PC .vs. MAC
This is a classic debate. Which is a better system? The Mac or the PC? I have come to feel for myself that by a large margin the PC is still better. There are a lot of good attributes on both sides, but i think the PC has got the over all upper h
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Posted By eastwind on November 22, 2007
PC is better . . . if only for me
Posted By cantseetheforest on August 10, 2008
PC is the best
Posted By chester on July 8, 2008
My son bought a Mac the other day
Posted By ClamMan on April 1, 2008
Seriously though people.. You have to USE a Mac to be able to diss it.
Posted By deepdope on August 8, 2008
PC is better.
In this link you can see that BOTH have issues.
Ever tried to play any video games on a Mac? Yea right! .
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PCs can do the things that Macs do most of the time in the same efficiency. PCs have a lot that Macs don't, gaming is a big one. I think that going with a PC is a better choice.
If you like paying more money for style, go ahead, but Dell is starting to make "pretty" and "small" computers. Why aren't there any Mac lovers telling what programs they actually use?
And why do Mac people have to pray to Steve Jobs? I don't get it?
What free trial software? Oh, you mean the ones that come with some Microsoft Windows installs? That's more of a manufactorer thing.
Oh, wait, maybe you're talking about the 16,000+ packages immediately available to an Ubuntu user, not to mention the endless others found all over the web and by simply enabling universe repositories. Let me count how many of those are trial versions.
Hold on, let me think.
1. 2., uhm, 3... Oh yeah, 4. 5. Oh, here it is. None.
PCs are superior because they are the same, but more compatible.
-- Posted By murderslastcrow on December 21, 2007PCs are better than Macs due to one thing above all else- compatibility. You can install any Operating System, any device, and every program except for Mac OSX-only programs, and you can even run those with the right software.
Macs need bootcamp just to try.
Expensive for hardware and software, the OS is weak and is only made remotely useful thru unix and opensource programming and architecture. Mac has excellent marketing and strong design competencies, but it will never run Windows/Linux off the landscape because it is impractical except for coffeshop/facebook kinds of users.
i support a 300 node network with windows vista/xp/2003 server unix and linux and the one thing people don't ever ask for is mac...there arent applications for it such as Enterprise Resource Programs for Manufacturing/ Quality Control/Engineering.
Try to load Solidworks/Autocad on OSX, you can't
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Hmm, the majority probably doesn't need it, so why give them the option. That again? C'mon, just because I might or might not need something, I should still be able to do it. That "well most people don't care" argument is dated. Most people in the US don't drive manual transmission cars, should we do away with them?
Most of the stuff your running wouldn't even be considered personal computing.
The Mac Market Just Can't Compete In Business & They Make Me Nuts!
-- Posted By i-supportdesk on April 4, 2008Sorry, it's a really 'pretty' machine that makes watching movies fun, but other than that...I hate Mac's. I may have to go check out the 'new' version, but then again, I might just go get a laptop.! Mac's make me nuts...ever see The Mac Rant? This guy has it right!
The Supporting Link is hilarious, but has 2 'F' words in it, so if you offend easily - don't click the link. ;)
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Business has been run on PC for so long, there will not be any change in the immediate future. So to do most anything properly, one needs a PC.
Macs are great for the graphic wizards...
The Mac is the cell phone of the computer world. People who don't want to understand how their computer works, buy macs. They like the simplicity of mac and not having to make choices about good software vs bad. Personally, I don't get along with these types of people and don't care to see them on the internet, PC has got my vote.
Macintosh hardware is expensive, and you are locked in to using their hardware. With a PC, I can pick and choose the pieces I want and build me own. Or I can choose from a multiple OEMs to try and get the best deal.
There is more software that runs on the PC, as opposed to the Mac. As already stated, if you want to play games then it's no contest -- It's gotta be a PC!
Also, if the Mac is so much better, why does Apple have to advertise that you can run Windows on their Apple products?
I bought a MacBook Pro, but the Mac wouldn't support my business needs. So, now I have an expensive Mac, running inferior Windows. So, if you need to interface in the business world, your stuck with the PC
yeah. my first access to computers were macs and i still remember them fondly, yet now there is no clear reason for me to spend the Apple price point for limited hardware expandability, a different set of infuriating os flaws, and something i have little controll over. with pc's in their various permutations i have been able to scale and tweak them to fit multiple purposes with an extreemly narrow budget. but i must concede, if i needed to rended a feture length cg film or do any intensive editing i would drop a "few" grand to tie 5 o 6 gmacs together.
First off...
WTF is the point of running WINDOWS on a MAC?
Secondly,
I have used both MAC and PC. I prefer PC. Although VISTA did more for MAC than any other innovation in the history of computing (driving customers to MAC stores), using XP is still better. Eventually, YES I WILL join in the VISTA crowd. But, like the time XP came out, I waited a good year and a half for all the compatibility and bug issues to be fixed.
THIRD,
Macs are great at editing movies and doing music composition on, but they CO$T $0 MUCH!!!
With the right investment, a PC could easily put a MAC to shame. Yes, money is an issue, but if ya think about it, there are software packages on both MAC and PC that are about half the price on the PC as they are on the MAC.
MAC has great opportunities and a lot of pre-loaded stuff, but the "good" packages cost more than the MAC itself did in the first place.
PC is more customizable, with far more options and choices to decide between based on price, value, and quality.
I think PC wins hands-down.
I readily admit that there are some aspects of Mac performance--hardware smoothness, for one--which lend themselves better to certain, usually media-related, applications. Some Mac software is superior in a similar regard. These, among other reasons, mean that Macs are preferable to PCs for some people.
Just not me.
I grew up with PCs; I made the transition from Commodores sometime around the age of 9 or 10. I went through countless versions of DOS before Windows was unveiled, so a large part of my preference for PCs is based on familiarity. That being said, I'm fairly comfortable at the helm of a Mac. It just doesn't feel like home.
And, trendy ad campaigns aside, Apple is still far behind in software compatibility and interoperability, and the solutions that exist tend to be cumbersome.
For those reasons, I'm willing to vouch for the general superiority of PCs--but only on a personal level. There are many things about Macs which rule, too.
I'll keep this simple, don't have too much time.
The PC has far more options than the Mac has, even with the new Intel Macs.
Microsoft Windows have hundreds of thousands, if not millions more developers to develop software for them, any software that runs on a Mac can be emulated on a Windows OS.
Macs may be inherently more stable than the Windows, but this is because it's based off of Unix and because Mac's hardware is severely limited.
Windows, on the other hand, is superior to Mac OS x (lowercase x to indicate any, not 10) because it deals with so much more than the Mac OS x. It deals with the largest hardware cluster of any OS. It deals with the most possible software of any OS. It deals with being the majority used, which in turn makes it the most targeted. Trust me, if Mac OS has anywhere near the amount of users that Windows has it would be dealing with the same issues as far as virus and spyware.
But here's where PCs really win, the choices. EVERY single piece of hardware in any consumer PC is replaceable and the mass majority are upgradable. This isn't the case for a Mac.
Mac users can upgrade RAM, Video Cards, and that really about covers it. Even things as far as optical drives are either non-user replaceable or ridiculously cumbersome in most cases.
In a PC, the hardware options are endless. Also, the PC is not as limited
to OS choices are Macs are, even Intel Macs.
Are we deciding what's better for the average user or better in total? I still think PCs take both.
Also, I've upgraded All-In-One units on quite a few cases, as well as some Macs. It's no secret that upgrading Macs via hardware is severely limited. For PCs, all in one normally means special tools or sometimes parts only available from the vendor, for Macs, that's almost always the case. Even with the stand alone towers, most hardware comes directly from the vendor (Apple) and because of that, options are, dare I say it? Limited.
Maybe because people who use Macs don't care about doing there on upgrades mean that they shouldn't have the option? Please.
Oh, and as far as things Microsoft Windows can do that OS X can't... Last time I checked OS X didn't have a universal voice command and dictation program that was coupled with AI. Hmm. Also, note I didn't say that there's software only Windows can run and Mac users can't (unless, of course, they 'pretend' to be PCs), I said the HARDWARE options are endless. Mac hardware options, you know, end.
Mac is better.
a lot of the newer macs can also run windows so i guess mac is way better.
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The PC is junk. It being took over by Microsoft. It seems like everywhere you look, Microsoft is there. I like Macs better. Better software comes with macs. The only bad thing about macs are they cost a little too much but worth the price.
If you're a real Mac user then you should also know that Microsoft Office is being used on Macs now.
Do you PC guys serious? there is no question as to which platform is better. just surf the internet for one minute and you'll realize that. i owned a mac for a week and realized that there was no way i would ever, ever, ever consider going back.
Windows sucks, but the simple fact that you can run it if you had to is reason enough to prove which is better.
7 years without virus protection and never a virus ought to convince the rest of you stubborn PC types.
If the Mac sucked so much, then why the hell does Microsoft try so hard to copy everything they do?


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