does anyone has a reason to use Windows(pc) and not mac?

even when apple was PPC based hardware they were still cheaper than the IBM counter parts or the sun spark stations that used PPC hardware. In all honesty, it was not really fair to compare back in the day.

However, I am talking about right now, as in 2006 model Macs. They are cheaper than the same spec'd Dells for the same exact hardware.
 
Don't forget the prices on a new system have dropped "tremendously" over the last 20yrs. or so. An IBM or DEC was a budget system compared to what SUN came out with. The average price for a full workstation was only $10,000 in those days. Now you can buy a cheapo prebuilt system for what? under $400 in some cases and even that will do far more.
 
mac cost too much money. the real reason to use a mac is for video editing. if you are not using a mac for its specific feature i dont know why you are. $300 can get a good PC for a family that just useds the interenet and word processing. $300 gets you an iPod.
 
I would go a little bit higher on good low cost system then just $300 unless you plan to buy something off of EBay. :confused: :eek: no way! :P Just the price of a cpu alone for your own build would run close to $200 on an S939 board to stay at the bare minimum for just a 2 to 3 year period of time. Since most want to run at least the occasional game the 1gb of ram and a half way decent video card will add to that will climb over that amount before the board, case, supply, and monitor are totaled. A low end prebuilt will start around $400 and go up from there with just the bare minimum of 256-512mb.
 
i never used Mac before, always used PC, never will use Mac..

only time i used a Mac was about 7 yrs. ago in 4th grade lol, forget what it was, old as hell though...
 
Macs are generally better systems in my opinions. Very reliable, and some of the new G5s can hold up to 16GB of RAM ;drool.

As for Apple and Linux, the Linux creator WORKED for Apple (and still does I think).

PCs are better for gaming, although they are making a comeback with Bootcamp - it allows you to boot into Windows from a mac, and I think one person here on the forums owns a very sexy 24" iMac that plays most of his games on some pretty nice settings.

I've owned both, and the only reason I have a PC is because of the upgradability and when I got it, bootcamp was but only released ;P
 
tlarkin said:
For the record last I read apple had like an 11% market share, and it keeps growing. Now that macs can run windows, I think you may see a larger increase in that market share.
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If you count the ones in schools it might, mabe come close to that. But in public I think its closer to 3%
 
StrangleHold said:
If you count the ones in schools it might, mabe come close to that. But in public I think its closer to 3%
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Actually, that is correct its about 3.5% (they are ranked 6th) in the private sector. They don't keep track of public sector sales I think, but am not sure. We have about an 7% mac population at my work.
 
Apple/Mac has always been seen in public schools far more then in the home environment due the cost factor. With opening up of the internet where now everyone was then in a rush to get online the increase of home pcs grew to the point where competition was seen in lower pricing. The IBM platform and having an IBM compatible "pc" became the winning ticket. Eventually the Apple team had to start looking where the X86 trend was going. They waited far too long and lost the lead there.
 
OS X 10.5 (codename Leopard) is going to be cool. I am actually looking forward to it more than Vista. However, I am not an elitist by any means, I use both, support both, and like both.

I run windows, linux, and os x servers (xserves at work) and they all have their merit.
 
You are going to find more and more that programs generally run on only one at one time are now seeing support on one or both of the others. You can run some Linux distros on a Windows system just like there are a few programs for running Windows on a Linux machine. Apple/MAC is now seeing more support for MS orientated programs.
 
another question:
i never installed Mac.
how is it? is it complicated? harder than Windows xp? you insert the dvd and you click install and thats all? or windows xp si easier to install?
 
Installing OS X is leagues easier, their installer very basic and straight forward. No third party drivers to load, no hitting F6 to load a third party driver only off a freaking floppy disk.

Plus they have some unique booting options like netrestore and target mode which make imaging them very easy. Those features are built into the OS.
 
Impr3ssiv3 said:
thats because those are made for being used as mini server


the G5's arent really meant for the average user
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Wow, this is completely wrong. G5s and Mac Pros are Professional workstations. If you are just going to surf the internet and play solitare then, yes, a mac pro is way overkill

That is why they have mac minis, imacs, macbooks, etc. For average users who just want mac platform.
 
alexandergre said:
just gaming???? LOL.
so there is nothing that windows has and not mac?
but there is gameconsoles such as xbox and .... u can buy them
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I have a Windows PC because im a gamer. Pretty much every game made is compatible with Windows, however Mac's have a very limited variety of game titles.

Also Mac's are compatible with much less software, and all of the software I use besides Photoshop arent available on the Mac's.

I also don't like the way they are designed, or the GUI of the OS itself.
 
Both Windows and Linux have been run here with a lot more general support available for either while MAC is kind of a closed community type OS. Basically that means you buy Macware only instead of most software titles sold retail. Meanwhile programmers in the MS and Linux camps are finding ways to make programs easier to run on both the Windows and Linux platforms.
 
PC eye said:
Both Windows and Linux have been run here with a lot more general support available for either while MAC is kind of a closed community type OS. Basically that means you buy Macware only instead of most software titles sold retail. Meanwhile programmers in the MS and Linux camps are finding ways to make programs easier to run on both the Windows and Linux platforms.
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Dude, Macs can run windows natively, virtually, and have applications which puts windows APIs on the system you can run windows based software natively. The Devs that made that software for linux make it for the Mac platform now.

There is also an open source version called Darwine. Also, next major OS release Apple is throwing the Devs a few bones by giving out source code to the open source community. Mainly with their graphics stuff.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/coreanimation.html
 
tlarkin said:
Dude, Macs can run windows natively, virtually, and have applications which puts windows APIs on the system you can run windows based software natively. The Devs that made that software for linux make it for the Mac platform now.

There is also an open source version called Darwine. Also, next major OS release Apple is throwing the Devs a few bones by giving out source code to the open source community. Mainly with their graphics stuff.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/coreanimation.html
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As a rule you would need a software like Virtual PC For Mac or the older program called Soft Windows. To run Mac programs on your pc you would need a program like SoftMac XP, Gemulator 2000, vMac, Fusion PC, Basilisk II, PearPC, or another type of emulator.
 
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