Mac vs PC

terbear1225

terbear1225

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Having a discussion with a coworker about the relative merits of macs and pcs (he says we should go to all apple products, I say we should have some of both)

What are your thoughts?
 
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EmptyTimCup

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as someone who supports a Windows Network for a living ...


99% of the time Apple Products

JUST Work ..... no fiddling, no tweaking ....... they just work

I have a Mac Book Pro 17' I connect this unit to my TV, it auto detects the max resolution, 1080 in the case and expands the desktop automatically ... then I can go in the system settings and move it left, right, up, or down in relation to the built in screen

we bought a netbook, capable of running the same 1080 - has am ATI Video chipset w/256 mb of video memory .... I connect it to the TV, I get some over driven, basic resolution, I then have to go into the display settings and try to up the resolution going to the TV - even when I get it up to 1080 it is still off on the refresh rate - so the desktop is a little fuzzy ... movies look ok my not as clean on the Mac - may be if I used a 3000 dollar Media Center PC it would be different - but 1080 looks fine on my 24" LCD

and I have to change the desktop resolution EVERY TIME - Windows any Windows NEVER Remembers

Apple has had issues - iPhone Antennagate earlier this yr ... supposedly traced to software problems - IMHO Much ago about nothing - how many people Don't put a case on their phones

Now Apple Just Updated iOS 5 because the new 4S phones were running the battery down fairly quickly - I just thought it was because I constantly used my phone - Twitter, web surfing, email ...


... Gartner studies done way back in the Windows 95 / 98 Mac OS 7 / 8 days reported Macs required aprox half of the time required to support a Windows Based PC


so if you spent an average of $ 3000 in helpdesk labor to support Windows, you were only spending $ 1500 or less support Macs
 
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kom526

kom526

They call me ... Sarcasmo
I have a Mac G5 desktop (pre Intel processors) that I love and would not hesitate to replace it with another Mac. Extremely user friendly and robust virus resistance are what I like about it. Oh and the 20" LCD screen is great when working with photo software.

I also have a PC laptop which I also love due to its convenience and its ability to work with the couple of non Mac friendly websites I have to work with occassionally. The 15" LCD screen is pretty good but I really prefer to do my camera work on the Mac.

I am an advocate of having one of each as far as computing needs go, the trouble is deciding which one you want as your workhorse. OBTW, if you have kids that are getting into surfing the Interwebz, a LOT of the sites that they hit (Poptropica.com etc.) run much better on PCs.
 
somdfunguy

somdfunguy

not impressed
kom526 said:
if you have kids that are getting into surfing the Interwebz, a LOT of the sites that they hit (Poptropica.com etc.) run much better on PCs.
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Pre intel macs can't use the newer browsers. This is why you have that issue.
 
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teacherhm

teacherhm

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My family always used PCs... I went through high school and college using PCs as well. I also went through my first two years of work with a PC. I even chose a Dell Studio 1747 laptop as my college graduation gift and maxed it out in every aspect I could and it was cheaper to do that than get a less powerful Mac.

With that being said, I recently bought a 15 inch Macbook Pro about 3 weeks ago and I absolutely love it. As a previous person posted, it just works. It takes some getting used to if you're used to a PC, but with all of today's technology, I haven't encountered a single issue that can't be easily made to be compatible with a PC. I have officially been converted to Macs and I don't see myself ever buying another PC. Macs may be more expensive, in general, than a PC, but they are (by far) worth the investment.

I vote Mac. :yay:
 
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EmptyTimCup

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teacherhm said:
With that being said, I recently bought a 15 inch Macbook Pro about 3 weeks ago and I absolutely love it. As a previous person posted, it just works. It takes some getting used to if you're used to a PC, but with all of today's technology,

I vote Mac. :yay:
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with 'Boot Camp' and a Win 7 Install DVD, you can carry one copmputer and run both OS'

Parallels will run within Mac OS X in a VM Shell and can even be set to boot off of your Boot Camp Partition ...........



so you can get the Cadallic Mac hardware, and the chevy OS (Windows)


and typically Mac OS upgrades are 30 bucks .... the lion update was a download from the app store
 
Chasey_Lane

Chasey_Lane

Salt Life
We have a few Dell computers (both laptop and desktop), but I won't use anything but the Macbook. It's the bomb, hands down!! :yay:
 
ylexot

ylexot

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For me, I just don't like how Macs work. They don't work the way I think. It helps that Macs are insanely expensive.
 
Tilted

Tilted

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I'm considering buying a Mac Mini myself. It would be the first Mac I've bought. In the past, I've opted for less expensive Windows machines. I had a Mac laptop that was given to me years ago, but even though I liked the way the platform functioned I didn't use it a lot because I don't much enjoy using laptops.

That said, Mac sales are booming and continually outpace the growth in the larger PC market. I think we're seeing increased interest in Macs being feed by, among other things, new-to-Apple people buying other iDevices and discovering that they like the way Apple products work.
 
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EmptyTimCup

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Hey Tilted is Back ....... where have you been hiding :buddies:


I have an HP @ work ... running XP - we are starting to roll out Win 7


I have a Win 7 Ultimate - gaming PC at home, my wife has a Dell GX620 and Mom has a Mac Mini ....

I just got another older mini to connect to the TV
 
DEEKAYPEE8569

DEEKAYPEE8569

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terbear1225 said:
Having a discussion with a coworker about the relative merits of macs and pcs (he says we should go to all apple products, I say we should have some of both)

What are your thoughts?
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I am a dyed in the wool PC type.

My Dad had a Mac where he used to work though; and loved it. When he got his first PC for home use, he was totally lost. Luckily a friend of ours is a "computer whiz" so Dad had help. Now, he and Mom both have laptops AND a desktop. Mom hadn't cracked open her laptop yet though. I think she's afraid of it. Mom's not "computer savvy at all. So, time will tell.

I just never could get used to the "simplicity" of Mac's; if THAT makes any sense. So, I guess I will stay in the "stone age"; just me and my PC; although I would like to have a laptop.
 
TWL

TWL

Kernel panic: Aiee.......
jrt_ms1995 said:
Fixed!

You all are aware MacOS X is based on a Linux kernel, right?
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Sorry, the OSX kernel has nothing in common with the Linux kernel other than they are both "UNIX-like". OSX is a direct descendant of Mach and FreeBSD while Linux is a direct descendant of Minix. While both kernels are the basis of an OS that run GNU software, the kernels themselves have little or no code in common.
 
jrt_ms1995

jrt_ms1995

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Okay, I got the details wrong (should never trust my memory); but it sure isn't simply better hardware. Wish we still had Bell Labs around to take care of all this OS stuff for us!
 
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Mongo53

Mongo53

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PC is the 80% solution, Mac is the 100% solution.

PC are open, the competition makes them cheap, and they are cheap (as in, there is software and hardware out there that is sub-par). You can upgrade a PC cheap, you can find a way to hobble together your network with band-aids for a few bucks. You can find ten times the amount of software for a PC then a Mac, and some of it is actually half-good.

Mac's are closed, it either works great or doesn't work at all, you're NOT likely to find some cheap hardware or software to create a solution, you can't write or have written some cheap software yourself. BUT, since you don't have a bunch of sub-par stuff being band-aided into the system, it works really well and doesn't have as many problems. Of course sometimes the answer to an upgrade problem might be, well you'll just have to go out and buy all new Macs.

Yes, I'm over-simplfying, you can post 10 pages of exceptions of what I just said, but the point I'm trying to make is, PC being more open architecture has more flexibility and options then a Mac, and Mac taking the opposite tact, being more closed architecture has less flexibility and options. BUT, that flexibility and more options results in crappy stuff in the mix and people keeping outdated equipment still running and messing everything up. The closed archicture doesn't have to suffer that stuff, thus more reliable and better working. Of course, also more expensive.
 
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