Mac Vs. PC

[no one]

Had PCs for years.  Switched to Mac three years ago.  Macs are better in EVERY way.  Faster, more reliable, no crashes, more stable OS, better battery life, better screens, better support, etc, etc, etc.  Anyone who tells you otherwise hasn't had the opportunity to use both or can't afford a Mac.

^ this.

[johnnynoname]

Mac all the way

put it this way, i look at ALOT of porn which puts in me at risk to get alot of viruses and shit

I swear to god my macbook runs as fast as the day i bought it

the money you spend to buy a mac is worth it cuz even if the PC is less expensive, it becomes expensive to get your PC repaired once a year for whatever reason or too get it replaced when it kicks the bucket in less than a year

[Army of One]

Macs are for people who dont know anything about computers and get sucked in by sales pitches.Anyone with half a brain buys a pc and laughs at Mac users.

[Bflex]

"My Mac is 3 years old and still runs like on the first day"
-> typical Mac user. Why wouldn't it run like on the first day? Hardware doesn't "get bad". If your OS is slowing down with the years, just reinstall the OS and have it new. Being "slow" is not a software issue (at least not with win7) but a hardware issue. Your new Mac is faster than your old PC? Wow! Great success 

[MindSpin]

Here is where I'm coming from.  As I previously said, I had always been a PC user.  I few years ago, I needed to upgrade the computers in my office and was sick and tired of buying whatever the best PCs on the market were only to have to upgrade them every 1-2 years because they would be constantly infected with viruses, become painfully slow and constantly crash.  

So, I actually came here to GetBig and started a thread asking "what is the best notebook/laptop in the market?".  Perhaps someone can dig it up.  In that thread, a few people suggested Macs.  At first I dismissed it.  I didn't want to have to deal with learning a new OS and had been told that they were not compatible with PCs.  I did my research, though, and ended up going with Macs.  

Everyone who is saying that the hardware is the same for PCs & Macs and that they can build a faster PC are forgetting that the MAC hardware & OS are built to work seamlessly with one another.  That's one of the big advantages that Mac has over PCs & Microsoft.  

With regard to the support, it's as simple as calling my local Apple store.  I can talk to someone who speaks English and they actually know what they're talking about.  Or, you can simply go to the Apple store and talk to anyone of the Apple "geniuses", as well as take classes on their various software programs like iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, etc.  It's pretty amazing how simple it is to take a bunch of family pics and home video and use them to create and edit a family movie and burn it on a DVD.  Obviously this can also be done with PCs, but with a Mac it is so much easier and so much faster.

I'm not a computer geek and I'm sure that there are plenty of people here who know way more than I do about this.  But, the fact is that I have not had any of the problems with any of my Macs that I did with my PCs.  In fact, I still have a Dell in my office that is newer than most of the Macs, and it has already slowed down significantly and I've had to "ctrl+alt+delete" it several times.  

Bottom line, Macs are better.

[BayGBM]

Here is where I'm coming from.  As I previously said, I had always been a PC user.  I few years ago, I needed to upgrade the computers in my office and was sick and tired of buying whatever the best PCs on the market were only to have to upgrade them every 1-2 years because they would be constantly infected with viruses, become painfully slow and constantly crash.  

So, I actually came here to GetBig and started a thread asking "what is the best notebook/laptop in the market?".  Perhaps someone can dig it up.  In that thread, a few people suggested Macs.  At first I dismissed it.  I didn't want to have to deal with learning a new OS and had been told that they were not compatible with PCs.  I did my research, though, and ended up going with Macs.  

Everyone who is saying that the hardware is the same for PCs & Macs and that they can build a faster PC are forgetting that the MAC hardware & OS are built to work seamlessly with one another.  That's one of the big advantages that Mac has over PCs & Microsoft.  

With regard to the support, it's as simple as calling my local Apple store.  I can talk to someone who speaks English and they actually know what they're talking about.  Or, you can simply go to the Apple store and talk to anyone of the Apple "geniuses", as well as take classes on their various software programs like iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, etc.  It's pretty amazing how simple it is to take a bunch of family pics and home video and use them to create and edit a family movie and burn it on a DVD.  Obviously this can also be done with PCs, but with a Mac it is so much easier and so much faster.

I'm not a computer geek and I'm sure that there are plenty of people here who know way more than I do about this.  But, the fact is that I have not had any of the problems with any of my Macs that I did with my PCs.  In fact, I still have a Dell in my office that is newer than most of the Macs, and it has already slowed down significantly and I've had to "ctrl+alt+delete" it several times.  

Bottom line, Macs are better.

That was me.  You're welcome. 

[MindSpin]

Cool.

[jpm101]

Guess it's really Apple vs Microsoft. Apple/Mac(in the main) is in the hardware business. Microsoft is in the software business. Apple makes it's own computers, Microsoft is the bases for most computer OS by far, as is their other software. An Apple machine will run better than a PC, though except for high end software programs for music,graphic/design picture, movie, etc, editing and production, they lag behind Microsoft software for general use.  No matter how excellent a running computer, it's the OS/software that makes the difference in performance. PC's are better suited for the casual/average uses. And of course better for gamers because of the software available. 1000's of program's which Apple does not have.

Make no mistake, Apple machines do get viruses and adware. But on a much lesser scale than PC's. Hackers hate Bill Gate, so they have focus their virus damage on his software/PC's. But now some hackers are turning towards doing damage to apple machines. Their doing this because they can. Been told that perhaps MS has also a hand in all this. Bill Gate using underhanded methods (and even stealing other peoples ideas through the years since DOS) ...common knowledge really. Some hackers consider Steve Jobs way to  arrogant, so Apple becomes the newer target.  PC users might look into Microsoft Security Essentials as a excellent antivirus prigram. Free download from MS. Updated daily, free also.

Also the Linux OS/software systems, which are very well designed and can out preform and handle better than most MS OS very well. Though much too geekie for the average computer user. If wanting to invest in the time learning some of their open source programs (Red Hat, Mandriva, Xandros...many more) than the good news is that they are mostly free, as a download. Will only run on a PC. Very unusall to have a virus, etc on them. And stable running OS's. But very poor on games and gaming.

[noworries]

I used macs before some of you were born.  Appeared in the second commercial they ever did.  Was all Mac till 1993 when the manager of the gym I was developing convinced me to go PC and I have never owned a Mac since.  I love Mac's though.  I love their styling and performance.  But, a PC is just more practical for what I do.  I have only used laptops for the past 10 years.  The one I now has a 18" screen and fast as hell and has five speakers built in so it sounds unreal.  The one before this was a Toshiba and it was the most reliable computer I have ever had.  Not once did it crash.  Very reliable.  And I use my computer all day and most of the night.  It is on maybe 20 hours a day and sometime more.  I have had Dell's, Sony's, Gateway, Toshiba and now Acer.  So far the Acer has been awesome.  I ordered that Lenovo W700 DS and was really excited about getting that one.  Even pre-paid but their customer service is the worst I have ever seen in any kind of company.  So I cancelled the order and bought the Acer.  I have thought about buying the Ipad but it just doesn;'t do anything I would want it for.  Once Skype works on it and it can play DVD's then I will get one.

[fearANDloathing]

LOL Ron, have you ever actually owned a Mac???  I've had 5 different Dells.  All have come to a crawling slow after just a couple of years.  The first Mac I bough is up and running 26 seconds after I turn it on...it's 3 years old.  I have a two year old Dell.  After I hit the power button, I have time to get up, make a cup of coffee and come back before it's barely booting up.

On my Mac I still use Microsoft Office as I do think it's better than the Mac alternatives.  But everything else on a Mac is waaaay better. 

QFT

NO VIRUSES, NO MALWARE, NO SPYWARE,  NO BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH....
Totally worth the extra $$$. 

[TrueGrit]

 I certainly have the money and have come very close to buying a Mac a few times. What always stops me is the fact that I just can't see the point in paying so much more for  what is often a less powerful machine. The size of the HD, the amount of RAM, the lack of things like HDMI etc, never seem to justify the cost. It feels like buying an item for it's design and "statement" rather than what's under the hood.

I also think Sony make screens of just as good a quality - better actually.

Not anti-Apple..just don't see enough to make the change.

[noworries]

I certainly have the money and have come very close to buying a Mac a few times. What always stops me is the fact that I just can't see the point in paying so much more for  what is often a less powerful machine. The size of the HD, the amount of RAM, the lack of things like HDMI etc, never seem to justify the cost. It feels like buying an item for it's design and "statement" rather than what's under the hood.

I also think Sony make screens of just as good a quality - better actually.

Not anti-Apple..just don't see enough to make the change.

Me too kind of.  But my main reason not to get a Mac is the lack of programs available.  I have so much invested in PC programs and everything else that getting a Mac might just be too much work.  Like I said if the Ipad gets the capability oif using Skype and viewing DVD's then I will buy one in a heartbeat and use it along with my laptop and mostly for when I travel. 

[YngiweRhoads]

My buddy just finished paying off his mac and it's too outdated now to run Open Office and has issues with the CS4 suite. That's just ridiculous.

I work 12-16 hours a day on both platforms, and pc is just flat out better in terms of power and software support.

Crashes and viruses are just plain bullshit, unless you're clueless and have no idea how to operate a computer.

Never mind the fact that I can build my own pc in about 20 min from the ground up at wholesale prices, with the exact parts of my choosing for 1/3 the price of a mac and twice as powerful.

I do a ton of work with photoshop, illustrator and flash and the mac version of cs4 wasn't even available till months after it was already out for pc, and it STILL doesn't support 64bit Photoshop. Maybe in the CS5 version. lol

[YngiweRhoads]

Me too kind of.  But my main reason not to get a Mac is the lack of programs available.  I have so much invested in PC programs and everything else that getting a Mac might just be too much work.  Like I said if the Ipad gets the capability oif using Skype and viewing DVD's then I will buy one in a heartbeat and use it along with my laptop and mostly for when I travel. 

Yep. The same reason mac users 'don't get viruses' is the same reason there is so little software available for the machine. So few people own on no one bothers with them. There's less money to be made in developing software for such a small user base, it's more profitable to develop for the dominanant platform in the market.

An alienware laptop or pc looks just a slick, if not better, than a mac. Aesthetics of a computer, gimme a break. I pay for functionality, not appearance.

[drkaje]

I'm thinking hands are gonna need to be trown to resolve this.

Mac wins by submission.

[stuntmovie]

Haven't read all this yet so this might have been mentioned already.......

There is no computer store in existence other than an Apple store that treats customers like loyal and trustworthy friends.

I can take my Mac into any Apple store and have one of the employees take the time to answer my questions or show me what I've been doing wrong or just take it in the back and clean it up a bit.

Pay a $100 and you can have one on one instructions and other great service.

Try to go into any other computer store and get a question answered even if you can find anyone in store smart enough to answer one.

Apple service is phenominal and they are always a pleasure to work with.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Here's the exact commerical that I saw that convinced me to visit the Atari Computer Studio.  I couldn't afford the Mega St 2 which I bought right after I got out of the army however they had a used Atari 1040 STF that was for 400 dollars.  It was about 5 years old but I got it from working at Wendy's.  I had that computer all through high school and Mars Hill College.  Worked the day I traded it in for the Mega ST 2


Cool thing is THIS IS THE EXACT SAME COMMERCIAL, you can even hear the city Asheville and Computer Studio at the end.

As far as computers go, unless you're doing video editing or graphics there's no need to waste your money on a MAC. 

[titusisback]

Mac wins by submission.

PC wins by selling almost 10 times more than MACs. Funny how MACs are still a huge minority even though they're supposedly superior to PCs... supposedly has been for years and years. Funny how PCs still sell more. Huh?

Before someone says "well, most people can't afford MACs" - why don't those people buy a second hand MAC? If they're so much more powerful than PCs, shouldn't a 1-2 year old MAC be just as fast or faster than a new PC? Well.. they're not.

[body88]

Here is where I'm coming from.  As I previously said, I had always been a PC user.  I few years ago, I needed to upgrade the computers in my office and was sick and tired of buying whatever the best PCs on the market were only to have to upgrade them every 1-2 years because they would be constantly infected with viruses, become painfully slow and constantly crash.  

So, I actually came here to GetBig and started a thread asking "what is the best notebook/laptop in the market?".  Perhaps someone can dig it up.  In that thread, a few people suggested Macs.  At first I dismissed it.  I didn't want to have to deal with learning a new OS and had been told that they were not compatible with PCs.  I did my research, though, and ended up going with Macs.  

Everyone who is saying that the hardware is the same for PCs & Macs and that they can build a faster PC are forgetting that the MAC hardware & OS are built to work seamlessly with one another.  That's one of the big advantages that Mac has over PCs & Microsoft.  

With regard to the support, it's as simple as calling my local Apple store.  I can talk to someone who speaks English and they actually know what they're talking about.  Or, you can simply go to the Apple store and talk to anyone of the Apple "geniuses", as well as take classes on their various software programs like iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, etc.  It's pretty amazing how simple it is to take a bunch of family pics and home video and use them to create and edit a family movie and burn it on a DVD.  Obviously this can also be done with PCs, but with a Mac it is so much easier and so much faster.

I'm not a computer geek and I'm sure that there are plenty of people here who know way more than I do about this.  But, the fact is that I have not had any of the problems with any of my Macs that I did with my PCs.  In fact, I still have a Dell in my office that is newer than most of the Macs, and it has already slowed down significantly and I've had to "ctrl+alt+delete" it several times.  

Bottom line, Macs are better.

I take back what I said about your original post. At least you've given several reasons why you feel the way that you do.

[G_Thang]

Here is where I'm coming from.  As I previously said, I had always been a PC user.  I few years ago, I needed to upgrade the computers in my office and was sick and tired of buying whatever the best PCs on the market were only to have to upgrade them every 1-2 years because they would be constantly infected with viruses, become painfully slow and constantly crash.  

So, I actually came here to GetBig and started a thread asking "what is the best notebook/laptop in the market?".  Perhaps someone can dig it up.  In that thread, a few people suggested Macs.  At first I dismissed it.  I didn't want to have to deal with learning a new OS and had been told that they were not compatible with PCs.  I did my research, though, and ended up going with Macs.  

Everyone who is saying that the hardware is the same for PCs & Macs and that they can build a faster PC are forgetting that the MAC hardware & OS are built to work seamlessly with one another.  That's one of the big advantages that Mac has over PCs & Microsoft.  

With regard to the support, it's as simple as calling my local Apple store.  I can talk to someone who speaks English and they actually know what they're talking about.  Or, you can simply go to the Apple store and talk to anyone of the Apple "geniuses", as well as take classes on their various software programs like iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, etc.  It's pretty amazing how simple it is to take a bunch of family pics and home video and use them to create and edit a family movie and burn it on a DVD.  Obviously this can also be done with PCs, but with a Mac it is so much easier and so much faster.

I'm not a computer geek and I'm sure that there are plenty of people here who know way more than I do about this.  But, the fact is that I have not had any of the problems with any of my Macs that I did with my PCs.  In fact, I still have a Dell in my office that is newer than most of the Macs, and it has already slowed down significantly and I've had to "ctrl+alt+delete" it several times.  

Bottom line, Macs are better.

dell products and support aint that bad either.  can get me a laptop/pc for every room from dell vs buy one overpriced mac.  still going strong 12 yrs later with dell.

[Spoony Luv]

Steve Jobs>Bill Gates for the sole reason that Bill Gates is a fcking dork and Steve Jobs has said that taking LSD was the 2nd or 3rd most significant thing he has ever done...Apple was basically created while he was under the influence of psychedelics...Now that is fucking bad ass people...

[Spoony Luv]

Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick is also credited with coming up with the Double Helix...He also did this under the influence of LSD...Bad Ass!

[tleilaxutank]

Mac all the way.  Those of you hating on macs are either too poor to buy one or have never purchased one.

"it just works" 

This is why itunes owns the music industry.

This is why the iphone is gaining market share of the smartphone market with every passing minute.  Droid, HTC and Pre are just trying to catch up.  They may have some features that are better but they cannot compete with the overall package, powerful hardware, elegant, efficient CONTROLLED software and bundled with pre-existing juggernauts like itunes etc.

This is why ipods continue to dominate the portable music market.  For years people have been predicting apple's loss of this market, there are cheaper mp3 players with more memory, yet people prefer to buy ipods.  Why?  Because it so damn easy to use.  Rhapsody is currently being shopped for scrap.

Same thing with macbooks and the like, try downloading torrents and using rapidshare for downloading for a month or so and tell me you don't have any spyware and that your PC is running fine; I hope your antivirus is up to the challenge!

[tleilaxutank]

So you don`t think a PC can be built that will PWN the absolute shit out of a MAC?  Ever wonder why Hardcore Gamers NEVER use a MAC?

Umm because developers don't build games to run on Mac's?

[Doug_Steele]

Umm because developers don't build games to run on Mac's?

Get a PS3, X-Box 360 and Wii. Problem solved for gaming.