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« on: February 18, 2010, 05:52:52 PM » |
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I'm curious why people like Macs. The way I see it:
Macs: Pros- -The Specs list features "Magic Mice". -The Dock is sorta cool. -...Yeah.
Cons- -Horrendously expensive compared to PCs of equal (And many times, even greater) power. -The ones we use at my school seem to have 20MHz Processors and a whole MB of RAM. It's beautiful, I have horror stories. -Doesn't do anything as well as a PC.
PC: Pros- -Easily upgradeable/Can easily be taken apart, etc. -Does everything better than everything else.
Cons- -....
Now, I might be a wee bit biased. Prove me wrong.
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 05:55:39 PM » |
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You, wrong? Those words don't go together. Your completely right...
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Americo24
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 07:44:07 PM » |
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okay i my self am a pc fan but I think your review is very biased torwards pc, and here is why
1. macs are just as interchangble as pc, they are easy to upgrade, its just the fact if you know what your doing
2. macs cost less in the long run, they kee their value much longer than pc, there are less viruses for them and repair whys they are much cheaper.
3. there functionality is equivilant to pc because they for one run parrell desktop so they can run windows xp (legaly) and soon windows 7
4. like you said the dock is awesome. also mac has some nifty programs
overall mac is more reliable and cheaper than pcs in the long run, also yu dont need to buy a new pc every 3 - 5 years. done via mobile
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 07:59:35 PM » |
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1. macs are just as interchangble as pc, they are easy to upgrade, its just the fact if you know what your doing
On a PC, you slide off part of the case and you have access to everything. I'm sure it isn't that simple on a Mac. 2. macs cost less in the long run, they kee their value much longer than pc, there are less viruses for them and repair whys they are much cheaper.
How can they keep their value longer than a PC? They don't cost less in the long run. I've had a PC for 8+ years that I only ever upgraded once, and that was a $75 AGP video card. I have even older ones that I still use occasionally. I have working parts from before I was born. I wouldn't know about the cost of repairs for PCs or Macs, I've never had to get one. And the Virus thing is not a valid argument. If you have ANY idea what you're doing at all on a PC, you will not get any viruses unless someone deliberately hops on your computer and plants one. They aren't made as often for Macs for a reason, most people use PCs. 3. there functionality is equivilant to pc because they for one run parrell desktop so they can run windows xp (legaly) and soon windows 7
That's over-complicating things, why would you blow away as much as 3 times the amount of money you might spend on a PC, on a Mac, and then just run Windows on it? If you run Windows on a PC, you can run Windows apps, you don't even need a VM. 4. like you said the dock is awesome. also mac has some nifty programs overall mac is more reliable and cheaper than pcs in the long run, also yu dont need to buy a new pc every 3 - 5 years.
The dock is nice, but I have a dock on my PC that has a bunch of themes and is very customizable. From what I've seen, Macs are not more reliable. You do not need to buy a new PC every 3-5 years. Mac has nifty programs, but the PC has better ones... for everything.
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2010, 08:11:13 PM » |
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the macs at my school are the most unreliable things i have ever saw. you spend more time trying to log in than you are working.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 09:50:58 PM » |
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1. macs are just as interchangble as pc, they are easy to upgrade, its just the fact if you know what your doing
On a PC, you slide off part of the case and you have access to everything. I'm sure it isn't that simple on a Mac. 2. macs cost less in the long run, they kee their value much longer than pc, there are less viruses for them and repair whys they are much cheaper.
How can they keep their value longer than a PC? They don't cost less in the long run. I've had a PC for 8+ years that I only ever upgraded once, and that was a $75 AGP video card. I have even older ones that I still use occasionally. I have working parts from before I was born. I wouldn't know about the cost of repairs for PCs or Macs, I've never had to get one. And the Virus thing is not a valid argument. If you have ANY idea what you're doing at all on a PC, you will not get any viruses unless someone deliberately hops on your computer and plants one. They aren't made as often for Macs for a reason, most people use PCs. 3. there functionality is equivilant to pc because they for one run parrell desktop so they can run windows xp (legaly) and soon windows 7
That's over-complicating things, why would you blow away as much as 3 times the amount of money you might spend on a PC, on a Mac, and then just run Windows on it? If you run Windows on a PC, you can run Windows apps, you don't even need a VM. 4. like you said the dock is awesome. also mac has some nifty programs overall mac is more reliable and cheaper than pcs in the long run, also yu dont need to buy a new pc every 3 - 5 years.
The dock is nice, but I have a dock on my PC that has a bunch of themes and is very customizable. From what I've seen, Macs are not more reliable. You do not need to buy a new PC every 3-5 years. Mac has nifty programs, but the PC has better ones... 1. macs are just as interchangble as pc, they are easy to upgrade, its just the fact if you know what your doing
On a PC, you slide off part of the case and you have access to everything. I'm sure it isn't that simple on a Mac. 2. macs cost less in the long run, they kee their value much longer than pc, there are less viruses for them and repair whys they are much cheaper.
How can they keep their value longer than a PC? They don't cost less in the long run. I've had a PC for 8+ years that I only ever upgraded once, and that was a $75 AGP video card. I have even older ones that I still use occasionally. I have working parts from before I was born. I wouldn't know about the cost of repairs for PCs or Macs, I've never had to get one. And the Virus thing is not a valid argument. If you have ANY idea what you're doing at all on a PC, you will not get any viruses unless someone deliberately hops on your computer and plants one. They aren't made as often for Macs for a reason, most people use PCs. 3. there functionality is equivilant to pc because they for one run parrell desktop so they can run windows xp (legaly) and soon windows 7
That's over-complicating things, why would you blow away as much as 3 times the amount of money you might spend on a PC, on a Mac, and then just run Windows on it? If you run Windows on a PC, you can run Windows apps, you don't even need a VM. 4. like you said the dock is awesome. also mac has some nifty programs overall mac is more reliable and cheaper than pcs in the long run, also yu dont need to buy a new pc every 3 - 5 years.
The dock is nice, but I have a dock on my PC that has a bunch of themes and is very customizable. From what I've seen, Macs are not more reliable. You do not need to buy a new PC every 3-5 years. Mac has nifty programs, but the PC has better ones... for everything. for everything. Alright disturbed. 1. your anology dealing ith your own personal computer, that is you, you know what your doing with your computer, the average user doesn't so they aren't going to "waste" time upgrading it, its good that you had you computer for 8+ years, but truly what are the specs? Do you think it can tun some of the newest programs for windows? can it really run vista or 7? oh wait vista? Thats the Crap os. 2. Opening up a tower mac (not the all in ones) is just as simple as a pc, only difference is that the wires are cleaner as in there not all over the place or tied down like in pcs. 3. Macs keep there value longer because there hardware has no need to change, there hardware for laptops are lighter than pcs, and you know its a fact expeciall if you bring up a mac book, or a pro. 4. You failed to bring up your argument about mac being able to run windows xp and 7 LEGALLY, so therefore A mac is open torwards WINDOW AND MAC APPLICATION so therfore that is one MAJOR advatange over the pc. 5 You can use Kalyway or another mac for pc but the driver support isn't really that great and dont get started on updates! oh and one more thing... 6. There is usually only one Kind of mac out at a time which means way better driver support also there customer service is alot better wait there is more 7.Macs are equivalent or better than Pcs, face it disturbed.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2010, 10:01:34 PM » |
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The Apple Software updater sucks. PCs are better overall, despite any advantages that the Macs, might have. PCs are also more customizable. Sorry, Americo, I agree with Disturbed, for the most part. But the battle between PCs and Mac will be everlasting....
You know what? Screw Mac and PC, I think Linux is the BEST. lol jk
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2010, 10:02:41 PM » |
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The Macs at your school more than likely are super old we still have G3s but they come with a 2.2 and 4gb of RAM.
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2010, 10:03:32 PM » |
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The Macs at your school more than likely are super old we still have G3s but they come with a 2.2 and 4gb of RAM.
no those are "macbooks"
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 10:04:04 PM » |
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The Macs at your school more than likely are super old we still have G3s but they come with a 2.2 and 4gb of RAM.
ours are about 3 years old. Macbooks. Wost computer I ever used...
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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2010, 10:04:27 PM » |
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Disturbed, And Dave, Macs are just customizable as pcs, I countered every advantage of a pc over a mac, macs are better, pcs are great to
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2010, 10:05:21 PM » |
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The Macs at your school more than likely are super old we still have G3s but they come with a 2.2 and 4gb of RAM.
ours are about 3 years old. Macbooks. Wost computer I ever used... 3 yueafrs would be an ibook g4, those are pretty face, they probably need a defrag.
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2010, 10:05:46 PM » |
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Disturbed, And Dave, Macs are just customizable as pcs, I countered every advantage of a pc over a mac, macs are better, pcs are great to
I don't believe their OS is as customizable as a PCs. Even my friend who is a die hard Mac fan agrees with me on this.
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« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2010, 10:14:35 PM » |
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Macbooks are awesome maybe the one you got are messed up idk but I can pretty much fix a lot of Mac problems because I was going to be a AMCT once upon a time. But I have never had a problem out of a Macbook EVER and our Macbooks are 3 years old also there the first ones that came out.
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« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2010, 10:16:06 PM » |
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the major problem we have with our macbooks is logging on. you can log in on the first try MAYBE 10% of the time....
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