PC or Mac

Buttercup · 02-01-2006, 03:50 AM

What is your primary computer system. PC, Mac or Something else.

A poll like this was done almost 3 years ago. But this one will be more simple, 3 choices - PC, Mac or Other.

If you are other, tell what you use.

We are a Mac family but we have one PC to run the satellite system for internet.

ALANSD · 02-01-2006, 06:28 AM

I support a network of 300 PC and 100 macs. The macs are usually trouble free and have been running for 5-6 yrs. The PCs are always on the fritz. Windows can be the most screwed up operating system!

Davydd · 02-01-2006, 06:38 AM

I've been exclusively on Macs since April, 1984 with the first model. Yes, I know the difference. I use a PC at work every day.

The new iLife '06 software suite of iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, iMovieHD, GarageBand and iWeb, BTW, is worth every penny.

tin sista · 02-01-2006, 07:09 AM

The more I read the more I'm leaning toward a Mac laptop.

davidh · 02-01-2006, 07:14 AM

Have had both Mac G4,, now a PC like them both..

Silvertwinkie · 02-01-2006, 07:27 AM

I manage over 600 Macs at work (eMacs, iMacs, iBooks and Powerbooks), also 20 xServes and 8 xServe Raids all with my 17" Powerbook G4.

At home, I have 2 Dual gig G4s.

A bad day with a Mac beats a great day with a PC, unless that PC is running Linux.

wanderingeye · 02-01-2006, 07:34 AM

We were mac users for 2 years. We are very happy we changed to PC. Mac has fallen behind in the ultra high resolution photography that we do.

BeBop · 02-01-2006, 07:31 AM

It has been Apple computers from the start, just like Davydd.

I currently use an iMac flat panel at home with an iBook for travel...flawless. I even use my original Mac+ at work as a fax drone. Unfortunately, all the other work computers are PCs on a network with all the related issues of such a setup.

As the system administrator says, "Windows... it's a living."

Buttercup · 02-01-2006, 07:27 AM

Yes it is and it is even better when you get it for a DEEP discount

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Originally Posted by Davydd

I've been exclusively on Macs since April, 1984 with the first model. Yes, I know the difference. I use a PC at work every day.

The new iLife '06 software suite of iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, iMovieHD, GarageBand and iWeb, BTW, is worth every penny.

**flyfshr** · 02-01-2006, 07:23 AM

My personal choice is Mac since the early days of an Apple IIgs. That thing was crude but we thought it was fantastic at the time. Have 20" iMac at home, eMac at work and carry an iBook G3, soon to upgrade to a PowerBook G4. Also use a PC at work for the college's system software and am always having trouble with it. Our IT dept. would be a lot less busy if everyone had a Mac.

Brad
FF

myoung · 02-01-2006, 07:28 AM

We have had Macs ever since 1984. Right now we have an iMac 5 on the desktop and a 17-inch Powerbook on the lap.

I'm a retired CIO of a firm with over 1,000 Windows boxes and one Mac, mine. After all, at least someone had to be on the cutting edge; someone had to have first access to the best software including Mac-first applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mosaic, PageMaker, and Photoshop; someone had to be able to open or read files infected by viruses that couldn't be opened with DOS or Windows.

In 15 years at work, we spent millions of dollars for hardware, software and personnel trying to keep the DOS and Windows computers free of viruses, worms, trojan horses, and spyware. Untold hours of downtime were spent in rebuilding desktop machines, restoring software, adding patches, and training people. Not a single penny was spent on security or restoration of Macs or the 15 or so Macs that we once used in another department. Zero, nada, nothing. Corporate America makes strange and often foolish choices. And, it costs a fortune to support those choices.

People who spend their hard-earned money for personal computers have real choices. I urge anyone contemplating a new or replacement computer to give the Apple offerings a test run. It's not just the hardware; it's the software and user experience, too.

**flyfshr** · 02-01-2006, 07:36 AM

I have a pin that reads "Welcome to hell...here's your copy of Windows." It hangs next to my iMac at home.

Brad
FF

53flyingcloud · 02-01-2006, 07:55 AM

An educated user can make the best uses of either one of the systems.
I will admit that, for the last 12 yrs, I've wasted more of my time trying to fix and, cussing Bill Gate....lol
ciao
53FC

uwe · 02-01-2006, 08:33 AM

I have both. Much prefer and use more often my Apple products. My pc is cranky and cantakerous compared to my macs.
I run a small network of macs at work, 3 computers, dsl and a printer. It goes down about 2-3 times a year, usually due to someone changing a crucial perimeter by accident, or because SBC messes up my internet. I would call that spectacularly reliable.
I use the pc less and less, it sits collecting dust until I need it to run 2 sets of obscure speaker building software that will not run on a mac.