Should i buy a Mac ?

if i had the money i would not buy a mac and a PC, even if i was a billionair i would not buy a mac... just bc i dont like them lol, I would instead buy a better PC
 
i would buy a mac if i have room to place another computer desk. just because i want to use their cool speakers and mouse and keyboard and OSX but it will soon be over when the port over the OS for pc.
 
I would buy a mac for work, and a pc for screwing around with games.

About photoshop, I there is something wrong with my pc because it takesphotoshop elements 2 minutes to start up on my pc, and the profesional version tkes 20 seconds on our macs at school.
 
well u must not have the best comp. lol

I dont like macs for a number of reasons, they dont have a start menu, only the taskbar thing on the bottom, and i have so many programs they wouldnt fit there. Also you can upgrade a pc alot easier then a mac (mostly cause pc's have more compatible hardware). No right click, you need to hit another button then click (very hard for playing games), and there isnt nearly as much software for it.
 
uhhh...

Wow guys....seriously you need not to be so biased against macs. I work at CompUSA so I sell both PC's and Macs, and also I own both a built pc and a Powerbook 15 inch...and I have to say that the mac is awesome. Surely the mac is an inferior gaming machine as compared to the raw power and flexibitily of a well built PC...but gaming is not the only thing we use computers for. What about doing simple task like surfing the internet? I use my PC for gaming and use my MAC for EVERYTHING else...because Windows OS is prone to viruses due to the fact that Windows based hardware and software is a largerr market, thus you have all kinds of people writing viruses for them...and even still there are people tryin to write them for the MAC but can't because OSX is so darn stable and well protected. And who cares about software compatibility? if you can't find certain software for the MAC that you have used with the PC, you can find a similar or comparable software for the mac...and it's usually better!!...all I know is, 90% of the salesman at my store sell both PC's and MAC's, but each of us own MAC's (no kidding), and for good reason...I personally love selling MAC's because people don't return them, hmmm...I wonder why???
 
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geoff5093 said:
I dont like macs for a number of reasons, they dont have a start menu
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no they dont have a start menu, but they do have finder. and just because the start menu is there, does not mean it rules all. linux does not have a start menu. . .
 
mini mac . isnt it neat
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34erd said:
I would buy a mac for work, and a pc for screwing around with games.

About photoshop, I there is something wrong with my pc because it takesphotoshop elements 2 minutes to start up on my pc, and the profesional version tkes 20 seconds on our macs at school.
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no elements takes alot longer to load than the normal version, they aren't the same thing at all, elements has to find all the pictures and photoshop only has to load itself
 
Mac Mini = Worthless, sure it's tiny, pretty, cool and all that good stuff. But $499 for that? You can get the Dell $300 deal and it's much better than a Mac mini. If I had to pick one thing I hated about Macs, it would be the prices...
 
celsdogg said:
no they dont have a start menu, but they do have finder. and just because the start menu is there, does not mean it rules all. linux does not have a start menu. . .
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which is why i dont like linux :D

and some versions do have a start menu, although they arnt called a start menu. And that right click thing just gets annoying. Especially if you want to save a picture from the internet.
 
MadModder said:
No not iMovie, iMovie is horrible. Final Cut is what I use, I like it and I like to use OSX so it's a great combination.

Edit: Mac's can turn on without 13 Ad-Aware warnings and 2 Norton Antivirus alerts.
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Do you watch porn? If so, then that explains itself.
 
no no no, macs blow.
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i have nothing more to say
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Makes a much more bold statement when you quote them independently..... ;)

A Mac is a wonderful system to work with, especially if you work with video editing software. Final Cut is one of the best pieces of editing software. If you really don't want to buy a Mac computer, you don't have to! I have a partition of OSX on my PC. It was in issue 27 of PC Extreme magazine. You use some sort of emulation software called PearPC as well as the OSX disc to create the Mac partition. If I can find the magazine, i'll post the instructions in another thread!
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To a degree ill agree but the original post was about macs and gaming

And i ask this again, what can a mac do taht a pc cant?
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Nothing about "cant" its a matter of "better".

photoshop on our imac laptops run it very slow, but the celeron 2.2Ghz ones load it up in about 30 seconds.
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The Imac is a POS - mac or otherwise. Try it on a G4 or G5.

it does graphics better and movies in theaters are made from macs.
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Actually odds are they are made on mainframe class systems

Surely the mac is an inferior gaming machine as compared to the raw power and flexibitily of a well built PC...but gaming is not the only thing we use computers for.
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I concurr entirely but the original post (which we've all seemed to detract from) was about gaming.

Now lets all get back on topic -- in case you all need a reminder, see http://www.computerforum.com/showpost.php?p=134719&postcount=1
 
Sorry to bring this back up

i was at the Apple store, and when i saw all these games, i immediatly thought of this thread!

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they had tons of todays games, sims 2, doom 3, rainbow six 3, call of duty, metal of honor, etc! they even had battlefield 2 by the register! all for the mac!
 
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