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Mac vs. PC
What do you use now? Do you currently have one but are considering switching to the other when your ready to purchase a new computer?
Have you or are you curious about some of the other operating systems popping up that claim to be better than Windows?
Are you a set-in-your-ways kinda person, and what your using now has always been good 'nuff, by gawd? Are you not-so-happy with what you have been using, but have gotten comfortable with it so switching and using something different new is just kinda scarey or a hassle?
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| July 24, 2006, 06:32 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Never have used a Mac. We have a compac PC, which is great, and as much as everyone complains about it, I LIKE windows XP...guess I'm set in my ways lol, don't really want to try anything else!
  
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| July 24, 2006, 06:40 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Mac are cool baby! Just too damn expensive. Their nitch is or was more graphics / photo and video production. Now adays I'm not sure there is much advantage other then they tend to be more user friendly. The latest ver. uses an Intel processor so you can run any Windows programs or Mac on the same puter.
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| July 24, 2006, 07:37 |
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nykitten
54 / female
Pawling, New York, US
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Re: Mac vs. PC
I have a sony Vaio....I must say that I do love it...however, never did try a Mac......
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| July 24, 2006, 09:38 |
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Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (nykitten @ July 24, 2006, 09:38)I have a sony Vaio....I must say that I do love it...however, never did try a Mac......
Cum to Cleveland and I'll let you take my old Mac for a spin 
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| July 24, 2006, 09:40 |
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nykitten
54 / female
Pawling, New York, US
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Re: Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (DEye @ July 24, 2006, 09:40) QUOTE (nykitten @ July 24, 2006, 09:38)I have a sony Vaio....I must say that I do love it...however, never did try a Mac......
Cum to Cleveland and I'll let you take my old Mac for a spin
They say its worth the ride!
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| July 24, 2006, 09:43 |
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Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (DEye @ July 24, 2006, 07:37)Mac are cool baby! Just too damn expensive. Their nitch is or was more graphics / photo and video production. Now adays I'm not sure there is much advantage other then they tend to be more user friendly. The latest ver. uses an Intel processor so you can run any Windows programs or Mac on the same puter.
Yep...I was wondering if anyone is now using that mac-running-windows thing and how it's working out for them.
I had to do toe to toe combat for three weeks with a remote access hacker when I first got XP...(I won that war, by the way!) and it was annoying also at first to download 40 or more security updates and patches every time I turned on my computer, now I have to say I really love using XP...but then again, I've had very little exposure to any other OS....and I'm very afraid of trying the "vista"...afraid of the same problems I had with XP at first.
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| July 24, 2006, 10:06 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Oh yeah...by the way...this thread title should be mac vs windows...my computer should have a device on it, where I have to blow into it and register a certain level of caffiene before the keyboard unlocks and I'm allowed to type on it.
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| July 24, 2006, 10:09 |
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funlovingpair
59 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: Mac vs. PC
I used a Mac when they first came out years and years ago. But then they didn't have a lot of software. Since then all OS have been Windows. Never had a hacker try anythng, that I know of. I'm still learning XP stuff, and things like Word. I'm pretty good at the spreadsheet stuff, had to make my own spreadsheets for the business. Would really like to get into Excel, but now I really don't have much a reason for it. Now I'm looking for a laptop, mainly for when I travel with genealogy stuff. It's nice to have everything at your finger tips. Other wise I would have to travel with 3 expandable files and about 4 large 3 ring binders. That's not with any pictures that I have on disc's, and that number about 400, with serveral hundred more to come.
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| July 24, 2006, 10:56 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Things like photo's and video and even things like getting onto wireless access points are Mac's strong points. I dought there is as much hacking on the Mac platform either just because it's such a small fraction of users. I've always liked Macs even though they were a bit over priced when it came to programs like PhotoShop Mac had the upper hand. They do have a better display then PC for pictures. PC tend to be a bit darker and contrasty when compaired to Macs and Mac had the ability to calibrate the monitor for color and Gama as part of the operating system. And all programs would display images using the system wide calibration. It wasn't something you could do at all in windows pc till recent. But as the world changed now almost all computers used in the digital mini labs are windows based but funny most are still Windows 2000 and not XP even though XP has way better memory management in my opinion. Damn 2000 units just crash when they run out of available memory. In the photo business we open and close hundreds of large picute files every hour so memory management is a big issue. That was an issue with early Mac OS 9.x too. You had to atcually allocate a block of memory to each program. Say you had 300 MB of ram you had to tell Photoshop it could use say 250MB and leave the other 50MB of the OS. Then any time PhotoShop needed more then the 250MB you had to have a hard drive set aside as a scratch disk. It was fine if you only used the computer for one program but memory was an issue if you stopped one program and switched to another with out rebooting.
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| July 24, 2006, 11:57 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
In a nut shell yes I'd rather have a new mac that can run both OS's. Macs are just cool! They seem to have a spirit or soul that isn't available in a PC!
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| July 24, 2006, 12:03 |
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texas
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dallas, Texas, US
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Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (Chazzy @ July 24, 2006, 10:09)Oh yeah...by the way...this thread title should be mac vs windows...my computer should have a device on it, where I have to blow into it and register a certain level of caffiene before the keyboard unlocks and I'm allowed to type on it.
windows xp with service pack 2 or you will download alot of things it's the best i think, but what kind of computer did you get. like how big hd,cpu chip,video card and modem card
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| July 24, 2006, 16:30 |
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doneff
41 / male
Sayreville, New Jersey, US
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Re: Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (texas @ July 24, 2006, 16:30) QUOTE (Chazzy @ July 24, 2006, 10:09)Oh yeah...by the way...this thread title should be mac vs windows...my computer should have a device on it, where I have to blow into it and register a certain level of caffiene before the keyboard unlocks and I'm allowed to type on it.
windows xp with service pack 2 or you will download alot of things it's the best i think, but what kind of computer did you get. like how big hd,cpu chip,video card and modem card
Im sorry but sp2 sux!
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| July 24, 2006, 16:36 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Have a Dell flat screen PC and using windows XP. Works well for us, and this is about as good as it's going to get. Had a Mac, but when I couldn't get a mouse for it, took it out in that backyard and introduced it to Mr. Smith and Wesson...
Male Lev...
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| July 24, 2006, 17:02 |
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Re: Re: Mac vs. PC
QUOTE (Leviathan4u @ July 24, 2006, 17:02)Have a Dell flat screen PC and using windows XP. Works well for us, and this is about as good as it's going to get. Had a Mac, but when I couldn't get a mouse for it, took it out in that backyard and introduced it to Mr. Smith and Wesson...
Male Lev...
You know were not talking about a Big Mac right? 
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| July 24, 2006, 19:14 |
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i have a pc, but at the moment im using windows vista beta version, its not bad but it still has a few bugs to iron out, it will be about 6 months before the complete final version is available for world wide release.  
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| July 24, 2006, 19:56 |
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What's the deal with Vista, did Longhorn get ditched alltogether, or did it evolve into Vista?
Any one know what the story is with that?
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| July 25, 2006, 18:26 |
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not sure chazzy, my friend is an IT consultant, and he got hold of it for me with an official key, but ill ask him for you.
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| July 25, 2006, 19:16 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Macs have saved my life....made it easy for computer illiterate people like me able to use a computer with ease. It never crashes and i don't worry about viruses.
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| July 25, 2006, 20:26 |
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Doesn't DEye look like my long lost brother....hahahha
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| July 25, 2006, 20:27 |
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xhibiton
52 / male
Louisville, Kentucky, US
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Re: Mac vs. PC
Longhorn is the working title, Vista is the release title. It's the same thing.
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| July 25, 2006, 21:30 |
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I have a Toshiba laptop with XP, and love it!!
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| July 25, 2006, 22:49 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
There is alot of differnce between the two.But believe it or not they are both good relible computer systems.The pc is more standardized.Meaning it will work with more of the modern applications.All in all,if your use to a mac stay with it.If you change,you may have to learn computing all over again
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| July 26, 2006, 05:25 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
I've never used a Mac, would like to just check it out, see what the differences are, etc....
I assume there are far more Windows people than Mac people?
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| July 26, 2006, 08:15 |
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GG317
60 / male
Bowl of Granola, Massachusetts, US
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Re: Mac vs. PC
I have both a PowerMac G4 and a Compaq Presario 6000. The mac is for all my graphics and is excellent for web designing. The compaq is great for everything else... 
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| July 27, 2006, 01:26 |
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Re: Mac vs. PC
I've heard of some OS's devoloped by small companies, can't think of any names right now, read about 'em once in awhile...maybe *Nix is one of them???
Anyone ever seen any of these other operating systems being used or have used one themselves?
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