Windows Vs. Macs

itzBoo · 08-21-2005, 01:15 AM

Are you a Windows or Mac Person?

Mr.Anon.E.Mouse · 08-21-2005, 03:01 AM

Mac.

bluecuracao · 08-21-2005, 03:17 AM

I gots a G4 and a PowerBook, but sometimes I have to work on a PC to check for compatibility, plus other things. Fine with me.

Happy Monkey · 08-21-2005, 07:27 AM

I'd like to be a Mac person, but I'm a PC Games person, which means I'm a Windows person.

Clodfobble · 08-21-2005, 09:57 AM

I have one of each. Mac for audio work, PC for everything else.

russotto · 08-21-2005, 11:41 AM

PC for games, plethora of Macs for everything else.

BigV · 08-21-2005, 12:56 PM

My Mac days are way way behind me (this reprepsents the platform of my most recent experience). I didn't plunge into the windows world right away, though. I have a Pied Piper (CP/M) machine downstairs, along with the Amiga 1000 (both running, well, they were running when I parked them). Eventually, DOS, then Windows.

Windows dominates my computing life now. I'm sure there are other similarly capable platforms available, but I just don't have the bandwidth to spare to get up to speed on them. Windows for work, Windows for home, Windows for recreation. *sigh*

I'm happy to hear about all your other experiences.

Radar · 08-21-2005, 12:58 PM

I work on both, but prefer windows. Mac OS X has some really neat tools and tricks, but if you're not in the entertainment industry, virtually everyone is using Windows. I'll go with a 100 times bigger software selection, and the same or better performance to Mac in all areas (including graphics, sound, and video-editing), the same or better stability than Macs, and half the price of the Mac.

Perry Winkle · 08-21-2005, 02:07 PM

Work - Win2k, who cares? It's work.
Games - WinXP or OSX work fine for me
Fun, Fun Work, and Even More Games - Linux

Unix and Unix-derived OSes jive with my personal philosophy and would be my work platform if I had a choice.

Kitsune · 08-21-2005, 02:57 PM

Just moved to a Powerbook some months ago. The PC has collected dust ever since.

itzBoo · 08-22-2005, 12:05 AM

I am half and half of windows and macs, my reason for this is because they both have their advances and vice versa.

Hobbs · 08-23-2005, 10:07 AM

In all honesty, I would love to be excusively Mac, but I have better access to PC software at work. Most of the Mac stuff is also cost prohibative to own over a PC. The Macs multimedia capabilities is kickass.

Kitsune · 08-23-2005, 10:19 AM

Really, Hobbs? I found that with all of the software that comes with a Mac by default that it was cheaper in the long run.

Of course if by "better access" you really mean "pirate", then I understand what you mean.

Hobbs · 08-23-2005, 10:31 AM

Not pirated, our office is completly PC so I have access to quadrillion dollars of high end multimedia and 3d animation software.

Pie · 08-23-2005, 12:11 PM

At home we have:
1 windows box (almost never used)
2 Macs (1 cube & 1 TiBook)
2 Linux boxes (1 Slackware & 1 gentoo/MythTV)

08-21-2005, 01:15 AM	#1
itzBoo Profitable Prophet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 30	Windows Vs. Macs Are you a Windows or Mac Person?

08-21-2005, 03:01 AM	#2
Mr.Anon.E.Mouse Hiding behind a Belgian Chimay Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 92	Mac. __________________ "Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of this process at any point. Bigotry, ideologies etc. block the ability to receive; robotic reality-tunnels block the ability to decode or integrate new signals; censorship blocks transmission." -Robert Anton Wilson

08-21-2005, 07:27 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'd like to be a Mac person, but I'm a PC Games person, which means I'm a Windows person. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-21-2005, 12:56 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	My Mac days are way way behind me (this reprepsents the platform of my most recent experience). I didn't plunge into the windows world right away, though. I have a Pied Piper (CP/M) machine downstairs, along with the Amiga 1000 (both running, well, they were running when I parked them). Eventually, DOS, then Windows. Windows dominates my computing life now. I'm sure there are other similarly capable platforms available, but I just don't have the bandwidth to spare to get up to speed on them. Windows for work, Windows for home, Windows for recreation. sigh I'm happy to hear about all your other experiences. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-21-2005, 12:58 PM	#8
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I work on both, but prefer windows. Mac OS X has some really neat tools and tricks, but if you're not in the entertainment industry, virtually everyone is using Windows. I'll go with a 100 times bigger software selection, and the same or better performance to Mac in all areas (including graphics, sound, and video-editing), the same or better stability than Macs, and half the price of the Mac. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

08-21-2005, 03:17 AM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I gots a G4 and a PowerBook, but sometimes I have to work on a PC to check for compatibility, plus other things. Fine with me.

08-21-2005, 09:57 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have one of each. Mac for audio work, PC for everything else.

08-21-2005, 11:41 AM	#6
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	PC for games, plethora of Macs for everything else.

08-21-2005, 02:07 PM	#9
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Work - Win2k, who cares? It's work. Games - WinXP or OSX work fine for me Fun, Fun Work, and Even More Games - Linux Unix and Unix-derived OSes jive with my personal philosophy and would be my work platform if I had a choice.

08-21-2005, 02:57 PM	#10
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Just moved to a Powerbook some months ago. The PC has collected dust ever since.

08-22-2005, 12:05 AM	#11
itzBoo Profitable Prophet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 30	I am half and half of windows and macs, my reason for this is because they both have their advances and vice versa.

08-23-2005, 10:07 AM	#12
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	In all honesty, I would love to be excusively Mac, but I have better access to PC software at work. Most of the Mac stuff is also cost prohibative to own over a PC. The Macs multimedia capabilities is kickass. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-23-2005, 10:19 AM	#13
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Really, Hobbs? I found that with all of the software that comes with a Mac by default that it was cheaper in the long run. Of course if by "better access" you really mean "pirate", then I understand what you mean.

08-23-2005, 10:31 AM	#14
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	Not pirated, our office is completly PC so I have access to quadrillion dollars of high end multimedia and 3d animation software. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-23-2005, 12:11 PM	#15
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	At home we have: 1 windows box (almost never used) 2 Macs (1 cube & 1 TiBook) 2 Linux boxes (1 Slackware & 1 gentoo/MythTV) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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