I'm looking into buying a PC or MAC. What do you recommend and why?

Question

I intend to use it mainly for creating my own cd's dvd's and photo albums. Plus i purchase a lot of music online and burn it to disc make cases etc. Will also use it slightly for word processing re: work.

Answer 1

Hi.
I don't work for Mac or Microsoft so I can care less about either or what route you choose.
Whatever a Mac can do, a PC can do it and maybe better.
Any Mac software, You can find it 5X for PC and most likely better as well.
Contrary to popular belief, Mac's catch viruses and crash as well. It don't matter if Mac's have 1 or 1 million known viruses, there are Mac viruses PERIOD.
And the biggest fanboy I must say is the 2nd answer on top who is just as misleading as the Mac commercials.

Answer 2

Everyone seems to be not telling you the obvious, the Mac IS A PC PERIOD. That's right SAME cpu, intel motherboard, SAME memory, SAME video card, SAME harddrive, etc, etc just OVERPRICED. The only difference is no bios chip and forces to use an obsolete OS (freebsd based ). Ony 1-2% of the planet uses mac. So software is rare and hardware is extremely expensive. Look it up yourself to find the truth. Get a real pc with Win XP or even Linux. Far less headaches, far more software and hardware to choose from. Very easy to upgrade. Again just look around it's a bit obvious the real pc is the far better choice. Use guildes like this to help out. http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/20/how_to_build_part_1/

And yes, I had a mac BEFORE they were pcs, using a motorola cpu (3x faster at the same mhz as a x86 pc). The Powerpc was 2x faster then the same mhz/ghz x86 pc cpu). Now it's just another pc, nothing more, no benefit, not faster (obviously using the same parts).

Answer 3

"I intend to use it mainly for creating CD/DVD and photo album" that tips the hand in Macs favour.

"Plus, I buy music online"
that reverses final call in favour of Windows PC. Simply because it is more universally accepted and supported to have a PC as your customer machine. iTune is one exception since that is a Mac-originated store system.

I am very displeased about the fanboy messaging on any front, especially Linux since it would have hard time to meet the user requirement; FYI, I am using Linux on a laptop at this moment.

Answer 4

Calling all Fanboys and flamers !
I use Linux and I like it better than Mac or Windows but if I had to make a choice for personal use between Mac and Windows then I would definitely go with Mac.
All of these people (mostly rude guys) that say that Mac sucks can never provide a compelling reason as to why it sucks.
Every gripe that I have ever seen about Mac was just someones biased opinion and not based on any kind of facts.
On a point for point comparison Mac OSX wins every time.
Windows Vista is just way too klugy and buggy for my liking.
And there is plenty of facts to back that up.

Answer 5

If u are imaginative and u are going for a picture layout degree or u in simple terms opt to do something else on the topic of artwork(like music, videos, and so on) then the imac is robust. the reason why is not in simple terms by way of photos yet as well because it really is a lot more advantageous more straightforward to apply(after u prepare for the first couple of hours for sure) yet after u will swear u ought to have needed u are transforming into a mac years in the past. the great element about macs is that there arent many viruses in any respect, no longer even one(there is secret agent ware, yet no longer as a lot as pcs) the imac is likewise very fairly interior and out. As for bootcamp, im no longer so particular about. there is risk-free boot on mac yet I continuously concept bootcamp replaced into for living house windows in person-friendly words idk. the in person-friendly words downsides are that its expensive(yet its fairly surely worth the money) and oftentimes even as u deploy new software, the macs software ought to act bizarre yet that has in person-friendly words happend to me once over the most suitable 2 years I had an imac. yet u could get a mac, it fairly did save me from getting a headache ever again. lol XD

Answer 6

MAC or PC ... interesting debate you've started... AH well I personally am a PC person.. Which mean I prefer PC's, but to let you in on a little secret I have however used mac before.
They both have benefits and down falls. Some of which are already stated above and possibly below this awnser, but I think what you might need to awnser this is a good question for your self to make the end this debate with in your self.
This being what are you going to be using this new computer system for ?
If it be game Windows based pc have more game than mac.
If for graphics, and data handling I would go with a mac.
If trying to just look smart make a pc with Linux on it it'll do a little bit of both.

Answer 7

I'm very biased but I going to try and be even handed about this!
You really need to start at the 'what am I going to do with it?' end. If there is particular software you want to run or games you may find that this will dictate your choice.

Biased in which direction? I have a Mac. I have always had a Mac. I have used PC's, but its always been a Mac that I have owned.

You may find that Mac people are quite evangelical about them, PC users often haven't tried a Mac.

Answer 8

it depends on what you need it for..... lot's of graphic designer prefer mac to pc, because of mac's color management is better than pc. But i would say that unless you're a graphic designer, you get pc, becoz....my personal experience with mac....well for me mac sucks, why? firstly the control sucks(i've been using mac also for some years), in spite of the fact that mac is better designed, still pc is somehow more convenient in almost every aspects. secondly, there are not many softwares available in mac, some even works horrible (mac version).

I'm a cg artist, i use a lot of different softwares. But i prefer pc to mac, despite the fact that Mac is better for MULTIMEDIA one example is Maya, a 3d software. while Maya is available in both (pc and mac), the mac version is totally sucks to the core, a lot of errors.

well if you choose mac then i'd say that: less softwares, no viruses (im not very sure though)
if pc: more softwares available, more convenient (in my opinion)

Well even though maybe i'm that 'rude guy' saying that mac sucks (referring to someone above). I have the reason why i say so, as i stated above. And it's not 'opinion' but fact! the only thing is that it will take too long to explain why....

Answer 9

PC. No question. it's true that MAC are better for entertainment, but PC's are universal. All software, or rather the vast, vast, majority, is compatible with PC's (windows), whereas only a small amount of software is compatible with MAC.

Answer 10

Creating CDs, DVDs and photo albums? Those are tasks that the Mac is the best at. You'll love iLife for all of that. It's very easy to create great looking projects. Word processing? Easy. You can use Microsoft Office, the free and open source NeoOffice (which is essential a clone of Microsoft Office) or Apple's own iWork. There's plenty of other office applications, those are just a few of the main titles. Myself, I prefer iWork for word processing.

I love my Mac. Hers's why...

Benefits of Mac:

No viruses, or any other malware for that fact. (This is due to Mac OS X's UNIX underpinnings, not "lack of users" or "low market share.")

Seamless integration. Your hardware will work perfectly with your software, because both are designed by Apple.

You will enjoy many advanced features that are not available in Windows, even Vista. Features like Exposé, Spotlight Search, a built-in dictionary that can be invoked in any application with a simple keystroke, easy to build scripting using Automator, zero-configuration networking, system wide spell checking and many more.

Macs can dual-boot with Windows or run Windows within Mac OS X itself. With BootCamp, you can dual-boot with Windows and run any PC application, even high-end games.

Excellent support and customer service. Apple is well known for it's support. I had a wonderful experience with Apple when the logic board in my Mac mini went bad. (This was due to a power issue in my home, not the Mac.)

Great software. Most of the software made for the Mac is better than similar software for Windows. Crap doesn't survive on the Mac market. iLife is absolutely amazing. Mac OS X is compatible with many file formats, right out of the box. As I mentioned before, you can run Windows applications. With a Mac, you can have it both ways.

Beautiful hardware. Quality hardware. Apple puts the sex in tech. Apple hardware is always beautiful, as well as functional. Apple has extremely talented engineers. One look at an iMac will tell you that much. The hardware is of excellent quality and built to last. Macs are well known to have a longer life span than PCs.

Upgrades? Who needs them. A seven year old iMac can still run the latest release of Mac OS X. Sure, you can add more RAM or get a bigger hard drive, but your Mac will run beautifully for years to come. When a new version of Mac OS X is released, you won't need to scramble to purchase upgrades in order to run it. (Leave that to the Vista adopters.)

Crashing. It doesn't happen. I'm not saying Mac OS X is absolutely perfect, but it's damn close. Most problems are easily fixed within minutes. Macs don't require the constant maintenance needed by PCs.

Value. When all of these things add up, you'll actually be saving money, as well as time, in the long run. You'll find yourself actually doing more on a Mac. Things you never thought of doing on a PC.

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As I've said, this whole "lack of software" argument is completely irrelevant, as Macs can run Windows, either in a dual-boot setup or within Mac OS X itself. The only PC software I ever use Windows for is my Half-Life games. Other than that, I don't need Windows at all. There's a plethora of great software for the Macintosh. Also, I would say that it's not even true that PCs have more software at the moment. Hardly anything runs on Vista. I believe there's more software for Mac OS X than there is for Vista.