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BareAss : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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1125 days 4 hours ago...

Yeah, why give element311 negative votes? What he said is his opinion and he has every right to hold it... Just because most of us have grown up around PCs doesn't mean they're better than Macs at EVERYTHING.

McPenis_Filet : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

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1125 days 4 hours ago...

I found that the older macs are more efficiant as end tables, than actual computers, and the new ones(ex:Mac OSX or whatever) can be classified in the "useless junk" category, or even the "bad christmas present" category.

Macs are the homer simpson of computers, and even though they have their own stupid advantages for certain people, for me, they are just useless. Im a normal person, so I dont "design shit" or "make music" optionally in my spare time. Why would I need a Mac when I got my vastly outdated, yet more efficiant WINDOWS ME? (even though Millenium edition still kind of blows)

However, I do miss that lemonade stand game that was always on the old macs back in the elementry school days... back in a more simple time.

touch : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

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1125 days 3 hours ago...

laff @ the windows fanboys... "vista will fix everything" etc etc etc...hmmm sum1s gonna be a little dissapointed in a few months :)

anyway, i have a pc....that dual boots Ubuntu linux and OSX tiger :D i win

WaSSaBi06 : LVL 5: VP 1.4: said:

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1125 days 3 hours ago...

people who like macs are pretty much the people who don't know how to use a computer... i've been using PCs with windows all my life and i have never had a problem with it... if you know how to keep your computer clean, have a little common sense with what you download, your PC should not have any problems what-so-ever....

Macs are only virus free because there market share is so small compared to windows... i remember someone was able to hack into an apple in under 30 minutes, as in, he could do anything he wanted with your computer... Macs are not superior to PCs, Windows XP shows that, but when Vista comes it will blow macs out of business...

btw, Ipods are trash too... they break so easily...

dil_chil : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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1125 days 3 hours ago...

Macs are better for multimedia stuff for PROFESSIONALS. Look at reocrding studios and video editors for movies. Most the time they are using a Mac. Honestly both OS's are good and its basically all down to which do you like more. I myself have a PC but i'm going to get a mac next year.

A_High_Monkey : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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1125 days 2 hours ago...

pc kicks ass

yuripogi : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

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1125 days 2 hours ago...

I have the power to RIGHT CLICK!!!

Midknight (Admin) : LVL 45: VP 5: said:

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1125 days 2 hours ago...

I remember the pre-Jobs "Switch" campaign. It was absolutely hilarious from a programmers point of view. At the time, Macs were *notoriously* unstable. Case in point, System 7.

Neither platform can accuse the other of instability nowadays.

Okonomiyaki3000 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

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1125 days 1 hour ago...

As usual, a huge amount of ignorance on this thread.

What can you do on a Mac that you can't do on Windows? Technically, not much. You can pretty much do the same stuff, just better. Someone mentioned MS Movie Maker. Compare it to iMovie. Go ahead, just give both a chance and tell me you still prefer the Windows solution. Audio? Sure both systems can play back audio, that's a no brainer. How about making your own. Does Windows have anything to counter Garage Band?

How about working with multiple languages? I know it's not a big deal for most but I routinely work with a mix of Japanese and English text and Windows has huge problems recognizing different text encodings. It just illustrates how shoddily Windows was designed.

Probably the biggest thing for me is the display of text on screen. Despite all of the multimedia content that's available now, the most common thing most people do with their computers is still read text. Anyone who has a job where they spend hours looking at text on screen knows that it makes your eyes very tired and sore after a while. Unless you use a Mac. Windows' chunky, pixelated text is offensive to the eye. Mac's smooth fonts are more like printed text. It seems like a small thing but it's actually the most important issue in the man-machine interface.

Finally, someone mentioned Macs freezing up in a computer lab. First of all, you can only be talking about poorly maintained 6 year old OS9 machines. Nobody is talking about Windows 98, let's stay on a comparison of XP/Vista to OS X. OS X does not freeze up. If you've found a way to make it freeze up then you have managed to misconfigure your machines in some baffling way and you have only yourself to blame. And your ignorance shows when you say they must be unplugged to be restarted. Do you think a company that puts so much work into the outward design of their machines would overlook something like that? Please.

NerdSlayer : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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1124 days 23 hours ago...

Macs are sexy!

vgplayer : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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1124 days 23 hours ago...

why do people start 'thread wars' on everything. this was just a video making fun of macs, because this is spiked humor remember. even though it wasn't very funny. And ya, i prefer PC because i grew up w/ them and have learned how to use them. Also because i like to play games. I do have a mac, i just don't use it as much as my PC. and for someone like me, i have used both iMovie and Movie Maker and there isn't much difference when you only use them once every 4 months. I also have Photoshop CS2 and Corel Painter instaled on both macines. The guy who said his mac labs keep crashing, my hs comp lab crashed every couple days after it was upgraded to OS X machines. I have only had to reformat my beloved VAIO once, and that was because my younger brother fugged up some hardware settings and uninstalled some vital programs, actually almost everything in the add/remove programs window. It has never actually crashed in the 2.5 years i have owned it. my mac dosnt have a 4.7 Ghz CPU clock speed either.

DJOmegaRush : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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1124 days 23 hours ago...

@Bloodwolf808

It's not about what you can or can't do with a PC or a MAC. It's what functions better at what task.
If you write a game and you want to port it to a mac, it's not as simple as it seems. If the game is direct x only, then you might have a tough time. If it's open gl based, you might have an easier time with porting it over. I'm sure macs have their own APIs to handle the graphics.

Since macs are geared to ONLY certain hardware, the can focus on functionality more that compatibility. Therefore, apple can tweak their hw and sw better. The OS and the hardware are 'closer' on a mac too. You don't have to jump through 3-5 files just to talk to the hardware.
Windows will jump through multiple files (sometimes) to get to the hardware for compatibility reasons.

That is why it is best to use a mac for multimedia editing.
That is why it is best to use a PC for games, ect.
Both can be used for general functions, (internet, porn, ect).

@ touch

I've done the suse 10, other nuxs, Tiger x86 (had to buy a usb keyboard to get it to work), vista, ect. Just cause I've explored my options and made a choice, doesn't make me a 'fan boy', it makes me informed and educated unlike yourself mr. 'anti-fan boy'. You obviously are shallow and really have no fucking clue what you're talking about if you jump to conclusions that quick my friend.

Ultimate : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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1124 days 22 hours ago...

mac r for people stupid for computers and pcs are for people who know computers thats why the mac has 1 mouse button and can only play like a couple of games... sucks for gaming and flash, (trust me lags alot on flash runs a million times faster on pc) all i can tell u is mac for dumb people and pc for smart people

@yuripogi
macs can right click they hold the ctrl button and click (witch is kinda stupid)

b3x : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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1124 days 20 hours ago...

some of these guys comment here bout mac, doesnt seem to know much bout mac..

use a mac before u jump into conclusion, u like a pc doesnt mean mac sucks. i uses pc and mac, both has thier pros and cons, and one button mouse isnt the reason u hate mac, just chnge the damn mouse!

no games is not a reason either, get Bootcamp and install windows. there u go, dual boot windows and osx.

but mac cant use itunes to convert wma to mp3, so i use pc. thats how both of them compromise.

Faint : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

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1124 days 20 hours ago...

A PC is a PC, if you're extremely into graphics/movies and you can afford a Mac, why not? I just don't like the way Macs feel. Besides, it's not like you can't do the same stuff on Windows.

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