PC vs. Mac

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

nope. they are the audiobahn of cases.

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

nope. they are the audiobahn of cases.

they are made of lots of chrome?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

who's banned //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif ?

 

[nofriends46 10+ year member]

Bump from the dead

I have my eyes on a 20" Mac, so expensive though!

I have 2 dell desktops in my house, need one in my personal room...

Mostly for downloading music, looking at pictures, searching the web.

No editing, or business type....

 

[slam 5,000+ posts]

I have the 24" imac intel... FTMFW... Ull never go back when u have a Mac

 

[nofriends46 10+ year member]

Debating on a 20" or 24"

No gamming for me...

I went to the apple store in oahu, back in May. 24" is huge! Was wondering the extra $500 is worth it? I could use that money and buy a flat screen tv!

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

mac.... reallly hard to get viruses, MUCH less errors/ story

edit: Dam you Nofriends!@!! bumpin the old thread... good lord

 

[nofriends46 10+ year member]

Haha! I'm on the look out for the Mac! I did my search! Figure bump it up! See whats the updates

 

[Spectrum]

god this is ridiculous...just because you say "bump from the dead" doesnt make it ok to do it

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

2006 was the last post

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

I have the 24" imac intel... FTMFW... Ull never go back when u have a Mac

I have the 24" iMac ... FTMFL ... Complete piece of shit, completely incapable of doing anything intensive, overheats when you throw even low-end games at it (can't even handle Civ4), worst fvcking mouse ever, limited to 4GB of RAM, etc.
There are some good points such as the OS, the 24" PVA panel screen, and the compact size, but outside of that, it's a complete waste of money.

I wholeheartedly wish I had purchased the Mac Pro instead, but budget didn't allow it at the time of purchase.

My gaming PC, which was substantially less money, owns the fvcking shit out of my 24" iMac.

iMac 24" (August 2007, OS X 10.5):

Initial Cost - $2615

Upgrades - 2 > 4 GB of RAM ($80), 500 GB external HDD ($100), Logitech VX Revolution mouse ($35)

Net Cost - $2930

Gaming PC (April 2008, Vista Business x64):

Initial Cost - $1166 (+ $600 for equivalent monitor = $1766)

Upgrades - 4 > 8 GB of RAM ($25), 1 TB HDD ($120), 8800 GTS > HD 4870 ($90)

Net Cost - $2001

Nearly a $1000 difference ...

CPU - 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (iMac)/3.87 GHz Core 2 Duo (PC)

Memory - 4 GB PC2-5300 CL5/8 GB PC2-6400 CL4

Graphics - Radeon HD 2600 Pro/Radeon HD 4870

HDD Capacity - 820 GB/1820 GB

Mind you, that configuration at the time I purchased my gaming PC had dropped to about $2100 (-$500), but still, it's no contest in terms of performance or price.

I should also add that my iMac has had to be repaired 4 times over 14 months. My PC has had zero repairs over 6 months.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Debating on a 20" or 24"
No gamming for me...

I went to the apple store in oahu, back in May. 24" is huge! Was wondering the extra $500 is worth it? I could use that money and buy a flat screen tv!

If you're doing any photo work or anything else that will benefit from the improved colour accuracy, panel uniformity, viewing angles, and/or higher resolution that the 24" PVA panel offers over the 20" TN panel, you should definitely get the 24" and it's well worth the extra coin. If you're just doing basic stuff, the 20" will be fine.
It's not a $500 difference, it's a $300 difference, BTW.

 

[js2tnz 10+ year member]

I've used both. PC's most of my life. Starting using mac's at work. Hated it in the beginning, now i got it figured out, it im never going back to PC. Price for a mac is not more expensive when you think of the true cost to own. It ends up being about the same. And MAC tech support is the best, nothing comes close. To me the only advantages that PC has is more software,customization and compatibility. Now with bootcamp and parrales Windows can be run on mac's. So that solves the software and compatibility for me. Ever notice that most movies and television feature macs now days. A few years ago all you would see is PC's in movies. All in all both are good and it's all up to personal preference.

 

[cobra65427289 10+ year member]

god this is ridiculous...just because you say "bump from the dead" doesnt make it ok to do it

Don't be a ***. If he would have made a new thread have of you tards would have said "search."

On another note, Mac all the way baby.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

I've used both. PC's most of my life. Starting using mac's at work. Hated it in the beginning, now i got it figured out, it im never going back to PC. Price for a mac is not more expensive when you think of the true cost to own. It ends up being about the same. And MAC tech support is the best, nothing comes close. To me the only advantages that PC has is more software,customization and compatibility. Now with bootcamp and parrales Windows can be run on mac's. So that solves the software and compatibility for me. Ever notice that most movies and television feature macs now days. A few years ago all you would see is PC's in movies. All in all both are good and it's all up to personal preference.

You're going to have to explain true cost to own because I'm not seeing any benefit there.
Applecare tech support is not that great. I've used it multiple times because my iMac keeps failing and their first solution to everything is reformat, just like any other PC company. Next step is run diagnostics, which never turns up anything, despite having multiple components fail every time I get a random colour screen of death (yay, Magenta and Cyan screens of death FTW). Plus, they don't offer 24/7 phone support, either, which is fvcking g3hy because 2 of the 4 times the thing failed, it failed when my GF was working on projects for school in the middle of the night.

Bootcamp requires a valid copy of a 32-bit version of Windows ($100+) and Parallels is another $100 purchase. How does this fit into your "true cost of ownership?"

The reason why you see Apple computers in movies and on TV is because THEY PAY THEM TO. It's called MARKETING. It means they paid the producers the most money, not that they make the best products. The reason why you saw less Apple years ago is because APPLE HAD LESS MONEY. GO FIGURE!