MAC or PC ?
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A few points...
As long as you do your research and take care of your pc, it will not only be virus free, but it will go way faster than a mac. I have a PC laptop thats better than ANY mac laptop available and it's cheaper than the lowest priced mac.
Macs will soon have just as many viruses as pcs. The main reason macs don't have viruses is because of their lack of use. Most people use pcs. Those who tell you it's because macs are harder to hack, it's nonsense. Each system has its easy to hack parts and its hard to hack parts. (believe me lol)
Pcs will run anything you put on them and if you are a gamer, you MUST have a pc. Those who say they can run windows on a mac are correct, but it's a pain in the but and the mac gpus arent meant for gaming and can't handel it.
If my pc every needs an upgrade, I just throw down 50 bucks (yes... its that cheap for most upgrades), if my mac needs an upgrade I have to throw down at LEAST $1000.
For the price of the best mac laptop, I can get a laptop that will run lepord, linux, and windows at the same time faster than the mac runs just lepord.
There is nothing else I can think of right now, but I know there are more things that mac will never win on. In addition to all of this however... I hate the os.
Quick thought...
I buy a $600 pc that has the same componants that a mac has... at worst it lasts 2 years (if it doesnt last that long... sry, but its a user problem). Lets say the mac costs $1200 and lasts 4 years... The pc for the first 2 years is the same as the mac... once you get another pc it is at least twice as good as the mac. $1200 vs $1200 -- a mac that might last 4 years and be the same... 2 pcs that last 2 years each and the second one is way better... Up to you.
Also... Those who say their pcs at school suck its because they do. My school uses macs and they are TERRIBLE. Schools have stupid kids that dont take care of computers. Thats why they dont work well.
As long as you do your research and take care of your pc, it will not only be virus free, but it will go way faster than a mac. I have a PC laptop thats better than ANY mac laptop available and it's cheaper than the lowest priced mac.
Macs will soon have just as many viruses as pcs. The main reason macs don't have viruses is because of their lack of use. Most people use pcs. Those who tell you it's because macs are harder to hack, it's nonsense. Each system has its easy to hack parts and its hard to hack parts. (believe me lol)
Pcs will run anything you put on them and if you are a gamer, you MUST have a pc. Those who say they can run windows on a mac are correct, but it's a pain in the but and the mac gpus arent meant for gaming and can't handel it.
If my pc every needs an upgrade, I just throw down 50 bucks (yes... its that cheap for most upgrades), if my mac needs an upgrade I have to throw down at LEAST $1000.
For the price of the best mac laptop, I can get a laptop that will run lepord, linux, and windows at the same time faster than the mac runs just lepord.
There is nothing else I can think of right now, but I know there are more things that mac will never win on. In addition to all of this however... I hate the os.
Quick thought...
I buy a $600 pc that has the same componants that a mac has... at worst it lasts 2 years (if it doesnt last that long... sry, but its a user problem). Lets say the mac costs $1200 and lasts 4 years... The pc for the first 2 years is the same as the mac... once you get another pc it is at least twice as good as the mac. $1200 vs $1200 -- a mac that might last 4 years and be the same... 2 pcs that last 2 years each and the second one is way better... Up to you.
Also... Those who say their pcs at school suck its because they do. My school uses macs and they are TERRIBLE. Schools have stupid kids that dont take care of computers. Thats why they dont work well.
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PC. I like how many games and programs run on them. But I do like some of the programs that run on a mac I just like PC's more.
P.S. I really want an Iphone.
P.S. I really want an Iphone.
No viruses on Mac OS? LOL have fun with that. You probably have spyware and such that you don't even know about, and since you are use to using a simplistic OS that doesn't need much horsepower to run fast you don't even notice it. Mac OS is not immune to viruses, or hackers. Example, last month Apple rushed out an iPhone patch because there was a bug in the OS (which is a scaled down version of the real thing) where someone could send you a few text messages (that you wouldn't even have to open) and they could hijack your phone.
Don't get me wrong, I am deeply in love with my 3G-S. It's the only phone I've ever had that has gotten better over time instead of worse. I'm just sick of people crapping on PC's and not knowing what they are talking about. It's a silly argument for me to compare the two, however. As I have built every computer I've had for the last 15 years. So I know there are quality components in it, and I know everything about it. Comparing my computer to a Mac would be like comparing a finely tuned custom built race car to a stock Corvette. Yes, the Corvette pretty. Yes it's simpler to just get in and drive. Will it ever be nearly as fast as I finely tuned and maintained racing machine? No.
This is the problem, though. People just want to turn it on and have it work. Mac's OS is more simplistic, so it seems to "work better" as most people define it. For the record though, ya can't crap on a PC's components... all the new Mac's are Intel based anyway. Have fun buying your overpriced PC's in a pretty case with a different OS.
One last note to the OP: You can't put Linux on a different platform than PC... it runs on PCs. I believe for the PC option you meant the Windows platform.
<Gets off soap box>
Sorry for the rant, I've worked on computers for most of my life (including some Macs) and I'm currently into a few different types of programming, so I've learned quite a bit about different OS's and platforms. Reading these type of posts just gets quite frustrating at times.
Don't get me wrong, I am deeply in love with my 3G-S. It's the only phone I've ever had that has gotten better over time instead of worse. I'm just sick of people crapping on PC's and not knowing what they are talking about. It's a silly argument for me to compare the two, however. As I have built every computer I've had for the last 15 years. So I know there are quality components in it, and I know everything about it. Comparing my computer to a Mac would be like comparing a finely tuned custom built race car to a stock Corvette. Yes, the Corvette pretty. Yes it's simpler to just get in and drive. Will it ever be nearly as fast as I finely tuned and maintained racing machine? No.
This is the problem, though. People just want to turn it on and have it work. Mac's OS is more simplistic, so it seems to "work better" as most people define it. For the record though, ya can't crap on a PC's components... all the new Mac's are Intel based anyway. Have fun buying your overpriced PC's in a pretty case with a different OS.
One last note to the OP: You can't put Linux on a different platform than PC... it runs on PCs. I believe for the PC option you meant the Windows platform.
<Gets off soap box>
Sorry for the rant, I've worked on computers for most of my life (including some Macs) and I'm currently into a few different types of programming, so I've learned quite a bit about different OS's and platforms. Reading these type of posts just gets quite frustrating at times.
Mac. Final Cut Pro is easier to use than Avid and way cheaper. My work PC (which is now three weeks old) gives me headaches 24/7. For example, right now it doesn't let me cut and paste from HTML documents and our IT guy can't fix it. The PC before this one wouldn't open PDF files and it repeatedly and randomly deleted my email address folder. My four-year-old Mac at home gives me no grief whatsoever.
this sounded alot like a rant i read on a VW TDI forum about people not likeing VW's because thay needed to be taken care of to Toyota's which you can beat up a bit for maintenance. actually pretty funny
well let me bring myself into this and im a linux user btw..
- OS X is built on UNIXhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix. UNIX was a multi user system with a security architecture built into it at the beginning. WINDOWS came from a single user architecture with security and multi user capability as an after thought.
- UNIX had networking built into it from the beginning, again in Windows this was bolted in at a later date.
- Windows built Internet Explorer into the O/S at a very deep level, and allowed code execution within the browser. In OS X the browser is a completely separate application, its not a integral part of the OS. IMHO, this is the fundamental screw-up Microsoft made, as they created so many hooks into which someone can attack the OS.
- In earlier Windows everything ran as the system user, so the capability to compromise an entire system was easier. (see reason 1)
- Microsoft’s backward compatibility mantra doesn’t do them any favours as to run old software they need so many old APIs, all of which can have holes in them.
- OS X has no registry. IMHO, second fundamental flaw Microsoft made.
- OS X asks for your password before allowing you to run new software or install something. Not fool proof, but at least fool resistant.
- Where do viruses usually hang out in Windows:
- At the root.
- In the user’s local settings temp folder.
- In these folders: \windows, \system, \system32 — the most common places where I find viruses.
- As registry entries.
- None of those areas are exposed to the environment in OS X. You can’t see those folders. Virus writers can’t access them. Thus, viruses can’t exploit those areas. Vista’s UAC is MS’s attempt to prevent changes to those totally exposed folders without your being aware of the changes.
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