The Great Battle....PC vs Mac!!!!
 

Brethren, I just got the new Mac-Book Pro. It is AMAZING!!! I have long been fond of Mac (and their obvious superiority :):):D) SO I just wondered, who in the AV Forum prefers what???? Clunky PC or SLEEK Mac!:pop2:

why do Mac users always try to provoke PC users into arguing which is better?

:deadhorse:

BTW, I believe we've had this conversation at least twice already.... Has it been at least 6 months from the last time? :nono: I think we have to wait at least another 2 months? :)

Actually I did a search for Mac...sorry....

Was not trying to provoke.:eek: I intended it as fun, sorry if it was interpretaded as provocation. Not my intent. Manifold apologies.

As was my reply to you. :) I was teasing back...

I'm going to do something I've never done before. In the spirit of this thread, I've adjusted the poll questions. The PC item now has a more realistic description than "forget Vista ever happened."

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :pound:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

OF COURSE Vista is REAL WORK......you are always repairing the bugs and crashes!!!!!!:pound:

No big deal. I hope nobody takes this thread too seriously!

What computer you choose is hardly an issue worthy of true argument.

BTW, you can run Windows software on your Mac with Crossover. I hear from my users that it works well for SwordSearcher. So, any computer you can run SwordSearcher on is good enough in my book. :)

:amen:

The Mac guy looks like an MV user....

I ' M . J O K I N G ! ! ! :pound:

Believe it or not, I've never used a Mac, so I had to vote for PC.

Ever hear this one?

Bill Gates- If I made automobiles, I would make them so inexpensive and affordable that everyone in the world could own one!

Lee Iacocca- Yes, but who wants an automobile that crashes twice a day? :)

It's along the lines of the 'Calvinist' or 'Baptist' battle.

We all know Mac is the truth for PC work. :pound:

This thread has probably existed on every forum across the Internet, lol!

I was just thinking: "The PC guy looks like a baptist preacher.." right before I read Brother Tim's response!! lol!!!

In case folks here don't know, I work in IT, everything from servers to workstations, and all manners of software in between.
I personally own PCs, but have had a few macs along the way, although never a macbook or Apple laptop. I happen to have a really slick HP-TX1218 tablet PC, which is way cooler than any macbook, the only problem is it came with Vista, and only vista drivers for all of its toy features.

From a professional standpoint, all IT guys hate Microsoft platforms, but still, you can get more done in a PC environment, and you have control over it too. When people know what they're doing with Windows, a: they don't run vista and b: they tweak the machines to perfection.
I have a monster desktop with great specs, and like every desktop I've ever had running xp or 2k, they never crash. I get no errors whatsoever, and I have NO antivirus either. One just has to know how to setup and use a Windows machine.

Now people that are really in the know run a linux flavor on another machine, often their daily-use machine, or their home server. I play with different linuxes on another laptop, but since I never learned to code or really get into unix, I'm stuck at the user-level. Still tho, only in open-source does the ability to smartly compute (2Tim2:15, lol) become available.

One other thing, how did PC get 1004 votes when there are only 485 registered members on this forum?

That will be something for Diligent and the Lord to work out. :pound::pound:

Mac vs. PC? hmm, let me think...

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l2...e_Logo_102.gif

Wow, that's some pretty broad generalizing!

Hanging chads.

My weapon of choice is the Commodore 128 with 512 k ram module. NEVER has it crashed on me. It's not fitting into Bill Gate's monopolistic practices, I am cursed to use PCs due to their availability.

Comparing Macs to PCs(with MS OS, not Linux) is like comparing the 2009 Dodge Challengers to a VW. Mac's are however priced beyond the common man's reach, but when my financial situation changes, my next NEW computer will be a Macbook or a G5. I had an older Mac that ran OS8. You could not crash it. I have an Apple II and the one with the monitor and everything built in also.

I am running 32 bit Windows 98 and refuse to upgrade. I see no reason to upgrade to the M-16 since I can do the same damage with an M-1 Garand. Nowhere is the concept of planned obsolescence more blatant than with computer software.

If I have my druthers give me a Mac G-5 and leave me alone.

Grace and peace

Tony

Yeah, but the PC guy looks like a MV translator, I'm not joking:D

Grace and peace

Tony

http://www.brandonstaggs.com/commodore-64/ (scroll down to the bottom for a couple of pictures of my 128)

I was a TRS-80 man from 1978 until the late 80's. My first was a Model I with 4K of RAM, one of the first sold in our city. I made a living writing custom software for the Mod I & III for about 6-7 years. I ported my last customer over to PC in the late 90's. In between I also wrote software using the CP/M platform.

For our students, I had a C64 and several Atari's (400's & 800's). I had one math drill program that worked only on the C64. When that machine went down, I lost the best graphics-based drill program ever written. :(

me sheds a tear for my vic20. R.I.P.:pound::pound:

I learned to operate computers in 1980 on an old IBM, my computer was in two parts the size of of each was that of a 12 cubit meter refrigerator, one was the CPU tower and the other was my LPT one reel to reel. keyboards were large and bulky and the Monitors were either green or orange.

the next computer I used regularly was in 1993 and it was a 1991 MAC w/pre windows software, next I had a 286 IBM, then a Intel 386, 486, and now I have a P5P800 with a Celurion 3200CPU with only DDR400 512MB Ram and currently a 175GB HD, NEC flat screen monitor and a firewire card for videos upload and a video capture card for VHS tape conversion. all of which was supplied by the Lord.

So which is best?

The one the Lord supplies. Hee Hee

Kewl. I love me 128, but of course now they have made enjoying the Original Manuscript obsolete, there are now C-64 emulators and programs for them out there. Woe is me!

Sweet outfit Brandon.

Grace and peace

Tony

Tim,

My mother had the 1978 TRS-80 that is what I learned on in our home. I had to input all programing first then it would work, but never thought it would ever have help me until I got a job in 1980.

I like computer Hardware more than programing.

I enjoy the "art" of programming.

At one time, there was good money to be made in hardware sales and service. What happened for me was, the prices dropped so low that the profit was minuscule, and then people expected me to give a "lifetime" warranty because I was an individual business-owner. I could not make any money after the big-box electronics stores began to sell PCs cheaper than my wholesale.

You can actually find old C64s for fairly cheap online, some used video game stores, the occasional thrift store/garage sale, and at the various "retro gaming" conventions that pop up here and there.

Diligent needs to update his page with more photos. We have several Commodores. One that he spray painted cherry red and updated with some new hardware, a "classic", as well as a luggable C64, and the 128. It's kind of a hobby for us. :)

Tim,

yeah I know the feeling. I now do very little hardware troubleshooting as I did from 97-2002. almost everything is on board now. Other than the video card if you loose one on board component best to replace the whole board.

I was amazed to see a young man here replace the Capacitors on the Motherboard by hand. it is very difficult to do if you get solder on any other hardware pathway the whole board is ruined.

In Taiwan the whole thing is done in one press of a computerized soldering machine. first the workers place all the components face done on a rubber type template that hold the parts in place, then the certain type of board that matches the template is pressed down and soldered by the machine all at once.

Hoorah. There is a G-5 and a 2009 Dodge Challenger in my future. My cup runneth over and the speeding tickets will be incredible...

Grace and peace and I hope those Dodges have a Slap Stick...

Tony

I use PC with Windows XP and Vista.

I'm sorry brother. :(

LOL, my G-5 is amazing, we still have some old Apples we bought well over 10 years ago, they are obsolete due to software but the hardware is all still running. These days I usually use a 15 inch Powerbook, we got a second one off E-bay a few months ago for about $600, it was like brand new! :)

No need to be. They work excellent for me.

You can have my Mac when you pry it from my cold dead fingers...
 

Mac 4 LIFE!!!! :D :p

Brother Parrish, what I am looking for in a Mac notebook is external device capability. With my hands being what they are, I hate touchpads and do my graphic artwork with a mouse. Some of the new Macs look paper thin. I'll see what my financial future is, if it's good I'll shop my local Mac dealer for a used G5 for a desktop and forget the notebook. I tried a G5 and just fell in love with them.

Grace and peace

Tony

Yeah, the new one called the AIR is very thin, but that's not the one to get anyway. That is not a very robust computer and I think the battery runs out really quick. The Powerbooks are amazing (I use the Apple wireless mouse with mine) but they are pricey. Of course the G-5 is the real monster so I think that would be the best choice for a work machine. :)