PC or MAC?

[The Ringer]

 

[FQRizzo]

Reports of Mac malware:

https://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/02/6570126-malware-attack-specifically-targets-mac-users

 

[Skiman]

Osama is dead.

 

[The Chaver]

How much do computers cost in the Matrix?

Good one! LoL!!

 

[The Ween]

Reports of Mac malware:

https://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...malware-attack-specifically-targets-mac-users

I have a feeling you're going to see this more and more in the future.

 

[BadMoon]

I have a feeling you're going to see this more and more in the future.

As people start to take note that Apple is superior I think you may be right.

 

[Kabukiman]

Those of us who work in the matrix don't easily fall victim to these scams.

 

[BadMoon]

Those of us who work in the matrix don't easily fall victim to these scams.

That's because there is an app for that.

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Mac are nice for ease of use and less virus prone, but I like PCs cos they are more customisable and you can switch out stuff from different manufacturers. There seems to be a lot more freeware for PCs too. Macs were way overpriced in the beginning but they are getting a little better right now.

 

[sueworld]

Oh I adore my old Mac *pets it* It's interface is so damn easy to use for a start. This vid sums up my lurve for the who thing....

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kxDxLAjkO8&NR=1"]YouTube - Apple Mac Music Video[/ame]

 

[Maglor]

Mac are nice for ease of use and less virus prone, but I like PCs cos they are more customisable and you can switch out stuff from different manufacturers. There seems to be a lot more freeware for PCs too. Macs were way overpriced in the beginning but they are getting a little better right now.

I think you said it all there.


For me: Ease of use > Customizability/flexibility.

For others it will be the opposite.

 

[The Ringer]

 

[FQRizzo]

I think you said it all there.


For me: Ease of use > Customizability/flexibility.

For others it will be the opposite.

The whole 'ease of use' argument confounds me. How tough is a PC to use, really?

 

[BadMoon]

The whole 'ease of use' argument confounds me. How tough is a PC to use, really?

You can answer your own question by just looking at all the threads of people asking for help with their PC.

 

[Kabukiman]

The whole 'ease of use' argument confounds me. How tough is a PC to use, really?

You can answer your own question by just looking at all the threads of people asking for help with their PC.

Not only that, but to do jus about anything on a PC at a deep system level (beyond control panel), you need to mess with that weird registry nonsense. With a mac, they're XML files more often than not, and when they're not, they're well documented UNIX config files.

The need to restart Windows machines irritate me too. Just yesterday, I had to restart *twice* just to upgrade VMware viewer on a Windows 7 machine.

 

[Maglor]

You can answer your own question by just looking at all the threads of people asking for help with their PC.

Not only that, but to do jus about anything on a PC at a deep system level (beyond control panel), you need to mess with that weird registry nonsense. With a mac, they're XML files more often than not, and when they're not, they're well documented UNIX config files.

The need to restart Windows machines irritate me too. Just yesterday, I had to restart *twice* just to upgrade VMware viewer on a Windows 7 machine.

The whole 'ease of use' argument confounds me. How tough is a PC to use, really?

I'll give you one more example.

One of the things I use my desktop for is creating music. On my PC I used two different programs to create the music (One for sequencing and one for live instruments). It was difficult to get them to run together and running them at the same time was really slow. Then it was a milti-steped process to get that music onto media - CD or on my iPod.


With my iMac I create the music all in one program that comes bundles free with the unit. On the "Share" tab the first option is "Send to iTunes". I can create a song and be listening to it on my iPod all in 5 minutes.

That's the kind of ease I'm looking for. I'm not a music producer and I don't want to putz with music programs all day. I just want to create music.

 

[FQRizzo]

You can answer your own question by just looking at all the threads of people asking for help with their PC.

Well, as a rule people are stupid. Sort of like when people pay 1.5 times too much for a computer.

 

[darthviper107]

You can answer your own question by just looking at all the threads of people asking for help with their PC.

There's also way more people that use PC than Mac, hence more people ask for help.

The need to restart Windows machines irritate me too. Just yesterday, I had to restart *twice* just to upgrade VMware viewer on a Windows 7 machine.

Yeah, that's stupid. Most times though you don't actually have to. When it asks to restart I usually say no and then start the program just fine.

 

[BadMoon]

There's also way more people that use PC than Mac, hence more people ask for help.

On this board maybe not. Just check out the poll results.

 

[Maglor]

Well, as a rule people are stupid. Sort of like when people pay 1.5 times too much for a computer.

It's not stupid to know your limitations and to work within them.