Mac Vs. Pc

Bio Spyro · May 29, 2008 11:51 PM

What one is best? What do you think is beter ? I vote mac Fast and virus free
what more do you want? wink

DragonFireOKN · May 29, 2008 11:58 PM

The mac can get viruses but it is extremely rare. My uncle has gotten several on his Macbook air.

Anyway, Mac PWNS PC in every way. It's easier, faster and more reliable. The only downside is that it doesn't have all the software.

Sonic Wrath · May 30, 2008 12:41 AM

Definatley Mac. I love my mac. When a program screws up, its easy to stop and it never restarts by itself.

Even if its deprived of software, its not in video editing

Doppelgangergang · May 30, 2008 1:23 AM

I use a variety of OSes. This list is arranged from least-to-most used.

DSL: (Da*n Small Linux) LiveCD or LiveUSB. Indestructible to any virus.

ubuntu Linux: (version 7.10, Dapper Drake) Used in basement computer.

DD-WRT: Reprograms wireless router. Makes it more flexible. It's so small, it fits on a floppy disk!

Windows Vista Home Basic: I vote PCs. Enough said.

I voted PCs because it is extremely flexible. I tried macs but I didn't like them. PCs never get short of open-source programs too.

Sonic Wrath · May 30, 2008 2:51 AM

Doppelgangergang wrote:

I tried macs but I didn't like them. PCs never get short of open-source programs too.

Torrents my friend

Neotyguy40 · May 30, 2008 2:58 AM

Mac, duh...

Safe, reliable, easy, and most open source software is able to go onto it.

It also comes with some very good coding languages that are hard to find on Windows, such as OpenGL, unicode, Cocoa, and a few others.

corky · May 30, 2008 6:26 AM

PC!!! lol have a look at this vid. i saw this awhile back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg

Spyrorocks · May 30, 2008 6:09 PM

If I wanted apple osx, id put it in a vm.

Macs are for people who can't/are too scared to handle a real computer.

The first thing everyone says about macs is "They don't get viruses!!!". Well guess what? Its not impossible. Its just not worth it to the malware writers to write stuff for macs because they symbolize less than 5% of the market. Why waste your time writing malware for something that most likely will not spread as much as writing it for windows? Theres no point.

And Neotyguy40, OpenGL is a graphics rendering engine/api. Its not a language and in fact, im using it right now to render some stuff on Vue 6 on my windows xp pc. And where did this unicode thing come from? Unicode is a system for displaying letters/symbols of the alphabet from every language on earth, not a programming language!

Unicode: A 16-bit code standard for uniform representation of all the character systems in the world, digits, symbols, and control sequences to use when storing data.

I can say, without a doubt, there is more open source apps for PCs than there is for macs.

Another reason I don't like mac osx is because in the EULA, they pretty much forbid you to install it on any hardware that is not licensed by apple. Not that you couldn't anyways, its just in breech of their terms.

Doppelgangergang · May 30, 2008 7:51 PM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Another reason I don't like mac osx is because in the EULA, they pretty much forbid you to install it on any hardware that is not licensed by apple. Not that you couldn't anyways, its just in breech of their terms.

That sounds like a scam to boost their hardware sales.

Neotyguy40 · May 30, 2008 9:02 PM

Spyrorocks wrote:

If I wanted apple osx, id put it in a vm.
Macs are for people who can't/are too scared to handle a real computer.
The first thing everyone says about macs is "They don't get viruses w00t!!!". Well guess what? Its not impossible. Its just not worth it to the malware writers to write stuff for macs because they symbolize less than 5% of the market. Why waste your time writing malware for something that most likely will not spread as much as writing it for windows? Theres no point.
And Neotyguy40, OpenGL is a graphics rendering engine/api. Its not a language and in fact, im using it right now to render some stuff on Vue 6 on my windows xp pc. And where did this unicode thing come from? Unicode is a system for displaying letters/symbols of the alphabet from every language on earth, not a programming language!
Unicode: A 16-bit code standard for uniform representation of all the character systems in the world, digits, symbols, and control sequences to use when storing data.
I can say, without a doubt, there is more open source apps for PCs than there is for macs.
Another reason I don't like mac osx is because in the EULA, they pretty much forbid you to install it on any hardware that is not licensed by apple. Not that you couldn't anyways, its just in breech of their terms.

Woops, i messed up Unicode and OpenGL with a few other things...

I said that 'most' of the open source software is available for Mac, I didn't say more then Windows.

Macs can't get viruses unless your stupid enough to actually type in your password for an e-mail attachment... Macs sub-internal code can't be effected unless you type in your password each time you want to make a change. And the really REALLY internal code can only be changed by Apple themselves with an application called 'software update'.

The reason why the EULA is made so you can't install it on any other system is because that's what makes Mac so reliable! Everything comes from one place that works the way it should. If you installed Mac on a dell, then it would probably be worse.

Now if everyone used a Microsoft computer instead of alienware, dell, etc. then it would probably not have all these bugs and glitches now...

Let me share some Windows experiences with you all:

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Every time I am on the computer for more then 2 hours at a time, I get an error message with this:

'Error code 3108, windows.dll'

Then it shuts down

Now I called customer support and they told me I needed to restart my computer... Like wtf? I have to shutdown the computer and then boot it up just so that it will happen again?

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After I installed a peice of software I've been using for a long time called Torque Game Engine Advanced, some kind of McAfee window popped up and told me that I had 99999 viruses on my computer. When it went to automatically delete them, it deleted my whole Windows side of my hardrive. Good thing I had a recent backup...

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Ok, so here is something annoying that happens,

every time I use an application that connects to the internet, a window pops up saying '*blank* application is trying to connect to the internet. Cancel or Allow?'

This even happens every time I open a new webpage too! And the worst problem is... I can't turn it off! I set it off but it still keeps going!

Doppelgangergang · May 30, 2008 9:12 PM

Neotyguy40, it seems that you need a reformat. You also need to have a proper security system.

Spyrorocks · May 30, 2008 10:16 PM

Vista sucks. Period. XP is still the best OS microsoft has ever turned out.

What so you mean most of the open source software is for mac, and not windows? That statement confuses me.

XP gives me flexibility. It allows me to do whatever I want to it, unlike your macs.

And, as far as I know, theres no such thing as a "windows.dll" file on a windows PC.

Apple tries to lock its OS to its own hardware so it has complete control over who can sell their hardware with their OS on it, so they have a monopoly. Thats why I can buy a windows laptop for $500, but I would never find a mac laptop for that price. Hardware is hardware, it doesn't make the OS more reliable.

I could build a far superior PC in terms of hardware for less than what you would pay for a basic mac.

Also, I don't think microsoft has their own brand of pc out.

Sonic Wrath · May 30, 2008 10:42 PM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Vista sucks. Period. XP is still the best OS microsoft has ever turned out.
What so you mean most of the open source software is for mac, and not windows? That statement confuses me.
XP gives me flexibility. It allows me to do whatever I want to it, unlike your macs.
And, as far as I know, theres no such thing as a "windows.dll" file on a windows PC.
Apple tries to lock its OS to its own hardware so it has complete control over who can sell their hardware with their OS on it, so they have a monopoly. Thats why I can buy a windows laptop for $500, but I would never find a mac laptop for that price. Hardware is hardware, it doesn't make the OS more reliable.
I could build a far superior PC in terms of hardware for less than what you would pay for a basic mac.
Also, I don't think microsoft has their own brand of pc out.

The only reason I don't like PC's is because of crashes. Now, with the PCs I've had in the past, everyone of them just some how died. No virus, no nothing, it just died.

On Macs, when something screws up, its 20x easier and faster to close out of it. The whole system doesn't freeze for wanting to close just one program. The way macs codes are run, its easier to terminate a program than on a PC

And last time I check, Macs thrived off of Javascript as opposed to others

Spyrorocks · May 30, 2008 10:48 PM

What? Javascript?

Javascript is a web-based language dude. Its used for dynamic content on webpages, like my name, it uses javascript to make it wave up and down. That makes no sense, macs thrive off javascript?

I can't see how its easier to terminate an application on osx than it is on a PC. ctrl+alt+delete then task kill. Easy. And I haven't had my whole system freeze for just wanting to close down one app, ever.

Sonic Wrath · May 31, 2008 12:14 AM

Spyrorocks wrote:

What? Javascript?
Javascript is a web-based language dude. Its used for dynamic content on webpages, like my name, it uses javascript to make it wave up and down. That makes no sense, macs thrive off javascript?
I can't see how its easier to terminate an application on osx than it is on a PC. ctrl+alt+delete then task kill. Easy. And I haven't had my whole system freeze for just wanting to close down one app, ever.

Thats just what I heard. I never really believed it but I couldn't think of anything else.

Trust me, somehow, the Mac knows when to freeze a program. It does it on purpose. Closing a program with "Force Quit" tells the mac you are going to lose all your progress. At that point, the Mac unlocks the program and quits normally

Doppelgangergang · May 31, 2008 12:37 AM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Vista sucks.

Not really. Once the Service Pack is in, it works like glass.

Spyrorocks · May 31, 2008 12:52 AM

Ill believe it when I see it.

So far, my grandpa's laptop runs vista, and it has de-registered microsoft office 2 times and had to do a full system restore 3 days after we bought it.

Sonic Wrath wrote:

Thats just what I heard. I never really believed it but I couldn't think of anything else.
Trust me, somehow, the Mac knows when to freeze a program. It does it on purpose. Closing a program with "Force Quit" tells the mac you are going to lose all your progress. At that point, the Mac unlocks the program and quits normally

Trust you? After being told that macs "thrive of javascript" im not sure how anything you say about them has any sort creditability.

The "Force Quit" is basically like Task Kill on windows. I'm not seeing how macs "know when to freeze a program".

Sonic Wrath · May 31, 2008 4:16 AM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Ill believe it when I see it.
So far, my grandpa's laptop runs vista, and it has de-registered microsoft office 2 times and had to do a full system restore 3 days after we bought it.
Sonic Wrath wrote:
Thats just what I heard. I never really believed it but I couldn't think of anything else.
Trust me, somehow, the Mac knows when to freeze a program. It does it on purpose. Closing a program with "Force Quit" tells the mac you are going to lose all your progress. At that point, the Mac unlocks the program and quits normally
Trust you? After being told that macs "thrive of javascript" im not sure how anything you say about them has any sort creditability.
The "Force Quit" is basically like Task Kill on windows. I'm not seeing how macs "know when to freeze a program".

I was joking about the termination thing. How could you not tell XD

Fletch_Talon · May 31, 2008 4:54 AM

i prefer PCs for the most part, if the only difference between the 2 was the right click which PCs always have and all Macs ive ever used dont, that would be enough for me to say, PCs are better

Vista however, i would like to torture the team who worked on vista for all the suffering theyve caused me

my computer once crashed, losing all my info (most of it at least) because i downloaded and ran quicktime... i didnt want quicktime, but there were some art tutorials bundled with my wacom tablet which needed it, i downloaded it, ran it once, fine, ran it a second time fin... no wait blue screen of death... and after that the computer wouldnt start

i guess its ironic that i bring up that story here considering quicktime is created by apple

ive had other problems with vista but its... its just too painful to speak of...

Spyrorocks · May 31, 2008 5:21 PM

Actually, macs do have a right click, but they don't ship with a mouse that has a right click button in order to simplify customer service and not cause confusion when an old grandma calls in wondering how to turn on the email machine.

Doppelgangergang · May 31, 2008 5:23 PM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Ill believe it when I see it.

I'm using it right now. wink

You can check it out yourself if you like too.

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