All right folks, What’ll it be? Mac or PC? I bought an iBook about 6 months ago and I gotta say… Mac wins… by twenty lengths. This is the computer of my dreams. Never breaks down. Does what I tell it. Great graphics, video, sound. The only disadvantge is the availability of hardware and software. PC people, prove me wrong. Mac people, back me up, yo.
Again?
The reason I prefer PCs is - I grew up with them so I know them inside-out.
I understand them so I can upgrade them and work with them easily almost without thinking (it all comes naturally)
A vast number of companies contribute to their hardware (instead of one or two, as is the case with Macs)
Used PC’s for years, bought an iMac back in early 2001, and haven’t looked back since.
Typing away on my new iBook now, and it is just like my iMac in the respects of reliability, ease of use, and style. Won’t be buying anymore PC’s. Not worth the hassles.
No viruses, no spyware, no crashing, no product activation, no desktop advertising forced down my throat (such as AOL icons all over the desktop) and a highly polished OS with some best of breed consumer applications like iTunes included right out of the box.
What’s not to like?
There are things you can do on one or the other better or not at all. There simply isn’t a choice in my work (geophysics) - seismiic interpretation is Windows or Unix as there are no viable Mac apps.
I suspect PCs are victims of their own popularity (spyware, viruses, spam, popups etc…)
With Mac OS X being based on BSD, I would imagine the unix apps would run without much more than a recompile.
Remember, OS X is UNIX underneath.
Mac, Mac, Mac.
Except if I want to use certain programs that only work on PCs. Then, a PC. (sigh)
And with the Fink, Gentoo and DarwinPorts projects, you don’t even need to do that.
I’m a big Mac fan, and am saving up for the new G5.
However, I am forced to use a PC for an online class I am taking, and XP is really OK. Not as good as OS X, but, OK.
And the Unix apps are hideously expensive to license (SeisX, IESX, etc.) and require much intensive support. If you need to interpret seismic data, a Windows PC is pretty much the only way to go if you’re not in a bleed money situation. I’ve never heard of anyone porting Unix apps to a Mac.
Porting those specific Unix apps is what I meant - I certainly don’t track whatever else may be happening.
How does the cost of a Mac compare to a Sun? Would it make enough difference to try and run those apps on a platform not supported by the proprietor of the software?
It still wouldn’t overcome the cost differential between the Unix apps and the PC apps.
I love my Mac. I bought my first one in 1993 It still is “The computer for the rest of us”
I love the line that some PC people give me, “Macs are for the people too retarded to figure out a PC.”
Yeah, so…
Is it possible to build your own Mac (or at least Mac compatible) system?
Can I vote for both?
I use a Mac at work and a PC at home. They both seem to work fine.
Dey’s just tools after all, folks.
Mac? Yuck!
With a MAC you pay MORE for LESS. Plain and simple.
I wouldn’t say macs are for retarded people, but certianly for the less computer savvy.
If you’re not much into computers (you only use them for work or typing up school reports), I would STILL recommend a PC (you’d save money that way), but I can see the appeal of a MAC.
If you are a serious computer gamer then you cannot possibly want anything other than a PC, simply for the power for the money ratio.
If you are computer savvy, and are willing to learn your way around a PC, there is nothing more satisfying than building your powerhouse PC from the ground up that’ll outperform any MAc and cost CONSIDERABLY less.
Also, having piece of mind than any game/piece of software coming out will be made for your system is vital to gamers/PC users.
First off, Kinthalis, it’s Mac, not MAC.
I don’t know about that. I just now posted a tutorial (on another message board) explaining to a Windows user how to copy and paste. I would not underestimate the lack of computer savvy amongst PC users as well. In fact, while I am in NO WAY that savvy, I’d guess that I know more about PCs than maybe 75% of the Windows users I know. All some people want to do is click on that little AOL button, dontchaknow…
I’m into computers quite a bit. Not enough to build my own system (so I don’t care about that) and once again, I won’t pretend to be that savvy, but still, I am quite enthusiastic.
I take my computer work seriously. I am mostly interested in graphic design and web design. Are these not “serious” endevours? And yes, I have compared the performance of my Mac and my PC when it comes to graphics, etc., and I personally prefer my Mac. OS X is the bomb.
True, if you are into games, a PC is where it’s at. But, not to try to put down gaming, because we all have our hobbies and I know that gaming is a damned fun hobby, but how is gaming anything “serious”? It’s a frigging game. 
You know, some of us just don’t give a shit about building our own computers. Just like some of us don’t give a shit about building our own car. We just want it to run.
Not everyone wants the same thing from a computer.
I don’t think I’d get that much of a warm fuzzy feeling over building my own computer (it’d be nice, but not the center of my universe). I get a really warm fuzzy feeling over the feedback (and occasionally money) I get from the work I produce on my Mac.
I don’t game, so I don’t give a shit about gaming. A lot of us don’t game.
I get the peace of mind knowing that my computer will run iDVD, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and other Mac-only applications.
True, there are some things that will only run on a PC (and I do like my PC) but I’d hate to only have a PC to rely on. That would indeed be depressing.
Windows is for people who don’t know better.
You better not talk to this bunch or these folks, then…
Precisely, which is why the old PC v. Mac debates aren’t really worth debating. Macs just can’t do what I need, so there’s no need to think about 'em.