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Matteh99:
Yeah I know how to turn then off. But almost every day I work on computers that aren't mine and don't have them turned off. So just at least a few times a week I have to turn off the little dog etc. I feel like it assumes that I am a moron... It's really just a pet peeve. I guess my main reason for not liking windows is that I see so many really screwed up windows computers. We have had computers with 512 megs of ram and 3ghz p4 processors that barely turn on because of all of the crap on them. I honestly have never had a serious problem with viruses or spyware my windows machine. I guess windows has gotten associated with all of the computers that are full of crap. Crap meaning free aol and msn trials, spy ware, viruses, animated dogs, happy paper clips, pop up windows saying I need to clean my desktop. When i think of XP I don’t think happy thoughts... The mac makes things easy with out treating me like a moron and I can also do really techie things. Like use the terminal to edit the SMB config file to set up different share points. Or compile open source software.
There are things I don’t like about the mac to. Stupid one button mice, mine is still in the original plastic sitting in my desk drawer. No eject button for the CDROM, I like the keyboard command but I want a button to. Lack of ram on base models.. And a few other things i can’t think of right now.
Before I got a new computer I debated building my own PC and running linux on it or buying a mac. I ran linux on my old computer and was able to do every thing I wanted to accept use my iPod. Ok I could do it but not very well. Linux is cool but drivers are a pain and so is finding software. The main reason for me getting a mac was I got a refurb one for $1099 and then $200 off because I was and Apple product professional last year. So that’s 899 for a 17 inch imac. Pretty darn good deal if you ask me. :)
It is really personal preference, if you don’t know if you want a Mac or a PC go demo them. Also figure out what you need to do with your computer. Asking which is better without any qualifiers brings out all sorts of opinions based on things that may not apply to you. Like mine, if you get a nicely setup windows machine and keep every thing up to date and don’t download “free” crap you will probably be happy and won’t run into any of the things that piss me off about windows. Or you might get some one who hates mac because their grandma’s bondi imac with 32 megs of ram is slow. Or some one who hates windows because of a bad windows 95 experience.
Eric
captainawesome:
In my experience, high end macs are better than high end PCs, while when it comes to the lower to middle quality machines, PCs are frequently better and cheaper. I actually started on Macs, so I just stay with what I'm confortable with. My dual 2 gig G5 w/ 1.4 gigs of ram runs better than any PC I've ever used, but then I have a 6 year old Pentium 2 lying around that runs much better than the same age iMacs that are all over my school.
Personal preference, really. If money isn't an issue, I would suggest a Mac, however PCs tend to give you a lot more for your money.
Or maybe I'm just retarded. It's quite possible.
Mnementh:
OMG MACS VERSUS TEH WINDOWS. This is so 1996.
Seriously, it comes down to personal preference. I use both, I prefer Apple's machines, I've been using them longer.
I can do anything on my powerbook that I can on my windows boxen. So, I give this topic a resounding "meh" and further lower the level of discourse.
Druid:
--- Quote from: Matteh99 ---But almost every day I work on computers that aren't mine and don't have them turned off.
--- End quote ---
That's why I refuse to work on machines outside of a structured environment. Unless we're friendly I'm going to flat out say no to working on machines that aren't owned by my employer. Roaming profiles are nice. :)
I used to really like Apples until OS X came out. I see it as a step down from OS 9 in 90% of the instances.
captainawesome:
OS 9 better than OS X?
For me, OS 9 had the stability of a heroine addict, while OS X, in however many years I've been using it, has yet to have crashed. Ever.
I suppose the interface was nicer, but that's really a preference.
*shrug*
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