Mac or PC? - Page 2

bjornkeizers · 05-13-2012

I was a Windows-hostage up until mid 2010.

For years I'd heard from Mac owners how great and wonderful their machines were. And I saw the figures that Mac owners were far happier and more satisfied with their purchases then Windows-computer owners. And while I was very skeptical, I decided to give the platform a go.

Well, I'm happy to say: I'm no longer a Windows hostage! Mac simply works better for all the aspects that I need. Most of the things that bothered me about Windows simply aren't an issue in Mac. For example, updating software on Mac is a breeze. Just takes two clicks and a reboot on occasion. The software is more logical, it has a nicer design, it's more consistent, it works together better... Mac has a great ecosystem for support and software as well. There are no issues with drivers, no tweaking the registry... it's worked flawlessly from the day that I bought it.

I like my iMac desktop so much, I bought a Macbook Air to take that joy with me on the road. Mac OS truly works BETTER.

If you're on the fence: just do it.

wakarimasen · 06-12-2012

Have been a Windows user at home for about 12 years.

Built a PC to run Linux about 7 years ago and switched back to XP 4 years ago.

Am now using an iPhone, iPad and iMac 21.5. My son saved and bought himself an iPod touch 2 years ago. Thoroughly pleased with all of them. In fact, my wife is now hankering after an iPad: apparently I don't let her use 'mine' enough.

The one thing that does tempt me is a small laptop (10-11") running Linux. I think I could realise this for around GBP200, whereas a used MacBook would be much more.

HuubL · 08-11-2012

Just checked back this old thread and seeing the poll results it seems that RFF'ers are the opposite world....

DtheG · 08-16-2012

I refuse to vote. Mac or PC hardware its the same chip these days. As to OS: neither, Linux only for me.

SausalitoDog · 09-26-2012

Went mac 4 years ago... Not for one machine, for the total system. It's great to have a problem that the guy who sold it to you can fix rather than telling you it's the OS, the periphial mfg or someone else's fault

Olsen · 10-03-2012

I use my PC, my wife uses Mac. I get 'twice as much' for the money. Her HD broke down after 18 months. Mac would not cover the loss, by this violating Norwegian law. - We will not let them die in their sins, though. Mine spinns and spinns. Generally: Mac got better screens, most PCs got more reliable HDs. With PC you can still get a top of the line 17" screen on a lap top.

Today specs is so similar that I see no reason to switch.

yaser1984 · 10-10-2012

I think Mac is faster than PC. But more expensive too. And in PC you can found more programas.

Frontman · 10-10-2012

I have finally switched to a Mac after a 27 year hiatus from Apple. My last Apple was a IIe back when I was a high school student.

I finally got tired of having to buy or renew anti-virus software every year, and my last PC was damaged by the DNS bug a few months ago. I ended up buying a MacBook Pro, and have been happy with it so far.

Paul Jenkin · 10-17-2012

I have used PCs at work for 20+ years and familiarity / inertia is the main reason for using one at home. My wife has a Mac and it is excellent. However, Windows 7 is very usable and, hopefully, Windows 8 will be better still. I don't know enough about IT / software to know whether one is truly "better" than the other but I find the cost of Macs a bit prohibitive.

affair · 10-29-2012

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Originally Posted by mbisc

I smell a flaming war :-)

not a war, just discussion
for me is PC! After my friends and I have read the review of South Korean game Epicus Incognitus on MOOWood, we decided to join it. But we can't find the exact releas date of it. Who knows the details of it?

denizg7 · 11-07-2012

the thing is. when you have a mac you can use it as a windows pc and a mac perfectly fine.

jultou · 12-16-2012

PC at work, Mac at home.

After 15 years using home PC, I bought my first Mac 3 years ago and I would never go back.

With PCs, I was spending night long fixing bugs and reinstalling things. I must have done a million time ctl+alt+del to end task something.

Now with the Mac, I only have to worry about using it!

But for work it as to be PC, I work in engineering the Mac is just inexistant in that area.

maggieo · 12-17-2012

27" iMac at home 13" MacBook Pro for the road.

BlackXList · 12-17-2012

I've yet to come across an apple product that I didn't find frustrating at best, and borderline unusable at worst.

They're sleek shiny boxes, but all of the ones I have experienced have design features (either hardware or OS) that reduce me to wanting to shout "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" at either the machine or the people who made it, so it's PC every time for me.

Plus on non user experience issues it strikes me as ironic that many people who deride the "yearly update cyle" that camera manufacturers want customers to buy into are so often wanting consumers to buy into are frequently Apple fanatics.

Snowbuzz · 12-20-2012

I've been a Mac user for about 12 years (PC user for 10 years before that) but I ran Windows 7 in Bootcamp on a 2010 4-core Mac Pro and on a MacBook Pro. Apple's iOS additions to the OS started to really irritate me. Most of the software I use for work is Windows-based and, as I'm pretty mobile, I sold the Mac Pro and bought a Dell Precision mobile workstation.

To say that the Dell runs rings around my (now sold) 2011 17" MacBook Pro / Mac Pro is an understatement. I've got a 100% Adobe RGB IPS screen; 32GB RAM; a Quadro GPU with 4GB VRAM on board. I have CUDA support for Adobe Photoshop which I don't believe Mac OS X supports yet. The hardware has been flawless along with Windows 8. I can also upgrade any component in the laptop (including CPU and GPU) thus extending its life.

It is a personal choice, but I got tired of being bogged down by Apple's sometimes deliberately crippled (in firmware like in the Mac Pro) / non-upgradeable hardware in order to force users into buying computers more often. I got tired of poor support for Pro users both on the hardware and software side ($500 for a 3-year-old graphics card?) in preference to iOS users. So, I went elsewhere.

jarski · 12-20-2012

13" Mac Air 2010 & Snow Leopard still going strong here, excellent travel computer. crunches 18mb raw files in decent time, and thats about heaviest operation am using it for. not trying to scroll and edit big photo libraries with it though, thats spared for some future Mac with more horsepower. am not missing anything from what PC's can offer.

Captain Trips · 12-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Snowbuzz

To say that the Dell runs rings around my (now sold) 2011 17" MacBook Pro / Mac Pro is an understatement. I've got a 100% Adobe RGB IPS screen; 32GB RAM; a Quadro GPU with 4GB VRAM on board. I have CUDA support for Adobe Photoshop which I don't believe Mac OS X supports yet. The hardware has been flawless along with Windows 8. I can also upgrade any component in the laptop (including CPU and GPU) thus extending its life.

That is one seriously expensive laptop. I just bought a MacBook Pro which I really like. Horses for courses I suppose.

Snowbuzz · 12-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Captain Trips

That is one seriously expensive laptop. I just bought a MacBook Pro which I really like. Horses for courses I suppose.

It is indeed, and I don't have the "Covet" version either or I'd be in debt for life.

jpa66 · 03-01-2013

I'm still a Mac user, but after recently getting a new Mini, I must admit that I hate the current OS. I do not have an iPhone or iPad ( and do not plan on getting either ), but it seems like everything is designed for those users. If I had the know-how, I'd build my own computer using an OS that makes sense to me ( the way that the old Mac OS's used to ).

tom.w.bn · 03-18-2013

I'm using Macs at home since 1998. My current iMac has a OSX and Windows 7 partition. Both work great. I could live with a Windows computer alone but not with a Mac alone because there are a few programs that I need who run on Windows only. So I'm not a Mac fanantic.

Rogier · 03-25-2013

Its my business to fix Mac's.
Problem is there hardly is any business

jarski · 03-26-2013

just updated my old Air from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, so jumped over Lion-release. took good deal of time to get everything re-installed, but its nice now, all running smooth.

reason to update was that some new apps support only to latest releases, Snow Leopard might not be in support list anymore. after discovering that its possible to install OS X from SD-Card (am traveling and not carrying spare USB or CD drives with me), went and finally did it!

Kent · 03-26-2013

Although I have always likes MACs a lot, I use ("Wintel") PCs.
MACs are just too expensive here in Germany.

3rdtrick · 04-17-2013

I am a PC user both Windows and Linux. While I do understand why photographers might like MAC better, I do more than photography and I also like to build and tinker so the PC world is where I am.
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