Originally Posted by NoWhErE (Post 14948108)

You seem pretty set into the notion that your PCs are better so I won't even get into it.

I have had iMacs, Macbook Pros and currently have about 7 PCs at my house. Each custom built, each cost more or less 2000$ at the time of the build.

My Macbook pro and iMac are my best purchases and least expensive in the long run.

Most people tend to think that PCs are less expensive because of the initial buying price, but people also forget that you often have to Macs come with Pre-bundled software that isn't offered when you buy a PC. Usually you'll have to pay for Windows, anti-virus program, proper html editing progs, photo managers, etc etc etc.

And alot of the times, whenever new generations of technology come around (although I admit its less frequent these days), it usually means you have to somehow upgrade your PC by buying new hardware.

Lets not forget debugging time with Windows. How much time have most people spent looking for drivers to update your stuff or surfing the web for a patch so that your shit is compatible with your build.

Time is also money.


Anyhow, I could go on. Maybe your PCs are more powerful than the Macs, its quite possible. But in the long run, I prefer my Macs and thats just my plain simple opinion.

Originally Posted by aubreythree (Post 14944606)

http://www.freshbite.info/fnews_1224745936_11096.htm

As a Mac user, I found this pretty funny because it's partially true - at least before the transition to Intel.

Originally Posted by BadBrad (Post 14953859)

I click on "What games the Mac owners are playing" and get this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...WL._SS500_.jpg

WTF? HAHA!!! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Originally Posted by TheDoc (Post 14948130)

My wife's Mac was in a car wreck.. Know what sucked? I couldn't fix it, we had to send it to a shop. I'm sure you know what happens when the PC breaks. A wire for my Mac to my Tv cost.. $25.. Know what it cost for me PC? $2 - We have had 2 cd roms go out.

If you add up my software on my pc and take out my toys, my PC is still cheaper and still faster than her mac. For sure my npower vs the mac pro, holy crap.. at least $1000 cheaper.

My PC is 2+ years without a rebuild, my laptop was 4 before the fans went out. My cdrom on the npower was $25. The mac, I think it was $200ish because they had to put it in.

That mac cost more, it's parts cost more, and to get it repaired costs more.

Originally Posted by SayWhut (Post 14944741)

Originally Posted by Greg Gaskell (Post 14954121)

Just like a BMW costs more to repair than a Ford!

Originally Posted by BadBrad (Post 14953859)

I click on "What games the Mac owners are playing" and get this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...WL._SS500_.jpg

WTF? HAHA!!! :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Originally Posted by pentae (Post 14955071)

Its pretty simple really.. if you've never used an intel based mac shut the fuck up and go back to your cave you fucking cave man.

And the argument that macs are for noobs is lame, most mac users I know are alpha nerds, used to be very advanced windows users, are more than capable of building their own machine and doing hardware upgrades.. come on thats SO 1990s. We're all just tired of using a crap operating system.

You cant beat the new macs, you can not give me a reason why 95% of users should not use a mac.

Originally Posted by InternetIsForPorn (Post 14944943)

I would've gotten a MacBook Pro if Apple didn't fuck up with the latest models.

Originally Posted by Rorschach (Post 14948107)

i strongly disagree. there's nothing else on the market that allows you to quickly and easily experiment with layouts like DW. i'm not talking about finished sites - obviously the code needs to be tidied up by hand - but if you're playing around with complex layouts then you need WYSIWYG and nothing else comes close. i'm no DW fan, and if there was a better solution i'd use it - but there isn't.