Mac VS PC

[jkcerda]

PITA to justify a 13" Macbook pro with a duo core processor and 4 GB's and 256 MB video card.
when I can get an HP http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh.../ENVY15_series
15" screen, 500 GB HD, I5 processor and its upgradable to 8 GB's of memory and 1 GB video card

the mac/PC would be used to make flash games. help will be appreciated.

I looked a bit, but, i could not find an apples to PC testing across the processors

I keep hearing the macs are more efficient, well, how do they compare against a PC with a better processor?
the 2.4 dual core VS the I5 or I7 processor?

thanks

[MelvinoelGreat]

I am a very big Mac fan, my friend. I have had multiple PC's, and not a one of them even remotely compares to my Mac. All the best, my friend.

[jkcerda]

I am a very big Mac fan, my friend. I have had multiple PC's, and not a one of them even remotely compares to my Mac. All the best, my friend.

thanks, its hard not to get the feeling that macs are overpriced whne you cant even get close on the processor speed and the video cards.
they do look well built.

[CaliforniaLiberal]

It's the Heart and Soul of the Mac that makes all the difference. Processor speed and video cards aren't what make the difference. It's the User Experience.

Macs are on your side, PCs like to f**k with you way too often.

Spend some time using one and see.

[racerx944]

I am afraid where this thread is going to head...

[L4D]

I am a very big Mac fan, my friend. I have had multiple PC's, and not a one of them even remotely compares to my Mac. All the best, my friend.

how so?

if your talking price then yes.

performance/power/versatility PC hands down.

[Librarian]

Moved to Technology.

... and there's never a 'resolution' to the question that satisfies everyone, because all needs and budgets differ.

[safewaysecurity]

PCs are the greatest. Any tech geek worth their salt will laugh at all those Mac PC commercials because we all know the flaws of macs and the fallacies in their commercials. Macs are for people who do not have enough brain power to handle a mouse that has more than one click. Would you put one pedal in your car? Didn't think so.

[ZX-10R]

I have an HP ProBook and it is wonderous. However, MACs are so much more reliable than a PC.

If I had a choice for company PC I would get a MAC My home is all MAC...2 new MAC Books one for my wife and daughter and a 4 year old MAC. I have never had a problem with a MAC ever.

[MelvinoelGreat]

how so?

if your talking price then yes.

performance/power/versatility PC hands down.

Performance/power/versatility PC hands down fails, my friend. Every PC I have owned were quick to fail. I have owned the same MacBook Pro 15" for the past 3 years, and have yet to even encounter a hiccup in it's performance. The same can not even remotely be said about any of the PC's I have owned, hopefully your experience has been better, my friend. Unfortunately, for me, I have had nothing but failure with PC's.

[jkcerda]

how so?

if your talking price then yes.

performance/power/versatility PC hands down.

price & hardware, PC is king, you get more bang for your buck, but, live the quote below, lots of people who used both would take the mac over the PC regardless of specs.

It's the Heart and Soul of the Mac that makes all the difference. Processor speed and video cards aren't what make the difference. It's the User Experience.

Macs are on your side, PCs like to f**k with you way too often.

Spend some time using one and see.

played with the mac book pro in 13", almost walked out with it, the size of the screen does nto bother me much, is the outdated processor, small video card that stopped me from buying it, 1100 hundred bucks are hard to come by, I need to sell my rifle so i can complete the money, so, its a bit hard justifying getting rid of my gun for an over priced mac,,,,at least for now

[jkcerda]

Moved to Technology.

... and there's never a 'resolution' to the question that satisfies everyone, because all needs and budgets differ.

true, based on that

cash? less than 1300
needs? flash programing & 3-d game design.

[E Pluribus Unum]

Macs run on the same hardware as PCs. What sets Mac heads above a PC is their BSD unix based Operating System.

Save your money, buy a PC, and then install Ubuntu Linux on it.

Very efficient for half the cost.

[jkcerda]

Macs run on the same hardware as PCs. What sets Mac heads above a PC is their BSD unix based Operating System.

Save your money, buy a PC, and then install Ubuntu Linux on it.

Very efficient for half the cost.

looking into it http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[BOFH]

Re: Mac VS PC

We have several Macs in the house and they are nice, and since I am a long time UNIX guy I like OSX...but I can also run OSX on a few of our PC's and they run great. So, yea, the performance per buck is greater with PC hardware, but that's not why you buy a Mac. If you want a Mac and the support from Apple buy a Mac. If you don't have a specific need to run Windows buy a Mac. You don't buy a Mac to brag about benchmark scores.