IBM clone vs. Mac

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

What does everybody here use? I am curious.

It has always been an IBM clone at my home and other people's homes. Meanwhile, I have used Macintoshes a lot in offices. Coincidence?

Of course, there have been others. I remember the Trash 80, er, I mean TRS 80, that I used when I was in secondary school. And a lot of kids in the neighborhood had a Commodore 64.

Anyway, I am curious about the personal computing landscape out there.

 

[Willtor]

I have a Mac and a PC desktop. I use my Mac for work, surfing, etc., and my PC for games (if it's not busy crashing).

 

[Sketcher]

I use a PC. I built it too.

 

[fishstix]

I use a PC at home. In the past, mostly at school, I've used Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Tandy, Amiga 1000, Amiga 500, Apple IIGS, Apple 2E, and several versions of Mac. The very first computer I had at home was a Commodore 64.

 

[intricatic]

For hardware, IBM clone.

For software, Mac.

Unless it's an IBM clone with Linux/Unix on it.

But I'm using a Dell laptop right now [ @ Dell, but @ laptop]

 

[Macrina]

coming to you from an iBook G4...


I've used both, but I prefer a Mac.

 

[wildthing]

IBM clone here. But next time it goes critical I will look at Apple

 

[intricatic]

95% of the time I spend on an IBM clone [with WindowsXP], I'm managing spyware. I find that absurd.

Ah, I better upgrade this laptop to SuSE.

 

[renaistre]

Macs are good, but I can't run the CAD software I use for work on them, so I'm on a PC for now. A Toshiba laptop, to be specific.

 

[Grunt]

Having a Mac would mean spending a lot of money on something that can't do what I need it to. So, I use PCs. Main comp and home server are both running XP Pro (may migrate the server to linux when I get a chance, though), both were built by me. Also have an old Compaq iPaq running win 2k.

 

[Sketcher]

Macs are good, but I can't run the CAD software I use for work on them, so I'm on a PC for now. A Toshiba laptop, to be specific.

Yeah the problem with Macs is they are a niche market. Great for Photoshop, graphic design and desktop publishing, but the PC is better for everything else. PCs have even caught up in video, which Macs had dominated for years.

 

[renaistre]

Yeah the problem with Macs is they are a niche market. Great for Photoshop, graphic design and desktop publishing, but the PC is better for everything else. PCs have even caught up in video, which Macs had dominated for years.

And of course as a whole, Macs look a lot cooler.

 

[Willtor]

And they're stable. And they have a Unix command line which is really important for the things I do. Also, the developer tools are a free download from the Apple website.

 

[jhollas]

Windows-based Desktop for gaming.
Mac for everything else! I have an iBook, which is a great little machine. Fast enough to do a bit of photo-editing, and run Office, which is all I need it for really. Oh, and music. And everything except gaming really. Even then, it runs WoW quite happily!

 

[AceHero]

Having a Mac would mean spending a lot of money on something that can't do what I need it to. So, I use PCs. Main comp and home server are both running XP Pro (may migrate the server to linux when I get a chance, though), both were built by me. Also have an old Compaq iPaq running win 2k.

What exactly does your PC do that a Mac can't? Play endless hours of Solitaire?

Macs are good, but I can't run the CAD software I use for work on them, so I'm on a PC for now. A Toshiba laptop, to be specific.

Yeah the problem with Macs is they are a niche market. Great for Photoshop, graphic design and desktop publishing, but the PC is better for everything else. PCs have even caught up in video, which Macs had dominated for years.

The Mac is a niche market only in the sense that Apple is the only one that makes them (for good reason). They can do anything a Windoze peecee can do—usually better. And they look better in the process.

 

[renaistre]

What exactly does your PC do that a Mac can't? Play endless hours of Solitaire?

You quoted one of the things.

 

[Grunt]

What exactly does your PC do that a Mac can't? Play endless hours of Solitaire?

Unless they've released a version of 3ds Max for Mac that I haven't heard about, we'll count that as one. Then there are are the thousands of dollars of other software that I don't care to repurchase. And the fact that I don't have any problems with XP, and I like it better than Mac OS

 

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

Is there still Web TV? Wasn't (or isn't) that where one could browse the internet, send and receive email, etc., through a television set and not have to have a computer? Is it still around?

 

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

If one can play the Hoyle series and the various versions of Monopoly on a Mac, then a Mac is just as good as a PC.

Some of us think about the important stuff when comparing and evaluating products.

 

[Sketcher]

What exactly does your PC do that a Mac can't? Play endless hours of Solitaire?


The Mac is a niche market only in the sense that Apple is the only one that makes them (for good reason). They can do anything a Windoze peecee can do—usually better. And they look better in the process.

Let's see a single Mac beat a similarly configured, current generation PC at 3D rendering, with stable plugin usage for the app of choice - wait, you can't get even half of the cool Lightwave plugins, let alone Maya or Max plugins for the Mac, let alone have them run decently. Oh, and games? Forget about it. You have to wait six months to a year for a game to come out for the Mac after it has come out for the PC, if it's even going to come out in the first place.

I don't hate Macs, I just acknowledge that PCs are better for what I need to use a computer for. The move to Intel-based chips is a move that Apple NEEDED to save itself. When the Core 2 Duos come out for both Mac and PC, the equalizer will finally have come. Of course, software support is another story . . .