APPLE AND pc?

Question

do you all think that a macintosh is better than a pc overall? I have 4 and i think all of them are better than the average or even the high version of a pc.

Answer 1

it totally depends what you're doing. macs are great for video editing, visual effects, sound design, all that creative stuff, and thats mainly because the software is only available for them. if you're really into gaming go pc, and if you need a computer for a lot of word processing, go pc, although you can get microsoft office mac. pc's are a lot easier to upgrade and cheeper. macs are a pain in the butt to fix and the OS can be confusing for a first time user.

they both have great advantages and disadvantages. unless you're doing high end video, visual effects and sound design, get a pc.

and if i had the cash, i'd go buy a mac right now and use both my pcs and the mac. they both have their advantages.

Answer 2

Macintoshes are good for stability. Almost NO ONE makes spyware/adware/malware/viruses for Macs. That is all.

PCs are good for modular design. You can upgrade whenever you feel like it.

Macs are expensive, and will never out-perform a PC of the same price.

PCs have MUCH, MUCH more compatibility than ANY other. It's a monopoly that I resent, but it's true. Macs will always have incompatibility issues with programs, games, etc.

Basically, if you are a gamer or basically just do "this and that", get a PC. If you are worried about spyware, do not play games much, don't do alot with programs/programming, and basically just do internet browsing and/or know EXACTLY what programs you'll use and that they will work on Macs, get a mac.

And I would definitely disagree with the person who copied and pasted that article. PCs can look MUCH more diverse and often look MUCH better. The old 1995 cases didn't, but look on the internet for cases. PC cases have evolved.

"Software Availability - Though many might argue that anything you might need is available for Mac" -- The many who argue that are wrong ;). PC's software availability is not even comparable to any other. Windows has a monopoly on the industry, and therefor beats ALL other operating systems for compatibility and availability.

"Linux is free, much more stable than either one of them. No viruses or such threats and most of them, you can actually run Windows programs right on them. " Wine - The program that actually runs the Windows programs, does NOT support all programs. Not all Linux is free, but it is more stable. Linux has NO hardware compatibility -- Try putting an 8800 GTX in your tower and having Linux run it... It won't.

Basically, Linux/Mac are more secure, PC is more compatible ALL the way around. If you are a high-level user, get a PC.

Honestly, not to be a dick, but there's not a mac in the world that out-performs my PC. 8 gigs of 800 MHZ ram, 2x 8800 GTXs running in SLI, Pentium Core 2 Extreme, 10,000 RPM Hard Drive to top it off. Macintoshes are not modular so they're built to suit a wide-spectrum of customers. They're meant to be average prices, so they have average specs.

Answer 3

Boy somebody just copied and pasted.

Forget them both.

Buy a PC and install Linux on it.

Windows just suck.

Macs are better than Windows. I will give them that but I hate the propriety even more. Once you get Mac, you are at their mercy. It is much more difficult to find Mac compatible hardware/software than for windows. Apple pretty much owns everything. They rarely license it to anybody else. You have to buy everything from them and hence they can charge you whatever they want.

Linux is free, much more stable than either one of them. No viruses or such threats and most of them, you can actually run Windows programs right on them.

Answer 4

Just go whatever you are comfortable using. I prefer PCs anytime, other than the looks it beats Mac any time.

Though I do want to try Mac OS X, less than OS X the older Apple-wrote Mac OS is unstable and stinks to high heaven, OS X is a UNIX descendant product.

Answer 5

This controversy often sparks heated arguments to say the least. Moreover, there have also been instances of fights, vandalism and worse over which is the best. Windows users claim that Mac users are arrogant, citing that old "computer for the rest of us" advertising while Mac users claim the same about Windows users. Who really cares?

The truth of the matter is that both are about the same. All they are, are different GUIs; slightly different ways of opening applications. Once the application is open, the only differences might be whether you use a single button mouse or a multi-button mouse, and even that difference vanishes with third party hardware.

First of all, we'll look at some pros and cons for each, then we'll dispel some myths perpetuated about both platforms. We'll also see how this plays into which might be better suited for Web design.

Remember, also, that both Microsoft and Apple share a good deal of technology. Both Windows and MacOS use hundreds of patents shared between the two. Also remember that Microsoft makes a lot of software for the Mac including Microsoft Office which was created by a separate department for the Mac.

Typography - Mac's support of typography is a result of years and years involvement with the pre-press industry. Type-styles rendered with a Mac just plain transfer better when submitted to a service bureau. You get what you saw. If you're into pre-press Mac is the clear winner here.

Video Subsystem - Windows open architecture and PCI bus allow a wide non-saturated video subsystem. Video cards are made which exceed 6 Gigaflops of geometric rendering. Mac, though PCI, has a severely bottle-necked video subsystem so if you're into advanced 3-D rendering, Windows is the clear winner here.

Postscript Support - Mac natively supports both postscipt and PDF formats making them the clear winning here. Again, if you're into pre-press, Mac makes a lot of sense.

Back to Resources Raw Speed - Windows PCs have a serious edge here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where time is money, processor speed can be very important. Regardless of how hard Mac advertising attempts to claim that the slower clock speed Macs are really just as fast as a PC, it just ain't so and proven so by every bench test out there. If you have the "need for speed" in gaming, software development, 3D rendering and other applications, Windows is the clear winner here.

Color Matching - Apple is the only OS and hardware which supports Colorsync™, the industry standard for "what you see is what you get" color matching. If you want your advertising copy of an egg to come out of the press with the same yellow you saw on the screen, Mac is for you.



Web Design - Now this will be a hot one. In my opinion the clear choice here is Windows. I say this for two reasons.

* First, 95% of the people surfing the Web use Windows on PCs. If you want to be able to design in an atmosphere where you see pretty much what that 95% sees, then Windows just plain makes sense.
* Secondly, though many technologies are available for the Mac, Windows technology isn't and much of the Web uses this technology. If you want to take advantage of .NET technology or ASP, it's just way easier to implement from a Windows platform.


Ease of Use - I give Mac the edge here, though the difference is pretty small with the release of Windows XP. Windows binary Plug-in-Play is no longer "Plug-n-Pray" and though technologically superior to Mac doesn't get the job done as nicely. By using nearly draconian messures and monopolistic threats, Apple has been able to maintain tight control over makers of third party hardware. What this means to you is an easier to use system, but with much less choice in add-ons.

Back to Resources

Software Availability - Though many might argue that anything you might need is available for Mac, and though almost all generic task software is, industry specific software is not. For example, if you own.. say a lawnmower repair shop, you might want software written exclusively to run lawn mower repair shops. You just won't find it on the shelf or by mail order for the Mac, while you have several to choose from for Windows, maybe even for free or cheap as shareware downloads.

You might argue that you can adapt database and spreadsheet software to need, but it's just not as easy. Advantage to Windows.

Coolness Factor - What can I say? Mac wins. Look at that new i-Mac or the i-Pod. It beats a biege box.

Answer 6

go mac and never look back