everflame
Mar 7 2007, 09:52 AM
| | Neither of them! Why choosing between 2 expensive OS when you have all these Linux distros out there and each of them is in times more powerfull than any of these 2. But since there is no place for Linux in this topic I guess it all depends on what you are going to do on your computer. If you are going for game station then go for Win, but if you are going to do some serious multimedia development or something like it...the Mac is what you need. Linux can do both...but its faith is being always the next step, while those 2....lets call them stepping stones in computer experience  |
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Watermonkey
Mar 7 2007, 07:42 PM
QUOTE(BooZker @ Mar 6 2007, 11:40 PM)  I have to say one thing about Macs because people always bring this up and it sort of makes me mad because i never bought a mac because of this. People always say 5% of people have them and that is it. Well lets say 1% have them. Does that make it a bad thing? No. I want to compare it to a car. Think about this. How many people have a Ford or Chevy compared to a Ferrai? I can tell you right now its not even close. I can also tell you a Ferrai is a hell of a lot better them so ford car or truck. Percentages don't matter it's about performance.
My Mac at school (i have a laptop and a personal desktop mac at school) froze today. The first time all year. About 5 months. Every USB device i have ever plugged in has had no problems. I can list tons on my PC.
PC 1. The mouse sometimes gets choppy 2. My external HD somtimes freezes the entire computer and doesnt read at all 3. I can't get my printer to work at all with the software even.
On my mac: 1. Never, ever had a problem 2. Takes a little while to start up compared to my PC, thats when it even does, but it always works 3. I didnt even need to install the software included and it worked. Not only that i have plugged it in to more then one printer and never needed the software.
Those are only three. Also if you think its a problem with my computer. I have a 2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 100GB, DUO processor AND is brand new laptop. Bought in July of last year.
Kidding? Apple.com has thousands and thousands of freeware. Thats on THERE site even. Microsoft doesnt have thousands of freeware from third parties. By the way i'm only talking about Apple.com Ok that is for sure a joke. Calling restart after every installation, whole uninstaller to delete a program that doesnt even work every time, freezes, plug and play isnt really plug and play, blue screen of death, ctrl+alt+dlt over and over again to turn one non-responsive program off, or how about amazingly fast search feature that works like *BLEEP* (by the way that was sarcastic) Macs MAYBE a hastle to someone who doesnt know how to use them or to Gamers. If it were actually Safari why not try, Camino, IE 5, Firefox, Opera, or just any other browser if you really were trying. And just to let you know, I just tried changing an extension to see if what you said was true, and it isn't. I just changed .jpgs to .pngs and a .mov to a .wmv and both of those said "Unable to read tha data" But when i switched them back they worked fine. Plus, each time i went to change the extension it gave me a warning that you changing the extension and could make the file unreadable.
I'm a little hostile of people saying Macs are bad because i have used Windows, Macs, and Linuxs and i love Macs the best. That is not the main reason why i hate people who hate macs its because the are ignorant and they speak out there *bottom*. They all have had no real practice on macs and grow with propaganda about how Macs are so bad and dont work and freeze up and turn off at random times in reality they do not what so ever. If they did would 90% of designers use them? Would Adobe make Photoshop and Illustrator and programs like that, FIRST for the mac? I'm going to start calling you "The Great Mac Defender"! If you think your mac starts slow, I think it may already be time for you to upgrade to a Core 2 Duo 2.33. My Mac is a 17 MacBook Pro running said processor with 2Gb RAM, 160Gb HD and all that. I've got a few complaints, but it's really nothing major. Oh, btw, I've got a Dell on my desk running XP too. I mostly use it to look at Streets and Trips and test my web site on its browsers. Anyway, you do have to restart the Mac every once in a while due to major software upgrades and installs. That being said, it doesn't seem like it's required nearly as often as the windows machine. Other than the extremely cool and friendly package, and I mean everything from the keyboard to the widgets, the biggest reason to love Macs is they're just not vulnerable to viruses and all that crap. And did I mention this laptop is FAST? It's wicked fast. Boots up in a matter of seconds, wakes up in a matter of tenths of a second... This machine is da bomb. Period. 
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BooZker
Mar 7 2007, 10:27 PM
QUOTE I think it may already be time for you to upgrade to a Core 2 Duo 2.33 Actually i have a duo 2.33. Thanks for the offer though And thanks for the name! I know mine wakes up before i even open lid all the way! It's awesome.
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TripleH13
Mar 9 2007, 12:20 AM
I would say Windows becuase of what I am doing on the computer. And the fact that more programs are Windows only and don't work on a mac. Mac's or good but for a different type of user.
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badea
May 21 2007, 07:18 AM
Thanks man good topic
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robocz033
May 27 2007, 03:12 PM
mac is by far the most superior to all os' out there. end of discussion. the features and support are unbeatable. and as for what tripleh13 said, you can get any program on windows to work with mac, its a little thing called bootcamp. What people dont get is that the only reason more people use windows is because OS X is for macs only, windows has deals with a billion companies (and i bet those companies would get out of those deals in an instant and sign with mac) for software and hardware and making the computer. because of all of their deals, windows was able to become successful. it was a cheap out of the box thing... Hwever, when building your own computer, windows is completely rediculous. for being able to buy the os, i am not going to pay $500 just to use a computer. so i would recommend linux there. although the downside to mac is the OS X is for macs only, it is still by far greater than both os'. For a week i was having a huge problem with my pc, so i had to rely on my make, and boy did it come through for me. the only reason i do not use my mac all the time is that i am not paying for all the software again, and i dont want to transfer it and maybe get a corrupt file on there. i would rather screw up my cheap pc than my expensive, nice, good looking mac. Price. its not even close to a debate, if your cheap and can get by with windows, then do it, i really dont care if you do. mac is more expensive, but offers better everything. my experience with mac is unhithered. And because of all of that, i offically choose mac as my offical os.
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mattmgill
May 27 2007, 10:32 PM
I prefer Windows because the software that i use runs much more smoothly on a windows OS, also the amount of software compatible with a MAC is not nearly as much as Windows. Windows for me seems to be able to do everything i need it for from media to business.
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nol
May 27 2007, 11:56 PM
I definatly love windows. Windows is just so much easier to use in my opinion. Sure its run by bill gates (who I really don't like) but still, it is really good. Mac, just doesn't seem as orginized as windows. Mac could have probably gotten a lot of attention if they kept itunes to themselves, and only made it so it works on only mac. That would get them good business. Either way though, it all depends on what your growing up using. I grew up using Windows, and I just like it. My friend grew up using mac, and he always complains its better. So its all opinion really.
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Tramposch
May 28 2007, 12:39 AM
QUOTE(nol @ May 27 2007, 07:56 PM)  I definatly love windows. Windows is just so much easier to use in my opinion. Sure its run by bill gates (who I really don't like) but still, it is really good. Mac, just doesn't seem as orginized as windows.
Mac could have probably gotten a lot of attention if they kept itunes to themselves, and only made it so it works on only mac. That would get them good business. Either way though, it all depends on what your growing up using.
I grew up using Windows, and I just like it. My friend grew up using mac, and he always complains its better. So its all opinion really. Haha your funny nate.. Windows.. more orginized.. Windows.. better.. you should become a comedian instead of working for jagex  Mac.... lets start it with this, Macs are way better at windows in mostly everthing possible, speed, orginization, graphics, cows.. cats.. everthing.. I have to say, I like windows more.. as many of you might find hard to beleive, it is just because i cannot afford a good mac, windows are good for their price, and so are macs, but they are too high priced macs, and some of them you could get the same out of windows.. Oh wait.. This is operating system.. taht is why it was Windows.. Lol.. oops.. Well I have never used a Mac. but ihave heard a lot, people say that it is very usefull and have many components that are very helpful.. I think Windows is more dumb people freindly, no o0ffense to anybody, but it is easier to learn.
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crazyteens
May 28 2007, 05:13 AM
certainly windows. there are more windows dependent programs than mac. so due to unavailability of programs i choose windows
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