Apple or Windows? Which is better?

[HomunQlus]

The answer to what the thread began with - Apple or Windows, which is better - is the following.

There is no way of saying Apple/Windows is better. Apple has its strengths, Windows has its strengths. Apple has weaknesses, but so has Windows as well.

It doesn't make much sense anymore to have a discussion like that because things have developed far too much.

Like Apple.
Buy a Mac.
Use it.
Stick to it.

Like Windows.
Buy a PC.
Use it.
Stick to it.

It's as simple as that.

No point in discussing this any further.

Everyone should use and take what he likes the most, what he thinks will suit best for what he's going to do with his machine. If it's Windows, so be it. If it's Apple, so be it. What you like the most is the best for you personally, but there's no way of saying that system XYZ is truly the best. Windows has its right to be on the market as has Apple, and all the others like Unix and Linux. Use what you like the most and you will find it the best system. But if it is the best? That's for no one to say.

My opinion.

[ApeintheShell]

Apple Computer goes beyond the user's expectations of what an operating system and computer should look. I like to design newsletters in iWork, listen to music, play pac man in Dashboard, chat with friends, surf the web, and this is what a basic user would do.
It seems your young enough where owning a Windows or Mac does not matter. If you find benefits using a Mac than stick to your guns. Be a leader and don't let your friends get under your skin. Usually people who have used a Mac either use it at work, a computer lab at school, or way back in Oldsville.

[Cat]

wintel also tends to be cheaper.

That is just a common misconception that can be quite easily refuted and disproven.

[TheJimmyJames]

I used Windows for at least eight years. Finally got my hands on an SE/30 in 1997. Yes, an SE/30. I stopped using my then-current PC.

Tell you anything?

[Quicksilver]

Can you tell me why windows is better than a mac other than your own personal reasons?

One reason why mac may be better for some is that it has style. Buying a mac is like buying a Ferarri and crapping on all those little bombed up pices of crap you see driving around.

Buying a windows is like buying a cheap plastic car that just does everything. or even trying to throw a powerful engine under the bonnet to get the speed.

You see some things are a fashion statement. Apple as a way is saying "Hey Im cool and YOUR NOT!

In other words go buy your girl a "Louis vouton" hand bag for $2000. I know it sounds crazy but it kinda goes along the same line. OR go buy yourself a new top brand name suite go do your hair clear your self up and then go for a nice walk in the shops. And then you can see the attention you get from all those attractive women.

Now do the same but dress like a looser don't do your hair, make yourself smell. Now see how much attention you get from women. Its all about attraction, how GOOD you are and your SOCIAL STATUS.

If you own a MAC with MAC OS X, YOUR TOO GOOD!, LOL

By the way what os are you using, OS Classic 7?

[Yammanee]

My answer is that Macs are just easier to use.
The simplest way of seeing this is the installation and removal process.
For the majority of applications (except for a few "Pro" apps) installation is as simple as drag and drop. Also, to remove, you just drag it to the trash.
None of this "Start - control panel - add/remove" and then you cross your fingers and hope that it was removed.
Windows puts files into your system like a weed. It will take you forever to just track them all down manually. And doing so will probably corrupt your system and make it unstable!

Aesthetically, osx beats everything hands down. Perhaps when Longhorn comes out (if ever........) windows will catch up. But by that time macs will be far ahead again.

Macs are the masters of innovation. When was the last time microsoft came out with anything original?

The machines are better made and everything is optimised and designed to work together. The problems with a lot of pcs are that they are put together with pieces compiled from so many different companies. Thus creating problems when you upgrade and find clashes occur. And when you buy something out of the box, you still need to buy a lot of accessories. Not even talking about the software that comes bundled with a new system.
With Apple, you have no need to buy software as most things are already supplied.

I was very much a windows user for many years, in image, film and sound editing and creation. But I will never go back. The ease of use and the quality of the OS will keep me a Mac user. I doubt windows will ever tempt me again.

I will admit that in the gaming arena, windows are far ahead. But with the new core video and sound that is in the new Tiger (OS 10.4) gaming developers might start taking a more keen interest in macs. They will be able to do things that will not be available to windows users. Here's hoping.

Whenever you talk to a Mac user, they will always say that Macs are the best. I think that you really need to just find an Apple computer and see for your self.
Best yet, if you have a Mac store near you, go in and ask any question you want.
The staff in Mac stores actually know what they are talking about (try and say that about most pc stores!).

Cheers.

[gphillipk]

I'm suprised nobody has mentioned the fact that you can actually be much more productive on a Mac straight out of the box than on a new PC. I remember when I got a new PC, the only thing I was able to do is play Freecell till I'd purchased & installed all the software needed. To date, I've only had to download and install a few applications (like TextWrangler which I use to write code) to have everything I need to be fully productive. I've had my PB for abt 2 months and I haven't even finished exploring all the software that came with it.

[eliezer]

thanks guys. thats what im talking about.

i've had a mac my whole life and i always tell me people that mac is better.

but recently i've had to use windows a lot. e.g. for my ICT coursework i had to use microsoft access and publisher.

so that got me thinking that windows might not be simpler, but it does run all the apps at the end of the day.


btw. i have 3 apples at home. a dual 2ghz, a 1.6 ghz and an 400mhz ibook (old black one).

they all run os 10.3.9

btw quicksilver, if you really wanna be cool, get urself a 30 inch monitor with a dual 2.7ghz computer.