Microsoft or Mac?

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[QUOTE="MBP_King"]

ok then, 3 o/s's including Server 2003 WITH a 0% load.

MBP_King

So basically you admit your Mac Toys are inferior compared to Windows?

I make my living working, repairing, upgrading and maintaining Window based systems. I have come to my own educated decision having worked with both extensively , that Mac OSX and the MBP are vastly superior to any Window based PC.

[QUOTE="TheDuffman26"][QUOTE="MBP_King"] there are plenty of viruses on macs, plus when hacker tested each system, xp broke first osx second and vista lasted a day longer and linux lasted a day longer than vista. ie5 is more secure than safari, safari is the most insecure browser around. If apple had 90% market share there would be plenty of viruses for them. [QUOTE="0rbs"]

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For production, Macs are superior, for gaming and everyday use, Windows machines are superior.

And for talking about the upgrading the ram to 8 gigs and costing 1000 bucks, who actually upgrades from the vendor instead of just buying from new egg and installing it themselves? lol seriously

MBP_King

compared to the warranty you don't have when u build your own computer? dumb argument

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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

Well I do drafting (for school) so I require Windows, but when I had a digital arts class and we used Illustrator it was painfully slow, of course we used PowerPC G5s but if I were to be a photo editor I'd definitely use Windows....

theBeorn

good luck dealing with 500,000 pics a week with a slow batching system ;P

Ok, enough is enough. Let's do the math for this

500,000 photos a week. A Pro Photographer. Allright

500,000 photos a week means 71,428.57 pictures a day (500,000/7). That means 2976.19 pictures an hour for 24 hours for seven staight days. Ok, that means 49.60 pictures a minute. Yeah friend, right. So you're actually telling us that you take 50 pictures every minute for 24 hours, seven days a week? No, you can't tell us that, because you have to sleep at least 8 hours a day so, its 74.40 pictures a minute for 16 hours for seven days. But oh... well, no, let's just stop here.

That means you're taking AT LEAST 74 pictures a minute for 16 hours every day each of the seven days of the week. Without eating, without bathroom breaks without rest, without recharging batteries, without the camera stopping at all.

I dunno if i made wrong calculations, im kinda sleepy, but well, I'm gonna call you a liar on this. Unless of course you're talking about VIDEO which is 24 pictures per second, but that would make you a liar too, right? ;)

Never shot sports? i have a canon 1d mark III, it shoots 10 shots a second. So i can burst off 600 a minute. Do the math ;),plus i have more than 1 person working with me when doing sport events, so..i'm doing the editing for a few people, i was talking about batching which is editing a template for a large group of pictures upon import, btw...some nat geo people do a million a day by themselves, digital makes it easy to shoot a lot of pictures ;) and 500,000 is just an estimate, all i know is i go through terabyte externals like candy each week, until i delete all the garbage.

[QUOTE="AVIS93"]Mac are the only computers that don't need an antivirus. They can run both OS at the same time without problems so the argument of the lack of games is just invalid. Leopard is the best OS, but Windows XP is still good and quite stable. About Vista, well... just stinks.Teufelhuhn

In a nutshell (okay not really but for kicks):

*Awesome Mac vs PC Picture*

Ultimas_Blade

:lol: I have to say that is an awesome picture. You deserve an e-High Five for that one!

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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

So basically you admit your Mac Toys are inferior compared to Windows?

imprezawrx500

I make my living working, repairing, upgrading and maintaining Window based systems. I have come to my own educated decision having worked with both extensively , that Mac OSX and the MBP are vastly superior to any Window based PC.

Macs do work better, it's proved to be the best OS.AVIS93

"Mac" isn't an OS.

Anyway, my biggest issue with OS X is that it has such a tiny application library. Everything you can do on OS X can be done better on Windows, as Windows generally has a better library of applications for accomplishing ANY given set of tasks. (Final Cut Pro is basically ALL OS X has over Windows/Linux.)

I guess Macs are a good choice if you're completely clueless about computers and can't handle dealing with some of the more advanced aspects of Linux/Windows, but Macs are FAR from being the best option for everyone, like many Apple fanboys (such as yourself) try to make them out to be. There is no "best" operating system. There's only "best for what you're trying to accomplish."

i hope sony comes out with a platform for computers, because at least we will be confident of quality and reliabilityPS3Fanaddict

[QUOTE="AVIS93"]Macs do work better, it's proved to be the best OS.Velocitas8

"Mac" isn't an OS.

Anyway, my biggest issue with OS X is that it has such a tiny application library. Everything you can do on OS X can be done better on Windows, as Windows generally has a better library of applications for accomplishing ANY given set of tasks. (Final Cut Pro is basically ALL OS X has over Windows/Linux.)

I guess Macs are a good choice if you're completely clueless about computers and can't handle dealing with some of the more advanced aspects of Linux/Windows, but Macs are FAR from the best option for everyone, like many Apple fanboys (such as yourself) try to make them out to be.

I'm not an Apple fanboy, don't misunderstand me. I don't favor Microsoft nor Mac, I'm just giving my opinion based on my experiences with both of them and I currently own a Macbook with both Leopard and XP and run Windows in Leopard using Parallels Desktop and have no problems, so basically I have all the software and advantages of both OS in my computer, that is, in my opinion, an excellent option for people that do like Windows but want to try a Mac. The name of the current OS by Apple is Mac OSX Leopard, but I call it Mac for short. Actually, in my Macbook it refers itself as Mac OS, so yes, Mac is an OS.AVIS93

Or you could just use Windows and not use OS X at all? What's the point of getting a Mac if you have to run Windows in parallel to use the applications you want to use :roll:

And again: no.."Mac" is a computer brand. "Mac OS" is the operating system, and "Mac OS X" is the latest version of said operating system.

[QUOTE="AVIS93"]I'm not an Apple fanboy, don't misunderstand me. I don't favor Microsoft nor Mac, I'm just giving my opinion based on my experiences with both of them and I currently own a Macbook with both Leopard and XP and run Windows in Leopard using Parallels Desktop and have no problems, so basically I have all the software and advantages of both OS in my computer, that is, in my opinion, an excellent option for people that do like Windows but want to try a Mac. The name of the current OS by Apple is Mac OSX Leopard, but I call it Mac for short. Actually, in my Macbook it refers itself as Mac OS, so yes, Mac is an OS.Velocitas8

Or you could just use Windows and not use OS X at all? What's the point of getting a Mac if you have to run Windows in parallel to use the applications you want to use :roll:

And again: no.."Mac" is a computer brand. "Mac OS" is the operating system, and "Mac OS X" is the latest version of said operating system.

I would like to start of by saying that I think it is a matter of preference as to which you choose and both sides will argue to the death.

With that being said, the people saying "Macs are the best for everything but games" get real. As an engineer PC's are a must, as no one runs Solidworks, CAD, Spice, etc on an OSX based machine. Not even Apple runs those programs on macs and only do so on windows based machines.

Hah I forgot to say that the point of my whole post was that unless dictated by your profession (in which case you will know which you need) its more about what you feel most comfortable with.

Hardware - Custom hardware obliterates anything Macintosh.

Software - personally I rather XP simple due to it being able play games, run a huge variety of utilities and apps, its functions, flexibility and customisation. However I do know OSX is a good OS in its own right, however I feel as though it holds me back somewhat whenever I use it. I wonder how Windows 7 will change things. Problem right now is every application I need for work, socialising or play runs perfectly on my XP computer. I can jump between Maya 08, to Photoshop ,Premier, Corel Painter and Flash, then onto the Source SDK or Unreal Ed in a heartbeat.....

Either way im not fussed as far as software goes, I roll with what suits my purposes.

Hardware wise, I never pay the outrageous prices Apple demand for computers.

Macs do work better, it's proved to be the best OS.Velocitas8