10-07-2004, 09:15 PM
I'd have to say the biggest thing about which platform you're looking at is what type of work you plan on doing with it.
Mac gives way more bang for the buck with work on graphics, video, audio, and other digital arts. It's more stable than the OSs offered by Microsoft and runs faster for these applications.
If you want something geared towards surfing the net and playing video games then going for a Microsoft platform is the way to go. They aren't as stable but there is a LOT more software available for the various Windows platforms and are less expensive up front.
Look at the software you want to run... compare the prices between the systems available to you and get the best balance.
My best friend who is a computer engineer (I'm pretty sure that he isn't "too stupid to figure out how to use a computer") has recently switched over to Mac because he prefers the stability and quality of build for the dollar. He does run Linux on his computers and mostly does business stuff, digital imaging, programming, and e-mail on his computers. Right now I'm benefitting from Carl's change of allegience and using his cast off Dell laptop (1Ghz PIII, 256MB RAM and other decent goodies for something that can't handle what he needs it to do every day).
I'm trying to figure out how Cidien came up with such a hair brained response to label all Macs for "retarded people". I know many computer literate people making a good living using their Macs. I find his statement to be an insult to all these people who are quite happy with their computer choice.
Mac gives way more bang for the buck with work on graphics, video, audio, and other digital arts. It's more stable than the OSs offered by Microsoft and runs faster for these applications.
If you want something geared towards surfing the net and playing video games then going for a Microsoft platform is the way to go. They aren't as stable but there is a LOT more software available for the various Windows platforms and are less expensive up front.
Look at the software you want to run... compare the prices between the systems available to you and get the best balance.
My best friend who is a computer engineer (I'm pretty sure that he isn't "too stupid to figure out how to use a computer") has recently switched over to Mac because he prefers the stability and quality of build for the dollar. He does run Linux on his computers and mostly does business stuff, digital imaging, programming, and e-mail on his computers. Right now I'm benefitting from Carl's change of allegience and using his cast off Dell laptop (1Ghz PIII, 256MB RAM and other decent goodies for something that can't handle what he needs it to do every day).
I'm trying to figure out how Cidien came up with such a hair brained response to label all Macs for "retarded people". I know many computer literate people making a good living using their Macs. I find his statement to be an insult to all these people who are quite happy with their computer choice.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.