PC vs Mac

[Miriel]

On the issue of software, I'd just like to say that strangely enough I LOVE Microsoft Office and Word for Mac like a million times better than Microsoft Office/Word for PC.

Weird that Microsoft would include such a great feature like Notebook layout in their Word program but make it exclusive to Macs along with other Mac exclusive features.

I'm so in love with the Notebook layout it's not even funny. It might sound totally dumb, but it really helped me keep organized throughout College. I used it for every single class.



There's only one program that I couldn't shift over to Mac, but in the end I found a program superior to the PC one anyway, so it's all good for me.

And it might be elitist or shallow or whatever, but I love how PRETTY the mac is and how pretty the interface for most of the applications are. I have to be staring at this thing for hours and hours a day, I like the fact that something pretty and clean and elegant is staring right back.

[Mirage]

You're elitist and shallow :p.

[Tavrobel]

Yeah, that's pretty much the truth.

Anyways, we can't turn this into a Windows v. MacOS discussion. The winner would be clear by virtue of one of their editions failing so bad that it caused some of us to kill ourselves.

[Mirage]

What, ME? Todays Windows versions aren't even remotely based on that pile of crap.

[Tavrobel]

The fact that it exists causes an indelible taint on the universe for which no amount of Calculus or awesome can fix.

[Vyk]

ME was a different tier of Windows version. It was made by Windows people and deisigned to look like Windows. Designed to be a successor to Windows. Thank God it had competition though. NT took the stage and took over. And from what I gather, no Windows version since has taken anything from ME, they've all built off of NT

So though some people had to suffer with ME, we can pretty much pretend it didn't exist

[Rantz]

So much for repressing my ME days, thanks guys >:(

[sdm42393]

Before I bought a new computer about a week ago, the comp in my room ran Windows ME.... I'm still traumatized.

[ReloadPsi]

Also, a great YTMND that summarizes up what I just said:

YTMND - Mac vs. PC

This absolutely kills me every time I watch it. Games!

[escobert]

The only thing I like about my macs are that I can play my old mac games on them Oh and I've NEVER had to reformat. My old imac still runs 8.6, not wonderfully might I say but it does it after a decade and still the first formatting. I do however prefer windows since my main use of a PC is gaming.

[Shoeberto]

Some of you people take this discussion far too seriously.

Macs are fun but the hipster crowd have kinda associated it with a pretentious image. But it's a very powerful and intuitive operating system.

Windows is... Windows. I use it for games and very little else. But it works for most people so why not.

Operating systems aren't really something to get your panties in a twist about though. Just use what you like.

[Kes]

I'm a bit of a Mac whore, myself.

Viruses
Now, I am not 100% clear on this, but the "Macs, no one gives a <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" />" is not actually true. From what I understand, OS X cannot get viruses that corrupt data, only ones that mess with the GUI. Now, I have no source for this, so if anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be awesome.

Also, one does not have to be an "idiot" to get viruses on a PC*. Plus it's just really nice going wherever one wants on the net without having to worry about if it's safe or not. Nor do I have to bother with cumbersome virus protection software.

Compatibility
Dual booting and/or running VM software is a great work around for this, and really, when it comes to anything I've ever needed/wanted to use, I rarely have compatibility issues. Unless it's a game or highly specialised, random software (like something that came with my French book) there's usually an equivalent for OS X somewhere.

When it comes to features for the OS, OS X came out before Vista, and it seems to (as far as I can tell) work better than Vista. Leopard also has features like Spaces and um, other stuff that I can't think of right now that Vista doesn't.

Basically, Microsoft takes what Apple did, and tries to make it work on their OS. I'm not saying they do it poorly, I don't know the stats etc., but I like how Apple does it better. And, yeah, I know Apple doesn't deserve the credit for creating it and Linux has all that stuff first, but xkcd.

Uh, so yeah, just saying what everyone else said, it seems. Also, Macs are more expensive (usually?) but they are pretty, and I think they're well worth it.


Oh, and Apple is supposed to have great customer service though I've never really had to use it much.

*Yes, I understand it should be Windows vs. Mac OS but I'm using common parlance, darn it.

[Miriel]

Leopard is so god damn sexy. Time Machine ftw.

[Roto13]

Oh, I don't think anyone here is taking anything too seriously. :P (I know I'M joking, anyway. xP)

[Kes]

Oh, I don't think anyone here is taking anything too seriously. :P (I know I'M joking, anyway. xP)

See that? See that? xP? I know what you're doing! You're subtly pointing us to the OS you want us to use, I'm not stupid! @.@


Also, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm ttly srs about all this XP "emoticon" propaganda.