1)Are there any REAL reasons that Macs are "better" than PC's, or is it all just unintelligable babbling on the part of Apple?

2)Is it true that Macs crash less than Windows? 3)Do Macs crash at all?
4)I heard it is extremely hard to plug in a USB camera to your PC, so Macs have an integrated one.
5)How does Mac customization work? 6)Must you buy a new computer, or swap out a video card?
7)Obviously, Mac's lack of games is a drawback, so they have a Windows emulator. 8 )Isn't this redundant to the whole "Superior OS" theory?

Any Mac fans here, please discuss.
pendelum5

1)Yes, there are. There are also reasons PCs are better than Macs. It all depends on what you need or want to do with your computer. Macs make great family computers.

2)Depends on who you talk to. On average, I'd say maybe it is true that Win systems crash more often. But that is due to user idiocy, not OS instability.

3) Yes, they do.

4) Okay. Whoever told you that is f-ing stupid. It is no more difficult to plug in a USB device to a PC than it is for a Mac.

5)Customization? Like OS customization? Not very well. Macs are pretty locked in. Very idiot proof. though you can customize your enviroment fairly well. If you mean hardware customization, there is very little you can do. You can choose amongst hardware components available from Apple, but that's it.

6)You can buy a new video card. But if you buy anything from anywhere other than Apple then you risk the product not working and you will void your warranty.

7) No. It is not a Windows emulator. It is a BIOS boot emulator.

8 ) No it isn't redudndant. You obviously do not know what redundant means. Contradictory, maybe, but not redundant. Really, neither OS is "superior." Both have their own individual strengths.

[QUOTE="BewilderedRonin"]

Well, I'm certain your rig will be able to run FEAR and GW at max.

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fear at max? WRONG..

 

but runnin fear on medium is possible, and fear is the game id go with

Arch_Demonz

Well, I'm certain your rig will be able to run FEAR and GW at max. I would say GW for value, as there is enough content to keep you playing it for quite some time. The nice thing is that GW is pretty easy to put down and then come back to. I probably only play GW 5-20 hours (maybe, if I have a bunch of free time) a month, and usually it's more around the 10 hour mark.

FEAR is a lot of fun and even after you beat it, if you're like me, you'll enjoy replaying it again and again. (I have a few saves right before some major firefights for quick fun) The gunfights in FEAR are amazingly awesome and it's a game I replay rather frequently.

Can't comment on CoD2, as I haven't played it. Not a fan of WWII shooters. :/

You might be able to run it, but it won't be pretty. You could get Nevewinter Nights 1, as that would run much better. Yes, the game can bog down a system pretty well, but there is a lot going on, especially with full dynamic shadows.

And no, there is no demo for NWN2. 

On a sidenote, can anyone show me a game that provided additional free content without charging for a subscription besides Total Annihilation?Deathfrenzy

Yes. Neverwinter Nights.

[QUOTE="BewilderedRonin"]

Well, you're not going to get a very fair response in the PC section, but what is so good about Halo is that it is very well made. That might seem like a cop-out, and in a way it is. I dislike Halo as I feel it is a poorly done, horrendously generic FPS. BUT! There were numerous things that Bungie did incredibly well whilst making Halo. Most notably tweaking and perfecting movement timings, reload times, jump height, movement speed, and all of that. Why is this important? Because playing on a console is vastly different from playing on a PC. Console players were amazed at how "smooth" the gameplay was. On a PC "smoothness" was nearly a non-issue as mouse aiming makes any FPS buttery "smooth."

People will say crap like "Halo had great multiplayer!", which is a load of BS. There is nothing in MP that Halo has that other games had not had. People will say that it had great AI, which is a load of BS. The AI is dumb as rocks. Halo is only lauded in the gaming world because it was a console FPS that was comfortably playable. In other words, Halo is heralded because it was a console FPS that finally had good controllability. Noting else. The rest of the PC "omg Halo rulez Master Chief is duh awesumnass...zor...zorz" is 100% pure hype machine fallout.

TheCrazed420

But Halo does have great multiplayer. It's not a load of BS. Yeah, it doesn't do anything new in the MP department. So what? It's fun, always populated, has a ton of modes and maps, vehicular combat, turrets, portals, etc.

And your final comment is exactly what I was talking about in an earlier post in this thread. I'm defending Halo here, and am I coming across as "omg Halo rulez Master Chief is duh awesumnass...zor...zorz"? No. So stop insulting my intelligence.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames IS coming for PC.Darth_Kane