Mac VS PC

[BMorrison]

I think what you buy a "tricked out" MAC for you'd be much better off buying a Voodoo

[AaronP]

I think what you buy a "tricked out" MAC for you'd be much better off buying a Voodoo

Voodoo's are grossly overpriced, and I actually used to work for a competitor of theirs and so I got to see some inside stuff with them every now and then and I wasn't impressed.

[kittyrodriguez]

Mac Mac Mac. I have had this Mac, that would be Apple Macintosh, for 8 years. Not one virus, not a single crash, it runs any software I could ever need, and it is indestructible! My mother has a Mac PowerPC that she has had for 15 years, that she uses for her computer drafting business, as well as her new G4. Not a single problem. PCs may be cheaper, but they are disposable. In my opinion a Dell has a one to two year life. Sure it only cost $400, but if you have to replace it, the cost just adds up. My only complaint is that Mac has developed an absurd "yuppie" status... thing... All marketing, and that definitely detracts from the quality. I don't use Macs because my TV told me to, I use it because it works.

[AaronP]

Mac Mac Mac. I have had this Mac, that would be Apple Macintosh, for 8 years. Not one virus, not a single crash, it runs any software I could ever need, and it is indestructible! My mother has a Mac PowerPC that she has had for 15 years, that she uses for her computer drafting business, as well as her new G4. Not a single problem. PCs may be cheaper, but they are disposable. In my opinion a Dell has a one to two year life. Sure it only cost $400, but if you have to replace it, the cost just adds up. My only complaint is that Mac has developed an absurd "yuppie" status... thing... All marketing, and that definitely detracts from the quality. I don't use Macs because my TV told me to, I use it because it works.

It's good to see you've had a very positive mac experience but there is a reason why they hold less than 4% of the market.

[Samuel]

As soon as Apple opens their OS for supporting third party hardware, they will win my vote. That will not happen anytime soon, so PC FTW!

I am a gamer. There is no way I could go Mac. Now, as I said above, if they were to open their OS for others to build hardware for it, it would gain marketshare like no ones business, which would mean more games built for them, which would mean I would have to give them a serious look.

For now ... PC.

[kratos]

After using PC for so many years... I just turned mac last year, and will never go back.

[Blue Apple Herps]

It's good to see you've had a very positive mac experience but there is a reason why they hold less than 4% of the market.

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.

[Ophiuchus]

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.

Even still....how many people you know drive BMWs? If they're that great. why aren't more people buying them? Is it just a matter of price? Not as good MPG as some?

[spygirl]

We are all about Apple over here! After building 3 machines (including my super mega awesome gaming machine), I only use a mac now. My fiance is a CoCo programer so he got me hooked. We have an Imac, a mac mini, a powerbook, and a macbook pro. Not to mention we both have Iphones and every generation of the Ipod, minus 2 of the shuffles. We even have the instruction manuals from every product we have purchased in a display case. Yes, we are nerds.

I just tend to prefer my mac for ease of use and durability. This powerbook as been through just about everything and is still going strong. Plus, if we need to use Windows for anything, we just switch operating systems on the Imac. My family even prefers macs now!

[Blue Apple Herps]

Even still....how many people you know drive BMWs? If they're that great. why aren't more people buying them? Is it just a matter of price? Not as good MPG as some?

Could be any number of reasons. Maybe they decided on a Mercedes or whatever. All my point was, is that you can't say that because Apple has a low market share that somehow they're inferior and PCs are better just off that. That's all.