PC vs Mac

[Xalibar]

Whats the difference between a pc and a mac?

[Momiji]

Nothing, hardware and software aside. They're both computers, they both serve pretty much the same purpose. There are arrogant elitists on both sides who throw around petty, pointless arguments, and aren't worth listening to and need a punch in the teeth.

I personally use a PC, running Windows Vista. It isn't bad at all, despite what other people say.

EDIT: Added a to the end to show everyone Tavrobel I wasn't being serious. xD

[Rostum]

The price, boy those Mac's are over-priced!

[Tavrobel]

Your [Momiji's] post made of ignorance makes me sad on several levels.

EDIT: Thanks for split-second pre-empting me, Omecle.

[DMKA]

Fun fact: Macs ARE PCs.

I prefer Windows-based PCs personally, because I'm poor and like versatility. And like being able to pirate software effortlessly.

[Yar]

Macs are hip, compared to their John Hodgman PC counterparts.

[Momiji]

Your [Momiji's] post made of ignorance makes me sad on several levels.

That's the point of trolling.

In all honesty, I don't care. The constant fighting between the two is annoying, though.

[Roto13]

Macs are for dirty hippies.

[o_O]

Macs crash a whole lot less than Windows.

[Boney King]

Macs crash a whole lot less than Windows.

I don't understand this argument because my PC has Windows and it doesn't crash at all.

[Yar]

Macs crash a whole lot less than Windows.

I disagree. The very few times I used the Macs at school, they almost always crashed. My computer at home rarely ever crashes.

[rubah]

*macs rarely crash all the way 8)

[o_O]

Macs really do crash less than PCs. They are better at recovering from a conflict of resources (often transparently, meaning the user has no idea a problem has occurred), due to better and more efficient management of said resources. MacOSX onwards was always a true multi-user operating system (it is a flavour of Unix/BSD after all) and for that reason it multitasks better than Windows and is more capable of sharing out memory is such a way that deadlock is avoided.

There's a reason that "Windows" has become synonymous with "bluescreen", whilst the Mac "bombs" are something that very few people would immediately associate with MacOS.

[Miriel]

I used PC for 10 years and I've been using a mac for 2 years. I really like my Mac. Don't let people fool you thinking that Macs are problem free. I've had my share of issues with my mac. But the usefulness of some of the features that comes with a Mac are enough to keep me from going back to PC.

I honestly don't know a lot about hardware specifics for computers. All I know is that my mac is more user friendly and intuitive than my PCs have been. I love the clean, slick and efficient Mac OS and it's the best I've ever used (although I haven't used Vista yet).

The best thing about my Macbook is that I can to enjoy the best of both worlds by running Windows via bootcamp so that I can get my gaming groove on. As far as I know, you can't run Mac OS on a PC machine (although I admit that I don't really know much about computer mechanics).

So if you can get all the benefits of the Mac OS as well as the ability to run windows via bootcamp or parallels, why not go with the mac?

[rubah]

There's a reason that "Windows" has become synonymous with "bluescreen", whilst the Mac "bombs" are something that very few people would immediately associate with MacOS.

The only time I've had that sleek grey translucent panel slide down over my screen asking me in four languages to please restart my computer was when I was trying to find the lowest voltage my mbp could operate at.

(That one was too low apparently )