What makes a pc better than a mac?

People say "video editing, video editing, great customer service, no viruses..."

But with a PC, you can easily:

Get better parts to edit video faster than a mac.
Get quality components and get that great customer service w/o paying an extra 50$ for what should be free.
Firewall or something.
 
ScottALot said:
People say "video editing, video editing, great customer service, no viruses..."

But with a PC, you can easily:

Get better parts to edit video faster than a mac.
Get quality components and get that great customer service w/o paying an extra 50$ for what should be free.
Firewall or something.
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Try beating apples service, their service is great even if it is a bit, well, idiot oriented.

Most of the major studios use mac to edit video, as there are alot of programs only out there for mac.
 
Yah, program orientation is a major factor.
I wouldn't pay an extra 400$ for a computer for excellent customer service when most of my PC parts will be RMA'd for just shipping costs.
 
Stoic Sentinel said:
If I'm not mistaken, Macs can still acquire trojans? :P
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Any system can acquire malware/trojans/spyware if the user installs in unknowingly. I could package up a pirated version of a Mac application and slip a launch daemon in there that rooted the machine. When the user runs the installer and puts in their password to run, their machine is then rooted. Those kinds of attacks are can not be stopped by any OS security from any OS or platform.

Now, OS X, and Unix for that matter has zero, in the wild self propagating viruses. Actually the nature of a virus is to self propagate. Also, when you follow best practices on a *nix box, the chances of you being remotely exploited are pretty much nil, to zero. There is a reason why Unix runs the Internet and all of the cached DNS servers, because it is very stable and very secure.

Windows, is not a secure OS since there is no authentication to install software at all.
 
After a bit of looking this is the best list of IPS LCD TFT monitors I could find. The price range varies but anything comparable to the iMac 27" is going to be in the $800 to $1,000 or more range. I found a NEC one that was $1900 with the same specs as the Apple display.

http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/s-ips-lcd-list.php

So, it seems really the iMac is going to actually be a lot cheaper part for part and spec for spec.

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Seems the NEC was over $2,000 actually

http://www.buildyourowncomputer.com/page/B/PROD/78616G

It has the same specs and same resolution as the iMac 27" IPS monitor. I think that this one is a bit better in other areas, justifying it's high price.
 
bomberboysk said:
Most of the major studios use mac to edit video, as there are alot of programs only out there for mac.
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Indeed, but this is due as much to Mac's clever advertising as it is to software.

In Audio, however, it's still a hotly debated topic. A bit of a moot point though, as Linux has them both beat with its malleability, and Ubuntu Studio's ability to function as a real time OS. You'd be amazed at how much that helps with latency.
 
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Drenlin said:
Indeed, but this is due as much to Mac's clever advertising as it is to software.

In Audio, however, it's still a hotly debated topic. A bit of a moot point though, as Linux has them both beat with its malleability, and Ubuntu Studio's ability to function as a real time OS. You'd be amazed at how much that helps with latency.
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I have worked for several studios fixing their digital equipment. All of them used Macs with M-Audio equipment and Pro tools, with the exception of one studio that was Macs and Logic Audio.

Sure, you can do it on a PC, but as far as I can tell with my experience the preferred platform is the Mac.
 
maybe combining pc and mac is a good idea... because they both have weaknesses... but if they develop a computer together then this question doesn't need an answer.... why can't this Gates and Raskin/Apple team combine? a better computer may someday we use under both name... Microsoft and Apple.. lol...
 
feyarts said:
maybe combining pc and mac is a good idea... because they both have weaknesses... but if they develop a computer together then this question doesn't need an answer.... why can't this Gates and Raskin/Apple team combine? a better computer may someday we use under both name... Microsoft and Apple.. lol...
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Micro-Apple creates the PC-Mac :D

I doubt that will ever happen, although ages ago gates and jobs were friends at some point.
 
linkin93 said:
Micro-Apple creates the PC-Mac :D

I doubt that will ever happen, although ages ago gates and jobs were friends at some point.
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They still are friends, they had dinner together at some tech conference a few years back. They sat and talked for hours.

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I think they were sharing fishing stories...
 
tlarkin said:
I have worked for several studios fixing their digital equipment. All of them used Macs with M-Audio equipment and Pro tools, with the exception of one studio that was Macs and Logic Audio.

Sure, you can do it on a PC, but as far as I can tell with my experience the preferred platform is the Mac.
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I just can't stay out of arguments with you, can I? Lol.

MAcs do outnumber PC's, yes. But in audio a PC can do everything a mac can do. Larger studios use mac because it's the perceived "standard", but to anyone else who doesn't care about how the studio looks, it's a tossup. Last time my band recorded, it was using mostly Alesis equipment, with a PC running XP and I think Adobe Audition.

My brother's band recorded their whole album using only a PreSonus Firepod and an awesome program called Reaper. Needed better mics though. >.<
 
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this pretty much sum it up. But in my opinion a pc is more customisable it feels, more of YOUR pc cause you can build it from scratch. Yes the mac may be better for photoshopping, and it may have ddr3 ram and crap but whats the point in this if you cant play a sodding game on it? If macs are so bloody amazing why cant they play games? XD they are also completely overpriced and a fashion item lol.
 
Turbo10 said:
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this pretty much sum it up. But in my opinion a pc is more customisable it feels, more of YOUR pc cause you can build it from scratch. Yes the mac may be better for photoshopping, and it may have ddr3 ram and crap but whats the point in this if you cant play a sodding game on it? If macs are so bloody amazing why cant they play games? XD they are also completely overpriced and a fashion item lol.
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Actually Macs, especially the new ones have some pretty advanced hardware architecture that PCs do not even use or have available. Of course I doubt anyone would actually take the time to read up on the facts about each piece of hardware, rather to play into opinions based on misinformation.
 
tlarkin said:
Actually Macs, especially the new ones have some pretty advanced hardware architecture that PCs do not even use or have available. Of course I doubt anyone would actually take the time to read up on the facts about each piece of hardware, rather to play into opinions based on misinformation.
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I think that's the best, shortest, well thought out reply I've ever seen. :good:
 
tlarkin said:
Actually Macs, especially the new ones have some pretty advanced hardware architecture that PCs do not even use or have available. Of course I doubt anyone would actually take the time to read up on the facts about each piece of hardware, rather to play into opinions based on misinformation.
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exactly what hardware architecture do they have that pc's dont?
 
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