Had enough of windows. Are macs good for Astronomy?

[danielsun]

O.K. A bit of an update. My computer was very ill. In amongst my freeze ups I got two blue screen errors which told me it's time to see the doctor so just got my laptop back after a total clean up and now is dual boot XP pro/Vista.
Now for the test to hook it all up and see how it all runs.

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Good to hear. So was it OS, spyware or hardware issues?

[danielsun]

The guru mentioned that it may have been compatibility issues between vista and some programs.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by danielsun

The guru mentioned that it may have been compatibility issues between vista and some programs.

That wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by Insane Climber

Hello, have you considered that your computer may actually be broken, freeze ups are generally cased by a componant loosing connectivity during an opperation, Windows is gennerally blamed for such freeze ups. It may be as simple as a power plug to hard drive or cd rom not connecting properly.

Please don't take this wrong, I Hate Bill Gates Opperating system too.

I thought freeze ups were of this nature too. Also can be caused by your power supply/battery.
Maybe its dodgy. Ask for a replacement, ***** like hell until you get a worker.
Go Unix/Linux. Way to go for stability.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by danielsun

The guru mentioned that it may have been compatibility issues between vista and some programs.

That just sounds like the guru didn't know what the problem was. BSOD's are usualy the result of faulty hardware or a damaged operating sydtem kernel. I wouldn't be blaming the new system before I knew what the real fix was.