what do you all think of mac computers?

mac users rave about macs having the best os ever made.

but really what does a mac do that pc can't do. right?

what are the pro's and cons of each.

PS if you had a choice of switching to MACS would you?

There are two preconditions for it to even become a possibility:

1) Let me use my own hardware

2) Bring the freaking price down

Otherwise its just proprietary, expensive, hardware-specific Linux/BSD. The Gnome interface is pretty much the Mac interface.

I wish that Mac would be a little more openminded and release their OS for personal use, the way Windows and Linux are.

I know that Apple would have to come up with a lot more hardware support. but I can still dream, right?

mac= britney spears

pc= another person bit better

custom built= jessica alba

Reasons why I don't use a mac:

1. Expensive, even more so for upgrading, and only one source.
2. Proprietary, I have just about no control about what I want in mac hardware
3. The OS is for people who don't like to tinker, I leik to tinker around.
4. Games, forget it.

Reasons why I wish I could use a mac:

1. They are godly with multimedia applications like CS, and Final Cut, etc. (although this gap is closing every year).
2. They come with great (working) multimedia apps built into the OS.
3. It just works.
4. Memory management, and the fact that most macs come built with 4+ gb of RAM (that the OS actually uses very well, unlike Windows' constant need of a friggin page file, aka security blanket.)

Oh, one more thing...a pregnant yak with broken legs is quite stable since it would not be able to support itself with those legs and is therefore on the ground. Since it is on the ground, and it weighs like 2000 lbs, it is pretty bloody stable.seabiscuit8686

lol, stable...but can it walk?

I have a 17" Macbook Pro and it could very well be the best piece of hardware I've ever owned. I've been a Windows guy since 3.1 and have spent a lot of time in and out of my computer, and while that time is definitely well-spent, I wish I would have bought a Mac several years ago.

That being said, I know my Mac's limitations. I can play the Blizzard games through OSX, and any pre-2006 Windows games through Boot Camp pretty well. Oblivion starts to wear down, but I can play it on med/low settings. Half-Life 2 works pretty well. However, I got the Mac in order to do things that the Mac is good at. Namely, I'm a musician and composer, and Macs are just well known as superior machines when it comes to the audio/visual arts. I run Sibelius and Logic (two music softwares) and they are totally flawless. Yes, you can get good music programs to work on PC, but comparing the two systems, I'd go with Mac. Also, the OS is just so nice to work with. It's simple - and while some folks would frown upon simple, I think they are just being pretentious. It's a great OS.

So go for a Mac if you want to use it as a great computer. Not as a great GAME computer. Building your own is still vastly superior for performance and price.