# PC vs Mac Simply Explained **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 24, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284 "2001-03-24T05:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284/421 "2001-05-03T13:26:01Z")
I seem to recall talking about symbolic links a few pages ago… [here](http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction) is a utility to create them on Windows 2000. Turns out that NTFS 5 does support them (as “junctions”), but Win2K doesn’t ship with any means to create them. ---
**Author:** ![Pantology](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Pantology](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantology)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284/422 "2001-05-03T14:12:15Z")
The Windows 2000 Resource Kit includes a utility for managing junction points, linkd.exe. Hella-useful, particularly if you’re trying to migrate from NetWare to W2K without your users knowing about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284/423 "2001-05-04T00:29:15Z")
True… but I believe the Resource Kit is pretty expensive. NTFS also has separate file “streams”, like MacOS’s data/resource forks (except you can have more than two). I don’t know if I’d consider it an advantage, but it’s there. The same URL has a utility to list the streams in a file. Open a command prompt and type: echo plain \>test.txt echo foo \>test.txt:columbia echo bar \>test.txt:mississippi more \ **Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284/424 "2001-05-04T12:41:20Z") omg wtf…this thread is till going? I posted on this thing weeks ago… 😃 I am gonna end this right now, or try to anyway. There is not such thing as "PC vs Mac **SIMPLY** explained. The largest difference between the two, is this. While Macs tend to be better in the field of photoediting, and video stuff too, PCs have better games and stuff like that. That is not to say that PCs can’t run Photoshop, or edit some video (and a lot of the newer ones can do it quite effeciently), or that Macs don’t have games. If you want to have tons and tons of software, the widest variety is going to be found on a PC. Macs have their fair share of titles as well, but again, PCs have more. If you want ease of use, and reliability, I say go for a Mac. This can be decieving though, because a lot of times, the people who want to have ease of use, also want to have stuff like Napster. All in all, it depends on what kind of a user you are, or are planning to be… [sub]If you ask me, Linux kicks the ass of all these other pithy operating systems, so get a PC and put Red hat on there ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284/425 "2001-05-05T05:17:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evnglion \* > This can be decieving though, because a lot of times, the people who want to have ease of use, also want to have stuff like Napster. All in all, it depends on what kind of a user you are, or are planning to be… I find Napster to be _far_ more stable on my Mac than my PC. (Yes, there is a Mac version.) The Mac version is set up differently, has a few less “features”, but hell - what use are “features” if the damn program locks up all the damned time? (Like it does on my PC.) Another thing not to be ignored about Macs - some graphics-related jobs _require_ Mac experience. I’ve been looking, and this is what I see in the want ads. I am glad I have Mac experience, it gives me more options in this area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-vs-mac-simply-explained/59284.md?page=21)