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Mac or Pc?

What computer do you have?

  • MAC

    Votes: 15 27.8%

  • PC

    Votes: 39 72.2%
  • Total voters
    54
Well, that is the one good thing about Apple's stranglehold on their system - you're less likely to get grifted. One of the strengths of the PC is also one of its weaknesses: Standardization. Many brands can compete and they are all interchangeable. My computer has an AMD process, an NVidia video card, Creative sound, Mushkin RAM, Seagate Hard Drives, etc. This allows competition which drives down prices and gives consumers choice. It also allows stores like Future Shop/Best Buy and places like Dell and Gateway to sell cheap components in their systems to take advantage of people who don't know the difference.

The post above me is an example. A computer is a computer. Just because something has an Apple logo doesn't make it faster, nor do Apple have better engineers working for them. What they do have is control, so you don't get taken for a ride. That PC you bought that supposedly was slow and useless likely had crap for the components that aren't advertised, such as the Motherboard, the power supply, the hard drives. A computer works by co-operation of all its parts and it can only run as fast as its slowest part. My computer was built by me, each part chosen for brand rep and real-world performance. I will bet money that it will run your software blazingly fast.

Which is kind of the point. Macs are a good purchase for people who don't know how to shop for computers. Apple's choice to not allow competition on their platform means all Apple computers have that legacy of quality from the company. Whereas you could do more with less with a PC but to do that requires research and at the very least a basic understanding of how computers work.
 
Where on the poll can I choose both?

I build my own PC's and have been in IT for some time now, but nothing replaces a mac when it comes to art/design/photography.

Granted, it will be a while before I ever install Vista on any PC. From that standpoint Mac is far more stable and well Linux is quite good it lacks on the software side of things.

Just whatever you do, don't use geeksquad or firedog or any of those companies. And be forewarned Walmart is branching into the install field for AV/IT too. They all overcharge and very few have qualified let alone certified techs.

If you do use any of these or have an aftermarket warranty with in home take a moment to ask the tech that comes out what certifications they have. A+ in hardware should be a minimum!

Aside from that. If I was to buy another computer it'd be a mac! And if I build another PC it wont have Vista that's for sure!
 
bah, they're like cars. As long as they get you from point A to point B, all the rest depends on the person and what they need. It would be like comparing Limos to hummers.

I like my mac because it suits me, I'm not too computer savvy, I like doing arty things with it, and I don't play games. That being said, I doubt I'd hate a PC if I got one.
*shrugs*
If you're looking for entertaining posts, try this topic on the tech geek form. It seems us snake geeks could care less.
 
I had always had macs, and I preferred them for that reason. I use pc s at work now and I'm getting used to them too.

The only thing I will say on it, is that there seems to be a lot more 'upkeep' required for the PC.. I mean we have new ones at the office with faster processors that run slower than my year old macbook.. I kinda' suspect it's because of the virus protection etc running in the background that slows the whole thing down. Or occasionally I just need to run the conflict thingy (lol sorry to get all technical on you) to get things moving again. Just found out this year what defragging is, never required on a mac. I'm blissfully a computer dummy. Apple has taken care of those things for me in the past. I like to buy a finished product, not pick up a project and a manual...

That said I do think Apple is making things a little cheaper these days. My old imac (333mhz) and my old G4 cube (450mhz) are still cruising along nicely, but my mom's e-mac from about 4 years ago and my powerbook from the same time period both have since died.
I know it's rediculous to expect a computer to last that long, but mac used to be rediculous that way to..

Oh, and my macbook is also a pc.. Thanks to bootcamp, I choose to start it up with OS X or Windows.
 
I love my mac. I love that I can check my web work on my son's pc. I love that I can maintain and upgrade my mac myself. I am scared of my pc, every time I've tried to upgrade I get all kinds of crazy stuff happening and then my friend comes over and sighs and does things in a text interface that I don't care enough about to learn.

I live in mac-land, and I like it here. I appreciate the PC for what it can do for me at times, though. I didn't vote in the poll.

Oh, and right now we have a powerbook, a G4, and an oldish PC.
 
tom e said:
I know it's rediculous to expect a computer to last that long, but mac used to be rediculous that way to.
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Why is that ridiculous? I put together a gaming rig five years ago that finally got junked in September. So, almost five years and the only part I changed on it was the video card a couple times. I expect my new computer to last at least that long as well.

Virus protection is only necessary when you open yourself up to untrustworthy sources. I run a scan using Trend Micro's free scanner every once in a while and the last virus I had was that XP worm back in '03.
 
tom e said:
but my mom's e-mac from about 4 years ago and my powerbook from the same time period both have since died.
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In 2002 their was a group of Macs released that had massive Motherboard & Hard Drive problems. The only reason why I put two and two together is because I was in college at the time and in that two year span every other student that started classes when I did had a Motherboard or Hard Drive go out. I myself went through 2 Hard Drives and 1 Motherboard before I finally sold that G4 iBook. I'm not sure, but it may have been when they first released the G4's and they were buggy over something. :shrugs:
 
Oh, I missed the longevity part of the discussion. I know the PC is a couple years old, not sure how old, but the powerbook is 2002 or 2003, and the G4 is 2001. I still do my web design work on the G4. That's some serious longevity. :D
 
Nova_C said:
Why is that ridiculous? I put together a gaming rig five years ago that finally got junked in September.
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I'd like to say I agree with you! Maybe that's just what people tell me. I still use my G4 cube though which I won from KCRW (college radio) in 2000, but just as my iTunes "jukebox" cause it has those great old Harmon Cardin (spelling?) speakers with it.

blckkat said:
In 2002 their was a group of Macs released that had massive Motherboard & Hard Drive problems. The only reason why I put two and two together is because I was in college at the time and in that two year span every other student that started classes when I did had a Motherboard or Hard Drive go out. I myself went through 2 Hard Drives and 1 Motherboard before I finally sold that G4 iBook. I'm not sure, but it may have been when they first released the G4's and they were buggy over something. :shrugs:
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I think it is the same thing, though mine and my mother's computers were bought in 2003. That was also the time of the infamous battery fires too I think, lol.
I think it was Conan O' Brian who asked "What's the difference between the Mac and PC fires? The Mac fire was a little more snotty and condescending..."

My new Mac Book is great though, and much cheaper.. no problems yet.
 
What no love for the NeXt computers?

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tom e said:
I think it is the same thing, though mine and my mother's computers were bought in 2003. That was also the time of the infamous battery fires too I think, lol.

My new Mac Book is great though, and much cheaper.. no problems yet.
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It might have just been a G4 thing, I'm not sure. We had a Cube where I worked a few years ago and that things didn't run too great either (though better then the crappy PCs they had for us that ran Windows 2000).

I'm running an original G3 powerbook (I'm talkin' 2000 Pismo Firewire) and it hasn't had a stitch of a problem and I have ran G5s that were just as great. Downfall of my current laptop is that it's upgraded as far as it can go. It's running the old PowerPC processor and I can't upgrade to Leopard because that requires the Intel processor. :shrugs:

When I get the dough I'm just going to go ahead and buy an iMac for my office and keep the laptop so I can continue sitting here in my recliner chatting. :D
 
Just ordered a new MacBook for my GF.
[part B-daypresent and part present for our 5years together]

Excited to see those MacBooks. :spinner:
Mine's still an iBook G4.

Hopefully she'll be surprised :)
 
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