Topic: Mac vs PC Thread (Read 4361 times)

Crazy Greek · « **on:** July 29, 2010, 01:32:27 AM »

In case we don't have one yet...

I'll start by saying I've "been a PC" all my life. Recently bought a Mac about a year ago and went full Mac shortly after wards.

Fast forward to now, I am required to buy a PC to run some applications for a program I am taking so I went to buy a PC, rather a laptop or something equal to my Macbook Pro I use now.

The results are terrible, at virtually all price points PCs were bloated, heavy, slow, loud clunky piles of crap. The gap is so wide it surprised me. The laptop I ended up going with is a HP 14 inch which is pretty much a clone of my Macbook.

Anyhow, whats everyone else rocking these days.

Novice · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2010, 08:41:50 AM »

Quote from: Crazy Greek on July 29, 2010, 01:32:27 AM

I am required to buy a PC to run some applications for a program I am taking

This is usually something I point out to Mac users. Most of them don't care or never need to install said applications, but the point remains that you had to get a PC to run a specific application. (I think that's what you're saying)

I then proceed to run my PSX emulator and play FF8 or Tekken 3 and ask them if they can do that. Anyway, I'm usually more interested in an academic sense with the differences between the two. I know that some people look for different stuff in a machine, so Macs are there for them. Fine, at least they aren't using a PC and asking me a shit ton of questions about it.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

Chris · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:17:55 AM »

Generally speaking, Macs are for fuzzy heads.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:25:44 AM »

Macs are not compatible with Wunderkind. I crash them often and regularly when I try to install myself.

Rizzy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:59:18 AM »

After having to use it a couple of times in school, this pretty much sums up how I feel about Macs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqN76gYKHMs

Novice · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:08:13 AM »

Quote from: Rizzy on July 29, 2010, 09:59:18 AM

After having to use it a couple of times in school, this pretty much sums up how I feel about Macs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqN76gYKHMs

This is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.

ivan · « **Reply #6 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:33:08 AM »

Quote from: Novice on July 29, 2010, 08:41:50 AM

Fine, at least they aren't using a PC and asking me a shit ton of questions about it.

The fact that I know nothing about Macs has not stopped Mac users from asking me questions about Macs.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:46:43 AM »

I'm running a Darter Ultra from System76, with Linux Mint 9 64-bit installed on it.

Screen: Glossy LED backlit 12" diagonal
Hard Drive: 320 GB 7200 RPM SATA II
Memory: 6 GB – DDR2 800 MHZ x 2 DIMMs
Optical Drive: CD-RW / DVD-RW
Processor: Core 2 Duo P9700 2.80 GHz 1066 MHz FSB 6 MB L2 (25 Watt)
Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300 – 802.11A/B/G/N Up to 450 Mbps

It cost me $1400 even, and came with an extra AC adapter and I got free shipping as well. I bought it back in April, so far it's been awesome.

Probie · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2010, 11:19:06 AM »

I'm running

duel core
8800 geforce GTX
2gig of ram
7500gb storage
20" TFT
with win7

she's not such a hot shot anymore, but she was a decent machine when i got her December 2007. Her first name was starbuck, but when she rose from the ashes like a beautiful Phoenix with a fresh new op on her, she needed a new name. I called her Tardis.

Novice · « **Reply #9 on:** July 29, 2010, 11:20:53 AM »

Quote from: ivan on July 29, 2010, 10:33:08 AM

The fact that I know nothing about Macs has not stopped Mac users from asking me questions about Macs.

Ah, yes but they are not asking me a 'shit ton'.

After the first they usually give up because I don't know or because I berate them.

sociald1077 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2010, 02:28:42 PM »

I'm a PC guy.
I love my iPhone.

sociald1077 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 29, 2010, 02:36:08 PM »

It's only the iPhone 4 that you need to worry about that with. My 3GS works pretty good no matter how I hold it.

Novice · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2010, 02:42:44 PM »

Quote from: sociald1077 on July 29, 2010, 02:28:42 PM

I'm a PC guy.
I love my iPhone.

I'm pretty much in this boat. Though, I don't know if I'd go so far as to say I loved my iPhone. I like that it holds my music and has apps and stuff.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2010, 06:34:56 PM »

I have both. Win XP laptop for work. iMac and iBook for home, plus a Win XP laptop for home. The iMac is the main compy at home. I like the hardware and the stability of the OS. I hate that most apps for Mac don't behave the same way in the PC version (especially Office). I line the windows versions better, keyboard shortcuts, easily navigated with the keyboard keys. Whereas almost any Mac version is mouse driven and it's very difficult to set up keyboard shortcuts.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:44:54 PM »

"pc" is so ambiguous. technically even macs are pcs. its not a copyrighted term. if you want to discuss OS's, the thread should be called mac os vs windows vs linux. just saying. and macs are for hippies.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2010, 09:47:08 PM »

I am a tree huggin' dirt-worshippin' hippie.

And I am NOT a Mac.

And I am offended by your generalization. Most of us don't even use computers.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:09:54 PM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on July 29, 2010, 09:44:54 PM

"pc" is so ambiguous. technically even macs are pcs. its not a copyrighted term. if you want to discuss OS's, the thread should be called mac os vs windows vs linux. just saying. and macs are for hippies.

I agree. I hate that the term "PC" is somehow now automatically associated with being exclusively a "Windows computer".

They're all personal computers. Hell, now that Apple has gone to Intel-based CPUs, there really isn't even any difference in the platform anymore either. So it makes even less sense to use that term as if it's something distinctive.

ivan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 30, 2010, 02:34:27 AM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on July 29, 2010, 10:09:54 PM

I agree. I hate that the term "PC" is somehow now automatically associated with being exclusively a "Windows computer".

They're all personal computers. Hell, now that Apple has gone to Intel-based CPUs, there really isn't even any difference in the platform anymore either. So it makes even less sense to use that term as if it's something distinctive.

"Personal Computer" was a marketing term invented by IBM. But it is not altogether meaningless, even today. From the start, IBM had a open architecture concept, and Apple did not. That is what PC vs. Mac boils down to for me. I have written hundreds of apps that will run on any DOS/Windows machine anywhere in the world. I know that I can open up any non-Apple machine and have a good shot at diagnosing most problems. I know I can swap out generic components purchased at an independent electronics store. I know I can wipe a hard drive and reinstall an OS I have kicking around on a CD-ROM with the activation key scrawled on it with a Sharpie.

So to me, PC still means "personal computer". Macs are more like leased equipment.

Probie · « **Reply #18 on:** July 30, 2010, 04:17:08 AM »

What Ivan said!

TheJudge · « **Reply #19 on:** July 30, 2010, 11:54:44 AM »

Warning! This post will be extra cheesy.

I like PC Mac.

ivan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2010, 11:57:57 AM »

Don't the French have their own word for "extra"?

TheJudge · « **Reply #21 on:** July 30, 2010, 12:36:50 PM »

Same word. Slightly different pronounciation.

ivan · « **Reply #22 on:** July 30, 2010, 12:56:57 PM »

Tell them to put an accent or a squiggle or something on one of the letters, so we can tell it's not English. I mean, I was totally sucker-punched. I'm all like ex... extr... ok, I know this word! Extra fro... froma... Weird Tingly Feeling???

TheJudge · « **Reply #23 on:** July 30, 2010, 01:03:59 PM »

You have to look at the bright side. Now you know some Russian and some French! Put that on your resume.

TheJudge · « **Reply #24 on:** July 30, 2010, 01:12:13 PM »

Correction: There are other ways to say the meaning of extra, just like there are in the English language. You could say "additionnel" which is equivalent to "additional", not to "extra". But it pretty much means the same thing. "extra" in english is "extra" in french and that's it (if you want to be extra technical about it).

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