just wondering . . . PC or Mac?

[bajagokart]

For all you tech geeks/go kart people out there . . . which one do you use? i personally have a 15" Macbook Pro and i love it but i have a custom built tower by me that i love too, so PC or Mac?

[mike75925]

mpc, transport g3. with fingerprint scanner. though it doesn't work, the scanner that is.

[Ferrari motors15]

Mac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[freakboy]

P****inC... i got something you dont http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_CAQDAS/IT_skills/Images/Mouse_buttons.png

[Kenny_McCormic]

Mac=Trendy PC

That's all I have to say about that.

[bajagokart]

lol mac does have mouses dude haha and thanks ferrari i totally agree :D haha i use a mac cause it works lol

[freakboy]

nooo look closely at the mouse... on the right side of it..... ahaha right click buddy right click..

[bajagokart]

um have you not seen the track pad on a macbook? its called two finger = right click or bottom right corner of the trackpad for right click

[bajagokart]

plus you can hook up and mouse to a mac and the right click works :P

[r_chez_08]

pc all the way :) i guess its cos im from the uk, and used to them.

[NJOHC]

Mac.... I got a 13in Macbook pro for xmas. If you're into media/movie editing/music/photos (which I am) of any sort it's the best out there. Every movie you see in the theater is created on a mac. It's the best computer Ive worked on so far. I'm in a radio class in school. When we pre-record a show, or make commercials it's all made up on GarageBand.
And the trackpad really is amazing. The only time you really need to click on anything on the screen is when you want to select something. Scrolling/going back and forward through pages are all multi touch functions on it.

[bajagokart]

yay! more amazing mac users lol! NJOHC whats your macbook pro got for hardware? my 15" macbook pro has 4 GB of ram, a 2.93 ghz processor, a 320gb hard drive at 7200RPM! and i totally agree with your statement btw :D

[1992suburban]

$230 Toshiba from Best Buy..

show me a MAC that can compare..

[NJOHC]

It has 4gb of ram and 250gb HD. And whatever processor goes with that combo. Everything is basically just a step up from the base model. I'm going to get more ram eventually, but it's good for now. The only thing I've seen from apple that I'm disappointed in are their in-ear headphones I just bought. For 80$ they have no freakin bass at all. Im going to see if best buy will take them back because I cant stand them! lol

show me a MAC that can compare..
Price wise there isn't one....but you get what you pay for. If it's something somebody cant afford Im not bashing what they own at all. With a Mac you pay partially for the branding and partially for the technology. But everything is American designed that comes from apple. And Im willing to pay a little more if it's american and works.

The headphones though, were def not worth it lol. Invest in Sony if you want some good in ear headphones. They're half the price too.

[bajagokart]

um that has what a single core processor and maybe 1 gb of ram lol plus an integrated video card lmao a mac mini beats that lol

[bajagokart]

lol i think the biggest processor in the 13" are 2.5 ghz i believe and the most ram you can get is 4 gb sorry to burst your bubble lol if you want 8 gb of ram you need to up to a 15" model, and on a mac 4 gb of ram runs like 12 on a pc lol ive never actually tried their headphones so i wouldnt know, i absolutely hate there mighty mouses tho, the worst product they have ever made by far

[oscaryu1]

Mac.... I got a 13in Macbook pro for xmas. If you're into media/movie editing/music/photos (which I am) of any sort it's the best out there. Every movie you see in the theater is created on a mac. It's the best computer Ive worked on so far. I'm in a radio class in school. When we pre-record a show, or make commercials it's all made up on GarageBand.
And the trackpad really is amazing. The only time you really need to click on anything on the screen is when you want to select something. Scrolling/going back and forward through pages are all multi touch functions on it.

All MAC has done is made their operating system more user friendly, more "slim" (compare a iPhone with a similarly priced Windows Mobile phone), more "sexy", and perform all that in a underpowered computer.

Video editing = PC. After Effects, Vegas, vocalizers and stuffletts, for the win.

I'm packing a Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (65nm :(), Gigabyte P43, DDR2-1066 4GB in dual channel @ 4-4-4-12, Rosewill LGA775 4 pin coola, HD4870 512MB, and a little 160GB HDD

EDIT: All powered by a $30 600W PSU with 39A @ 12v rail.

CUSTOM BISHES :cheers2:

[1992suburban]

mine isnt 13"
its a Satellite some-thing 230bux. 3gb ram dvd burner hd screen.. you know STANDARD crap

its fast, downloads quick, ZERO PROBLEMS has Vista basic..

$230 FTW!! what kinda MAC can you buy for 230?

[bajagokart]

i have a custom tower with the new intel core i7 quad, running it at 2.66 Ghz right now and i have 8 gb of ram and 2 ATi 4870 x2's. Im currently running windows 7 and to be honest i hate it just as much as vista. I love my mac because it is sooooo much more stable and works wayyy more efficiently than anything windows can put out. Mac's dont get viruses but they can host them. Pc gets viruses and hosts them. hmmm im pretty sure apple is still the better company here. My mac runs better than my custom built tower with way better hardware lol

[bajagokart]

i would never buy a 230 dollar computer cause it will die within the next 2 years lo, you buy a mac mini for 640 and it will last 5 times longer than that thing guaranteed

[1992suburban]

your mac mini will last 10 years?

its all in what you want man.. if you got 640 to spend.. SPEND IT

$410 dollars saved on that laptop buys other toys..

[1992suburban]

and PLEASE post the link for a 640 dollar macbook mini

[r_chez_08]

i love apple ipods (i wanna touch 8gb!) but not the macs. sorry :) i especially hate the air. looks so flimsy and breakable.

[bajagokart]

http://store.apple.com/ca/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini/?cid=WWWCA-MACMINI-HEAD-BUYNOW
sorry 649 :P lol still will beat the crap outta any pc you bring to the field and if you stack up against my macbook pro you definitely lose hha

[r_chez_08]

o reli!
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/22-004-Intel-Core-i7-DDR3-SLI-Gaming-PC-94p459.htm
with every extra! 5 grand, but awesome!

[bajagokart]

o reli!
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/22-004-Intel-Core-i7-DDR3-SLI-Gaming-PC-94p459.htm
with every extra! 5 grand, but awesome!

i would buy an Alienware before that thing lol and before i would buy and Alienware i would buy a MAc Pro :D with 5 grand into it lol

[freakboy]

Ok lets see that macbook mini go up against suburbans computer... first test purchas and play this game with a brand new off the line model of each of your computers...http://www.covershut.com/cd_covers/Call-Of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-UK-Cd-Cover-20729.jpg

[1992suburban]

its all in what a person wants.. I am TIGHT so I would never pay more then I had to for something.. if you can buy a computer for 200 why buy one for 600

thats all I am saying
I surf the web. download music, ect ect check mail.. thats it..

it has a burner dont burn anything.. it has a DVD player dont play anything..

it do however use Open Office on here and it WORKS GREAT and alos use AVG anti virus cause its FREE

[bajagokart]

good for you i understand not everyone has been blessed with alot of money so if you rcomputer works great good for you
me on the other hand, i want a computer that performs outstandingly and plus you pay for what you get, tis why macs are expensive, because it is QUALITY, and freakboy, y macbook pro will run MW2 better than any pc when im running windows on it lol

[freakboy]

thats why i said a computer right out of the factory line... one from the factory wouldnt have windows now would it... nope.. a

[bajagokart]

if you order through apples website they can put windows on it for you right from the factory

[bajagokart]

plus you can get games liek MW2 or RA3 for OS X and they run just as good as any PC

[freakboy]

Lmao i just have to
http://andy-lee.com/blog/Nerds.jpg

[bajagokart]

w/e kid you have no idea about anything

[freakboy]

lmao only a nerd would take offence to that which obviously did.... it was a joke and AHAHAHA also how old are you...13 14?

[Smurph]

Apple does not design and produce their products in America. Foxconn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn) is one of their main manufacturers and R&D partners. Foxconn is responsible for the Mac mini, the iPod and the iPhone, they're most certainly not American.

You might remember this company from not too long ago. They got some less-than-good press for having one of their employees mysteriously disappear. This happens after he lost track of one of the prototypes of a future generation iPhone for which he was responsible--this was not his first time losing a prototype.

[bajagokart]

i know that, no company that im aware of does EVERYTHING on there own, Apple however DOES design there computers! they just get Foxconn to manufacture them in China

[NJOHC]

Apple does not design and produce their products in America.
I didnt say produce, I said design lol It says inside the boxes I've opened so far (mac,earphones,ipods) "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China". Im not trying to argue at all, nor am I out to bash anything. I'd just rather invest in something that has some American influence in it. As far as I know they're a mostly American company.

I wasnt aware about the whole employee deal. Thanks for sharing though.

[bajagokart]

im canadian so i dont really care about putting into american companies i just liek apples products cause they look nice and work great

[Smurph]

Yeah, the missing employee got thrown out of hand. Last I heard, still no word on what happened to the guy.

I have just never really had the opportunity to sit and use a Mac. That, and I've got 12 years experience developing software under windows and/or linux platforms. Mostly because I couldn't afford more than one machine for a long time, and the machine I owned had to work with the rest of my company. That, and I am also a blackberry owner... again because I can develop for it (java... which works on lots of platforms including Windows and Linux)

I know that apples are, in general, a bit snappier than their PC counterparts, but that also changed a little when Intel started designing their processors. And I have a friend who swears by them for all of his graphics designing and video editing... But I have photoshop also....

So its really a preference thing... Unless you're a gamer...

[bajagokart]

i will agree with you on that statement, PC's are a gaming platform no question, but i have heard about people liking OS X wayy more for graphic applications and especially media related things like video and recording sound

[oscaryu1]

i have a custom tower with the new intel core i7 quad, running it at 2.66 Ghz right now and i have 8 gb of ram and 2 ATi 4870 x2's. Im currently running windows 7 and to be honest i hate it just as much as vista. I love my mac because it is sooooo much more stable and works wayyy more efficiently than anything windows can put out. Mac's dont get viruses but they can host them. Pc gets viruses and hosts them. hmmm im pretty sure apple is still the better company here. My mac runs better than my custom built tower with way better hardware lol

If you get Viruses, either you don't have Avast (the FREE version), or you watch too much porn ;)

I have had absolutely NO crashes in Vista - only one BSOD, which was the first time I built the PC and the installation was giving my problems.

1 1/2 years and running strong. "Vista sucks" is a lie. It's terrific.

[Kenny_McCormic]

Vista (and 7 to a lesser degree) suck when you need to work on it. I blame "I'm 3 and I"m a PC" bull****.

[bajagokart]

ive heard vista actually works for some people, be grateful cause you 0.01% of the population lol i know absolutely no one who has preblems with OS X :D

[rated///m]

mac owners are weird, dont call them pc's there a mac.......dorks

[bajagokart]

mac owners are weird, dont call them pc's there a mac.......dorks

wow i was right pc owners make 0 sense lol

[Kaptain Krunch]

I just have one question.

Who the hell cares? I use my computer for email/facebook/a couple forums/ and looking specs up and such. I dont see how it matters much unless your like a gamer or a serious video editor or something. Weather its a PC or a Mac, it gets you to the same website, or downloads the same song...

I do have a Mac, its good in some ways, bad in others. I like that i cant get viruses from limewire and such, but It hates youtube videos and that type of thing.

PC vs Mac is like Chevy vs ford, or Arctic Cat vs Polaris, the argument will never end, and both brands have their ups and downs, nothing is perfect.

[Rotore]

Nerds.....

[SpyGuy]

Nerds.....

QFT. (Quoted For Truth.)

Not that it matters, but I'm a PC man, myself, running a ComPac for the Internet and a Gateway for my deejay system. My g/f runs a Mac PowerBook for her music setup ....

[bajagokart]

maybe your jealous that hmm nerds kinda run the modern world lol

[Rotore]

maybe your jealous that hmm nerds kinda run the modern world lol

You they run the world with a keyboard up there butt...

[bajagokart]

lol wow that was mature :P envious of the billions of dollars we will make in our lifetimes haha while you work 8-5 every day for the rest of your life

[Rotore]

Nothing to envy dude proud of what I got and wouldn't change it for billions...

[bajagokart]

good for you be happy with what you have

[Rotore]

Will do...

[bajagokart]

personally i rather retire when im 40 with a bunch of money than work until im 65

[Rotore]

Don't have to work to have a steady income dude that's where investments come in.

[bajagokart]

invesments can always go under dude, never invest what you can't afford to lose, if you have this idea that it is a good idea to re-mortgage so you can buy in "good stock" then you in for a fun time when that company goes broke my friend

[EagleTalons]

Now days there is very little different between "Mac" hardware and "PC" hardware. The only main difference now is the OS. I've never tried a Mac OS and never want to. As I can build my own PC and don't need a company to build one in a trendy case for me. I'd much rather have a ATX case that has some space to work in.

I have a Alienware M17 Laptop. 2.4ghz dual core intel. 320 GB HD 7200rpm. 4GB DDR3 1064. Dual 3870 Ati Radeons 512mb each. Running Windows 7.

I love my laptop. :D

[Rotore]

invesments can always go under dude, never invest what you can't afford to lose, if you have this idea that it is a good idea to re-mortgage so you can buy in "good stock" then you in for a fun time when that company goes broke my friend

Who said I was goin to invest in stock dude I'm not that stupid... I meant invest in real estate buddy. Buy a foreclosed home fix it up and rent it out or split it into two apartments and rent them out. That's a steady income of $900-2000 a month on just one house now imagine two or three 4-6k a month that's more then enough income to live off of.

[Kaptain Krunch]

maybe your jealous that hmm nerds kinda run the modern world lol

LOL


They run the internet world.

I myself could never sit at a desk all day and do computer stuff now-matter how much i got payed. I would rather be a machinist, welder, or something like that.

It doesn't matter how much you have to work, all that matters is that you like your job.

[Rotore]

LOL


They run the internet world.

I myself could never sit at a desk all day and do computer stuff now-matter how much i got payed. I would rather be a machinist, welder, or something like that.

It doesn't matter how much you have to work, all that matters is that you like your job.

^^^ my point exactly

[l0ll00l]

A few years ago, when I was still in my teens, I was a die hard PC fan. I still am, in fact. With the changes Apple has made in the past few years, the hardware difference is almost non-existent now. This PC vs Mac argument basically just boils down to which software you prefer. I have 4 PCs, and 1 Mac. The Mac has OS X, and the PCs have XP on 2, and the other 2 are Linux file servers. To be perfectly honest, I much prefer the look and feel of XP, and that it is so readily compatible with pretty much anything else out there. I've used the Mac for about a year now, and I still can't force myself to use it over any of my PCs for pretty much any reason anymore. I just plain don't like it. If you happen to be a Mac fanboy that likes them, that's perfectly fine also.

[bajagokart]

wow thats a good idea when the housing market is worth nothing . . . not lol

[Ferrari motors15]

lol mac does have mouses dude haha and thanks ferrari i totally agree :D haha i use a mac cause it works lol

MAcs always work.

Do you know what is able to start and bug at the same time... a PC!!!!!!!

[Rotore]

wow thats a good idea when the housing market is worth nothing . . . not lol

Lol yea worth nothing for big real estate but for there's always someone looking an house or apartment to rent...

[bajagokart]

dude when you have places liek atlanta where over 80,000 people have abandoned thee homes, im sorry not very many people are looking to buy lol now if the economy was good than ya thats a great idea, but when the economy is crap, wayyyy better to wait until the recession is over

[Rotore]

dude when you have places liek atlanta where over 80,000 people have abandoned thee homes, im sorry not very many people are looking to buy lol now if the economy was good than ya thats a great idea, but when the economy is crap, wayyyy better to wait until the recession is over

Dude there is a difference between buying a house and renting one.

Besides I am no where near Atlanta I'm in Lancaster PA a crap load of Hispanics are looking to rent.

[bajagokart]

ok then go for it lol i was using atlanta as a example of how the housing market is crap

[Rotore]

I know.

[r_chez_08]

actually changed my minds. i like macs, just with microsoft software. but they are quite pricey.

[rated///m]

wow i was right pc owners make 0 sense lol
It makes sense brah, I walked up to my buddy and said "Oh can i borrow your laptop?" His response was "It's a mac, not a laptop." Another incident, I asked my brother if I could see his new cellphone and his response "It is a Iphone." Ummmm ok dorks. Makes perfect and logical sense to original statement.

[NJOHC]

lol! I have a mac like stated before, and hope to get an iphone of they come to verizon. But I still call the mac a laptop and I'll still call the iphone a cell phone. I like them for what they are and how they perform, not because they have an apple logo that lights up when you use it that makes you look cool. They're practical for me and work well, but theres no need to brag about them. The giant lighted logo does enough talk for me. For those in to computers its a matter of opinion. Just like Ford Vs Chevy.

[bajagokart]

lol well stated NJOHC, you cant call mac users stupid just because 2 of them called a laptop a mac, and a cell phone an iPhone!

[rated///m]

just examples but no more e-fights, love love

[NJOHC]

just examples but no more e-fights
lol definitely...its just rediculous!