Poll: Mac or PC?

[Orlanth]

STG.

There is a lot to XP other the n skine. I lot of other things, that I like... IMHO, XP is Microsoft's best OS next to 98SE.

If you go with XP, get Pro, not Home. Pro is a lot better IMHO.

I know Draco is going to have a lot to say on XP, lol. I know you hate it Draco, but I like it.

 

[Semler]

Wow, lots of good opinions here, I was surprised to hear some Mac users support the PC. I thought they were more dedicated than that.

Sofware wise, I don't think would be a problem, but the file sharing is something that might keep me from jumping ship. I do enjoy my MP3's. Gaming is not an issue, I have a Xbox for that.
I like the idea of a stable operating system. I have a pretty powerful PC with plenty of RAM and XP os, and I consider myself above average in PC smarts, but I'm tired of the thing not working right.

Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter anyway. With layoffs comming, I can't afford the switch right now.

 

[koalabear]

http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/misce66.gif

PC user here, but mac best for video editing.

 

[Pixie]

I'm an iMac user, haven't touched a PC in years.
Like CarolineOh, I haven't really had any problems, unlike my dad and brother who both use PCs. My brother works with PCs and Macs and my BF works with Macs, they're both happy with their choice.

The type of games I like I can either get for the Mac or the Playstation, so that's not an issue for me. I can get everything I need for the Mac and I don't need to worryif the programs fit all the other puzzle pieces as much as a PC user has to. I want a computer, not a build your own package.

I guess it all depends on what you want to do with your computer.
I don't really want to touch a PC ever again, unless maybe with a sledgehammer

But then that's just my personal preference.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Gaming resources are hard to find, and some of the DVD extra features included on the discs now can not be accessed by Macs.

I keep seeing this in this thread.

I went to the Apple store... The gaming are takes up two aisles, one for kids... one for more mature tastes (not pr0n)

Most Notably Warcraft III (On day of release) and Wofenstein 3D.

Oh, btw, why hasn't anybody mentioned the best reason to buy a computer, let a lone a mac [link]

 

[KillerMuffin]

PC all the way.

If I can't build my own, I don't want it. If I can't take it apart and replace components at will, I don't want it.

I'm not a factory kind of girl. I like mine super-stock and modified.

Macs are for people who don't want to see the insides unless their covered with transparent cases. I wouldn't by a car with a sealed engine or a computer with a similar bent.

Sun is coming with a new O/S, Solaris, pretty soon. If it manages to do what they say it will, I'll be excited and MAC'll have a run for their money.

Steve Jobs fucked up all the way. First he trusted Bill and now he's overprotective of his "baby" to the point where it's too incompatible with the rest of the computerized world and too restrictive for those of use who prefer to tinker.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Sofware wise, I don't think would be a problem, but the file sharing is something that might keep me from jumping ship.

k..

Http://www.limewire.com/
http://homepage.mac.com/hillmanminx/iswipe/
(connects to OpenNap, Hotline, Carracho, Gnutella (Global and Local), and Audiogalaxy (However w/ the shutdown not much is there)
Http://www.drumbeat.info/
I also used a audiogalaxy third party client. Worked beautifully.

BTW, No spyware on macs (W/ the possible exception of LimeWire)

 

[Spinaroonie]

If I can't build my own, I don't want it. If I can't take it apart and replace components at will, I don't want it.

I'm not a factory kind of girl. I like mine super-stock and modified.

But you can build your own... Can have the fucking two-button mouse everybody bitched about too.

http://www.maconlinux.com/

 

[StarXChyld]

I live in a divided household. . .

My husband loves his PC. . .

Once I went Mac, I'd never go back!

 

[Spinaroonie]

Steve Jobs fucked up all the way. First he trusted Bill and now he's overprotective of his "baby" to the point where it's too incompatible with the rest of the computerized world and too restrictive for those of use who prefer to tinker.

I am not even going to begin with how inaccurate that statement is.

 

[Private Vasquez]

Macintosh all the way. Stablity, stability, stability.

OS X is the wickedest.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Stablity, stability, stability.

That reminds me...

Black mock turtleneck cool or.... THIS! [link]

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: The choice is yours

While Micro$loth is an easy target, the holier than thou Apple culture is laughable at times, and anti-business around the edges - evidenced on an all too regular basis for my comfort. I am not an elitist.

And we all know the anti-mac sentiment is upright and mature! [link]

Fine Print: I just wanted to include this URL. It's hilariously bad. A former Awful Link of the Day. Be sure to check out #9 on the philosophical reasons to hate the macb efore you believe anything on it

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

STG.

There is a lot to XP other the n skine. I lot of other things, that I like... IMHO, XP is Microsoft's best OS next to 98SE.

I know that, I just don't see enough to compell me to upgrade from W2k at this point - like I said, if I were to get a new PC, which I don't need, I would get one with XP, but I am happy with W2K for now.

 

[Traveler32]

Re: Re: The choice is yours

And we all know the anti-mac sentiment is upright and mature! [link]

Fine Print: I just wanted to include this URL. It's hilariously bad. A former Awful Link of the Day. Be sure to check out #9 on the philosophical reasons to hate the macb efore you believe anything on it

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Originally posted by Traveler32

While Micro$loth is an easy target, the holier than thou Apple culture is laughable at times, and anti-business around the edges - evidenced on an all too regular basis for my comfort. I am not an elitist.

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Hmmm, not quite sure how I'm being quoted here (context).

Sooo, let me say that: Yes, I absolutely believe that there is a sub-culture of Mac devotees who, possibly as a reaction to the barrage of misinformation about this platform as so well illustrated in your link, have become defensive and snippish about their platform of choice. The point I so inelegantly tried to make was that while I am a Mac business user, I consider myself a computer user - period.

I stand by my statement about Cupertino and their support for (small) business. They've taken strides in the past 6 years or so, but I'm basically on my own.

BUT for me and my real world experiences, if I was forced to choose one platform to live with (especially to run a small business with networked computers), the choice would hands down be a Mac.

 

[Khadgar]

in my oppinion, Mac is solving their software problems, but no wheres near as fast enough. Mac IS many many many hundreds times more stable, but i'd rather put up with the occational "not respond" or collision, or crash, or even full system freeze of the PC.

 

[bluntforcemama]

The day I buy a Mac is the day I'm six feet under a lettuce patch.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: Re: Re: The choice is yours

Hmmm, not quite sure how I'm being quoted here (context).

Woah.. I just wanted to post a link that said that you shouldn't buy a mac because "Dave Thomas (Satan) uses a mac to count his junior bacon cheeseburgers (15 so far)"

 

[CarolineOh]

PC all the way.

If I can't build my own, I don't want it. If I can't take it apart and replace components at will, I don't want it.

I'm not a factory kind of girl. I like mine super-stock and modified.

Macs are for people who don't want to see the insides unless their covered with transparent cases. I wouldn't by a car with a sealed engine or a computer with a similar bent.

Sun is coming with a new O/S, Solaris, pretty soon. If it manages to do what they say it will, I'll be excited and MAC'll have a run for their money.

Steve Jobs fucked up all the way. First he trusted Bill and now he's overprotective of his "baby" to the point where it's too incompatible with the rest of the computerized world and too restrictive for those of use who prefer to tinker.

Now see, it takes all kinds, because my feelings is exactly opposite of yours. I no more want to have to bother with my computer's innards than my TVs. I want to be able to turn it on, use it, and turn it off with a minimum of grief. Everyone I know who has a PC seems to spent inordinate amounts of time trying to figure out how to fix some problem. I just sit down at my pretty blue iMac and go.
I do a lot of music downloading, and I can't imagine how using iTunes and an iPod could possibly be easier. So what if I don't know exactly what makes it do what it does? That doesn't interest me at all.

 

[Devilish1]

Can you even build your own Mac? I suppose even if you could, the cost would be a shocker.

Where do you store them? LOL

 

[Semler]

Now see, it takes all kinds, because my feelings is exactly opposite of yours. I no more want to have to bother with my computer's innards than my TVs. I want to be able to turn it on, use it, and turn it off with a minimum of grief. Everyone I know who has a PC seems to spent inordinate amounts of time trying to figure out how to fix some problem. I just sit down at my pretty blue iMac and go.
I do a lot of music downloading, and I can't imagine how using iTunes and an iPod could possibly be easier. So what if I don't know exactly what makes it do what it does? That doesn't interest me at all.

And that is the point where I am at. I'm tired of having to work on the PC. I like the fact of how easy a Mac is and reliable. If I could do it, I'd get one tomorrow.

 

[Orlanth]

I know that, I just don't see enough to compell me to upgrade from W2k at this point - like I said, if I were to get a new PC, which I don't need, I would get one with XP, but I am happy with W2K for now.

I have my PC set uup in a dual boot with W2K and XP Pro, I couldn't be happier.

 

[Tropism]

PC's????
Where do you store them? LOL

Well mine arent generally toys. Theyre under my desk.

 

[Devilish1]

Well mine arent generally toys. Theyre database servers, or email servers, or firewalls or whatever platform I'm working with at the time. Any developer can tell you the niceties of your own local LAN to work on.

Theyre all under my desks. Ya can only see one box in the pic though.

*Sigh* so many PC's... and only 2 hands.......

Hi Tropism, how are you doing tonight?

 

[emark1]

an Apple a day...

Greetings:

I run Mac OSX on a dual G4 an iBook...Installed on the same machine I run Windows XP via Connectix Virtial PC (emulator) as well as another partition set up to play with YellowDog Linux. I also have a Win2000 IBM laptop for work.

What does this mean? I'm a geek...but aside from that, it means that there are extremely limited compatability issues - apart from running some graphics intensive PC only games. If this is what you live and die for, by all means your decision is made, the overhead of the emulator would diminish the experience.

Note that Virtual PC allows you to drag and drop files from one environment to the other, and appear on a network as two seperate computers simultaneously via assigning the virtual machine a seperate address. More important, you can run several different virtual machines from the same computer, thus giving you the most flexible computer available. Note, there is no a Virtual PC for PCs as well enabling multiple OS installs, but lacks MAC compatability.

Since OSX 10.1.5 I have been extremely impressed with the stability and speed, bt the jump to 10.2 should really be when things gel. 10.2 known as Jaguar will really optimize the excellent graphics capabilities of the mac--fully using display postscipt and openGl for amazing graphics in all environments, not just a 3-D shooter like quake. More important, it will off-load the majority of graphics work where it belongs, to the graphics processor. Do not forget, that for Apple Mac OS X is ENTIRELY NEW code, and is in the early stages of growth. It gets its stability and strength from proven BSD Unix, but the polish won't truly be on the Apple until August when I think it will really shine!!!

Use what you like. Use what makes you most productive. Check out the simplicity and elegance of iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto & Mail paired with iTools (Apple's free web serice extension of your desktop). Check out the latest releases of Microsoft office and browser, or the Mozilla open source project, or all the BSD unix and legacy Mac OS9 stuff. You can get crazy and run directly from a command-line terminal. It can be as hardcore or full-service as you like.

Good luck!

-Mark