As customary, I will start. I think Macs are great and user-friendly, but — just as I chose to attend a large university and live in America's most populous city — I need to have every possible option available to me.
So I switched to PC in 2001 because I got sick of seeing, "for PC only," when I wanted to try out a new browser or file-sharing application or utility.
It was a simple case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
Luckily, I have a Mac at work, so I'm not completely in the dark with what they're doing.
Think about it this way... If the MAC OS were the answer they would not be working to come out with a PC VERSION of that OS... Now think about this for a moment with INTEL and AMD going head to head in a creative showdown worth billions and believe me both companies have some of the best and the brightest not to mention its not just windows any more, every day more and more flavors of Linux come into existence and most are designed for the pc.... so with all that creative not to mention billions of dollars in R&D the Mac’s days are numbered. Some day it will be as nostalgic as your Wheaties box with Ripkin on it and probably have more dust.
All technical mumbo-jumbo aside.....I can't take anything that reminds me of a VW Beetle seriously. All the commercials, all the colors, are the designs scream "Rich, suburban daddy's girl's playtoy."
I have to vote PC.
i have my cake and am eating it, too, baby....
imac @ home... monster PC at work....
One of my buddies used to trash Macs, but now he has bought both a Powerbook and PowerMac. It pisses me off listening to him talk about how Steve Jobs is a God, and that he is "the savior." Christ, Mac people think that they are onto something special, that PC people are missing out on something wonderful. I disagree, and am happy with my desktop and laptop. The Mac people also have to refer to their computers by the Mac name, such as "Yeah, I had my Powerbook at Starbucks." You don't hear PC users saying "I took my Thinkpad/Travelmate/Inspiron/Latitude/Portege to the coffee shop." We're normal, and we just say "my computer" or "my laptop." My experience with Mac people is that they are arrogant fuckwads who think they are better than everyone just because their computer looks cool, yet lacks sufficient performance for many business and engineering processes. Wow, sorry, didn't mean to make that so long.
Not all, but way too many Mac users are in it for the image. How often do you hear "Creative people use Macs" or "Real Designers use Macs". Anyone who perceives a large part of their identity in what kind of computer they use need a lot of laxatives because they are full of shit.
Macs are a toy. They might as well only have one button. What are they good for? Everyone says the reason you buy a mac is for design, right? But Photoshop works quite well on a PC, and I'm not constrained by a monitor that looks like a 5-year-old designed it with the fat crayons.
The only markets they hold are education and journalism-- though no one knows why.
I think of a Mac like an etch-a-sketch with more buttons. And yes, I've turned over a powerbook and shook it to reboot.
That's cool, 'cause I like bacon.
Mmmmmmmmm.......... Bacon
I most definately am a "holier-than-thou designer" and may very well be a "suburban daddy's girl", but my MAC does everything your cheap, little toys can do and then some.
We've got a one button mouse because there is no reason to have two and just like any computer, crashes are non-existent if you take care of your machine. And yes, any run of the mill Met's fan can operate it, but I'd prefer that than having some "17-year-old virgin gamer" hacking into my finances.
Jace - Exactly what about El Dorado is suburban?
macs cannot copy cds..you have to download them to your HD 1st..thats bullshit
not at all my PC runs REDHAT and if your mac ever produces linux type uptime i will be amused. thats why noboby uses macs for servers or anything sererious b/c they my friend are not serious... and you don't know much about creativity and R&D $$$ b/c mac will never survive the chips wars... just take a deep breath and deal with it
OSX is a piece of shite Yo crazyass, what are you tslking about you freak, keep using your Mac OSX for the pretty colors. My shit hasnt crashed since its been up (24/7 since Jan 2001 - Dell P4 2Ghz, WinXPP) dude, dont talk about OSX like its a fucking ferrari
u dont understand i really like eggs
i knew one linux comment and those mac freaks would go color code something...
I've always owned PCs. I honestly wouldn't mind owning a Mac because of their ease-of-use. We used G3 towers in college and I felt as if they worked well. I feel as if you're limited with a Mac though, especially software. I like to look at a Mac as a high end luxury car and a (my) PC as a custom hotrod. I can just pull off the panel to my case and toss in a new hard drive, RAM, graphics card, etc. With a Mac, you have to take it into the Mac shop and pay out the yin yang to have it serviced or upraded. Out of the box, PCs are cheaper as well. But like I said, I'm really not biased, I just think PCs are more economical.
Anybody in this mac bashing forum,ever had a machine run for five years, without needing to upgrade,or replaced parts? I doubt it!
no, not five years....seven, dude. But, after 7 seven years I have to say I did upgrade the hard drive, os, and I quadrupled the ram on my little windows 95 (all done by myself by the way, no computer shop needed) just so I could load more software onto it. SHE'S STILL RUNNING AS WELL AS WHEN WE GOT'R!!!
if your pc is 7 years old, there is nothing you can do that will ever make it run as good as a brand new $499 pc bought today. thats the only think pc's have on macs. you get what you pay for and macs are very pricey compared to the $499 gateway or dell you can find. good luck with that 7 year old piece you call a computer cause you dont even know what fast is. not only that but you stupid to spend about as much on upgrading when you could have bought a brand new pc with a prossessor 100 times as fast as 7 year old ones. good post dumbass....
Mac: The Lexus EX 300 of the computer market, the Mac dazzles with its looks, but is it the same, cheaper Toyota Camry with a prettier wrapping?
PC: Most people succumb to being followers rather than leaders because fighting the good fight isn't nearly as much fun as downloading tons of porn.
As customary, I will start. I think Macs are great and user-friendly, but — just as I chose to attend a large university and live in America's most populous city — I need to have every possible option available to me.
So I switched to PC in 2001 because I got sick of seeing, "for PC only," when I wanted to try out a new browser or file-sharing application or utility.
It was a simple case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
Luckily, I have a Mac at work, so I'm not completely in the dark with what they're doing.
Posted by Paul Katcher at February 6, 2003 1:24 AM