Mac VS PC

MAC IS THE BEST!!!! lol Sorry for the caps but I strongly suggest Mac their operating system is weird for first time mac users but they are so much better than PCs. not to mention you can go on apple.com and they have some awesome tutorials on their operating system. Plus you can get windows for a mac! if you put the operating system from mac on a PC you will be in big trouble if mac ever finds out. I have an iMac and I LOVE IT! The only real down side to mac is Hardware cannot be upgraded by yourself you have to get Apple to fix it. But if you spend the extra $300 you can get the apple care plan and that protects against anything that could go wrong. Oh yeah! if your a student for college go to an Apple store or online to apple and you can get a free 8 gig Ipod Touch! I even got a free Printer,scanner, copier but I got that at the store... may it be known that both the touch and printer were both free because of rebates! MACs RULE!:cool:

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Originally Posted by TMoore

That is exactly why I went for a mac. I have a few friends that came to college freshman year with a mac and four years later still have their original computers. Most of my friends that had a PC are on their second one because they crapped out. I'd rather spend the extra money and get a quality computer that will last me along time instead of buying a cheaper one every 2 years.

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To be fair, if you spent the extra money to buy a quality pc instead of a cheaper one, it would last longer than 2 years. ;)

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Originally Posted by papaK

i can't wait to see the pc's advertisements with seinfeld..... i hate those stupid mac commercials

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Technically, the Seinfeld commercials are going to be for Vista rather than pc's in general. Should definitely be interesting though... Seinfeld + Bill Gates as a comedy team?

....used a PC for the first 4 years of college, got a MAC last year.....I will NEVER go back to PC....my parents made the switch and even my grandparents just made the switch from PC to MAC....MAC are forgiving, you dont get near the pop-ups and all that spyware and crap on MACs everything (virus-wise) are geared towards PC's....

MAC is my crack! :gj:

Basically, the way I've always seen it is Macs are targeted towards people who just want to use their computer. They don't want to have to think about it or mess around with it, it should just work. PC's on the other hand, are more of a hobbyist's machine. You can do pretty much whatever you want with them. Save some money by buying the parts seperately and putting it together yourself? Yep. Want to upgrade the the processor because it just doesn't seem quite as fast as it was when you first got it? Sure can, and you don't even need to buy a whole new computer to do it. Not to mention you can totally change everything about the way it runs and looks. Between Windows and Linux you can pretty much make it look and act however you want. Sure, it's going to take a bit of tinkering and messing around -- but that's the fun part, right? ;)

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

....used a PC for the first 4 years of college, got a MAC last year.....I will NEVER go back to PC....my parents made the switch and even my grandparents just made the switch from PC to MAC....MAC are forgiving, you dont get near the pop-ups and all that spyware and crap on MACs everything (virus-wise) are geared towards PC's....

MAC is my crack! :gj:

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Just out of curiosity, how is it that everyone gets these loads of virii and spyware on their computer? In the 10+ years I've been using pc's, I've had one virus, and and never had a problem with spyware.

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Originally Posted by blueapplepaste

I don't think you can gauge market share as being very indicative of much. BMW has a very small market share, but makes some of the finest cars around.

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Apples & Oranges (No pun intended). BMW has a Low US Market, but they're German based where they do pretty darn good for themselves. Dell is [newer] than Apple is and they have a very large market share. Apple's overall market share reflects greatly on the company as a whole. In the end it's one big pissing match cause it always come down to preference but if you want to talk numbers, the Mac loses, and loses hard.

BTW one of the main reasons you see so many macs in college is because Apple has big education discounts, and always has. Speaking of which this past week I setup computers for a Elementary school that were all based on Fedora, and they were for the children!

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

Just out of curiosity, how is it that everyone gets these loads of virii and spyware on their computer? In the 10+ years I've been using pc's, I've had one virus, and and never had a problem with spyware.

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They look at naughty sites too much. No, seriously, many people don't do regular virus scans and spyware scans on their PCs and, that combined with inferior web-browsers (like Internet Explorer!) and poor judgement when opening spam-emails they shouldn't, can lead to the machine getting loaded up.

One thing Ive learned is that computers are like cars; you have to take of them on regular basis (regular scans, defragmenting, don't overload them with crap, etc).

Another thing to keep your PC running smoother is don't keep all your files on it, especially music and pics. Both of those fill up a hardrive really fast and start slowing it down really fast. I suggest getting an external harddrive to keep all that stuff on. Basically, if you don't use the file on a regular basis, it doesn't need to be on the HD.

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Originally Posted by Ophiuchus

They look at naughty sites too much. No, seriously, many people don't do regular virus scans and spyware scans on their PCs and, that combined with inferior web-browsers (like Internet Explorer!) and poor judgement when opening spam-emails they shouldn't, can lead to the machine getting loaded up.

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Haha, I was actually going to make that same comment but decided against it. ;) I think part of it also has to do with poor choices for virus and spyware scanners also. Most people just use whatever comes with their pc when they buy it. McAfee, Norton, or AVG usually. All of which, if I recall correctly, have been caught multiple times taking money to remove certain spyware from their databases.

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