Do You Prefer PC or Mac?

General_X

Lol I see my avatar/sig in there. :P

[QUOTE="cd_rom"] Macs don't turn off. They go into a low-power state, and they save the image of the memory so everything can be put brought back faster. Again, we're back at the "hiding" part. None of that has anything to do with how well each OS handles multitasking. Admittedly, Windows could use this feature. The closest thing it has it "lock" and "hibernate". "Lock" doesn't really put the computer into a low power mode. "Hibernate" never works for me, and it's also a complete shutdown rather than low-power so I still have to go through the BIOS. Also I'm willing to be you have a few dozen applications starting up in Windows while your Mac is pretty clean.jun_aka_pekto

The Sleep Mode in Vista (my laptop) and Win 7 (my gaming PC) works perfectly fine here. When in hibernate mode, everything looks powered off: lights, fans, drives, all the LED lights. The PC looks like it's turned off. Yet if I move the mouse, the PC resumes right where it was within a couple of seconds.

I rarely turn off my computers nowadays, preferring to keep them in Sleep Mode.

[QUOTE="cd_rom"] Macs don't turn off. They go into a low-power state, and they save the image of the memory so everything can be put brought back faster. Again, we're back at the "hiding" part. None of that has anything to do with how well each OS handles multitasking. Admittedly, Windows could use this feature. The closest thing it has it "lock" and "hibernate". "Lock" doesn't really put the computer into a low power mode. "Hibernate" never works for me, and it's also a complete shutdown rather than low-power so I still have to go through the BIOS. Also I'm willing to be you have a few dozen applications starting up in Windows while your Mac is pretty clean.jun_aka_pekto

The Sleep Mode in Vista (my laptop) and Win 7 (my gaming PC) works perfectly fine here. When in hibernate mode, everything looks powered off: lights, fans, drives, all the LED lights. The PC looks like it's turned off. Yet if I move the mouse, the PC resumes right where it was within a couple of seconds.

I rarely turn off my computers nowadays, preferring to keep them in Sleep Mode.

Really? I always like to shut it down completely unless I have windows up that I'm working on. Not like it matters much, Windows 7 boots up so quickly that I barely even notice the difference.

I still think you get what you pay for when you buy a macbook pro laptop. The construction of them are amazing, and the contrast ratio of the monitors are unrivaled. Also the keyboard is very nice .You are not paying for performance, you are paying for everything but performance, even though you still get good performance... obviously not for games.

[QUOTE="General_X"]chessmaster1989

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

[QUOTE="cd_rom"] Macs don't turn off. They go into a low-power state, and they save the image of the memory so everything can be put brought back faster. Again, we're back at the "hiding" part. None of that has anything to do with how well each OS handles multitasking. Admittedly, Windows could use this feature. The closest thing it has it "lock" and "hibernate". "Lock" doesn't really put the computer into a low power mode. "Hibernate" never works for me, and it's also a complete shutdown rather than low-power so I still have to go through the BIOS. Also I'm willing to be you have a few dozen applications starting up in Windows while your Mac is pretty clean.metroidfood

The Sleep Mode in Vista (my laptop) and Win 7 (my gaming PC) works perfectly fine here. When in hibernate mode, everything looks powered off: lights, fans, drives, all the LED lights. The PC looks like it's turned off. Yet if I move the mouse, the PC resumes right where it was within a couple of seconds.

I rarely turn off my computers nowadays, preferring to keep them in Sleep Mode.

Really? I always like to shut it down completely unless I have windows up that I'm working on. Not like it matters much, Windows 7 boots up so quickly that I barely even notice the difference.

Perhaps Macs are better (I don't know) , but they don't have all the games I want to play so...

[QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

[QUOTE="cd_rom"] Macs don't turn off. They go into a low-power state, and they save the image of the memory so everything can be put brought back faster. Again, we're back at the "hiding" part. None of that has anything to do with how well each OS handles multitasking. Admittedly, Windows could use this feature. The closest thing it has it "lock" and "hibernate". "Lock" doesn't really put the computer into a low power mode. "Hibernate" never works for me, and it's also a complete shutdown rather than low-power so I still have to go through the BIOS. Also I'm willing to be you have a few dozen applications starting up in Windows while your Mac is pretty clean.metroidfood

The Sleep Mode in Vista (my laptop) and Win 7 (my gaming PC) works perfectly fine here. When in hibernate mode, everything looks powered off: lights, fans, drives, all the LED lights. The PC looks like it's turned off. Yet if I move the mouse, the PC resumes right where it was within a couple of seconds.

I rarely turn off my computers nowadays, preferring to keep them in Sleep Mode.

Really? I always like to shut it down completely unless I have windows up that I'm working on. Not like it matters much, Windows 7 boots up so quickly that I barely even notice the difference.

Mine don't take long to get to the log-in screen (from a warm/cold boot). But, a number of services applets still need to load up before the computer is fully usable. Even the fastest warm or cold-boot still takes forever compared to the 1-2 seconds waking up from Sleep Mode takes and is fully usable right from the get-go.

The problem with Sleep Mode is many PCs made before Vista probably can't handle it. My old 2001 PC BSOD's every time I try it. But, my Toshiba laptop (2007) and gaming Pc (2009) handle Sleep Mode well.

The Mac Mini I just turn off when not being used. It really is quick in booting up, much quicker than any of my PCs. It's the BIOS that slows down the boot process and the Mac doesn't have a BIOS in the traditional sense.

I've used both of them, and overall i prefer the Mac. I just like OS X overall, its look, feel. Also the Mac Hardware. Yes you can build a PC of equal specs for less, but you get good Apple design (...Most of the time* :P) and the software can take advantage of the hardware and vice versa.

PC 110%

1. Its what I grew up on

2. I dont like the control Apple products try to have over their consumer

3. I dont like how Apple products deny the customer control

4. PCs perform three times as good at half the cost

5. Games

6. Games

7. Games

8. Mac "culture" annoys me; if you own a Mac and like it, great, I am happy for you. Just dont treat it like a fashion statement or think Bill Gates is the antichrist and Mac is an army of angels sent to smite him.

Also, this picture sums it up pretty well

I like to build my own computers...I also build them for other people, so it's a no-brainer to choose Windows based systems for me. Macs are well made machines and I understand the appeal, but I hate the fact that they are extremely limited by propriety.

PC, Macs are overrated, expensive pieces of out of date hardware. I still feel bad for a friend of mine who paid $3000 for a Mac that was weaker than my PC which cost half as much. Iantheone

Non-Mac PCs.

PC because i like being able to play the latest games *well* :D.

pc i hate apple there self ritoughs and think they can charge more $$$ than any of there useless products are worth

I use my macbook almost exclusively since I got it. Mostly since I'm not a PC builder/enthusiast and there are never any games coming out that I can't get on a console. The only PC game on my radar right now is Shogun 2 Total War, and that's been the first on it since Empire, almost 2 years ago. I do want to get Civ 5, but it's coming to the mac soon and that's one I'd like on a laptop.

PC

I use my macbook almost exclusively since I got it. Mostly since I'm not a PC builder/enthusiast and there are never any games coming out that I can't get on a console. The only PC game on my radar right now is Shogun 2 Total War, and that's been the first on it since Empire, almost 2 years ago. I do want to get Civ 5, but it's coming to the mac soon and that's one I'd like on a laptop.

supercubedude64

PC, ftw.

I still think you get what you pay for when you buy a macbook pro laptop. The construction of them are amazing, and the contrast ratio of the monitors are unrivaled. Also the keyboard is very nice .You are not paying for performance, you are paying for everything but performance, even though you still get good performance... obviously not for games.

JigglyWiggly_

I'm a mac guy so I have to go with the mac.

If somebody donated a Mac to me, but i try them at Fry's and don't see what the big deal is........maybe if i were an Art student.but my cousin is and so far hasn't bought a MAC either.........X360PS3AMD05

While I dislike the use of "PC" to mean anything but a Mac (since a Mac is still a personal computer, but...

PC for sure.

I don't like Apple products and I don't like Apple, and I ESPECIALLY don't like their computers. The iPods, eh, fine, I can live with those, but I can't stand their computers. I don't like the operating systems, I hate how overpriced the computers themselves are, I hate how you cannot customize the hardware, and so on. I also hate the pretension that more often than not goes along with owning a Mac.

A lot of Mac users pride themselves in being elite computer-users because they went out and bought a Mac, but that's not true. It takes a lot more skill to customize a PC, build your own PC, or even select a PC from a large pool of brands. I also get so sick of hearing about how Macs are "virus-free" which also is a misconception. Automatically owning a Mac does not make you exempt from viruses, and automatically owning a PC does not make you virus-ridden. Using a little common sense will go a long way with avoiding viruses. Macs are still susceptible to viruses - they just often aren't a target since PCs are more popular and more businesses and important companies use PCs.

All in all, I just have never had a positive experience with a Mac computer, and I've used many different kinds of them dating back to the late '90s, so I'm not just talking out of my ass.

ive used both quite a bit, for some reason i hate macs.

because of my opinion being the only one that matters....

PC WINS!!

that is all.

Mah PC is cool

I got a Mac about five months ago and I swear you couldn't pay me to switch back to PC! What's everybody else's opinion?jam19911000

home built pc's are the way to go.

PC for me. Apple is too expensive and I find there hardware to be pretty and fragile.

I prefer Pc, but Mac seems pretty sleek.

os mac hardware pc

windows is the devil

PC. I absolutely can't stand Macs.