[QUOTE=jsu;17991924]Exactly. It just depends on what you're going to use it for. Mac is better for video and media, PC is better for gaming and stuff.[/QUOTE]
thank you, someone finally agrees with me and understand what I'm trying to say :smile:
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[QUOTE=codenamecueball;17992025]Im gonna do it..
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Do not get crappy alienware, then. Just because you compare one OEM's product against Mac does not mean Mac beats Windows.
[QUOTE=codenamecueball;17992025]Im gonna do it..
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that chart doesn't prove anything, you're comparing two laptops that are aimed at two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT audiences...
Well if you're going for non-video media and windows x64 bit machine is a better choice mostly due to PS and other stuff on windows being a lot better than their OSxcounterparts which are often old code inside of a cocoa wrapper.
Plus unless I am mistaken there's no sixty four bit adobe stuff on OSx yet. There might be with snow leopard, but even that is pretty quaky with x64.
Honestly have no idea how it's with video, but I presume there might be a number of applications which are as good as the current industry standards. Their issue is, that no one is used to working with them.
Same reason why macs dominate in vector and raster graphics media as well currently. It's not that the macis superior (it clearly isn't anymore) but ther ewas a time, when it's color output was a bit before that of windows machines.
This is no longer the case, but the industry adopted macs and since everyone uses them, many folks are just used to them. And live in a dream of OSX>windows.
When it comes to the designs - I agree the macbook looks awesome, the metal case is good as well. The problem is you can get metal body laptops with windows as well (for instance I'm typing this from a gx630) which has weathered a whole lot of abuse already.
Style is also not unreachable on the PC. In a similar price range as macs, you've got the Dell Adamo. So if you have cash to burn, I'd personally get that for instance instead of a macbook.
When it comes to other factors.
Well macs have massive CUI problems. Plus the dock is a serious offender, the finder is more crash happy than explorer when it has flu and currently OSx has a large number of serious exploits existing for it.
Sixty-four bit support is sketchy and it's font blurring is damn ugly. I really hope apple get's a strike of genius and actually realises that the pixel grid is good for a computer screen.
Plus the application menus not being directly in the application is a pretty bloody bother as well in my opinion. Again CUI problems.
Of course on another look it has a few nifty stuff. The apple virtual desktops are awesome and run a lot better than most windows third party counterparts.
In the end of the day, I'd still rather buy a windows machine. Partly because I'm used to it (as are most likely you as well to yours) and because there's just so much stuff I use that I couldn't bring with me.
Oh yeah and anyone read the first line of the apple manual. Things like that make me throw up inside. Same as the new apple adds.
I personally would never bring alienware stuff into the equation because for some reason people believe that they get something absolutely awesome if they cash out a hoard of money.
Still the alienware has one point that the apple machine doesn't really well - open hardware without hunting for obscure kexts
Also when speaking of build quality. To be honest macbooks have a couple of problems which range from minor to serious. Like overheating and this destroying a certain important piece of hardware. (I believe the newer ones fixed this)
Also some questionable moves on apple's part recently - like the no removable battery, the absolute borked to hell snow leopard - oh look I have let's try the guest account for once..where the hell is my DATA!
[QUOTE=jsu;17991924]Mac is better for video and media, PC is better for gaming and stuff.[/QUOTE]
going to quote myself here
[QUOTE=reapaninja;17948549][QUOTE=Ibutsu;17948028]Macs are for media.[/QUOTE]every time I hear this, it gets funnier[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=x-quake;17992139]Do not get crappy alienware, then. Just because you compare one OEM's product against Mac does not mean Mac beats Windows.[/QUOTE]
But Alienware computers look like fucking aliens!
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[QUOTE=codenamecueball;17992025]Im gonna do it..
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Oh my god, no! You compared a shitty overpriced Alienware laptop with a shitty overpriced Mac Laptop. What ever should I do? Oh wait. I remember now. Do you want me to compose a chart of a regular laptop vs the Macbook?
I got a Mac because I got so many errors on my old Windows PC, and I still use it everyday after 3 years. The only reason I still use Windows is for games.
If you wanted to play games, you can still just use Bootcamp, as all the new Macs have decent specs for gaming. All the people who are like OH MACS CAN'T PLAY GAMES - It's because the games haven't been ported to Mac. And they can if they have been ported.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;17987861]Mac - Fast & Stable - You can do things like play music, brows ethe interntes, and that's it
Windows - [B]Slow, Bloated & Crashes[/B] - Great for Gaming, and that's it
Linux - Fast, Stable, User Friendly, Customizable, etc - Great for EVERYTHING, not so much for gaming.[/QUOTE]
I don't even know what I want to say to this...
Also, Macs are Overpriced pieces of Crap, just in case OP needs more reinforcement...
I love PC fanboys...
If your a gamer, and play games on your PC, do not get a mac.
Especially considering your used to windows.
Also, how is linux user friendly? :/
[QUOTE=Manpersonguything;17993372]Also, how is linux user friendly? :/[/QUOTE]
Depending what distro you use, it can be.
Linux Mint for example.
Easy-peasy. :v:
[QUOTE=CammyD;17993109]I got a Mac because I got so many errors on my old Windows PC, and I still use it everyday after 3 years. The only reason I still use Windows is for games.
If you wanted to play games, you can still just use Bootcamp, as all the new Macs have decent specs for gaming. All the people who are like OH MACS CAN'T PLAY GAMES - It's because the games haven't been ported to Mac. And they can if they have been ported.[/QUOTE]
But the fact is, they have NOT been ported, and that is the problem.
like everyone has stated, Mac =/= gaming.
I tried gaming on Macs via bootcamp for at least 4 years and it was a pain in ass.
but that doesn't mean Macs are shit computers.
fanboys need to accept that people with buy the computer THEY want and not what other people want them to buy.
I own both a Mac and a PC and I use both of them everyday for different tasks that I have already stated.
The problem is, that there really are no tasks that OSx really outperforms a windows.
Keep in mind that the bootcamped windows isn't really the perfect basis for comparing, since many of the drivers there aren't as good as possible. And bootcamped windows has had a notoriously lower battery than windows on a different laptop.
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;17993447]But the fact is, they have NOT been ported, and that is the problem.[/QUOTE]
Then don't blame it on the fucking system.
That's the games developers fault, not Apple's
And you can run bootcamp, so there's not really any problem.
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[QUOTE=wraithcat;17993611]The problem is, that there really are no tasks that OSx really outperforms a windows.
Keep in mind that the bootcamped windows isn't really the perfect basis for comparing, since many of the drivers there aren't as good as possible. And bootcamped windows has had a notoriously lower battery than windows on a different laptop.[/QUOTE]
I didn't compare either machine in term of performance. I bought the Mac for school stuff and that is what I use it for. I just got my PC and I'm now using for gaming. and I never had an issue with battery life or drivers on bootcamp, idk where you got that info.
Well I'm not too concerned with gaming. I only play games occasionally. Just a computer that's easy to use, I guess...
[QUOTE=Roskarnolkov;18006709]Well I'm not too concerned with gaming. I only play games occasionally. Just a computer that's easy to use, I guess...[/QUOTE]
OS X is definitely easier to use. If thats all you're looking for out of it then I would suggest the MacBook or the Mac Mini.
just remember, you can easily install windows on a mac. it doesn't work the same in reverse
Yeah but that's not due to OSX being better as much as limited....
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