Apple or Windows?

[jdrumstik]

I've never had a mac. Personally I really like mac's elegance, but I can't ever justify the extened cost, and the stupid scrolling icons in mac OSX.

Windows has its issues and it looks like a Dog, but I can build my own PC, and pick out a Tower that suites my needs.

[neil_akoga]

i've just bought a dual 2ghz G5 with 1.5 gig of ram, at work i've got a dual 3ghz xeon with 1 gig of ram so i'll let you know in a week which i like more

[Maggie_Mae]

I have never done graphic design on a windows before I came to work at my present job. I have always thought that when you do graphic design, mac is better. On the other hand, I know alot of programers that like the windows, and I think that is why we have windows at work. We do programming as well as graphic.

In my humble opinion though, I like the Mac.

[gothic_hydran]

I love my apple computer...but there are frustrating things about it. The first for me is updates that could be good for your programs but do the opposite, if a web page takes to long to download (like MSN) you risk losing internet connection which means you have to reboot the computer to get it back, and I like to play web & software games but the really, really, good games works only on Windows. If I had more money I would buy a Windows to only play games on.

[d4o2]

windows.. xp but will move to vista in the future.. maybe after 4-5 months

[AussieInLondon]

If the 6 numbers come up in my favour on Lotto, then Apple is going to get a HUGE order from me. I have tried them out and I love them. Just never owned one.

Have just upgraded to a new pc. 2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM, 256MB Video (a decent card), 1.3 TB of space over a raid system of 4 drives, 2 external drives - 232GB Phillips usb, 720GB Maxtor Firewire.

New monitor is 21" Ultrasharp widescreen from Dell. 1680 x 1050 of crystal sharp images in PSCS3.

But like I said, Lotto win...APPLE ....big time.

[mkeefe]

Wow I responded to this a while ago and the times have changed.

I now have 3 macs and love them all.. Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini.. not to mention the other Apple products around the house..

So basically, I officially change my vote to Apple.. excluding the horrible way they are bricking iPhones, but that is a topic for another time.

Matt

[G9]

Originally posted by mkeefe
Wow I responded to this a while ago and the times have changed.

I now have 3 macs and love them all.. Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini.. not to mention the other Apple products around the house..

So basically, I officially change my vote to Apple.. excluding the horrible way they are bricking iPhones, but that is a topic for another time.

Matt

Nearly two years have past yet I still do not have a Mac... seems like the change of times smiled upon you. :P

[kiwicolin]

I now have 4 macs and only 1 PC - I run Windows on one of my macs though

[mixedupmacandpc]

I am a recent convert with macbookpro/macpro and imacs on the way in a building full of XPs. I am on OSX 10.4.10 and latest XP. I am the defacto sys admin for the entire network of A/V producing machines. On the MBP i am now administering the whole shebang and using for all design work, and have to use both OSX and Parallels Desktop to get to some software that's not on the mac. I have been using PCs since I wrote the user's guide for the PC XT Portable (the world's first suitcase PC). Here are my conclusions based on experience:

* Apple hardware rocks
* OSX rocks
* Apps in OSX (universal binary) rock

There are quirks, and new mac users transitioning from XP/Vista may be in for a bit of culture shock, but that should die down after a week or so.

* PC Hardware by in large sucks (price/quality comparison)
* XP finally after all this time, is tolerable. Vista sucks.
* Apps in XP run slower in comparison with OSX counterparts with the exception of CS3 Dreamweaver, which has a known bug in OSX. But it has resource problems in XP too.

Vista is a non-starter, I get 1 artist a week now in the studio that wants me to unload vista from their new laptop and put XP back on.

Opinion: Microsoft is in a tough spot with a miserable new operating system that has to support an open architecture of ever expanding hardware. Vista, already a year old, behaves like a beta and will take another year or more to become stable and useful. This may be the "real" beginning of the end for this Dinosaur of a company. Look to IBM history and OS/2.

Apple on the other hand is just releasing a new OSX that has long-awaited improvements and pizazz. Jobs decided long ago to keep a closed system hardware-wise and knows how to woo customers with features. Riding on the tails of itunes, iphone, and next ipod successes coupled with tight integration, the next generation of mac/intels will be unbeatable: easy to use and maintain, and even fun, if u like this sorta thing.

So the question originally posed, Apple or Windows?, is not even a question anymore. Apple will soon be both, but with better hardware and tighter software integration. One area that Apple needs to work on is networking. It's not as easy as in windows (but maybe that's just me, after decades in NT).

Well, that's my 2 bucks worth. Thanks for reading.


[Edited on 10/9/2007 by mixedupmacandpc]