Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt31/ireallypwn/PC__Mac_Vs_Linux.jpg what do you use most and why? i use PC just cuz im really used to it. also since minesweeper is awesome (mac right-click sucks) Edited February 25, 2010 by noob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fukei Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 PC for the same reason you use it, I'm used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragon Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 PC because I don't know what Mac does. And I heard Linux sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) i shudda made this a poll... <__< EDIT: i am making this a poll since i forgot editing can do that Edited February 25, 2010 by noob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I use a Personal Macintosh with an Ubuntu partition for viewing porn sites. =o Actually, I just use a PC cuz I custom build all my computers and Windows has a better time with strange part combination's. I've always found it interesting that Mac's selling point is being unique for the unique buyer when you're buying a premade computer that's mass produced and standardized for the market. Actual customization is difficult and not very rewarding, both in the hardware and software department. It's basically an advertising lie designed to make the computer illiterate feel as though their machine is different from the rest because of a logo. I suppose it's a stronger selling point than, "Safer, Faster, and more Efficient!" Which is what I believe the Apple slogan should have been. Windows has a million problems and a million solutions. Every one of them has to be gone through to get your computer working and to keep it working. It's a hassle when things go wrong, but it's also widely used by the world population and continues to support custom computer part combination's pretty decently. Because of that, it'll continue to be used by lower class countries, like Greece/Albania, and 3rd party computer distributors like Dell/eMachines. The reason it doesn't have the load time and stability of a Mac is because the company can't be sure of what hardware setup you're running. It's what happens when you have 80% of your user setups different from each other. That's what happens when you have too much unique instead of cloned hardware setups. It's a good trade-off, in my eyes, though. Linux is worthless for commercial users. I use it for my server that we host ACU on, but that's about the extent that I use Linux for. It's safer than Windows and Mac and it runs cleaner, most of the time. It doesn't always run cleaner, though. Especially not when you're forced to emulate other OS's. Neither is it some guaranteed safety net that keeps all the bugs out. It's biggest problem is that it's usability is horrid. It's about as user friendly as a condom full of needles. Only an idiot uses Linux for normal commercial purposes. I've tried them all. I work on computers. I build them. I occasionally program in them. I game in them. I work on homework in them. I work on my real life business with them. Most importantly, I use them daily. I'm a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonael Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I use PC as well. The reason is, like most of you I'm use to it and if anything goes wrong with a PC I can fix it. I had a very bad experience with a mac along time ago. I remember lag, a lot of it and that was with no internet. Though new Mac's look interesting enough, I just don't want to re-learn everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) I use macintosh. I grew up with it, so I still use it; my brother used to have an old mac rig from 90s that I played games on and stuff.I got windows on my current mac, but it's confusing as hell. Biggest selling points for me on os x are the form factors that come with it (show me a computer more beautiful than the current iMacs?) and expose-- god I couldn't live without expose. mac right-click sucksOr could it be the right-click of the current mouse you're using on it sucks? Macintosh is an operating system, and has the same full-fledged ability to make right-clicks just as windows. Edited February 25, 2010 by TMRaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I used PC for 19 years (give or take infancy). I was heavy into OS customization (desktop widgets and monitoring systems, custom shell styles for the OS, etc.) and played a bunch of RTS games + the orange box on it. I put Windows 7 on my laptop and loved it. It was definitely the best experience with an OS that I'd ever had. Then my laptop burned up and died. I updated my antivirus software one day and after the restart it was never able to boot up into the OS again. Any time the computer was on it ran burning hot to the touch, the processor/fans ran at full-tilt, and it couldn't get past the loading bar at boot up. It wouldn't boot into safe mode, last known good configuration, nothing. I took it to a PC repair shop after campus computer techs couldn't do anything with it (they're not allowed to open it up) and apparently the processor ran so hot trying to boot the OS that it burned out my memory and most likely the processor itself. The repairs were going to be at least a few hundred dollars just to fix what they knew was broken and most likely more in case anything else got effed. The tech said I was better off just getting what I could get for the computer and then buying a new one. So I bought a Mac because it does everything I need it to. I have a 13" Macbook Pro that was $600 cheaper than my last laptop while having better specs. It runs Photoshop fine and while I kind of miss Rainmeter it's no big thing. I can still run starcraft and any other blizzard game as well as sims 3, age of empires 3, and command and conquer 3 so all of my favorite games are still supported. If I really want to play something that's windows only I'll just run bootcamp since I still have my Win7 license but I haven't come across a reason to do so yet. There have been a couple of .exes that I wanted to run but nothing that really made me say "Man, if only I was still running windows." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I use PC and my laptop costed me 400 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 correction: stock mac mouse right click sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanfear Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 PC mainly for the same reasons as Niji. That and customization is awsome <3and everyone who uses a mac around here have an attitude that makes me just want to punch them.I'm sure not every mac user is like that but all the ones I've met seem to be that way ;_;. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuranga Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Yall know what side I'm on >_> . "I can do anything you can't do" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuranga Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Let's see your bootcamp morph your computer into a slate tablet... cuz last I checked mac still hasn't made one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Let's see your bootcamp morph your computer into a slate tablet... cuz last I checked mac still hasn't made one. Last I remembered you paid over 2 grand for that, and it wasn't very powerful for the price. Something like 2 gigs of ram and a processor that was barely over 1 ghz? And you're restricted to the use of a stylus pen to use it, so no multi-touch technologies? Lame. I have a much better experience photoshopping and digital painting on my desktop computer with a 2560x1440 screen and 500 dollar wacom intuos. It also has an i7 core, so my shit doesn't lag when working on decently-sized documents (32 inches by 24 inches @ 300 dpi) People clearly have different tastes for their workstations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuranga Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Yeah, my desktop would beat those specs hands down and for half the price. If I wanted I could get a big intuous too but... I hate drawing at home. You don't need a mac for good graphics, pc's do it better and for cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Nah I bet you couldn't come up with my current configuration for anything remotely close to half the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonael Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Macs are usually superior in graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well I guess that depends what graphics is. Apple's well-known for putting mid-grade gpus in their computers for the sake of keeping their costs down and/or fitting the form-factor the specific computer they're putting the gpu in. Apple always includes great screens with their computers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCC Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Apple always includes great screens with their computers though. Yeah now that they finally fixed the gamma to be the standard that everyone else has been using forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronSoul Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) I've had to use Macs a bit for a couple years at college now and while I have a general idea on how to use one, I have yet to have a really good experience with one. I might prefer it over a PC with Vista, but that's about it. Also, my tablet PC with about 4 gig only cost me about 900 Edited February 27, 2010 by IronSoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuranga Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 and my current comp, 4ghz, 6gb ram, 750gb hdd, gtx 260 gpu, and <$1000. Screens I already had. And macs say they are better for graphics, but they aren't. graphics is a gpu thing and only pc's have ballin gpu's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Not really. You can put almost any gpu in a mac pro tower as you'd like, just gotta get the proper firmware to do so--same with a windows tower. It just so happens that apple's mac pro lineup isn't price competitive anymore because it hasn't been updated recently, but supposedly they'll be updating the mac pros within a couple months to include the 6 core i9s or 6 core xeons and better price competitiveness, of course. The apple iMacs and macbook lines are limited in their gpus because of their form-factors. I'd expect the very same from windows oems though. This I find rather interesting:http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/product...&redirect=1 Dell, known for their cheaply priced computers, ship the exact same lcd panel the 27 inch iMacs use for 1100. Apple offers this monitor, and a whole computer behind it with desktop-grade nehalem chip for only 900 more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 (edited) Edited March 6, 2010 by Lenin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/...gas-gtx285.aspx Did you say macs are gonna have ballin gpus? And yeah I don't know what everyone's problem with Windows is. Never have had a problem with any version to include Vista. I just happen to like Vista the least like most everyone. Win7 is pretty ballin though. A friend of mine had a Mac and it was pretty sweet too. Seriously, the biggest differences is seriously just layouts. If you prefer things to be simpler and easier and/or you don't know much about computers then Mac is the way to go. If you like to have a near fully customizeable experience then PC is the way to go. Just have to keep in mind that for the PC side of things it is always better to build your own. Apple on the other hand designs and sells computers that make sense....for teh most part. Ok...I shall let the fanboyism continue. ...Oh, and I'm a PC Edited March 6, 2010 by Wrenchis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) It woulda been nice if apple used a slightly more powerful gpu in their new 27 inch iMacs to power the behemoth screens they have, but I guess you can't ask for much more because gpus run very hot and the new iMacs are already pushing the lines of engineering when apple decided to put the lynnfields in them. The new iMacs are so slim too: a 27 inch iMac is thinner than just the 27 inch monitor that dell ships (which is the same panel) Edited March 6, 2010 by TMRaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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