Mac vs PC

Raymond Lin · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:08

Oh, I have a win 7 box too and a win 7 netbook.

Raymond Lin · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:13

Vorash said:
This is a genuine question though: What are Macs good at? What are the actual reasons for buying one over a PC that justifies paying such a premium? (ignoring looks)

I won't say they just work but they do. Although if you want 1 reason.

Integration.

Get a mac, then all the other apple stuff will just work.

Ever seen apple TV in action? I went over to Skully's house the other week, with NO fiddling, I presssd 1 button on my iPhone and I can put my media from my phone through his tv/HiFi. 1 button!

Apple express, plug it in, the mac sees it.

My 5 year old printer, no drivers needed. I actually lost the CD.

Nerusy · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:14

Vorash said:
1. I've had my PC 3.5 years and never formatted
2. I haven't spent a single penny on anti-virus and i've never had a virus
3. I built mine to be silent, I'm not sure how it would compare to yours but I have no problems with mine
4. I've had no need to contact customer services, if I did it's most likely to be someone like Corsair - you can hardly say they're bad
5. You're right, it's subjective

I disagree that they just look better because 'it's a mac', which is what a lot of people say. Some PC builds look beautiful.

Anyway, the point of this post isn't to say Macs are crap, I'm just saying your advantages of having one are meaningless since my older PC matches and beats them.

This is a genuine question though: What are Macs good at? What are the actual reasons for buying one over a PC that justifies paying such a premium? (ignoring looks)

Well as far as I am aware iMac is the best all-in-one on the market. For very obvious reasons.

Laptop wise, built quality, custom service, OSX(since OS gives you option to have Win7 while "pc" laptops don't"). For laptop when you get PC with the same quality and package it will cost around the same. So it's comes down to personal preference of mac vs "pc"

Mac mini...I think its obvious why you're paying premium there.

what else is there? workstation comes around the same cost as equal build quality "pc" workstation.

One problem with apple is that they keep prices the same for years even though after a year they ought to lower the price down accordingly. So if you want apple product buy it on release.

Alpherah · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:15

I remember this exact thread occurring a month ago .. when did i learn to time travel!

Stewy · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:21

Skittles > Haribo.

Al Vallario · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:25

Apples > Oranges

StriderX · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:29

Oxygen > Nitrogen

bhavv · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:31

Raikiri said:

Not worth over 3 grand.

mrk · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:32

StriderX said:
Oxygen > Nitrogen

WRONG!

Raikiri · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:39

bhavv said:
Not worth over 3 grand.

Hardly cheap, ugly or messy looking like you claimed though. Also it's a workstation, they cost more as they don't use consumer level hardware.

cainer · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:40

all this talk of Mac is making me hungry, might have to pop round the drivethrough

Nerusy · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:40

bhavv said:
Not worth over 3 grand.

not for gaming but it was never it's intent lol

To expand the point, that was a screenie of a mac pro- a workstation. You know how much non-apple workstation cost? yeah around the same price.

Buchanan0204 · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:40

I personally hate the touchpad on macbook pros... it's far too firm to press down. When dragging something across the entire screen, it takes me two or three goes. I have to stop in between, give the file a rest and continue on... unless of course I up the pointer speed.

With conventional trackpads, you can hold and press the left click while dragging with the trackpad.

Why did they need to make it so stiff and durable. We get the point... it's sturdy and well constructed, practical it is not.

I do however love the multi touch on the trackpads.

Nerusy · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:47

Buchanan0204 said:
I personally hate the touchpad on macbook pros... it's far too firm to press down. When dragging something across the entire screen, it takes me two or three goes. I have to stop in between, give the file a rest and continue on... unless of course I up the pointer speed.

With conventional trackpads, you can hold and press the left click while dragging with the trackpad.

Why did they need to make it so stiff and durable. We get the point... it's sturdy and well constructed, practical it is not.

I do however love the multi touch on the trackpads.

Absolutely agree, who ever thought it was a good idea to get rid of the designated click area?!???! Really bad idea, really stupid.

Klo · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:53

PC>Mac because I says so.

Al Vallario · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:54

Buchanan0204 said:
I personally hate the touchpad on macbook pros... it's far too firm to press down. When dragging something across the entire screen, it takes me two or three goes. I have to stop in between, give the file a rest and continue on... unless of course I up the pointer speed.

With conventional trackpads, you can hold and press the left click while dragging with the trackpad.

Why did they need to make it so stiff and durable. We get the point... it's sturdy and well constructed, practical it is not.

I do however love the multi touch on the trackpads.

Goodness me. Tap to click.

Robbo · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:55

This should be locked.

Needless to say there are a ridiculous amount of clueless stupid morons in this thread making sweeping statements they don't understand.

Raikiri · 13 Sep 2011 at 02:55

Buchanan0204 said:
I personally hate the touchpad on macbook pros... it's far too firm to press down. When dragging something across the entire screen, it takes me two or three goes. I have to stop in between, give the file a rest and continue on... unless of course I up the pointer speed.

With conventional trackpads, you can hold and press the left click while dragging with the trackpad.

Why did they need to make it so stiff and durable. We get the point... it's sturdy and well constructed, practical it is not.

I do however love the multi touch on the trackpads.

Can't you turn tap to click on then just double tap and drag?

That's my preferred method on any touchpad, holding a button with one finger whilst dragging with the other just seems clumsy.

OspreyO · 13 Sep 2011 at 03:06

Raymond Lin said:
I know 2 people now who has iPhone 4.

Both dropped it and cracked the glass.

...

Maybe get to know more than two people, who don't drop things. :eek:

bhavv · 13 Sep 2011 at 03:19

Raikiri said:
Hardly cheap, ugly or messy looking like you claimed though. Also it's a workstation, they cost more as they don't use consumer level hardware.

They use a LOT of consumer level hardware, as the bottom post of the first page shows. The Macpro is also the only system from Apple that can compare to a self built high end gaming desktop (for les than half the cost!).

Also:

I have no idea how anyone can justify the price of those. They dont even have a Quatro or Fire GL graphics card! A similar workstation from Dell would cost a lot less with a workstation grade graphics card!

(Back when this spec was around, a Dell workstation with the same specs and a Fire GL was around £3500 max).

Just about everything except the CPU, and maybe ECC ram is consumer level in a MacPro, nothing like a workstation PC.