Mac or PC

[FEEL]

This is not a Which one is better.
I just want to know what everyone has.
Also it would be nice to say what version you have too.


I own 1 Mac OSX iMac G3 (slow and sturdy)

I also have a few PCs(XP and (98). I play most games on them because I had most of my games before my mac.

[redwudz]

I have a Mac G4-1.2GHZ with OSX (Or the next one, I haven't used it in some time). And about 7 MS PCs, XP Pro and Home with SP2 and one Vista Home Premium OS.

[Bjs]

G3 , p133 , p200mx , p2350 , amdk62 500 , p2 550 , p3 800 , p3 1200 , amd xp1800 , amd xp 2400 , amd xp 2800 , amd sepron 3000 , p4 3400dual

1 x dos / win3.11 wg
1 x win95b
4 x win98se
2 x 2000 pro
1 x xp home
4 x xp pro (9 legal copies , 4 used)
Vista ultimate soon ... full blown 64bit ... haven't made decision between amd or intel just yet .

Yes , only one mac in the lot .

If the answer is which is best .

Mac for insane stability .
Pc , frequent crash's if unlucky , but far better supported in almost every respect

[yoda313]

1 xp home emachine 2.66ghz single core

1 vista home premium amd 3800 2.4ghz single core 64bit processor (32bit vista version)

Definitely vote for windows.

[SCDVD]

There is nothing wrong with a Mac for those who care to use it. The biggest issue is the limited choice of applications that run on it. But if it has what you need to use, it runs fine. The only problem I have with the world of Mac are the cult fanatics who don't use a Mac; they worship it.

[rumplestiltskin]

I use a Mac for almost everything and, for the times I require a PC (I teach MS Access), I run Parallels and XP Pro in Coherence mode so I have all of my apps right there in my dock and can share data (and the clipboard) between the Mac and PC environments.

By the way: I don't worship my Mac. One does not worship tools.

[edDV]

I tend to use machines in pairs for best workflow + others for TV PVR or rendering duty.

Currently I use a pair of Core2Duo machines one with XP and one with Vista. I have a Linux P4 machine that is not used much for video although I intend to use it as a MythTV test bed.

I advise a company that has full up FCP Macs and Avid/Premiere PC's.

[lenti_75]

pc all the way....amd and Linux

[SatStorm]

AMD 2600XP+ with win2K
AMD 1700XP+ with win2K
AMD 1200 Duron with Ubuntu linux
Intel P3 1500 with win2K
Intel core 2 duo 6600 with winxp pro
AMD 3100XP+ with winxp home

Soon I'm going core 2 quad and I believe a laptop is on the way (I'll install win2K pro on that one...)


In my job they have Macs. They are stable. Linux also is stable.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Pentium D 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM, Multiboot: Vista Ultimate 32- and 64-bit; XP Pro SP2; XP Pro SP2 (Dutch); XP Pro x64; XP MCE 2003

A variety of laptops (an old 600MHz Sony (Win2K) and two Thinkpads - (XP Pro))

A 500MHz PIII (Windows 2000)

A 233MHz AMD something-or-other (Windows NT4)

A Sinclair ZX80 (ZX-BASIC) though I'm buggered if I know where it is!

[Faustus]

I have a Macbook Pro and a self built PC. I need to have a Mac around because I do mac support.

TBQO if i could afford one of those badassed Mac Pros I would kick my PC to the curb, its not like I can't run windows on the Mac these days.

[PuzZLeR]

SCDVD makes an interesting point. I have 5 PCs here and wish to also get a Mac as my next computer, at least as an alternative, but the whole culture/religion behind it turns me off. Sure, if you can use a Mac for its incredible stability and powerful, albiet cookie-cutter, apps, then you will be fine, but if the whole mindset and philosophy becomes you and starts to bother you, you may have a problem.

This is what's holding me from getting a Mac. It's not the money, or the smaller support it has in the market. It's that whole liberal-leftist-artsie-phartsie-herb-smokin'-tree-huggin' scene that I want no part of. I believe having a Mac may suck me into that...