Mac vs. PC

D-Jam, post: 5502 wrote: I do read some Mac-centric sites. I get irked whenever fanboys like MG Siegler continually kisses Steve Jobs’ butt and can’t seem to write about anything without somehow leading the article towards “Apple is the best and they can do no wrong”. I do like though when i go on Macrumors and see guys who love their Apple machines, but do not accept everything Jobs does in an unquestionable manner. They’ll give plenty of heat when a stupid decision is made or they feel the products are being dumbed down too much or limited. I can take anyone more seriously if they’re willing to challenge their idols.

I have given Apple plenty of grief over the years. I’m enjoying Lion, the latest OS, but some of the iOS-ification just doesn’t make sense for desktops and laptops. I also have video editor friends who feel completely abandoned by the dumbing down of Final Cut Pro. I’m definitely not a Saint Steve can do no wrong fanboy.

But just to be picky, I think it’s not that Apple’s computers are aimed at/designed for computer illiterates—it’s just that computer illiterates assume that Apple’s OS is easier to work with (and I’d agree). There’s a difference. As I stated before, many of my friends who are heavily into computing (coders, which I am not) love their Macs and prefer them as their primary machines.

Why is it mac v pc?? A mac is a “personal computer” :s it should be mac v windows…..

But either way… Its not what you use its how you use it… No one in the audience actually gives a shit what you use… Some might be like oo a little glowing apple but in many stores here in ireland its like an extra 1000 euro to have a glowing apple, ive been looking at sony vaios lately that will stand out more then a glowing apple (illuminous green and illuminous orange) and they come with better spec plus to upgrade to 8 gb its cheaper then the basic mac model, plus I prefare windows to use. Not too keen on windows 7 as i prefare xp but its sposed to be a lot faster 🙂

Either way microsoft and apple are just ripping you off so they can get as rich as possible… One think I dont like about macs is the fact the shell on all of them is the same, if I ever got one I wouldnt want to be advertising it spesh if you have to dj somewhere then take a walk to get a bus, train, car park… Because over here you can pay around 2500 euro for one which is more then a lot of people pay for their cars…. I wouldnt want mine to look like a mac to be honest….

It really just depends on your personal preference.Macs are awesome,but yet pricey.I Dj on a windows computer, running windows 7, and havent had any problems with it as far as viruses or malfunctions during sets (knock on wood lol).