another annoying mac question....
 

is it REALLY WORTH IT? im very close to throwing this gateway out the window. pos!! i was messin with one the other day and their seek time doesnt seem as quick as a pc.am i right or wrong? what kind of maintenance do they require? (winders requires running defrag and scandisk)heres what i was lookin at getting
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6204000/wo/GF6nNFtXCHIp3LF9dbB1TLaQ415/9.?p=0
i kinda got the hang of it at the store but am i goin to pull my hair out trying to figure it out?

Macs are simple. Run software update every month and thats it. The operating system does all the upkeep and "defragging" automatically in the background during idle periods.

That's not entirely true, but close. There is a small program every Mac user should have: Cocktail, run this once a week and after you installed a program and your Mac stays happy.

I use Powerbooks for years, a friend of mine is using a Powerbook I bought six years ago and it's still usable for every day work; Email, Word, browsing even light Photoshop work or editing running the latest Mac OS!

It's not 100% necessary, but it helps.

It's like Diesel Purge; I saw sluggish Mac's come back to live again with it. Repair Disk Permissions with with the Disk Utility will do the same off course.

I have not heard of Cocktail but I will check it out despite the fact that I have NEVER had a single problen with my Mac.

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Is it possible to install and run a Mac OS on a regular 'DOS' PC?
I have a spare harddrive on my XP-desktop.
Or does Mac require specific hardware config?

MacSweeper is another one. Works for me on my G-3, OS-X 10.4.

No. The OS does check for Cupertino DNA. ;)

7 years and counting on my first G3 iMac. 5 additional computers since then and still not a single problem.

BTW that G3 iMac is still being used. To answer the original question, YES IT'S WORTH IT!

No. The mac hardware has alot of specific equipment that the MacOS needs to run. EFI instead of a BIOS, for one.