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Mac or PC?

Mac or PC

Totally Mac!!!

Posted by AVP8472 on May 21, 2007 in Blab | 37 comments

bjendrick on May 21, 2007

FYI, there's already the IB PC Clan and the IB Mac Clan.

JohnnyD on May 21, 2007

Mac.

iPhone, I think I will wait for the third generation, if there is one.

MaskedJedi on May 21, 2007

PC! Only n00bz use Macs.

debbye on May 21, 2007

MAC … why have a copy (windoze) when you can have the REAL thing?

AVP8472 on May 21, 2007

Changed the heading, my bad!!

anti on May 21, 2007

@MaskedJedi, what you said.

Kuifje on May 21, 2007

Absolutely - Mac only

sloan on May 21, 2007

pc all da wayz, someone give me a Mac or let me build one for under a $280 and I'll give Mac a try anytime

redwolf on May 21, 2007

Both

williamlief on May 21, 2007

With a mac, you can run Vista (or XP), but with a pc, can you run OSX?
I think not.

debbye on May 21, 2007

i have Vitual PC. they do have a good solitaire game.

heinzelman on May 21, 2007

what a tired argument already

Flye on May 21, 2007

MAC MAC MAC! They have freakin photoshop, cooler looks, awesome acsessories (ipod etc.) and they dont have the BSOD!!! (Blue screen of Death) (Though they DO have the spinny wheel of death...) (Why do you think tons of schools use Macs instead of Windows!?)

iqon on May 21, 2007

Aye heinzman, a Mac-PC flame war - how boring. Different tools for different fools. Which one is "best" depends upon your needs. (@Flye - Why do you think tons of businesses use PCs instead of Macs!?). Windows copied Mac, Mac copied Xerox. I'll be a PC guy as long as the value (price & performance) beats a Mac, then I'll probably switch. Of course my next computer won't be Windows or Mac but some flavor of Linux. Open source baby!

Winnopeg on May 22, 2007

Mac.

fireniceinc on May 22, 2007

tannnerman on May 22, 2007

Aesthetically I go the route of the Mac. Their machines are beautiful and I love the look and feel of OS X. This is not to say that PC's are ugly. At least you can customize every detail of a PC.

Price wise, you have to go PC. Macs are insanely expensive but I say its totally worth the cost.

Under the hood, OS X beats windows if you ask me. If you enjoy a linux distro you can enjoy OS X. Especially if you're a command line junkie. I personally think that OS X is more stable than wondows but I have had moments where I had OS X crash on me. You have to love the fact that Macs have less problems with spyware and other junk of that nature. I haven't used Vista but when I used XP I always had problems with that. My Mac hasn't had one problem with that yet.

In the end, I agree with iqon. It depends on you're need. I myself use a Mac and I absolutely love it.

cdncx on May 22, 2007

I'm with redwolf : Both.

Though I run OS X and XP Pro on my intel mini : )

AVP8472 on May 22, 2007

Not an argument blog or war.. A lot of peope on IB are graphic and web designers etc.. Just interested in what people use. D :)

wotan on May 22, 2007

Working in both worlds. PC the huge machine & my beloved macbook pro g4 (the tiny 12" one).

dieverdog on May 22, 2007

Mac all the way! (but I don't hate PCs)

crosbyslc on May 22, 2007

Stratification on May 22, 2007

@wotan: You mean the Powerbook G4? I use a Mac at home (Macbook) and a PC running Vista at work. Comfortable both places.

BlackBart on May 22, 2007

As long as I can get at IB......
Who cares !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eury on May 22, 2007

PC! Function over form any day of the week.

conny2007 on May 22, 2007

Well, I'm no graphic nor web designer but an audio engineer. Plus I have a long history as SAP Consultant, designed/developed a few systems, too, on mainframes. Years ago I surely would have said: "who the hell needs Mac's?". Guess the only reason would have been I never worked with one untill my education at the SAE Institute. But today, I see things from another spot. With audio I absolutly prefer Mac! They simply are stable. No system crashes, no spy or other junk like tannerman says ... I have one of the new MacBook Pro, running ProTools, Logic and whatever on it - and absolutely have no problem. The only thing that desturbes me a bit is you can't customize Tiger the way you can XP. By now I have separated audio from the creative media stuff such as Photoshop, Macromedia Studio 8 and so on which I use on my PC (with XP). Mingled both types of software before on the PC and seriously got drowned in problems ... And besides, I never caught a trojan or what else on the PC because of the proper security system I use. So, it clearly depends on what you want or need; what you plan to do; which level of profession you reached and probably what you can afford. I don't wanna miss the PC nor the Mac. Both of them are great in it's own way.
ps. Hope my English is not too bad ;o)

AVP8472 on May 22, 2007

Your English is perfect. Yea, audio and video editing on Macs is great. Both Final Cut Express & Pro HD are really user friendly, but they are powerful editing tools, ditto logic. All the iLife tools (iWeb is getting there) are great and the third party support is great. That's another gret thing about a Mac, all the third party software. :)

iqon on May 22, 2007

A reason to keep using CRT monitors?
Apple is being sued after saying its laptops offer colors by the million
Sounds like greedy lawyers going after a victim with deep pockets. Never a real pirate or ninja around when you really need one.

heinzelman on May 22, 2007

Peanut Butter or Jelly?

conny2007 on May 22, 2007

Some say who eats Peanut Butter pushes old ladies into the dirt, too. Wouldn't touch it a second time.

debbye on May 24, 2007

Regardless of which format we prefer, i'd like to think that we all have a good sense of humor! i think this is a great place to go & pick & scrap & joke with one another & none of it should be taken too seriously.

Today, while i was googling around the internet, i found a book that actually may solve the entire Mac vs PC vs Linux vs whoever (!)Here's the link: PC *o*

marcoftheweb on May 24, 2007

For me, a PC with Windows Vista is the only choice. High quality speech recognition is important to me. I'd like to have options, though. Right now, there's just no comparison.