The Triangle

Originally posted by

Bob

There, there fanboy... Steve jobs will give you a penny.
Seriously, Gaming on a Mac? Forgot you need the hardware to do it? Only Mac pros and the expensive high end iMacs can do gaming... for a few months when their outdated graphics cards become obsolete and you can't upgrade (Mac pro can upgrade when Apple tosses a bone in the shape of a new card every 2 years or so)

P.S.- Oh, by the way, my PC can do stuff your Mac can't... and what it can it can do it better.

Yay, a PC fanboy! Did you know that Intel Macs are exactly the same as PCs, except for the firmware? No? And what exactly can your PC do that a Mac can't? (Besides PXE network booting, which I'll figure out how to get working eventually.)

PS: If the only thing you're buying a computer for is gaming, you need to get a life.

Not only the desktop machines. I can do gaming on my low end MacBook Pro on high graphical settings on games like The Sims 3, and on the Windows partition, I can get away with Med-High settings on Crysis. 2.4ghz intel Core 2 Duo, 256mb NVidia 8600m GT, 4GB Ram. My computer only cost me 1,800 second hand which isn't that bad seeming its 64-bit on OS X Leopard which gives me enhanced speed for applications like ProTools, Final Cut Pro, and things of the sort. Mac machines are good. Windows machines are also good. It depends what you want to do. You can do everything on both computers now that Mac is on intel. Gaming seriously seems to be the only thing that I have heard of that Windows users complain about. It is possible, and don't use the word 'Fanboy' because all you might know, the person you are preaching may be an avid windows user and may only be reviewing a Mac for whatever reason, regardless that in this post it seems to be stated in the post that this certain person is now a Macintosh user. Oh, and it seems that Macintosh computers run graphics applications natively. A LOT better than Windows machines in 'some' cases, and in other 'cases' they are not. Each computer has goods and bads and in the end it all goes back to personal preference which nowadays seems to be affected by public opinion and it all goes back to these so called 'fanboys' that LOVE their Windows machines.

Question: Why do you try to bring down Mac users? Macintosh computers are industry standard in the entertainment industry. And think of it this way, your beloved Windows and console games were indeed in most instances made on a Mac. If you want all Mac users to switch to Windows, all your games, songs, movies and television shows will ALL disappear. Come over to Melbourne, Australia and take a tour behind the curtains of Crown Casino. ALL their SMPTE, DMX and their Audio rigs are all hooked into Mac Pro's. They have been booted up ONCE and have not been rebooted since unless of a power outage which never occurs unless the end of the world is near(?). America or not, you'll find that your television stations are all running Mac Pro's and in most cases are running MacBook Pro's. Anywho, enough of me ranting on. I just wouldn't mind an answer as to why Windows, Linux, Solaris (etc...) users want to in basic 'kill off' Mac users, or tell them that they are going to get the thumbs up from Steve Jobs or some stupid statement of the likes.

Regards, Michael Daeché

Originally posted by

Bob

There, there fanboy... Steve jobs will give you a penny.
Seriously, Gaming on a Mac? Forgot you need the hardware to do it? Only Mac pros and the expensive high end iMacs can do gaming... for a few months when their outdated graphics cards become obsolete and you can't upgrade (Mac pro can upgrade when Apple tosses a bone in the shape of a new card every 2 years or so)

P.S.- Oh, by the way, my PC can do stuff your Mac can't... and what it can it can do it better.

More FUD.

Originally posted by

Nilesh

Apple will have viruses too eventually. The main reason Apple doesnt have viruses is because hackers at the current moment dont care for MACs because the market for MACs still isnt as high as PCs overall.

Apache has around 70% of the market when it comes to HTTP servers, yet 95% of the worms are written for Microsoft's IIS (which has around 20%). By your logic, Apache should be the one with the most vulnerabilities, yet it isn't!

[QUOTE id="9445b5e4-fecd-46ab-a868-b46fd86b1460"]And to those that believe that MAC is better to buy because PC has a higher chance of getting viruses, well the thing is that if you dont download illegal software or go on sites that you're not supposed to you definitely lower your chances of getting a virus. I run Windows Vista, without any antivirus program and havent had any virus related issues. So is MAC better then a PC, well thats a question of personal opinion.[/quote]
Or if you don't use a browser with massive security holes.

[QUOTE id="9445b5e4-fecd-46ab-a868-b46fd86b1460"]The question that should really be asked is what can a MAC do that a PC cant? and the answer is nothing. Anything a MAC can do, PC can do better!!(after all, nowadays we dont need for Microsoft to release a new OS or service pack, we can just find tons of addons as freeware online)[/QUOTE]

Wait, are you saying that before Windows Vista, you had to wait for MS to release a new OS or service pack before you could get a new feature like CD burning or wireless Internet? Wow, Windows was really quite limited.

P.S.: I think you meant "Mac", not "MAC". "MAC" stands for Media Access Control, and is the protocol used to allow multiple computers to access a single network.

Originally posted by

Nilesh

Apple will have viruses too eventually. The main reason Apple doesnt have viruses is because hackers at the current moment dont care for MACs because the market for MACs still isnt as high as PCs overall. Though it is growing remarkably fast and even getting some enterprises to think about supporting MACs though they still do prefer PCs.
As far as the article, MACs have alot of problems themselves. The availability of programs for MACs are slim compared to PC OS's(Windows, Linux, etc.) especially due to open-source. MACs also do have hardware issues, one of my friends has a MAC with a CPU that overloads and crashes and shutdowns the computer. Hmm maybe PCs might have a blue screen of death but at least the blue screen helps determine the cause of crash, whereas MACs just go into a blackhole! lol
but in the end you really have to say that its a personal preference of what thpe of computer system someone should buy. For a normal student, who only cares about word processing and internet(who am i kidding, facebook) then a MAC is perfect for them, oh and for digital media majors too. But for the rest of us, especially those that love to mess with their computers by customizing it with software varieties, hardware varities, and overclocking and what not and also have the option to do everything a MAC can do, then a PC is for us.
And to those that believe that MAC is better to buy because PC has a higher chance of getting viruses, well the thing is that if you dont download illegal software or go on sites that you're not supposed to you definitely lower your chances of getting a virus. I run Windows Vista, without any antivirus program and havent had any virus related issues. So is MAC better then a PC, well thats a question of personal opinion. The question that should really be asked is what can a MAC do that a PC cant? and the answer is nothing. Anything a MAC can do, PC can do better!!(after all, nowadays we dont need for Microsoft to release a new OS or service pack, we can just find tons of addons as freeware online)

He's not talking about SERVERS. He's talking about Personal Computers, Windows has 91% of the Total Market Share.

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8