Mac Vs Pc

posted on September 21st, 2006, 3:39 pm

You dont get what the link said do you .........

it was tracking the usage of computers across the net and Macs have less than 5% what does that tell you if 80+% use Windows XP

Macs suck they arent popular,

[ewm90]

posted on September 21st, 2006, 6:28 pm

Last edited by ewm90 on September 21st, 2006, 6:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well thats becuss PCs are cheeper and becuss thay are used in the work place more becuss or thare price. People buy what thay know.

+ Pcs are good for games sluitafing thare controle.


Macs have menny fuchers that PCs dont thay just are not takin advatige of be cuss of thare price. You pay for what you get.

posted on September 21st, 2006, 6:46 pm

No cause you can get cheap macs aswell now so its not just price

posted on September 21st, 2006, 10:28 pm

Its becuss of the fact evry one is used to PC all the aplications that people are used to run on PC thare is evadise to suport this mac has ben making a ig recovery.

But eny recovery will be slowe becuss people dont like chage.

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 12:03 am

why does ur signiture say vote for change if ppl dont like it?

i like the PC as it is more compatible in this day and age. macs are useful for video editing and stuff but i think the average joe will prefer the PC

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 12:29 am

That a discution for a nuther thread.

ashaly thats not trow mac exsepts more mac forun formats like the Pc format. Pc duss not exsept mac fomated things if a file duss not have the dos exe after the file name the file cant be read.

and than thares the fact that mac runs windows.

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 1:38 am

Look Ewm you just cant accpet that macs have under 5% of the Pc operating system market compared to over 84% Windows Xp

If macs were so good they would have at least 30% the rest could be attributed to cost but they dont

Now im sorry but the discussion is over

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 2:05 am

I'm a bit biased in the PC direction since all but three Mac's I've seen have either been useless junk without processing power or have melted (yikes).
Anyways, popularity doesn't always prove worth, but in this case...
80% is a pretty large amount, see. And there's the issue of certain Macs not running a few of my CDs (the ones which I had projects for school on... thanks, Apple, for bringning the OS 9 iMac into the world) and the annoying mouse/keyboard. I never have gotten used to that keyboard. It hurts my fingers and makes me typo it up.

The few good macs have been quite fun to play on, games like Diablo and Warcraft and Starcraft and Deus Ex (yes, they're available on PCs as well), and they do have nicer eye candy, but I really am a PC fan. It's fun to have a giant bulky tower next to your monitor, you know? Oh, and I can position the fan to blow warm air on me during the winter.

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 3:17 am

You guys just dont look at the facts and dont under stand markiting and how the biz works yet.

When a company grabs a hold of the market like miroft has its call a monopaly wich is ilegal but PCs hi power lowers got tham off. If a company is as big and powerfule as PC is the compatishon.... well what compation.

thay can pay the best ad aginsys top doller wich mac cant match.

What do you think it is that PCs crash so much and MACs dont? If you have a prodect that sell well no need to chage it.

One day you guys will get it.

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 4:51 am

You guys just dont look at the facts and dont under stand markiting and how the biz works yet.

When a company grabs a hold of the market like miroft has its call a monopaly wich is ilegal but PCs hi power lowers got tham off. If a company is as big and powerfule as PC is the compatishon.... well what compation.

thay can pay the best ad aginsys top doller wich mac cant match.

What do you think it is that PCs crash so much and MACs dont? If you have a prodect that sell well no need to chage it.

One day you guys will get it.

Actually u dont look at the facts. Everybody here has been telling you that PC's usually have better stats for a cheaper price so I dont see the dillema here. Its a fact that as it stands Macs have no chance in hell of ever taking a fair procentage of the market, they need to change something drastically.
Now when I compare PC's to Macs I do not mean Windows XP vs Macs OS. Yes most comps have Windows XP and it is not as stable as one would want, however people make it sound like the thing crashes all the time while actually it rarely does. Its instability is largely exaggerated Though if you are against MS and monopoly of the market & unstability there is still Linux OS, which is VERY VERY stable. I dont know Macs OS, but Im pretty sure Linux is more stable than what they have
As far as I know there are no other OS available for Macs
The thing that wins it for PC tho is the simple fact of upgradability of EVERYTHING and the price of course ^_^
The way I see it, if Macs EVER want to have a larger percentage of the market they will need to change their mentality drastically. Cause u just cannot offer **** that is less efficient and more expensive and expect to take over a market mg: If that wasnt enough there is the whole unupgradability thing and of course 1/2 of stuff that is released doesnt work on Macs They would also need a big company behind them which would release software exclusivly for Macs, and I mean good software, that would make people think twice about which thing to choose. But as it stands, Macs have no chance in hell against PCs....

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 10:49 am

Well I think it was 1 out of 12 how instoll servis pack 2 computer gets messted up so bad thay have to reformat and its not just the crashing its the vireses, spy whare, ad ware, root kits, mall ware, and the fact that the User interface has not chaged much ever sins win 95.

Yes it is win VS mac os uther wise the computers are same.

Thare are as meny OS avilabule for macs as PCs.

Its as easy to upgrade a Mac as it is a Pc thay are the same inside.....

Not trow Windows has a strnagl hold on the markit. Ther stangal hold may fail in a few new OS win thay figer out back werd capatibality as thay no it is not posabule for ever.

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 2:08 pm

Ewm you still are talking out of your arse

1, I have service pack 2 and ive had this install on my pc since august 4th ( previous vista b2) and i have had Zero crashes, zero spyware, Zero viruses

So tell me in what way that XP Sp2 makes everyone crash im sorry but i dont even need Anti virus or Anti spyware with the way things work

2,There are not MANy Operating systems available for mac because theres only MAC OS thats officially supported

3,Its not as easy to upgrade a mac because if you have an IMAC u cant upgrade i to run the latest OS because they want you to buy a new machine for it

4, I dont understand what you have said but If you think its just cause windows has a strangle hold on the market you would be wrong

the way i see it is that MACs actually do more advertising than WIndows and thats a fact when it comes to TV I see one windows Ad a week Macs i see regularly

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 3:31 pm

another thing with the macs is the laptops - they're seen as a stylish item to have and thus its a "must have item" with certain ppl along with the ipod and little dogs in a bag.

i agree with baron regarding the stabilty of windows and linux, many of the crashes i've encountered in my years with XP are due to mistakes on my part not XP but they're easily fixable and if i'm at loss on how to fix it there is a massive community who do know things about windows XP. i also tried linux redhat for a while and it was indeed very stable however i had problems with compatabilty which are probably sorted by now. thats the thing with PCs - the possibilities are limitless with hardware and software. of course the viruses and adware problems are still there but with the right security software and common sense they can be avoided and the main reason macs dont have virus issues is cos the hackers don't target them due to fact not that many ppl have Macs compared to those who have PCs.
the user interface of windows has changed cosmetically in the last OS but thankfully it still works the same way so people who are both experiance and new to windows don't find themselves getting lost in the computer.
a question to some ppl who may work in the computer industry - what is the current standard for server OS in offices? windows or linux? any macs doing this work too?

[Acidpunk]

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 3:33 pm

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well server based operating systems are mainly

Windows
Linux
Solaris

no one ever uses macs for servers


also mac laptops are proven to be unreliable they have way too many issues to even start talking about them

[Frodo]

posted on September 22nd, 2006, 3:35 pm

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thought not. the only macs i've ever seen are in schools for media and art classes. can't say i know anybody with a mac yet.
the laptops are shite, my mate got 1 for christmas and he hated it, traded it in for a dell 1 that was 100 times better than the fancy white mac laptop.

does anyone remember the old claris works on the ancient apple macs? classic software!