it'sawhat?
Established
Ok , guess I'm the odd one here I use linux on an acer laptop. Keep switching between the lts version of mint _stupid easy to use and bohdi because the E-17 desktop is so fast and sexy.
jody36
Well-known
my mac book pro is 5 years old still works. my sony lasted a year. my compact almost 2. dell less than a year. hp laptop a year fixed it then 6 months. wife's hp a couple years then with ubuto installed went another 6 months to a year before video card went out. a net laptop less than a year. I now also have a iPad and iMac. I personally like the mac os better than windows and in my experience the money spent on apple last longer than the other manufactures. I don't own a leica. want one though.
justinj
Member
I prefer Mac. My schools use them, so I've grown accustomed to them. No hard feelings for the PC.
Spanik
Well-known
Ever since I had to use a Mac at school I swore never to touch one again.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
I once disdained Macs, but I regained my sanity.
bjornkeizers
Established
I was a Windows-hostage up until mid 2010.
For years I'd heard from Mac owners how great and wonderful their machines were. And I saw the figures that Mac owners were far happier and more satisfied with their purchases then Windows-computer owners. And while I was very skeptical, I decided to give the platform a go.
Well, I'm happy to say: I'm no longer a Windows hostage! Mac simply works better for all the aspects that I need. Most of the things that bothered me about Windows simply aren't an issue in Mac. For example, updating software on Mac is a breeze. Just takes two clicks and a reboot on occasion. The software is more logical, it has a nicer design, it's more consistent, it works together better... Mac has a great ecosystem for support and software as well. There are no issues with drivers, no tweaking the registry... it's worked flawlessly from the day that I bought it.
I like my iMac desktop so much, I bought a Macbook Air to take that joy with me on the road. Mac OS truly works BETTER.
If you're on the fence: just do it.
For years I'd heard from Mac owners how great and wonderful their machines were. And I saw the figures that Mac owners were far happier and more satisfied with their purchases then Windows-computer owners. And while I was very skeptical, I decided to give the platform a go.
Well, I'm happy to say: I'm no longer a Windows hostage! Mac simply works better for all the aspects that I need. Most of the things that bothered me about Windows simply aren't an issue in Mac. For example, updating software on Mac is a breeze. Just takes two clicks and a reboot on occasion. The software is more logical, it has a nicer design, it's more consistent, it works together better... Mac has a great ecosystem for support and software as well. There are no issues with drivers, no tweaking the registry... it's worked flawlessly from the day that I bought it.
I like my iMac desktop so much, I bought a Macbook Air to take that joy with me on the road. Mac OS truly works BETTER.
If you're on the fence: just do it.
wakarimasen
Well-known
Have been a Windows user at home for about 12 years.
Built a PC to run Linux about 7 years ago and switched back to XP 4 years ago.
Am now using an iPhone, iPad and iMac 21.5. My son saved and bought himself an iPod touch 2 years ago. Thoroughly pleased with all of them. In fact, my wife is now hankering after an iPad: apparently I don't let her use 'mine' enough.
The one thing that does tempt me is a small laptop (10-11") running Linux. I think I could realise this for around GBP200, whereas a used MacBook would be much more.
Built a PC to run Linux about 7 years ago and switched back to XP 4 years ago.
Am now using an iPhone, iPad and iMac 21.5. My son saved and bought himself an iPod touch 2 years ago. Thoroughly pleased with all of them. In fact, my wife is now hankering after an iPad: apparently I don't let her use 'mine' enough.
The one thing that does tempt me is a small laptop (10-11") running Linux. I think I could realise this for around GBP200, whereas a used MacBook would be much more.
HuubL
hunter-gatherer
Just checked back this old thread and seeing the poll results it seems that RFF'ers are the opposite world....
DtheG
Established
I refuse to vote. Mac or PC hardware its the same chip these days. As to OS: neither, Linux only for me.
SausalitoDog
Well-known
Went mac 4 years ago... Not for one machine, for the total system. It's great to have a problem that the guy who sold it to you can fix rather than telling you it's the OS, the periphial mfg or someone else's fault
Olsen
Well-known
I use my PC, my wife uses Mac. I get 'twice as much' for the money. Her HD broke down after 18 months. Mac would not cover the loss, by this violating Norwegian law. - We will not let them die in their sins, though. Mine spinns and spinns. Generally: Mac got better screens, most PCs got more reliable HDs. With PC you can still get a top of the line 17" screen on a lap top.
Today specs is so similar that I see no reason to switch.
Today specs is so similar that I see no reason to switch.
yaser1984
Newbie
I think Mac is faster than PC. But more expensive too. And in PC you can found more programas.
Frontman
Well-known
I have finally switched to a Mac after a 27 year hiatus from Apple. My last Apple was a IIe back when I was a high school student.
I finally got tired of having to buy or renew anti-virus software every year, and my last PC was damaged by the DNS bug a few months ago. I ended up buying a MacBook Pro, and have been happy with it so far.
I finally got tired of having to buy or renew anti-virus software every year, and my last PC was damaged by the DNS bug a few months ago. I ended up buying a MacBook Pro, and have been happy with it so far.
Paul Jenkin
Well-known
I have used PCs at work for 20+ years and familiarity / inertia is the main reason for using one at home. My wife has a Mac and it is excellent. However, Windows 7 is very usable and, hopefully, Windows 8 will be better still. I don't know enough about IT / software to know whether one is truly "better" than the other but I find the cost of Macs a bit prohibitive.
affair
Newbie
I smell a flaming war
not a war, just discussion
for me is PC! After my friends and I have read the review of South Korean game Epicus Incognitus on MOOWood, we decided to join it. But we can't find the exact releas date of it. Who knows the details of it?
denizg7
Well-known
the thing is. when you have a mac you can use it as a windows pc and a mac perfectly fine.
jultou
Established
PC at work, Mac at home.
After 15 years using home PC, I bought my first Mac 3 years ago and I would never go back.
With PCs, I was spending night long fixing bugs and reinstalling things. I must have done a million time ctl+alt+del to end task something.
Now with the Mac, I only have to worry about using it!
But for work it as to be PC, I work in engineering the Mac is just inexistant in that area.
After 15 years using home PC, I bought my first Mac 3 years ago and I would never go back.
With PCs, I was spending night long fixing bugs and reinstalling things. I must have done a million time ctl+alt+del to end task something.
Now with the Mac, I only have to worry about using it!
But for work it as to be PC, I work in engineering the Mac is just inexistant in that area.
maggieo
More Deadly
27" iMac at home 13" MacBook Pro for the road.
BlackXList
Well-known
I've yet to come across an apple product that I didn't find frustrating at best, and borderline unusable at worst.
They're sleek shiny boxes, but all of the ones I have experienced have design features (either hardware or OS) that reduce me to wanting to shout "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" at either the machine or the people who made it, so it's PC every time for me.
Plus on non user experience issues it strikes me as ironic that many people who deride the "yearly update cyle" that camera manufacturers want customers to buy into are so often wanting consumers to buy into are frequently Apple fanatics.
They're sleek shiny boxes, but all of the ones I have experienced have design features (either hardware or OS) that reduce me to wanting to shout "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" at either the machine or the people who made it, so it's PC every time for me.
Plus on non user experience issues it strikes me as ironic that many people who deride the "yearly update cyle" that camera manufacturers want customers to buy into are so often wanting consumers to buy into are frequently Apple fanatics.
Snowbuzz
Well-known
I've been a Mac user for about 12 years (PC user for 10 years before that) but I ran Windows 7 in Bootcamp on a 2010 4-core Mac Pro and on a MacBook Pro. Apple's iOS additions to the OS started to really irritate me. Most of the software I use for work is Windows-based and, as I'm pretty mobile, I sold the Mac Pro and bought a Dell Precision mobile workstation.
To say that the Dell runs rings around my (now sold) 2011 17" MacBook Pro / Mac Pro is an understatement. I've got a 100% Adobe RGB IPS screen; 32GB RAM; a Quadro GPU with 4GB VRAM on board. I have CUDA support for Adobe Photoshop which I don't believe Mac OS X supports yet. The hardware has been flawless along with Windows 8. I can also upgrade any component in the laptop (including CPU and GPU) thus extending its life.
It is a personal choice, but I got tired of being bogged down by Apple's sometimes deliberately crippled (in firmware like in the Mac Pro) / non-upgradeable hardware in order to force users into buying computers more often. I got tired of poor support for Pro users both on the hardware and software side ($500 for a 3-year-old graphics card?) in preference to iOS users. So, I went elsewhere.
To say that the Dell runs rings around my (now sold) 2011 17" MacBook Pro / Mac Pro is an understatement. I've got a 100% Adobe RGB IPS screen; 32GB RAM; a Quadro GPU with 4GB VRAM on board. I have CUDA support for Adobe Photoshop which I don't believe Mac OS X supports yet. The hardware has been flawless along with Windows 8. I can also upgrade any component in the laptop (including CPU and GPU) thus extending its life.
It is a personal choice, but I got tired of being bogged down by Apple's sometimes deliberately crippled (in firmware like in the Mac Pro) / non-upgradeable hardware in order to force users into buying computers more often. I got tired of poor support for Pro users both on the hardware and software side ($500 for a 3-year-old graphics card?) in preference to iOS users. So, I went elsewhere.