Poll: Mac or PC?

[Semler]

For the longest time, I've hated my PC. I've been considering gettina a Apple, but I never wanted the full investment, it's always been cheaper to just upgade this crappy PC.

I was ready to go and get one this week, but work has been really slow and they are talking about layoffs so I need to save my money.

I know that PC users have far more numbers, but are you happy with your system? (PC or Mac)

 

[Spinaroonie]

Mac user- couldn't be happeir.

For a cheap Mac you can go ebay or get an eMac, they're cheap, crt, and all in one package.

 

[Shaq]

PC for me...

 

[Tropism]

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

 

[Orlanth]

PC here, Windows XP Pro all the way...

Macs are ok I guess. Why are they so cheap though? They don't have as much software compatable with it. I have over $3,000 (Aussie doller) worth of great software, which on ly works on PC...

I own a Mac, and it sucks, so it is about to go to th e trash...

B ut, it i smore of personal refrance, and what you like that counts. If you want a Mac, then go get one, if ya' want a PC, get one.

We all have diffrent taste.

 

[WhiteRose]

PC for me. There's too much you can't do with Macs.

 

[Khadgar]

exactly rose. if you want the basics, if you need EXCELENT graphics, as in, you're making movies like FF, you want a mac. ANYTHING else, the PC tops the Mac. i'm dead serious.

i love my PC, and i've used both, prefer the PC hands down. of course, thats just my oppinion. i know lots of people that would throw a PC out the window and take the Mac

 

[scylis]

i use PC all the time. there's nothing he likes more than when i chain him up to the.....

what?

OOOOOOOoooohhhhhhhh....

computers...

i thought you meant....

heh heh...








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[Arc da Rat]

When I started Learning how to use a computer at school, it was on a MAC. I was pretty much anti IBM / PC back then. I have since learned how to use a PC & have one. Macs are cool & all but there are no games. Unfortunately, I am a gamer I need my games.

 

[Khadgar]

LOL damn right Arc

 

[Arc da Rat]

I use PC all the time. there's nothing he likes more than when I chain him up to the...

Scylis ~

That was a scary thought.

 

[Orlanth]

When I started Learning how to use a computer at school, it was on a MAC. I was pretty much anti IBM / PC back then. I have since learned how to use a PC & have one. Macs are cool & all but there are no games. Unfortunately, I am a gamer I need my games.

Same here.

 

[sabbathstorm]

I started out on Apple systems but I've used a PC for ages now. I'll be using Macs in the fall though

 

[Guest]

Really the best is Unix. But to communicate and keep up with the world, it's PC all the way.

Moon

 

[sch00lteacher]

What is this 'Mac' thing of which you speak?

 

[Orlanth]

What is this 'Mac' thing of which you speak?

Apple's Macintosh, iMac, etc, etc.

 

[Draco]

Windows XP Pro all the way...We all have different tastes.

You said a mouthful.....but XP...????
EEEWWWWW.....

PC User for life here, but Window 2000 Pro. Speed, stabilty and no Fischer- Price desktops.....

 

[SilverVeil]

I have both. And your poll did not give me the option to choose both.

The iMac is such a great machine. It can do a lot of things. BUT software wise it has been neglected in the makets. Now ... this is partly Apple's fault for not allowing people to make stuff for them.

There is a lot on the internet you can not use with a Mac. Lots of file sharing places are not Mac compatible, the free servers ( though God knows why anyone would want to use one is beyond me .... ) are not Mac compatible. Gaming resources are hard to find, and some of the DVD extra features included on the discs now can not be accessed by Macs.

PC's have so many more options available. Games, software, file sharing, upgrading easily ..... my PC is on the fritz right now and I really do miss it. But the iMac I use is fine for most things I want.

 

[Orlanth]

You said a mouthful.....but XP...????
EEEWWWWW.....

PC User for life here, but Window 2000 Pro. Speed, stabilty and no Fischer- Price desktops.....

I like Windows XP, a lot of the stuff I use works like a dream on XP... 2000 Pro is good to , but a little ugly.

I agree about what ya' say on 2000 Pro.

 

[CarolineOh]

I have an iMac and an iBook. I have had Apples for years, I had a Quadra, and then a Performa before the iMac.
I've never had a crash, I've never had a virus, and I don't think I've ever had a problem that took more than a few minutes to figure out.

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

My first computer was an Intel Isis (about the size of a refridgerator with 8 inch floppies), then an Apple II, then a Mac, then an IBM XT PC, then an Kaypro running CPM, then back to an IBM AT PC, and then mostly PCs since. Technically a Mac is a PC too - anything that is person to you is a Personal Computer, but people think PC and Mac, so...

Anyway, unless you are doing Desktop Publishing, Graphic Arts, Multimedia (sound and/or movie) editing creation, I would stick with a PC. Much of that software is available on the PC too, but most of the online support culture is on Macs still (although in the professional world, the PC is making inroads there too).

If I were to get a Mac, I wouldn't get an old one, I would get a new one with OSX instead of the old MacOS. OSX is based on Unix/NextStep/Linux, and increasingly new software will be available on OSX, and less and less on old MacOS - just as MS is dropping all non NT development (as are most other developers), so is the Mac World going to drop pre OSX development.

Unless there is really some compelling reason to get a Mac, I would get a PC with the latest version of Windows XP, or if you are philosophically opposed to XP rolleyes, then I would get Windows 2000 - both are decent versions of Windows NT and are stable. If you are willing to really learn the OS and support it yourself, and hassle with installing stuff, and be willing to accept that some hardware just isn't yet supported and willing to accept that some software isn't supported, then go with some flavor of Linux is you are philosophically opposed to windows ( ) - but I personally would get a Windows box and then install Linux on a separate partition so I had the best of both worlds.

In the professional world, 99% of prospective employers are going to want you to have Windows experience, unless you are in one of those domains I mentioned where the Mac dominates - and then only if you do content creation/editing. If you are a software engineer like me, or an IT professional, then Linux is good to know.

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

You said a mouthful.....but XP...????
EEEWWWWW.....

PC User for life here, but Window 2000 Pro. Speed, stabilty and no Fischer- Price desktops.....

XP has skins and they can look like anything you want it to (like Aqua/Mac OSX), and even act like it a little. I tried Windows Blinds on W2k for a while, and it was okay (I liked the look) but it was hit and miss in where it actually worked, and it was nowhere near as seamless as XP is which supports it natively without hacks.

Eventually I will upgrade to XP, but not right now - the skins aren't enough to make me upgrade, but if I bought a new computer I would get XP on it.

 

[Dillinger]

I can't vote. I use both - I have two of each.

 

[Guest]

PC, of course!

Dell PC with Windows XP Home...

Finally, a stable operating system from MS...

 

[Traveler32]

The choice is yours

My trusty PC is my conduit to Lit., how could I say anything negative about the PC side? Oh, there is the instability, the absence of "real" plug and play, the fathom problems that defy being pinned down once you decide to install a non-Micro$loth
program, BUT But, I'm here, let me say it again, on my PC. The internet experience, especially communications, is just somehow more satisfying on the Atlas.

On the other hand, in my business, I would never, ever, no fucking way endure the nightmare of PC hell that I put up with for several years. The Macs are trouble free and beg to be networked. I'm like most of you, I can turn the computer on and off, and have a good command of the programs I use most regularly... I am not a computer guru, expert or slave to either culture. I just know what works for me in the real world... the Mac is more productive and far less hassle than PC's. That means money; if I have to work, I want my folks to be as productive as possible, Macs afford us a greater level of productivity than their PC brethren.

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.

A n y w a y, use what you're comfortable with, and after you've experienced both, and maybe, just maybe, you'll decide you need one of each. Naaaaaaah

Disclaimer: Mileage may vary, no guaranteed is offered or implied.

Fine Print: If you're a gamer, get a PC, no question. But why wouldn't you get a PlatStation instead?