Originally Posted by Strike_King
(Post 642383)
I use both between home and work,I'll give my take on it..While I prefer Macs,I'm by no means a Kool Aid drinking fanboy that would walk off the edge of the mountain if Steve said to. For me,the preference is in the OS. With OSX,in order to install anything on the root of the computer,your prompted for a username and password. It would be pretty hard to install something malicious unknowingly. Another major difference is that there is no registry with OS X. Therefore no shared dll or ini files. When you want to get rid of a program,drag it to the trash and that's it.You're not prompted about shared dll's etc. There is also no BIOS with a Mac.Startup times are pretty quick. As far as a learning curve,it's kind of like reinventing the wheel.Not that hard really. In regard to cost of software,for most home users Neo Office (Open Office ported to OS X) is more than enough for documents,spreadsheets etc. Thunderbird is a great mail app that I use..Both are open source,free. I also have a Windows box because I like to tweak. Upgrades are a snap with a PC. With a Mac,components are somewhat more proprietary. Tho I did upgrade the RAM and hardrive on my Macbook easily.Costwise, a PC can't be beat. With some of the price points now,PC's are almost becoming disposable. Vista,well that's a whole nuther issue.Tho there are speed tweaks for it,it still can be a major biatch at times..I'm wondering how the next Window's OS will be?
I would sum it up as follows:
If you're a hardcore gamer,stick with PC
If you get processor envy and tweak your computer often,stick with a PC
If you're in a newtorked office that uses Windows,stick with a PC
None of the above,a Mac works..
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