Mac? pc? Mac? Pc? Cant decide but desperate for computer.
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I got a mac a few months ago. Love it.
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I’m with shaky – Mac’s are great.
The best thing though, is if you know someone with a Mac and can try it out first or something. Although, I know you’ll love it π
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Yeah, actually it’s getting hard to find a reason for not getting a Mac. They work great with the Internet and it’s contents. They network well with Windows machines and they are based on a operating system that is quite stable, chances are that you will never see it crash.
I’m not trying to start that old flame on Windows crashing all the time, just that I’m sure when you try working with a Mac, you will agree that it does in fact feel somehow more solid.
I’ve recently bought a Mac and you are welcome to ask/email any questions you might have, Yan.
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That all depends on what sort of applications you usually run. If you do a lot of graphics, MAC is definitely your choice; otherwise, I’d stick with PC. One thing you have to keep in mind is that both hardware and software for MAC are more expensive than those for PC. And when it comes to applications, there are definitely more choices and varieties for PC than MAC.
I personally would go for a PC because it’s cheaper and because of all the software development programs I run. But if it’s only for general use and money is not a factor, I guess I would go for a MAC. The MAC laptops are so damn nice!
Isaack up there is giving out some misinformation! Don’t mix up Windows with PC. Windows is not part of a PC, it doesn’t come with a PC. Windows crashing doesn’t make a PC unstable, it’s the O/S itself that is unstable. You can run Linux on a PC and I can tell you, it’s so damn stable. You can run it 24/7 for a year without crashing! But I’ve to say, I’m quite impressed with Windows XP Pro. I’ve never had even one crash since I installed it in Dec 2001. And of course, I’m using a legit version.
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Hmmm. I’d say it depends on what you plan on using the computer for. A Mac has a lot going for it, notably Mac OS X which is a beauty of an operating system and craftsmanship that you won’t see on most PCs.
On the other hand, there is a potential software problem, namely the lack of a large pool of software to choose from. (I enjoy teasing my Mac buddies when a new game comes out and it’s just for PCs.)
But then again, although typically the Mac has fewer choices for any given application, those few that are there are magnificent applications that usually put their PC counterparts to shame. (BBEdit is one of those, and so is NetNewsWire.)
It’s really a toss-up and depends on personal preferences and what the system is going to be used for.
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Definitely try one out. Pop to the shop or borrow a mates. It can be annoying at first, switching. Some things are not the same, e.g. the home and end buttons, delete in the finder doesn’t delete a file. You really should get a two button mouse if you get one. If you use things like ICQ/MSN/Yahoo, they are all a few versions behind the same apps on XP.
I managed to make my Mac crash about 5 times the first week I had it, but since I sorted out the dodgy app it’s been fine, no crashes, so for me that is about on a par with XP.
Installing and uninstalling stuff is cool, you just download, then put the ‘file’ in your applications folder. That’s it. When you want to uninstall, just delete the app in Finder. None of that restarting malarky.
Yes, there is much more choice for XP when it comes to software, but when you find a good app on the Mac, it’s just so good.
http://www.indyjt.com/software/?show=ieatbrainz#ieatbrainz
“This program takes songs that youβve chosen in your iTunes Library, that have incorrect or missing information for Title, Artist or Album , and then uses the sound of each song to match it with the correct information maintained in the MusicBrainz Database (musicbrainz.org). This processing takes about 7 seconds per song (on a Dual G5 β slower on other machines), and then it allows you to verify before updating your iTunes Library.”
Itβs just awesome. I chose about 200 songs that had dodgy tags. Found and updated all but one!
There are fewer viruses and spyware nastiness for the Mac, so you are much less likely to have issues with those things, if at all.
I used my PC for:
* email
* chit-chat
* web browsing
* FTP and secure telnet
* CD ripping and encoding
* MP3 playback and organisation
* photo import manipulation and storage
* file sharing – overnet, kazaa, bittorrent
* video file conversion (avi -> mpg)
* DVD authoring
* DVD burning
* occasional use of word precessing, spreadsheet etc
I now do ALL of these on my Mac. It’s a dual 2Ghz G5 and is looooovely!
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Someone,
I think you misunderstood me a bit, like I wrote I didn’t want to say that PC’s or Windows is unstable. I have those 3 operating system(also legit) and they all crashed on me, including Linux. And I also had a Windows installation running forever without it slowing down or crashing.
Usually, when my operating systems crash, whether it being Windows or Linux, I’m usually asking for it myself.
I didn’t want to get into technical details, but what I meant with OSX feeling more solid than Windows(except Win2003), was that you could put your laptop or whatever in sleep/standby mode, on and off many times, without it starting to feel sluggish. I do experience that with Windows XP and below, they do get slower with time, if they are not restarted. That’s my experience and as far as I know, many others as well.
But Windows2003 is a fantastic operating system, since it is more expensive than XP it is therefore not easily recommendable.
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Someone,
I think you misunderstood me a bit, like I wrote I didn’t want to say that PC’s or Windows is unstable. I have those 3 operating system(also legit) and they all crashed on me, including Linux. And I also had a Windows installation running forever without it slowing down or crashing.
Usually, when my operating systems crash, whether it being Windows or Linux, I’m usually asking for it myself.
I didn’t want to get into technical details, but what I meant with OSX feeling more solid than Windows(except Win2003), was that you could put your laptop or whatever in sleep/standby mode, on and off many times, without it starting to feel sluggish. I do experience that with Windows XP and below, they do get slower with time, if they are not restarted. That’s my experience and as far as I know, many others as well.
But Windows2003 is a fantastic operating system, since it is more expensive than XP it is therefore not easily recommendable.
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Isaack,
Windows 2003? Do you mean Windows Server 2003? I got a trial version quite a while ago, but I’ve never actually installed it. I guess maybe I should give it a try.
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Yes, I mean Windows Server 2003. I usually avoid the “Server” part because it confuses people. It is indeed a server operating system, but since it’s from Microsoft, it’s so fully featured that it functions as a very reliable operating system even for personal use π
It is also more secure than XP. Because it uses even more(than XP/SP2) the Linux idea of having everything shut off or uninstalled unless, you go and enable them yourself.
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