Greater productivity - I speak from bitter experience of owning a Sony VAIO laptop with Windows 98. Never again.
The often cited lack of games "deal-breaker" isn't an issue for me as I own a 360 Elite.
I'm a perfectionist and Snow Leopard is as close as anyone has got to perfection in an Operating System and Graphical User Interface*
*that doesn't prevent me from being dissatisfied with it and working on creating my own alternative computing environment to suit my needs, but I would rather hack together a new system on a Mac than a Wintel box.
I mostly use a Mac because of my schoolwork. Protools is easier to use on a Mac and I had a PC once and it came down with something every two or three weeks that cost so much to repair, I figured it would be cheaper to use a Mac.
With Macs, its mostly the user-friendliness and the intuitive nature of their interfaces. I have a PC for gaming because Mac, as a gaming computer, sucks, but this is more Apple's and Microsoft's fault than anything.
Sorry, I went off on a tangent there. If you really want an answer, I would have to say NO VIRUSES!!!!!
Phones don't tend to run desktop operating systems, which is the general category I'm getting at (neither do 360s or PS3s, but they're still running on traditional architecture). And I'm using a PC in the technical sense, but not the colloquial. That's what I meant in the first post (though I didn't expound on it because I figured it wasn't necessary).
I've been using Mac since I've been using computers. The last 3 years, I'm also using a Windows computer regularly.
I like the Mac interface. I find it far more intuitive than the Windows one. I like how I can just buy an iMac with everything I need in it, without having problems with drivers. I find them very nice looking, although this is not a big issue. I like how I get the iLife applications for free if I buy an Apple computer, so I got easy to use applications like iMovie and iPhoto. (Although I'll admit I'm no great fan of the latest iMovie).
Maybe it's just because I've grown used to it, but I really really dislike the Windows GUI. I got a Windows XP and I find it very bleh.
Some issues that might be minor but annoyed me:
-When I insert a USB/CD/external harddrive, I see no icon appear on the desktop. I want that.
-I find the search feature extremely slow and wtf is that dog doing there.
-I find the icons rather bad looking.
-Window's Auto updates are a mystery to me. I don't see what programs it updates and what it did. It also has the annoying tendency to appear to warn me about a restart even though I clicked on the 'restart later' option when the friggin popup appears.
etc etc. I've just grown fond of Mac OS 10.5/10.6 by now <3
But at some point I just had to get a Windows machine . At first school kinda required it, as otherwise I had to do all my computer-based homework at the schoolibrary and that sucks. Secondly, although Macintosh had some great games (Marathon,Duke Nukem, Starcraft & other blizzard titles, Simcity 3000 etc) , some of the games that looked way awesome to me were not ported to Macintosh. Also, Apple simply refuses to let the prices of games drop. I like Apple, but if they sell Civilization IV for like 40 bucks when I can get Civilization IV + 2 expansions for Windows for only 20, I prefer the Windows one.
So now I like to think I got the best of both worlds. For surfing the internet, MSNing, and general non-gaming activities I use my Macintosh account, and if I want to play Team Fortress 2 or STALKER I use Bootcamp to launch Windows.
I admit, I was an Apple fanboy once. But now I'm older and I see that Apple is just another computer brand. I like it, but it has it's flaws. I now just can't stand computer fanboys anymore, either Windows or Apple ones. It's pointless to debate which OS 'sucks' or not, it's all personal opinion. We're not making fun of people who drive in a different brand of car, or use a different brand of air conditioner, so why this war between Windows /Mac is going on goes beyond me.
Phones don't tend to run desktop operating systems, which is the general category I'm getting at (neither do 360s or PS3s, but they're still running on traditional architecture). And I'm using a PC in the technical sense, but not the colloquial. That's what I meant in the first post (though I didn't expound on it because I figured it wasn't necessary).
Guys, this was a joke. Really. xD I only did it because I had the first post, so I needed a /thread remark. To each there own, I personally prefer my PC, because I'm not paying $1000.00 more for a pretty picture.
I don't use Macs for two reasons. One is to avoid the "Elitist prick" stereotype. The other is because I have no need to edit various forms of multimedia.
I'm sorry, but I have to call you out on that one. I assume you are referring to Adobe products such as Photoshop.
Your statement is simply untrue about "Macs are better at artwork/design." I'm a graphic designer and have used both Windows and OSX extensively and can say there is literally no difference between the two in that manner. Except for the price tag of the hardware, the software is identical and the same results can be achieved on either OS.
I do, however, prefer Windows over OSX. I mean, when you're buying a computer, why handicap yourself and spend more money to boot?
Ubuntu is probably the least time consuming linux build (that I've used), that was more of a "linux in general" is more time consuming, as you can't use linux without spending ages making everything your own (I mean, you could..but nobody does). Lately I've not been using any unix build as I've discovered the joys of solidworks on a 64bit system (seriously, with less than a billion gigs of ram that shit doesn't move, it's nice to have shit done within the hour) that said, Debian was always the cool one (before this gets out of hand, I should point out that I am teasing you and I that I have no problem with ubuntu whatsoever).
Macs are actually pretty damn good for everything but gaming. I think if I had the money I would have a mac laptop for school and media editing related purposes, and a pc for the large amounts of gaming I do.
Apple users don't assemble their own computers from bits and pieces, their only concern is software, most of which is either designed by Apple, or conforms to their Human Interface Guidelines document. As a result the end-user experience is very consistent. Design is not just "branding", or "styling", but quantifiable improvements to productivity through the removal of 'friction' from commonly performed acts. In a way, Apple design is fascist and dictatorial. You are not allowed the same choices and flexibility that you get with Linux (and to a lesser extent with Windows as its source is closed) as a group of designers have made an "informed decision" what is best for you. Understandably, many people hate this.
What (non-Apple) PC users fail to grasp is that they don't find their Windows box to be all that difficult to use (and therefore an Apple box seems to them to be unnecessarily expensive as they feel that they aren't getting 'value for money' as its supposed greater "ease of use" seems to be a moot point, considering that they are comfortable with their DLLs and Registry Cleaners, etc. and aren't paying a premium for less flexibility), but a typical Mac user would drown in all of Windows' complexities. Sure, some Mac users partition their drives and run Windows and even Linux (Linus Torvalds owns a Mac, but only runs Linux on it), or use some virtualisation software, like Parallels, but they are in the minority.
Here Parallels lets you mix windows from OS X with Windows and drag & drop between them.
Here is Crysis running in a Windows window on the Mac desktop, but you'd probably be better off using Boot Camp.
...but owning a PC does mean doing without Mac software.
So, in summary, (non-Apple) PC users don't comprehend why anyone would pay through the nose for 'cool design' when they can build a much cheaper PC and have more control over how it operates with Windows. The truth is that they are blind to their own expertise, Apple users like the apparent consistency and simplicity of the Mac and OS X without understanding that this would have been impossible to engineer without Apple having full control over both the hardware and (the majority of) the software. In fact, it is only when you look at a truly integrated product that you understand their priorities are to make life-enhancing devices rather than multi-purpose computers.
Better than texting...
So, if you really want to boil it down. Apple products are for noobs, or to be more polite: "creatives who just want to get their work done with the absolute minimum of fuss and distraction". Despite, my technical expertise in programming software, that is the reason why I prefer them.
Mac/Apple an their OS are FAR better and more stable than anything MS has ever released. The computers themselves, while using many of the same components, are designed better as well.
At work on multiple different PC's I am constantly crashing, getting hang ups, and in general just poor performance. The MS OS simply cannot handle any serious type of work involving video, audio or graphics. It can however run Word very well. On my Mac (with half the memory I might add) I routinely open up 2gb files in Photoshop and have no problem what so ever. I edit the exact same video, audio and graphic files without any of the crashing. It too can run Word.
Its just an easier OS to work with, but also has that command line level of interface if you want it. Even the mouse moves across the screen better. Seriously.
example: At work to get my PC to recognize a network printer takes my tech guy 5-10 minutes to get working. And no my tech guy doesn't suck. Thats just the amount of bullshit you have to do on a MS OS.
On my Mac I turn it on, it sees the printer on the network and prints. Done. No tech guy needed, no special hoops I have to jump through, no time wasted. Hell I don't even need a friggin driver if I don't have it. It just works. This is just one example of many.
Dear Mac Users: Please stop blanketing good computers under the name "PC" and thinking they are actually manufactured by Microsoft. The only thing Microsoft contributes is the OS, and most people are using Ubuntu for anything not gaming related nowadays anyway.
That said, I've never seen the point to a owning MAC. You're paying three times as much for the name; that's really all. Though if you pay twice as much as the already-exorbitant price, you can get a Mac that fits into a manila envelope and thus entertain your retarded brother for hours. It goes in! It comes out! Oooh, ah!
I have used a Mac, and did not like it. Firstly, the appearance was offputting, cold steel is just not my thing. Second was the lack of customizability, the fixed options at inflated prices made me feel like I was using a market scam to word process things. Finally, it refused to talk to my printer, my MP4 or my scanner, I don't know why. It just told me that the drivers wouldn't install and I was not going to buy specialist replacements. I sold it, got most of the money back and bought my current Windows Vista laptop at half the cost of the Mac.
I have also never had a problem with Vista, not one of the major bugs people constantly cite have manifested. The only thing that happens is every now and then the scroll function on my touch pad stops working and I have to use the up and down keys to scroll.
And to those saying use Ubuntu. I have and I didn't see the appeal. Yes it looks nice and runs smoothly, but so does my Vista machine and that doesn't require a knowledge of programming and coding to be able to get the most out of it. Linux based systems are only really worthwhile for people who have a good knowledge of PC coding.
Not really considering Apple never really bothers to sell the OS on it's own. The OS is merely there as an excuse for Apple to sell standard PC hardware stuck in a shiny white, clear, or colored case at twice the price.
OS is nice, but the price and lack of too much functionality outside of work ruin it all for me. The only reason I would use a Mac is if work required me to use it. I don't own one, but I used it often for graphics and printing.
Personally, I prefer Windows just because it really does handle everything.
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