PC vs. Mac
 

I vote PC. Discuss.

I vote "white power"

Mac all the way.

I don't like using Macs

ha ha ha. for a moment i thought this was the "original" (not crispy) and i cringed.

i vote pc of course for the availability of hardware and software. i blame mac for the refusal to license its software to other manufacturers. but then apple sees itself as a hardware company. which means that mac will soon be running windows :p

I don't like things with a lot of propietary technology. PCs > Macs.

Macs are beautiful, PCs are useful...

I think Macs are better computers, but I'm so used to PCs that I don't care. PCs.

Heard. You have to realize that with PC you are usually dealing with Microsoft Windows, which is probably the worst OS I could have used in my life. From version 3.0 to XP, it doesn't even begin to comapre with the function, flow and ease of ANY Mac OS, especially Tiger. Granted you need time to acclimate to the new interface and shortcuts, but once you do it is non regretable.

What made me think of this thread is this commercial:







John Hodgman is a PC. The other guy (Justin Long) is a Mac.

This slighlty irritates me because I like John Hodgman--he wrote The Areas Of My Expertise, which is a very funny book. It inspired my love of hoboes and all hobo matters. He is the guy reciting the 700 hobo names. He appears on the Daily Show often--a favorite show of hipsters and high college students.

Unfortunatly, Apple is using him in these insulting ads. Of course, he hasn't been coerced into doing them. He probably likes Macs and also likes getting paid. I have no problem with this. But the message is this: PCs are for dorky, older dudes and Macs are for young hip fellas. Same tactic used by Pepsi and countless others.

I'm not irritated with Hodgman, just with Apple. But what the fuck do I know, they're selling millions of iPods and I'm not. And there's some truth in what they're getting at, but the over-simplification is a little irritating. Just venting.

I dislike those commercials as well, but for more superficial reasons. They both looked familiar and I could never figure out who they were.

I've grown up on PCs all my life, mainly because my Dad worked for intel for over 20 years. But after using macs here and there, I still think PCs are better. And I'm tired of all the stupid Apple commercials (macs, ipods, etc). Yeah, we get it. If you want to be cool and hip, buy apple shit...whatever. I refuse to own anything apple-related now just because they piss me off and theyre trying too hard to be pop culture icons.

yeah windows has sucked in the past but with xp pro i think they are doing great. ive never had any problems with this OS. windows 2000 actually was my first "solid" windows OS but loading drivers was a pain.

besides, you can load all sorts of flavors of linux on a pc. it won't shit its pants. you can multi-boot to your heart's content.

we have macs at school, i hate it

I like PCs better because for me, my computer is Legos. Lots of little parts you put together and then turn on to see if it works. I built my PC and it evolves over time--I replace part after part and every few years it's a completely new PC. Like your skin. XP never fucks up for me--never had it crash. I've had lots of other problems, mostly hardware. But it's fun to figure out what part needs replacing--I buy a new one and problem fixed. Most of the games I like don't come out for Mac either. Big problem.

Macs are great though for certain things. Musicians swear by them--most labs in music schools use Macs for Finale or whatever and most musicians use Macs for recording and editing, right? Terminal Pharmacy probably loves Macs.

Yes, the games thing is an issue. My old PC crashed all the time, but my new one, which I've had for over a year now, has frozen maybe 3 times and that's it. It's pretty flawless, so far. I have no complaints.

Also, you close Mac windows on the left. That's just ridiculous.

I'm throwing in the thought that computer viruses/spyware are virtually unheard of on macs. I have antivirus scan software on my mac, but it's utterly useless: in five years I haven't once had a virus alert (or problem for that matter). I urge you to reconsider the benefits of mac usage. Then again, I urge you not to reconsider (because the more mac users we get out here, the more likely 'hackers' are going to want to write viruses for them).

I think macs are fine, but I have to say PC because I have never owned one.

I like those new Mac commercials.

Macs really are beautiful, they're designed from the ground up to be works of art, mass-produced, consumer works of art; but works of art nonetheless. PCs have nothing of this sort of consideration. But they tend to be used more, because of the cheaper components, the ability to customize; and the fact that if you screw one up, you just get another one; whereas if you screw up your Mac, it feels like you just lost a friend... I have owned both; and this is usually the consensus.

I like a lot of things about Mac but they still are inferior to PCs.

Macs don't get viruses or infected with spy-ware as easily, so that's their major benefit. As has been mentioned, the major drawback is the availability of hardware & software, but that is changing. I use both.

Those new Mac commercials are very effective advertisements.

Yes, I'm sure they are. They are pretty clever and entertaining. PC advertisements are always so terrible--like that "Dude, you're getting a Dell" fiasco.

im a mac user, but pcs are solid with the right hardware and i always used linux over windoze, but ran pc as dual boot. mac osx can be made to run on an xbox if a cheap computer is needed

I don't like things with a lot of propietary technology. PCs > Macs.

DUDE! microsoft is like the definition of propietary.

i was thinking about making this thread but decieded against it, but now thats its here ill chime in.

each has its own value. macs have far superior hardware which makes it optimized for multimedia intensive applications. the problem with games is not a problem with macs its a problem with game developers, macs could run games just as good if not better than XP, but just as programmers arent going to break their back writing viruses for 5% of the market they arent going to make a game. macs may seem more expensive but they LAST, for instance, im going to be buying a G3 laptop soon. thats right a G3, the laptops that were introduced in 1999, 1999! imagine a PC from 1999, thats ancient but these G3s can give G4 towers a run for their money, running tiger seemlessly with 500Mhz speed. a PC from 1999 is better off as a paper weight.

before i even get to windows as a piece of software, i cant help but to loath microsoft. their shotty buisness tactics alone breath malice into my eyes. acually i was gonna write a pro and con of both but i can really think of many pros for XP. the biggest thing windows has over macs is customization, optimization and general tweakability which is what i look for in an OS.

which brings me to the best part (where i really get to toot my horn)

LINUX!
been using linux for a little less than a year now, and ive never looked back! i just am at a loss for words.
whats beautiful, linux on a mac.

as far as hardware and software goes for mac i have had no problems what so ever getting what i needed for my mac including pro studio software and hardware, with far less debugging than i could have ever dreamed of on a pc

PC all the way.

Whatev.

I'm ill-equipped to vote, as I have exactly nil experience of macs. But I know that my charming laptop does everything I need it to.

I use both platforms because it's handy, but mac is by far better.
Jobs > Gates

okay, first of all, it depends on what you are doing with your computer.. if you're an idle computer user, just surfing the net, typing letters and checking your e-mail, a PC is sufficient and cheap, and a mac is more costly, but again sufficient..

if you like to play games, you have to go with a pc, and a state of the art graphics card..


if you want to edit movies, design large graphics et cetera, you are better off with a mac..

overall, mac is a secure and costly work machine..
pcs are basically more troublesome and more fun..

i hate macs, why do they only have one fucking mouse button? why can't you maximize things to fill the whole screen, why isn't there an equivalent to the bar at the bottom of the screen on windows where you can flick between all the different things you've got running. also, apple adverts are dreadful.

har har. the hispano-suiza was a beautiful car. look at how many of them are on the road right now.

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ps tom, you can get a mac w/ 2 button mouse, but it will cost you $200 extra :D

I own a PC, but I've many times that Macs are considerabally better, more powerful, etc.

over the past year i've owned a pc and a mac and i can honestly say that i prefer the mac over the pc. the pc was slow and clunky and didn't do anything that i really wanted it to do. i could never get max/msp to work right, and trying to record anything on the pc was a total nightmare. on my mac, max/msp runs super smooth, and i've found a ton of programs that let me create sound shapes, edit and record sound. for me, that was the deciding factor for getting a mac. macs are good for doing art, sound, film and all that good stuff. pc's are good for checking email and making calendar plans.

well, thats a bit of a cliche. you can't compare "any mac" to "any pc"-- like a $2K mac vs. an old $500 compaq-- that's just an unfair comparison, as if i was trying to compare my newly built video editing workstation with an old g3. you have to go maybe on a dollar-by-dollar comparison and see where you get most for your money. when you compare top of the line PCs with top of the line Macs the differences are not so obvious-- you can do anything you want in a good pc just like you can do on a mac. the thing is there are no "cheap" macs to compare to cheap PCs, and in that case the macs will win. but take that headless imac (do they still make it) & compare to what you get for $500 in the pc world. both are crap for sure but w/ the pc at least you get a mouse :D

It's a long discussion, I think, and now I'm not so into anymore. There are good things for both. so I think there are 3 different combinations about hardware and software: PC/windows, PC/Linux, Mac/OsX. Some years ago I installed even linux on a powerbook or emulators for windows and OS and everything, I had 8 os on a pc and others on others more but this wasnt useful for me :).Now I'm ok with 1 winXP on an old PC and a G4 powerbook .I think Mac is definitely something that works for user-desktop and for work too. Linux is good for services and Window$ is perfect to make money. About PC hardware, I was involved into conferences till some years ago and I'm for AMD, not for Intel that now looks it's devastating the new powerbooks.

hahaha, Mac (aka "my first PC") one day you mac users might graduate to big kid computers!

i think ultiamtely macs are better. they are designed much better and are much nicer looking, fuck up less, are quicker and are not prone to viruses. pc's look like they were just cobbled together and no thought went into them at all.

for $499 the MiniMacs give you a bang, and could probaly oust a PC of the equivelent price.

intel macs are gay.