The MAC Craze.

[provisionist1]

This is a very silly thread, and about two months ago there was another one just like it.

The fact of the matter is, some people like windows, others like linux and still others like OSX. I fall into the latter, I was brought up on macintosh, so it\'s what I like. I am not used to windows nearly as much, so I don\'t like it as much.

Many other people were brought up on windows, are used to it, and thus use it instead of the others...

Nobody is correct and nobody is wrong quite simply it\'s a different operating system and different computer and different people like different things. Period.

I would agree with Kixie that yes Apple needs to branch out and let other people make parts and software for them. I would hate to see apple clones however. Nevertheless, the release of the mac-mini has brought the prices down considerably. Apple does not have a monopoly on the PC market, but it is an internal monopoly...

Also, if you\'re looking for a mac for cheap, look on ebay...

Finally, it does depend often what you are using the computer for...

by RussianVodka
From what I\'ve noticed, this is how computer users seem to panout now-a-days.
 
*  Using comp to check news and read email - Mac
 
*  Using comp to check news, read emal, and play games - Windows.
 
*  Has good understanding of a computer, but is not a \"profesional\" - Customized Windows (Changed browser, player, privicy settings, system programms, and other files to own preferences.)
 
*  Needs a computer to perform specific tasks (like Buddha) - Mac
 
*  L33T Haxxor (figurativly speaking) - Unix

Unfortunately this is not entirely accurate, just your opinion. Here\'s mine:

Mac: Great for 2D graphics processing (the multistreaming processor). Moderate at 3D, but if you\'re wealthy enough to buy Maya, it\'s excellent for 3D/4D processing. Finally, it is good for mathematics especially those equation-crunching that require multiple streams going at once. Macintosh can also run most games (not all) it is simply that they are released later for the mac (by which time many bugs have been worked out).

Linux: I have never used Linux, who knows? I may like it more than MacOSX... But it seems Linux is excellent for those who like to program software and their own style of OS.

Windows: I have used many windows machines, I simply don\'t like the style, but I have nothing against people that do. It seems to me they are best suited for designing single stream programs (like in engineering) that will only be used once for a specific task. They also have lots of games (because game corporations are going to make their product for a system that holds 90 percent of people). They are also good at 3D processing, but try to run Adobe quick and well on an average PC...hehehe, it\'s like Humpty Dumpty. *BOOM*

So...in conclusion ladies, gentlemen, and Kran, there is no right or wrong in the computer world, people use what they like/are used to or for more advanced computer users, use a system that is tailored to their specific needs.

My thoughts,

Xirius

[XpYtZ]

For the love of God! Why does it always come back around to this.
No OS ir particularly \'better\' than another. They all have their flaws and their shining points. It\'s like saying that a salad fork is better than a dinner fork. It\'s a FORK!
I learned MAC OS on an old SE-II B/W and it did what I needed it to.
I learned Windows on an old 386 running 3.1 and it did what it needed to.
I learned Linux on a 1.2Ghz running Debian (and the hardcores laughed). It did what I asked it to.
It\'s an OS.
As far as the Apple Computer VS the IBM Clones
Simple buisness folks.
Apple closed its fist and held its assets in an iron grip while IBM said \"Hey, lets all get rich off this thing.\" end of story.
If Apple had allowed people to license their technology it would be a far different world.

Last point and the only one that matters in this whole rant. It\'s a computer: a tool for doing complex mathmatical calculations. We have learned to make it into the Swiss Army Knife of thechnology but it all comes back to how well it process the numbers. Are you aware that you can recompile OS X to work on Intell chips and clones? Or that you can rebuild the win32 kernel to work on the PowerPC 970FX apple uses? Why do you even start these OS wars.
It is like fighting about who has the better bat, the guy with the wooden one at 36inches or the guy with the 29inch alluminum. One has more reactivity and one have more controll. It\'s all in the aplication on the product. If you are a moron you can fire up a OS X or a Windows system and break it. If you are a middling user you can get around in either of them and if you are a Pro you can reskin, recompile or compleetly rebuild either one to react the way you want. Preference people, preference.

And yes I do have a Mac, it\'s my school laptop.
I also have a dual boot Win/Linux desktop.
Use what *you* like.
Learn what you don\'t know.
Become the pro.

[Xordan]

Gentoo owns everything. And portage rocks my life.

[leinir]

*hands Xordan his well deserved bag of dirt* You win

XpYtZ: I would agree, and we even have similar setups (school iBook, dual-boot win/linux desktop (the windows partition is currently collecting dust, though this might change during this summer, because UnrealEd 3 doesn\'t run on Linux at all (I tried damn near everything))).


It\'s so good to know that bigotry still lives on. Thank you for all your enlightening posts on the subject on why you are right and everybody else are wrong. So good to know.

[SquidProject]

Windows is for people who want to chat, browse the internet, and play video games.

Macs are for people who want to do all of the above on a system that will never blue screen, and who have a little bit more money, and may be interested in video editing, sound, photography, etc.

Linux does everything.  For free.  And stable.  OK there aren\'t too many games for it, but it runs Planeshift fine, which is the only game that matters.

Originally posted by Xordan
Gentoo owns everything. And portage rocks my life.

Yes, I agree with this completely.  Gentoo is very very cool.