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<blockquote data-quote="req" data-source="post: 1763207" data-attributes="member: 555713"><p>soo let me get this straight. cybeman - you are aruging that your macs have software and options that the PC does not come <strong>standard</strong> with. but the tittyloaf man is arguing that they cost twice as much as the same <strong>level</strong> of computing power, with virtually <strong>infinite uprgadeability and compatability</strong>.</p><p></p><p>now ive been building PC's for nigh on 8 years. i have been playing multiplayer PC games since DOOM lanparties, and duke3d over my 15k modem.</p><p></p><p>i am also a graphic designer. i have been working with photoshop since version 5.1. i worked as a graphic designer for a printing press [<a href="http://www.canterburypress.com%5D" target="_blank">http://www.canterburypress.com]</a> for a little over a year when i quit for several reasons.</p><p></p><p>in that job, we used both PC and MAC. we had power G5's and qual pentium 4's. and i must say, that both the PC and the MAC were of equal speed, but for me, the mac was annoying to use.</p><p></p><p>the chooser under the top left menu thing is just obnoxious. i really really hate holding down that option button for all the commands instead of right click, because you know <strong>right click is NOT native for the mac and since its a work computer, i cant be adding things</strong>. the display is nice, sure, but my computer that i built for 1\2 the price has just as nice of a display.</p><p></p><p>the applications run at the same speed (mind you i had photoshop CS with indesign, photoshop, and illustrator running constantly working on files with 300dpi resolutions that are 10"x30" - roughly 30mb per file, with several open. and my PC ran better under these strenious conditions, not to mention i had a MP3 CD in the cdrom and i had windows media player loaded with a few hundred songs that were constantly playing.</p><p></p><p>no, i will stick with the PC, i will let the expensive and non conformative mac pass itself by.</p><p></p><p>for video editing, photoediting, and all media editing, my super compatable personal computer, with far more possibilites of upgrades, far more compatibility, far more personalization, far more gaming, just as much media editing power, price per performance standpoints, and everything else im sure im missing out on, <strong>my PC can do anything your little MAC can do, if not better.</strong></p><p></p><p>when the next wave of MAC's come out to shelves, and your powerG5 is out of date, and you virtually have to <em>toss it in the trash</em> because you can upgrade it, ill giggle and buy a new motherboard, ram and processor. and built a new one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p>oh yea, my PC is watercooled too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</p><p></p><p>so feel free to ask me any questions regarding a PC. because i know for a fact that a PC can be <strong>JUST AS SAFE AS A MAC</strong> - because my computer NEVER EVAAR crashes. and i have no malware or viruii. you need to be a little more savvy with a PC because theres a higher precentage of users and a higher precentage of malicious users - so that comes with the territory.</p><p></p><p>please feel free to try and criquiqe my personal expierence. and i will intelligently reply to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="req, post: 1763207, member: 555713"] soo let me get this straight. cybeman - you are aruging that your macs have software and options that the PC does not come [B]standard[/B] with. but the tittyloaf man is arguing that they cost twice as much as the same [B]level[/B] of computing power, with virtually [B]infinite uprgadeability and compatability[/B]. now ive been building PC's for nigh on 8 years. i have been playing multiplayer PC games since DOOM lanparties, and duke3d over my 15k modem. i am also a graphic designer. i have been working with photoshop since version 5.1. i worked as a graphic designer for a printing press [[URL="http://www.canterburypress.com%5D"]http://www.canterburypress.com][/URL] for a little over a year when i quit for several reasons. in that job, we used both PC and MAC. we had power G5's and qual pentium 4's. and i must say, that both the PC and the MAC were of equal speed, but for me, the mac was annoying to use. the chooser under the top left menu thing is just obnoxious. i really really hate holding down that option button for all the commands instead of right click, because you know [B]right click is NOT native for the mac and since its a work computer, i cant be adding things[/B]. the display is nice, sure, but my computer that i built for 1\2 the price has just as nice of a display. the applications run at the same speed (mind you i had photoshop CS with indesign, photoshop, and illustrator running constantly working on files with 300dpi resolutions that are 10"x30" - roughly 30mb per file, with several open. and my PC ran better under these strenious conditions, not to mention i had a MP3 CD in the cdrom and i had windows media player loaded with a few hundred songs that were constantly playing. no, i will stick with the PC, i will let the expensive and non conformative mac pass itself by. for video editing, photoediting, and all media editing, my super compatable personal computer, with far more possibilites of upgrades, far more compatibility, far more personalization, far more gaming, just as much media editing power, price per performance standpoints, and everything else im sure im missing out on, [B]my PC can do anything your little MAC can do, if not better.[/B] when the next wave of MAC's come out to shelves, and your powerG5 is out of date, and you virtually have to [I]toss it in the trash[/I] because you can upgrade it, ill giggle and buy a new motherboard, ram and processor. and built a new one [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] oh yea, my PC is watercooled too [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] so feel free to ask me any questions regarding a PC. because i know for a fact that a PC can be [B]JUST AS SAFE AS A MAC[/B] - because my computer NEVER EVAAR crashes. and i have no malware or viruii. you need to be a little more savvy with a PC because theres a higher precentage of users and a higher precentage of malicious users - so that comes with the territory. please feel free to try and criquiqe my personal expierence. and i will intelligently reply to you. [/QUOTE]
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