PC vs. Mac

In all seriousness i would like to see peoples opinions between these two and potentially the arguments in their hardware pros and cons and also the OS (Operating System) facet of this discussion.

I myself prefer a PC but I've seen a lot of editors and professional businessmen use Macs...

What are your thoughts?


[I'm sorry if this thread has already been made before, but in my search i found none, so if there is an older one please merge or delete please :D]

Here is the previous thread you missed. :P
Windows, Mac, or Linux? Which do you Prefer?

[I'm sorry if this thread has already been made before, but in my search i found none, so if there is an older one please merge or delete please :D]

I did search... sorry


Uuh hmm sorry but this is on the actual hardware not the Operating System... (linux, mac and windows are all OS's compared to an actual PC which can run any one it wants)

Originally Posted by Lord_Nor

I did search... so sorry?


Uuh hmm sorry but this is on the actual hardware not the Operating System... (linux, mac and windows are all OS's compared to an actual PC which can run any one it wants)

Oops, I read your post too quick, I apologize. I just deleted my post.

For hardware, I find PC better. Pricing is better, and I know more about it, so naturally I gravitate more to it. I have been told Macs use RAM more efficiently, but I myself have never noticed this.

Yes another one to the PC cause! :D, i agree completely with you. PC's are actually more efficient in the use of RAM. With the new Corsair DDR3 Ram, the PCI-Express slots allow for lower latency issues. Overall i like PC's more because wit ha Mac your stuck with what you ave till you buy a new one, but for PC's you can customize and upgrade gpu's, motherboards, cpus, hardrives and almost everything

PC. More flexible. Better use of resources. Ubuntu, plus XP, and such, I like infinitely better than Leopard. Less expensive, upgradable. Doesn't have pesky built-in software. Goofy UI is non-existant.

Macs can't be upgraded, while PCs are heavily modifiable.

I also hate Apple.

Oh, crap... voted wrong one... Macs are unupgradeable, RAM prices (for example) are around 10 times more than PC, I think, GPU's are limited and mostly crappy and costs HEAPS more. (For example, you can get a PC similar to a Mac Pro with way better graphics but lower RAM and only one quad core, for around ... $16,000 less?)

While I like Macs and think they have a lot of good aspects, they are too expensive for my liking, especially since I like to build PCs from scratch.

I prefer pc over mac just because I find it easier to write code on and its cheaper to upgrade then buying a new version of mac.

Originally Posted by WILLTHEALMIGHTY

Macs can't be upgraded, while PCs are heavily modifiable.

I also hate Apple.

You are wrong. Macs can be upgraded. You can upgrade the harddrive, the ram, the video card and the processor. You just need some knowledge and google.

Yeah, but hell, upgrading is a lot easier, cheaper, and more powerful on a PC. Macs are all inclusive and great for beginners that don't really want to do much besides really basic stuff.

Mac hardware, for the same price, comes nowhere near PC hardware.

I agree, the PC owns in almost all aspects in hardware when it comes to prices and customization etc. It really depends on what you want do with your computer. Though you can almost buy 2 good PC for 1 good mac because they are ridiculously expensive.

This pancake costs around $2500 and it got no CD-ROM though it got a nice camera. This computer is so small... It ain't much bigger than a paper.

To me the big reason I think PC hardware is better is because Windows doesn't make it. I hate Windows, and like OSX, but prefer PC over Mac for hardware. I think when I get my own computer I'll try out Linux.