Windows vs. Apple

[fallenlife]

i have a friend that uses a mac and from what iv'e seen its better than a pc could ever hope to be.
the only problem with macs are that there are fewer games that can be played on them other than that they blow everything else out of the water

[leerock89]

mac is way better then pc even though i own a pc, ive wanted a mac for awhile now mostly cause it has some great music software that i want to make music with.

[Ariya]

My brother has one of those new Mac Book Air's and omg, it's amazing. Totally pwns my laptop.

[Crymson]

Originally Posted by Nabik33

A big reason for linux getting so few viruses is because so few people use it. MOst people who write viruses do it to cause the most harm possible and the best way to do that is on a windows platform.

that's not exactly true. It is part of it, but the other thing to consider is how viruses work. they take advantage of flaws in the code, something windows is not at all lacking in, and something that is fixed very quickly in open source OSes like Linux, freeBSD, etc. Which, I might add, are very similar to OSX, which is built on BSD.

but like Gogo said way back when, its a matter of what you want to do. If you want to game, run Microsoft, though, XP is still the way to go right now. If you want to do photo/video/music editing get a mac. if you want to completely control what your OS does, get Linux. If you learn how to use it Linux can be better than either Windows or OSX, but takes more knowledge to work.

the other thing to consider is whether you want to be able to trick your machine. a PC or linux box (which is the same except for the OS) have for more customability than a MAC does, though apple is getting better. the other things to consider is cost. 700 bucks will build a good pc, but MACs cost a lot more than that.

But, everyone likes different things right?

[illuma]

You know if the guy who created mac wasn't so paranoid then he would have been way richer than the guy who owns windows. mac had better use for art, music, and that jazz. Windows is just more user friendly, and have all the basic needs. Most music companies, or any other thing related to that use the mac, while the business offices use the windows.

[Crymson]

actually, there was a point in time when all the smart money was saying that windows would be completely destroyed by MAC. it never happened. and a lot of offices, and probably a few music and video groups, run Linux, or some other open source OS.

I'm content to run whatever suits my purposes, which is either Linux or windows.

[a2ng0d]

Microsoft>Apple.

I cant stand Mac >_>.

[Gabrieth]

Linux ubuntu for me ^^

And Mac os 10 is a messed up version of Linux. Free is what is the best :)

[GoddeBPM]

Depends what you're going for, Apples are sexy, and they're very good for professionals, whether that's for picture editing, film editing, music editing. I'm not sure why, but that's what you'll usually find in studios. Where as PCs are much more homely, they have much more applications and games, and from what I know, they are a good deal more powerful and upgradeable. But what a Apple can do which a PC can't, is that it can run both operating systems, I'm not sure about Linux Ubuntu, but it could probably run that as well. I have a PC but I want a Apple Notebook soooo bad.

[Crymson]

a mac can now run windows and OSX. open source OSes (which are the way to go) will run on whatever the team developing them wants them to run on. so yes, ubuntu does run on fairly modern macs.