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    Pc or mac
    When is comes down to it, it depends on what your going to be doing.
    Both have PROS and CONS. I'm not going to go into any detail
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjj95 View Post
    Pc or mac
    I heard Mac isn't good for gaming, but its your choice. I never owned a Mac, but my opinion is a PC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by [PRO]metheus View Post
    I heard Mac isn't good for gaming, but its your choice. I never owned a Mac, but my opinion is a PC.
    nkn owns a mac, don't know if he games but he certainly bots.

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    macs are personal computers
    Linux runs on a "PC" most of the time, same with unix, BSD, and everything else you want to add here
    Linux is far better at games, even the games steam has ported over, that have problems.. run better on Linux

    DirectX is the for dummies GPU API< that is why it's used.. hopefully openCL changes that (openGL will never take over directX.. most game developers are lazy/stupid so they will never figure out how to work most stuff in openGL [it's too hard for them])

    so basically, I hate this type of poll - OS X vs windows is what the poll should be.. and in that case they're both better and worse at different things.. and both of them suck vs *input random linux distro here* @ everything

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    I've used a PC all my life, but currently I'm thinking of buying 6x apple laptops for my business and employees, I heard from another business owner in the same field as me that it's so much easier to use photoshop/creative media software on macs these days

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr[S] View Post
    I've used a PC all my life, but currently I'm thinking of buying 6x apple laptops for my business and employees, I heard from another business owner in the same field as me that it's so much easier to use photoshop/creative media software on macs these days
    I prefer photoshop on OS X... hands down, it runs WAY better
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    Quote Originally Posted by grats View Post
    I prefer photoshop on OS X... hands down, it runs WAY better
    Everyone in the creative media sector uses a mac to do all their editing or designing I am like the only one who hasn't invested in them because personally I feel like it's too much of a sudden change but lately I've been weighing out my pros an cons and deciding whether to change to mac

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    I use a Mac for gaming and all this.
    Runs great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr[S] View Post
    Everyone in the creative media sector uses a mac to do all their editing or designing I am like the only one who hasn't invested in them because personally I feel like it's too much of a sudden change but lately I've been weighing out my pros an cons and deciding whether to change to mac
    even to the computer illiterate, it should take maybe a few hours at most to get used to it... learning an operating system is a joke imo, you shouldn't have any problems especially with something like OS X

    my brother for example, has no idea how do to anything other than write papers for college & browse the internet, he's familiar with linux fedora, debian, ubuntu & knows OS X and windows xp / windows 7.. because he's used extra computers I have / a computer I built for him.. his entire life, and he still doesn't know much other than opening up the program and using it

    basically what I mean is, sure everything on the inside is different everywhere, but it doesn't matter.. because the basic user doesn't know what the hell any of it means whether or not they've used it 1 hour or 1 decade.. and opening up firefox or photoshop is the same no matter what you use
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    Quote Originally Posted by NKN View Post
    I use a Mac for gaming and all this.
    Runs great.
    You sure you're playing those games on OSX? Or did you bootcamp windows on that thing?

    Iunno. I've had both OSX, Windows, and both at the same time (Hackintosh).. OSX is nice for graphic design and sometimes music making. Other than that, I never found a real use for it other than developing for apple products.

    On the other hand, Windows is more widely used than OSX. I tend to develop more on windows than on Lion.

    I often find my friends having to bootcamp to windows to do particular tasks. Whether it be using the .Net framework, Visual Studio, Running Steam games, etc.. In engineering class, Pro E was a windows only program. As well as Autocad. Not sure if that has changed by now but yeah..

    There's just too many things that are specifically Windows to make Osx useful.

    Another point is that often you will find a plain laptop or ultra book with twice as good hardware for half the price. Even building one can be cheaper. Still, I find myself liking the design of the macbookpro and yeah.. It's good for editing and designing stuff but not for everyday use depending on what you do/use it for.

    For this reason, I will vote Windows. Both are pretty good though. Just not sure that Macs are all the way there yet. Also I tend to hate using alternatives than what I already have experience with. One such alternative was Open Office vs. MS Office. Was quite annoying. It's just not the same. Oh and if you do mess around with stuff like I tend to do on a daily basis, a blue screen is much easier to handle than a Kernel Panic unless you're into the command line sorta stuff .
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    PC, some of the things i dont like about macs:

    Program compatability issues of macs,
    Apple charge double the base price of their components just because its in a sleek silver case,
    Apple limit so many things because they dont want you using something that is not their own product,
    You cant upgrade macs/repair them easily because apple do filthy things like solder RAM to motherboards

    But hey, i have and always will be a PC kinda guy (until intel start soldering CPU's to MB's then i might change my position)


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    As long as you don't go on dodgy sites, and act sensibly on internet, the chances of you getting a virus is very low. As long as you install some basic AntiVirus (MSE, Malwaware Bytes) you should be fine on a Windows machine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon View Post
    You sure you're playing those games on OSX? Or did you bootcamp windows on that thing?

    Iunno. I've had both OSX, Windows, and both at the same time (Hackintosh).. OSX is nice for graphic design and sometimes music making. Other than that, I never found a real use for it other than developing for apple products.

    On the other hand, Windows is more widely used than OSX. I tend to develop more on windows than on Lion.

    I often find my friends having to bootcamp to windows to do particular tasks. Whether it be using the .Net framework, Visual Studio, Running Steam games, etc.. In engineering class, Pro E was a windows only program. As well as Autocad. Not sure if that has changed by now but yeah..

    There's just too many things that are specifically Windows to make Osx useful.

    Another point is that often you will find a plain laptop or ultra book with twice as good hardware for half the price. Even building one can be cheaper. Still, I find myself liking the design of the macbookpro and yeah.. It's good for editing and designing stuff but not for everyday use depending on what you do/use it for.

    For this reason, I will vote Windows. Both are pretty good though. Just not sure that Macs are all the way there yet. Also I tend to hate using alternatives than what I already have experience with. One such alternative was Open Office vs. MS Office. Was quite annoying. It's just not the same. Oh and if you do mess around with stuff like I tend to do on a daily basis, a blue screen is much easier to handle than a Kernel Panic unless you're into the command line sorta stuff .
    Played those Blizzard games, and HoN on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NKN View Post
    Played those Blizzard games, and HoN on it.
    and man do they run better, had like 1/4th the specs on an imac that handled blizz games better than a machine with ridiculous hardware.. also quicktimes screen recording will never be matched on windows.. glad blizz embeds them in games
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    Besides for the price, I would say Macs > PC
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    This coming from someone who has never owned a mac, no not because of price but because I actually like the way windows is laid out farrr better. It is simply easier for me as I have been using it for ages, but if I was a kid again and had the opportunity to choose between the two I would of opted for Macs.

    Reason being they have been coming out with the "new" world for the past decade, rather than Windows which is still trying to catch them (no not in sales, but in innovation)




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    Quote Originally Posted by [XoL] View Post
    Besides for the price, I would say Macs > PC
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    This coming from someone who has never owned a mac, no not because of price but because I actually like the way windows is laid out farrr better. It is simply easier for me as I have been using it for ages, but if I was a kid again and had the opportunity to choose between the two I would of opted for Macs.

    Reason being they have been coming out with the "new" world for the past decade, rather than Windows which is still trying to catch them (no not in sales, but in innovation)

    I'm not going to put your opinion down but I wouldn't exactly call a Ram upgrade and processor upgrade innovation. Even with their iPods and iPhones, and other iProducts, they change one small feature and sell it as a brand new product.. IOS 4-6 has nothing that "Wow's" anyone but fanboys.

    Infact, they got so greedy that they decided to dump google maps, put their own and now what? They ended up going back to google maps because it's that much better than theirs.. Not only that, they decided to dump samsung, for a taiwan company. Expect cheap shitty parts in the future Macbooks and iProducts. Even facebook started posting ads all around their company HQ urging users to switch to android.

    The new macbook pro has NOTHING "new" or innovative about it. What is innovative though is their advertising and their skill at grabbing new computer users' attention. To buy a macbook pro or and apple product at this point in time is a huge waste of money.

    Microsoft doesn't seem to be aiming at catching up to them at all.. They seem to be aiming to hit the tablet market hard as you can tell with the Windows 8 Tablets.

    Tip: If you really want performance and osx at the same time, buy intel parts, build a desktop, put OSX on it. Then again, you still have shitty software compatibility. Nothing beats MS Office and a lot of MS products.


    @OP, remove that "Less likely to get viruses" from your post.. Have you heard of the Java 7 exploit in OSX? Oh man.. I wouldn't say less likely when 750k users got hit by Java. Windows was better protected because it had antivirus.. Mac's aren't invincible. No one wants to program for them because they don't wanna take the time to learn Objective-C which I might add, has no advantages over any other language. I'd definitely choose Java over it.
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    Pc because more programs while Mac, umm you might need to get a new one if you want the recent OS.

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    I have a PC at home, and the computer lab at my school has new imacs. I prefer my pc because it runs smoothly, and runs any program I need. Also the imacs have way too many problems like occasionally not logging into my account, just logging me into a default account that no programs work on. And I hate how apple sacrifices usability for looks. For example, the power button is on the back, and barely presses down. There should be a light to tell you it's turning on at least. And usb ports only on the back suck. And the mighty mouse's tiny clickwheel is broken in one direction on half the mice.

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    Mac

    There are a lot of incorrect stereo types stated in this thread.

    Less Programs:
    Most programs you can now get for mac, and if there isn't, you can get parallels and it has coherence mode so it runs any windows or linux program but acts like a native mac program. There is no silly VM window, all you see is the program info.

    Customization:
    It is actually far easier to customize mac than it is PC. There are also more customizations our there for mac than there are for PC.

    Over Simplified:
    Taken a look at windows 8 yet...?
    Also some things may be over simplified, but it still lets you have full control if you really want it. And it simplifies things that windows over complicates. I had a ubuntu server on my home network and installed the desktop environment over top of the server and set up VNC. I spent hours messing around trying to get a windows VNC client to connect to it properly and in the end, never did get it working properly. I go to my mac and what do I see in finder? Its already found the VNC server on my network and all I had to do was enter my password. No fiddling with downloading software, configuring junk, it worked on its own.

    Many people are changing to mac once they decide to ignore what they think they know about mac and give it a chance. Ever since switching to mac, my research projects have also become easier. Its great because I have to interact with many linux environments and because mac is based on Unix, it plays much nicer than windows does, but mac still plays nice with windows. Mac is like a nice bridge between the two.

    Yes there are things that are better done on windows, but that list is quickly dwindling. Pretty much all windows has left that its "superior" at is games, but with steam on mac, that is ever starting to shift away from windows' favour.


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    I do not like apple products seeing as in some of their laptops they actually solder the RAM to the motherboard.

    No company never, ever has to do this and there is no reason for it at all. Because of stupid things like this(And the fact that their products are ridiculously overpriced) I don't like Apple and their products.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hobbit View Post
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    There are a lot of incorrect stereo types stated in this thread.

    Less Programs:
    Most programs you can now get for mac, and if there isn't, you can get parallels and it has coherence mode so it runs any windows or linux program but acts like a native mac program. There is no silly VM window, all you see is the program info.

    Why buy a mac to run Windows in the first place? Oh yeah.. forgot, you need those windows programs that mac does NOT have.. "Most programs you can now get for mac".. Oh really? I highly doubt that. I also have a Mac. Notepad++ can never get replaced! Office Pro 13 can never be replaced, as well as many others! Those are just probably the most popular listed. Most IDE's are for windows. Some do have Mac versions as well but.. To program C# on a mac, well.. good luck with that. C++? Oh yeah.. gotta install a load of bs..

    They lie to the naive in their ads.. Currently, on the Apple site it says it's the most advanced notebook ever.. I'd definitely call bs on that. It's also not the most advanced OS either.

    Everything for a Mac requires an adapter. If you haven't tried hooking up your TV to it yet, you should try that. Who solders their RAM to the MB? Oh yeah.. Apple. Why? So you can buy a whole new MODEL!

    Apple is all about selling Models. They do the same shit with the 4, 4s, 5 and the 5S due in January.

    Really now? The features that was in the 4S could have been in the 4 already. It's already been done with a "Jail" break. Apple is jail.
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    I hook my mac up to my TV quite frequently, never had an issue at all.

    Currently the only programs I need windows to run are Simba and cain
    Everything else I need I have found a equal if not better alternative (In my opinion for my uses)
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    PC > Mac in all ways
    Cheaper, Anywhere for fixing, Free Alternatives for pretty much every single software, Cracked software available everywhere & literally you can run anything on it(as long as you have compatible hardware).

    Nothing else is needed to say since it already can run anything, so what is the point of owning a mac? Oh right I forgot... because it looks cute :P

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    Buy a mac and donate it to me for Simba mac support development =)

    lol, I'd go with PC!

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    @Brandon - I have Office '11 for Mac , and it is nice. A down side of it though is it doesn't have the full suite for Mac only word,excel,powerpoint and outlook, but I don't need much more than that.

    To install C++, download XCode and install, just need the compiler...that isn't too much to ask is it? Also, hooking up to the TV isn't bad, I have a thunderbolt display that works nicely.

    Having to get adapters does suck for several things, and also I agree with their releases being "stupid" to say the least at times.

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