Mac's or PC's???

I have never used a MAC before so for me it's PC but just bacuase that's what I'm used to.

Used both, love my Mac
No problems at all
No software conflicts, no blue screens of death, no product activation, Safari's built in ad-blocking has made me forget about popups totally
MacWorld just published a listing of Macs VS PCs. PCs led in 4 of the 6 categories. If you're doing heavy graphics or video editing, I highly suggest a Dual 2 gHz G5 with 2GB of RAM... I test drove one the other day and I couldn't believe it
And if you are worried about cost, the PCs they compared with were just as expensive if not MORE expensive

I used PCs before but gave that up after my laptop crashed 4 times in 6 months. Crashed as in became unusable without being sent in for service (new MB twice, new DVD-ROM twice)

My $.03 (inflation)

I think that different machines are better for different people. Macs rock my world. I've used a PC, owned one for years. Wouldn't go back willingly.

If one ever has a choice go for the Mac lol

...it really depends on what you want to do...

as long is can run a unix system its a good machine

I groan every time I see a thread like this.

whys that?

Probably becasue it is similar to "what is the best car to own".

Too many variables in there that are just hard to judge which would be best. Plus there are those who will swear by what they have becasue that is all they ever used without trying the other.

Myself, I use PC becasue that is what I am used to and have easy resources to. I've never had time to actually site down with a Mac and learn them. Who know I might prefer them better if I knew them as well as I do a PC.

-Greg

My $.01 (I'm cheap LOL!!!)

Well exactly -- what you're used to and what suits you determines what you choose!

That's why Macs rock my world, and Mr. Cheesy doesn't like them.

i'm curious what software can't you find on MAC

IE6. hee hee. Actually, with VirtualPC you can run pretty well everything.

Its not the big software (that just cost more money if i already have it on the pc), its Freeware software/ Converters etc. Also i cant use any of my scanners/ Graphic tablets. Just that sort of thing really.

You should check that out -- I use the tablet on the Mac, and I know there are scanners that work with it. I don't use a scanner, but I know they are out there, lol.

You can make your scanner and graphic tablet work on a MAC ???

have you gone to sourceforge there are freeware for every needs

Yes, i can get some, but i have already got these things. So i dont really need to buy more. If i was made of money i would. Saying that i have brought the Final Cut Pro keyboard, becuase it is very useful.

What Tablet do you use?

here you go all opensource project so there are not only free you can customize to you're need (if you know the language it's mad of)

sourceforge.net

Nice one mate, thanks for that!!!!

yes, they do.

On topic: I use PC and Mac together on a network but I think eventually Apple will win the race in my house. I find it to be more stable and intuitive.

Jack... do you share printers between your PC and Mac?
I have a printer hooked up to my PC on my network but my Mac won't communicate with it
I can share files fine and all, just not printers
Any tips?

Macs still rock

Nope...

I don't have a printer at home. I live a 15 minutes walk from my work, where they have this Minolta color laser printer So there's no actual need to have one myself

Lexmark x25 / HP 990 are the printers that i have/ used, and they all work on a Mac, and shared. What are you using to get on to the network. Just Apple Sharing? Because i use a programe called "Dave" which works really well. That comes with printer sharing and some drivers.

Forget both mac's and Pc's they both are horrible. Linux is the way to go, simple, and easy to use!

Dont macOSX use Linux???

Mac is based on a BSD, iirc. And you can install Linux on PPC, too, I think...

well after the latest Mircosoft bundler I'd say more people will be jumping ship (longhorn is out, selling $4 a copy in Mayilasa, a year before release date and very big hole found in IE6 - active scripting).

I think a lot of people think that Mac is old and basic, like the old commodore 64 type thing, it sounds it. Linux sounds geeky and techo and Pc's we think of mr Gates and his bugs - how thing gets sterotyped.
I asked my neighbour for their opinion (know nothing about puters), thier responce was: Mac = raincoat, PC = a drug and Linux = a new breed of cat (lynx)

Will be interesting to see this topic brought up again in 2-5 years

I would say that it is more like:
Windows = Toyota Camry (looks pretty good, everyone has one. Also a favorite among thieves).
Mac = Ferrari (looks awesome, runs even better but it is hard to get parts for and who can afford it).
Linux = Long Haul Truck (doesn't always look all that great but it gets the job done day end and day out. It would work even better if it didn't have to go around all of those Camry's.)
BSD = Freight Train (it is nearly impossible to stop once it finally gets rolling and it sure can carry some freight).

exactly mairving

Marving
exept for the fact that a camry is reliable and windows is not i guess you got the final word on this thread

That wold depend on what you are relying on windows to do. You can always rely on it to be unrelyable.

As Jack Sparrow once said:

Quote: And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid

Macs are so much better. Thats why I work on PCs because I just do not have the choice.

extrmbob - it's gone to the hacker world, so how secure you think it will be once it's properly released

extrmbob wrote: Every MS OS has "gone to the hacker world" before release. Some source code and all. MS makes sure it gets "leaked". Why? The hackers create exploits and it gives MS time to fix these before final release.

I guess that this is MS version of Open-Source.

I don't really think that is a true statement. If that were the case by the time the OS came out there would be very few exploits for it, which is not the case.