Mac Vs Pc

[Torquewrench]

What is everyones opinion of Mac vs PC. Who has made the switch, one way or the other? Do the programs that allow you to run a windows based program on a MAC really work?

I am fed up with Windows problems, always a new version and always more problems. Are MACS really imune to virius,malware? Lets hear it!! Thanks, Ross

[MADMAX22]

LOL this is like starting a "whats the best oil" thread on a motorcycle forum. You will hear about every opinion you can think of.

Personally I like pc's but then again I assemble my own computers and install windows myself. I dont have any problems with windows. I had XP for a long time, changed over to vista 64bit which dispite the ill informed masses was actually a very good OS. Then I went to windows 7 64bit and like that even better (vista and w7 are basically the same OS, same kernal with minor tweaks and such).

Macs are apparently pretty nice if all you do is listen to music, play around online, and do things like school work and such from what I understand. I never got into them because Im not gonna run a OS that I have to run another program to run the original program that I want to run. I would rather just install a OS that runs all my programs and games. I also like being able to not pay really high prices for equipment that only macs can use that is generally slower then regular pc parts that run for far less money.

As for your question on can a mac get a virus or hacked or whatever, the answer is yes. Even linux can get virus's and be hacked its just hackers and such dont find a big drive to do so since most of the world is on windows type operating systems.

Ive played with linux and its fun but I didnt grow up with it and find it hard to do things that I want to do easily. Its free though and can be ran on most pc's once you get the conflicts squared away. It has a long learning curve for most people though.

I think it would be better to say what you want to do with the computer then more knowledgable people can help you find the right path to play with.

Edited March 28, 2010 by MADMAX22

[esantoro]

I prefer the PC for all the reasons Madmax22 mentions.

LOL this is like starting a "whats the best oil" thread on a motorcycle forum. You will hear about every opinion you can think of.

Personally I like pc's but then again I assemble my own computers and install windows myself. I dont have any problems with windows. I had XP for a long time, changed over to vista 64bit which dispite the ill informed masses was actually a very good OS. Then I went to windows 7 64bit and like that even better (vista and w7 are basically the same OS, same kernal with minor tweaks and such).

Macs are apparently pretty nice if all you do is listen to music, play around online, and do things like school work and such from what I understand. I never got into them because Im not gonna run a OS that I have to run another program to run the original program that I want to run. I would rather just install a OS that runs all my programs and games. I also like being able to not pay really high prices for equipment that only macs can use that is generally slower then regular pc parts that run for far less money.

As for your question on can a mac get a virus or hacked or whatever, the answer is yes. Even linux can get virus's and be hacked its just hackers and such dont find a big drive to do so since most of the world is on windows type operating systems.

Ive played with linux and its fun but I didnt grow up with it and find it hard to do things that I want to do easily. Its free though and can be ran on most pc's once you get the conflicts squared away. It has a long learning curve for most people though.

I think it would be better to say what you want to do with the computer then more knowledgable people can help you find the right path to play with.

[Art]

For digital press and some editing operations, the MAC is better. For editing and composing pictures, video, and music the MAC is still a little ahead, but not much, Adobe has pretty much leveled that playing field. Premier works either way. There are a thousand things you can plug into a MAC, there are a million things you can plug into a PC. The quad core PCs are screaming fast, the Quad core MACs just are not as hot. Put them side by side, I've done it. My daughter loves her MACs, all 3 or 4 of them. Son, Wife and I love our PCs, and we're the ones in the IT business. Dollars, Dollars, Dollars, MACs are much more expensive. Look at all the shows on TV and the characters are using MACs; Apple pays those shows for that, excuse me, MAC users pay those shows for that (indirectly). I've heard all the screaming about open source, blah blah, but it is open hardware technology on the PC side that has driven the IT explosion of the last 25 years, and THAT is PC, not MAC. Still, different strokes for different folks. Logically it may be PC, emotionally it may be MAC.

I don't care what you buy, put a virus checker on it, McAfee, Norton, or Trend, they all work and usually your broadband provider provides one of them for free. Sure, they slow down the box, just buy a faster box.

Art

What is everyones opinion of Mac vs PC. Who has made the switch, one way or the other? Do the programs that allow you to run a windows based program on a MAC really work?

I am fed up with Windows problems, always a new version and always more problems. Are MACS really imune to virius,malware? Lets hear it!! Thanks, Ross

[skipj]

I switched from PC to a Mac. I'm happy with the Mac, there is a learning curve with them, more than I expected, but a lot less headaches. I've got a virus program now, Comcast provides it, but I had no problems before that, had it about one year. You do pay more for the computer, but I hope they are well made. Less programs available, but it depends on what you need. I'm happy with the support from Apple, I live near a Apple store and take the free classes they offer. I have boot camp so I also can run windows if there is a program I just have to run. I boot it rarely.

SkipJ

[jbird]

well MAC now runs both pc and mac it's a duel processor in my mind with mac you cant lose, no viruses no hiccups, no nothing.

my two cents

Josh

PS I grew up pc and i own a mac.

Edited March 30, 2010 by jbird

[AndyL1]

"There are a thousand things you can plug into a MAC, there are a million things you can plug into a PC."

That's true but a good percentage of those million things is crap. I only here the headaches people have because software "A" is not compatible with software "B".

But yeah, the PC price is nice but I do love my Macs. Never had one problem. I've been on a Mac for 15 years. I may be biased too as I'm a graphic designer... but like you said, Adobe has leveled that field.

-Andy

[jbird]

I still say that there is nothing you cant do on a Mac now that they can run both systems.

Josh

[Rawhide]

I was a MAJOR, and I mean MAJOR PC guy for a long time, I built them, fixed them and used them exclusively. I curled at owning a mac. I finally did make the switch about 4 years ago. I now wish I had converted years ago. The mac just works. I use a pc for work, but I run my business with a mac, and my home computer is a mac. Yes it's more expensive, but I love it. For those programs that are pc only, I use Parallels. It runs right along with mac osx and can be ran in several modes. Crystal is my favorite, because it looks just like a native mac program, and is seemless to go between mac osx and windows. There is nothing on a pc, that I can't do on my mac (even windows), not to mention no viruses.

Right now I run mac osx leopard and windows 7. If you do switch, get the book, by David Progue "switching to the mac, the missing manual".

Good luck.

[$$hobby]

i have both. probably will for a long time.

i was broken in on PC and learned on MACs later on. I like MACs better then PC cuz THEY WORK. yes i do have some issues from time to time, but not like a PC. It took me about a year to get win 2K to work w/o any issues and then all it took was 1 game to screw it up again. I will say that i also have built ALL of my PCs too and that is about 4 so far. I will probably end up building another one since my latest PC has the Intel Prescott in it and it can heat up the whole house if i use it all day. also, most newer games need more processer speed and i will have to upgrade the OS to (puke/barf) Windows 7 for any of the newer games.

i use my MAC for eveything other then my CAD programs since they dont offer them for the MAC platform. My current MAC platform is a G4/1.25 Ghz mirror door unit that has been working for 5? years now. i have both connected to a KVM that shares a printer, external DVD burner, scanner, speakers and monitor. I dont dare use my PC on the web since i dont have any virus SW. The last time i did, it crashed my HD with more viruses in 5 minutes then i could have believed. that was when i found out W2K doesnt have any virus protection. its was so thoughtful of MS to offer that feature.

im sure you can get a virus on the mac but i havent checked mine recently and anyway, i dont have any virus SW installed so what could i check?. i guess i should get some virus proteciton one of these days. but ive been on the web for 10+ years w/o any issues. i believe my ISP provide does alot of blocking. i also dont open anything from anyone i dont know.

fwiw, i have a good friend that was a diehard PC person although he was anti MS. He had built his own PCs and used Linux/Red Hat and such for as many years as they have been out. the only issue with those shareware is that alot of HW he used didnt have drivers for them so he ended up writing his own or hacking something similar. IAC, he actually bought one of the mini macs and loves it. No one could have told me he would buy a MAC and i would have belived them, but its there. i asked him why? his response was, "it works. you turn them on and they work".

i think if youre unhappy, you may want to look into a mac. my curent mac, the 1.25 ghz i got used btw. im not sure i would buy a mac just to run a windows emulator. im sure they are great, but youre taking up process power to emulate something. If you do get a mac and emulator, let us know how it goes. if it works, may just dump my PC and do the emulator route. of course i would upgrade my mac.