[chez]

Mac all day everyday, windows is slow, gets viruses, goes wrong, looks ugly.

Mac looks beautiful, works amazing and means I'm a snob

+1
Swapped to Mac 4 years ago. Never go back to windows - the amount of windows pc machines Ive been through is ridiculous! Virus ridden, slow!! I used to be a pro wedding photographer and I only wish I had a Mac in those days so the odd few weddings I do now for friends are a dream to process on a Mac. They are catching up with different software now and of course the more Mac becomes popular then software companies will do dual version software for both.

[robbo333]

I have a mac which just keeps going and going. A PC running windows which gets on my tats and a laptop running Linux which I like. Depends what you want to do with it really.

[S.A.J]

Same as 99% of these post Mac all the way!

[lal]

 Thanks everyone for all your feedback on my earlier post, Macs seem very very popular with members on here,
 so I reckon it will be a Mac I will be getting, thanks again for all of your advice.

 Best regards
 Lal

[slap bash]

Don`t upgrade your window to the latest version of windows as they need more and more power. And your machine will fly.

[hasti]

Mac & Mac only 

[Perfect Windows]

 Thanks everyone for all your feedback on my earlier post, Macs seem very very popular with members on here,
 so I reckon it will be a Mac I will be getting, thanks again for all of your advice.

 Best regards
 Lal

The responses on this thread are from a self-selected sample of people who could be bothered to answer.

Put it this way: Windows has 91% market share, Mac 5% ( http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-vs-pc-myth-busting-consumer-guide/ ) , so the sample on this thread cannot possibly be representative.  Your statement "Macs seem very popular on here" should perhaps read "people with Macs who use this forum are very keen to say what they are using".

I'm not saying don't buy a Mac, just that basing  your decision on answers on this thread is not perhaps the most logical thing to do.

Vin

[Window Lickers]

Or it could read 'people using the windows operating system who use this forum are still struggling to boot their machines and therefore haven't replied yet'.

Im not saying don't buy a windows machine, just that basing your decision on answers on this thread is perhaps the most logical thing to do.

[Nathanael Jones]

The major difference between Mac and PC is control of the hardware. You can only get Mac's made by apple - but you can get Windows based PC's built by any 10 year old with an ebay account.

This means that every Mac has hardware perfectly configured for its OS, but there's a lot of windows machines with random combinations of spare parts that often don't clash or that are simply insufficient for the operating system.

If you spend the same on a PC as you would on a Mac (Macs aren't cheap) and do your research first, you'll get a very decent machine.

[Arnold Palmer]

 Thanks everyone for all your feedback on my earlier post, Macs seem very very popular with members on here,
 so I reckon it will be a Mac I will be getting, thanks again for all of your advice.

 Best regards
 Lal

The responses on this thread are from a self-selected sample of people who could be bothered to answer.

Put it this way: Windows has 91% market share, Mac 5% ( http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-vs-pc-myth-busting-consumer-guide/ ) , so the sample on this thread cannot possibly be representative.  Your statement "Macs seem very popular on here" should perhaps read "people with Macs who use this forum are very keen to say what they are using".

I'm not saying don't buy a Mac, just that basing  your decision on answers on this thread is not perhaps the most logical thing to do.

Vin

How do you tell if someone has a Mac?










They will tell you.

Too true.

[deeege]

I use windows, have done since I bought my first laptop ~15 years ago. It does everything I want and more and at a good speed too. It only really gets used for invoicing / quotes / emails these days though, most web browsing is done on a phone or tablet.

[Glynn]

We have 3 mac's, 2 x macbook pro's and an iMac. Also have a PC ( pile of crap)
Never go near the PC.

[Stoots]

Mac is pretty poop tbh.

If you just want basic use of a computer internet email etc then fine, but thy really are overpriced piles of dog turd if you know anything about computers.

The only thing that used to be great about them was no viruses, these days windows is getting better and better with its firwewall and security features whilst macs CAN get viruses although they are less susceptible

Pcs offer better support for hardware and much more software is available, most of the world uses pcs so formats for certain files for sharing is better suported

Pcs much better upgradabilty and future proofing, better for gaming, music production.

MAC is poo for anyone apart from a staus sybol, like the iphone which is also poo compared to an android

[Window Lickers]

Why are they poo?

You've explained why you think windows computers are used as the most popular type of computer but that doesn't by definition mean Macs are poo. It just means windows are probably more affordable.

MAC is poo is quite a sweeping statement, could you clarify why you say that please?

[LT carpet cleaning]

Why are they poo?

You've explained why you think windows computers are used as the most popular type of computer but that doesn't by definition mean Macs are poo. It just means windows are probably more affordable.

MAC is poo is quite a sweeping statement, could you clarify why you say that please?

Perhaps he cant afford a Mac? 

[craig mcneil]

Don`t upgrade your window to the latest version of windows as they need more and more power. And your machine will fly.

That may once have been the case but it's not anymore. Windows 8 uses less resources than Windows 7.

I use a Mac by the way. I got fed up with messing about with Windows trying to make it work when I could actually have been doing work...

For those with a bit of tech know how and wanting the best of both worlds, check out how to make a Hackintosh.

[chez]

Why are they poo?

You've explained why you think windows computers are used as the most popular type of computer but that doesn't by definition mean Macs are poo. It just means windows are probably more affordable.

MAC is poo is quite a sweeping statement, could you clarify why you say that please?

+1
I'd like to know why you say that too.
It seems that there are not many people willing to defend windows based PCs but those with macs are saying the complete opposite. Definately not poop my friend. If you have owned one then give your opinion, but if not then how can you actually give an opinion. I spent £1300 once on a windows pc for wedding photography purposes and it very quickly went wrong or wasn't powerful enough. The Mac I bought 4 years ago is STILL powerful enough and hasn't gone wrong yet. No virus, still superbly quick. With all the anti virus software on the windows machine I still got a 3 Trojan virus on it.
Macs rock!
Cheers Chez

[Arnold Palmer]

Why are they poo?

You've explained why you think windows computers are used as the most popular type of computer but that doesn't by definition mean Macs are poo. It just means windows are probably more affordable.

MAC is poo is quite a sweeping statement, could you clarify why you say that please?

+1
I'd like to know why you say that too.
It seems that there are not many people willing to defend windows based PCs but those with macs are saying the complete opposite. Definately not poop my friend. If you have owned one then give your opinion, but if not then how can you actually give an opinion. I spent £1300 once on a windows pc for wedding photography purposes and it very quickly went wrong or wasn't powerful enough. The Mac I bought 4 years ago is STILL powerful enough and hasn't gone wrong yet. No virus, still superbly quick. With all the anti virus software on the windows machine I still got a 3 Trojan virus on it.
Macs rock!
Cheers Chez

I always use PCs. I never use anti virus. I never get viruses.

[craig mcneil]

If you don't have anti virus then how do you know you've got no viruses?

[duncan h]

Any thing Apple is silly money for what you get. As with Iphones. You hate them or love them. They are good for what they do, but you are tied to apple and all that stuff.

Most laptops are rubbish because they are so underpowered. This slows things down and crashes.

If you set up a PC to be dedicated to basic tasks like a MAC, pc's are faster

My PC is mega fast, but it swater cooled etc. A bit OTT for most on here  
Microsoft certainly isn't my favourite company, but better than Apple...in my view