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Mac vs. PC; every forum needs one :D
Topic Started: 16 Nov 2007, 09:04 (352 Views)
Lord Tothe
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Gateway PC w/ 3GHz hyper-threaded Pentium 4

Upgraded to 2 GB DDR-1 RAM (running in dual-channel mode)

Upgraded to ATI Radeon 1600 graphics card

I will soon add a second hard drive.

It came with Windows XP media center Edition, and it works quite well, thank you very much. Crashes don't even happen once a month.

A Mac would have needed complete replacement instead of gradual upgrades. My system isn't even close to top-of-the-line (they have DDR3 RAM, quad-core processors, and far better video cards now) but it'll play Crysis on medium graphics settings without a hiccup.
"Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything — you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." ~ Robert A. Heinlein
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I have a habit of having quite out of date computers, at the moment neing win XP... couple of years left.
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Well if major computer manufacturers get their way XP may once again be the top dog. Unless the first upgrade to Vista is fairly comprehensive. They've been screaming to let their buyers choose between XP and Vista since it came out.
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Lord Tothe
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Vista sucks as much as anything can suck.

1. Hardware incompatibility - odds are good your printers, scanners, external drives, etc. will not understand Vistaspeak. HP and the other printer makers would rather sell you a new printer than write a new driver or firmware update.

2. Vista doesn't run a lot of programs that run on XP. One of my friends had to do a bunch of back-door updating for Halo because the game didn't see him as having admin rights on the computer for the automatic updates. Good thing the updates could be downloaded from Halo support sites as an *.exe file.

3. Vista is a resource hog. Many "Vista ready" computers can barely run the OS, much less a game or multiple spreadsheets and document programs. You need LOTS of RAM.

4. Now that Macs are easily set up for multiple operating systems, you can run Mac OS, Windows XP 32- and 64-bit, Linux, and anything else you want. Since the Mac OS is based on Unix, Linux isn't really even needed. The only drawback to Mac is the difficulty upgrading the hardware and the high initial price.

I still like my XP media center computer. I just got a free TV tuner card to try out.
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one coment, Tower=Desktop, same thing, a desktop is a computer with a tower, just wanted to point taht out. :D

I have a vista laptop, hate the hardware, the softwars im 50/50, but fucking hate the hardware, Im never buying ANY toshiba product for the rest of my life. THIS LAPTOP SUCKS... god damn toshiba piece of crap
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fuck mac, they ain't computers.
*hugs his alien ware*

Note: bought before they were bought out by dell! =D
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no, it was amazing....then dell bought them out...
now they're dell hardware with the alienware tag, they've created an economic moat with the name brand.
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PC pwns Mac.

Some Mac users acted invincible and said they never would get a virus with a mac. Mac steps up advertising. Mac users get virus.
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so true
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Ann
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PC = FAIL
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PC = FAIL

Everyone knows that only liberal pansy wusses from big cities use macs. :P
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Mac has some of the dumbest commercials also.
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Wow more fanboyism how typical out of people who have no Idea.

I have a MacBook and a PC, so I really have the most room to talk. And the only reason I don't get rid of my PC is I have games on it. I have had A LOT more problems with my PC, and I use my Mac much more. And Apple customer service is so much better, first off, apple customer support you're not talking to some guy from India who you can barley understand.

If your gonna say something, please back it up with facts rather than stupid comments like
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Well, I prefer the PC because:

1. It's designed so the owner can easily upgrade it
2. It has a vastly superior game library
3. A PC is still cheaper than a Mac
4. XP has proven quite stable for me.
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Well, I prefer the PC because:

1. It's designed so the owner can easily upgrade it
2. It has a vastly superior game library
3. A PC is still cheaper than a Mac
4. XP has proven quite stable for me.

ill respect your opinion if it's that way ;)
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PC!

Except for when you get a BSOD! *(&()@&
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I am gravedigging, but this urgent, insightful information must be added to this thread!

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I dont care what it is as long as i can get on line...hey look my BlackBarry ^_^
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Basically, Macs suck.
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