so hard to upgrade, then why was I able to upgrade this: Powerbook G3 233MHz, 64MB RAM, 2GB HD, OS 8.5 to this: Powerbook G3 w/500 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB RAM, 60GB HD, Mac OS 10.4.9 ? If "any Mac user can tell you" how "difficult" it is to upgrade a Mac, then why does my PowerMac G4 have three times the RAM it started out with, a 250 GB HD in addition to the 80 GB drive it came with, PCI cards with 802.11g and USB 2.0 (neither of which even existed when the computer was made), and Bluetooth, all without installing a single driver? The whole "Macs are hard to upgrade" thing is complete BS. I can pop a PCI card in and out of my PowerMac in less than five minutes, and I only have to mess with one single screw. Meanwhile, every PC I've upgraded has been a nightmare to even get the case opened. As for Macs becoming obsolete... try finding any laptop built in 1998 that can run Windows Vista even AFTER hardware upgrades. Meanwhile, my nine-year-old Powerbook runs Tiger just fine; not especially quickly compared to my wife's Macbook, but well enough. If Macs are so hard to upgrade, then why was I able to upgrade this:

Powerbook G3 233MHz, 64MB RAM, 2GB HD, OS 8.5

to this:

Powerbook G3 w/500 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB RAM, 60GB HD, Mac OS 10.4.9

?

If “any Mac user can tell you” how “difficult” it is to upgrade a Mac, then why does my PowerMac G4 have three times the RAM it started out with, a 250 GB HD in addition to the 80 GB drive it came with, PCI cards with 802.11g and USB 2.0 (neither of which even existed when the computer was made), and Bluetooth, all without installing a single driver?

The whole “Macs are hard to upgrade” thing is complete BS. I can pop a PCI card in and out of my PowerMac in less than five minutes, and I only have to mess with one single screw. Meanwhile, every PC I’ve upgraded has been a nightmare to even get the case opened.

As for Macs becoming obsolete… try finding any laptop built in 1998 that can run Windows Vista even AFTER hardware upgrades. Meanwhile, my nine-year-old Powerbook runs Tiger just fine; not especially quickly compared to my wife’s Macbook, but well enough.

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