PC vs MAC again - I'm serious!
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- Atkinson
I've had an imac for a couple of years and have been really happy with it, no probs at all. I'm going to be ditching it for a laptop. Thinking about the new MBpro when it comes out, £1500, and I'm sure it'll be a great computer. However, in a second of doubt, I thought should I spend half that and get the best pc laptop there is, probably have a slightly faster ride but experience more problems, less support and lower quality components. Whaddya think?! PS I am capable of making my own mind, just curious to hear others opinions.
- Nairn0
Stick with what you know.
- Atkinson0
I know both though, that's the prob!
- autoflavour0
google the words PC vs Mac QBN ..
and read the 1001 other posts on this topic.to be honest, most of the time i feel its just PC uses looking for someone else to justify their lust to switch..
- Atkinson0
yeah I agree totally. Half of those previous posts are probably my own from when I did switch. I guess I just need to rid the guilty feeling that spending that kind of money gives me!
- KatoBay0
Wait a few days - mac are coming with new laptops on tuesday - I've heard. Make up your mind then.
- autoflavour0
computers are computers.. if you are comfortable with mac, then you save your pennies and get one. when my old powerbook died, it had to go without beer, cinema and basically anything that was fun for about 3 weeks before i could replace it. and this is my day to day work machine..
- Atkinson0
from experienc then what kind of life span can I expect from a MBP? 5 years?
- i got 4 years out of my powerbook, and that was with 2 hours of daily transporting to work.autoflavour
- my G4 Titanium Powerbook still works after 6.5 years of constant use, I could still work on it today if I was patient.modern
- let me clarify, the laptop still works, the screen is cactus.autoflavour
- I'm 4 years and counting on my PBG4. Hopefully replacing it come tax return season thoughtymeframe
- Same problem...Sequencer
- autoflavour0
well considering mbp's havent been around for 5 years, its hard to say. i still have my first gen mbp and its running fine.. albeit a bit slower than my girlfriends macbook.. which shits me.
- boobs0
If you switch from Mac to PC, won't you have to buy an entirely new version of Adobe CS3?
- Atkinson0
yeah, I'm looking at cs4 now, student editon / staff edition
- OhYeah0
People who say you can only design on a Mac or wrong! You can do the same on a Mac as you can on a PC and for half the price. Mac's look sweet but you do pay for that. PC's are not shit as people say, I find that Mac users who say PC are shit don't know fuck all about computers aways!
I have worked on Mac for years and PC and I have to say that the Intel Mac are horrible and CS2+CS3 kill it...
So, IMHO if you want a good machine that will not cost you an arm and a leg get a PC, got money to spend? Want to look cool? Get a Mac!
- Dancer0
"People who say you can only design on a Mac or wrong!" Who said that?
- I hear it all the time from designers...OhYeah
- man you're hanging out with some pretty stupid designers. I only hear non-designer types say stuff like that.Dancer
- Tell me about it Dancer! There are some Mac fairies out there! ;) PC user I take it?OhYeah
- NopeDancer
- That is the stupidest fucking comment I've ever heard.Raniator
- Well as I said that's what fellow designers have told me... So I do agree with you on that!OhYeah
- autoflavour0
this is the most futile argument. its like people who ride motorcycles to people who drive cars.. they both get you where you want to go, just one is different to the other.
i dont buy mac cause i like to look cool.. god knows it would take more than a fucking laptop for that to happen.. i buy mac cause i like the operating system, and i like not having to worry about shit like malware, viruses and basically all the other garbage that drove me up the fucking wall with pc's.
yes, pc and mac are the same.. you know why.. because they are COMPUTERS.
if you like macs.. then buy one. if you like pc, buy one..
but dont buy a either because you think its going to change your life or anything.. its fucking computer. that is it.
- autoflavour0
its like arguing over which is better.. coke or pepsi..
when really, the answer is beer.
- coke everytime, pepsi tatses differentAtkinson
- i agree.. but its a futile argument no?autoflavour
- True!OhYeah
- yes, but there is an answerAtkinson
- no, the answer is dependent on the point of view,autoflavour
- yes, but there is a point of viewAtkinson
- OhYeah0
But there is a reason so many designers get a Mac? I have to say that OSX looks and works like a dream and compare it to Vista or XP it pisses all over it. But then again you can get a top end PC laptop and install OSX on it, I have seen it done and it works fine with no problems.
- autoflavour0
designers like designed objects. macs are designed objects. i know im going to get shot down in flames for saying this, but most of the designers i have worked with and for see macs as a status symbol in their company..
and that definitely is sad.
- modern0
If you want a good PC laptop you'll be paying £1500 anyway
anything lower is basically built to fall to pieces after a year, and wont even come with real copies of windows it will be that installer partition bullshit.Yes you can install OS X on a PC now with the help of some hacks, but there is no guarantee all the hardware will work perfectly or any guarantee that it will all break. Its going to be a clunky experience at best because macs are so tightly designed to the hardware apple sells so I wouldn't expect fan management to work you probably just have 100% all the time on some motherboards.
The only people raving about it are nerds and hobbyists because they didn't actually invest to use it as a work machine.
- Dancer0
I feel Macs have a longer lifespan
I'm still rocking a G4 Powerbook with CS2
- Raniator0
Wait until Tuesday 14th when the new laptops come out. A MacBook Pro won't be slower than a Windows laptop, OS X is way more optimised than the memory hog that is XP/Vista.
If you've got £1500 to spend you might be glad to hear the the new range of laptops have 12 price points rather than the current 8, so you may find that you could get away with spending less depending on the specs.
