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Apple or Microsoft?
OK, poll time. How many people are using a PC right now and how many are using an apple computer?
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PC since 1988.
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My PC at home is also my work machine.
Runs pretty well flawless. The occasional hiccup, but not enough to comment on. No plans to 'convert'. KT
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02-13-2009, 04:37 PM
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Mac at home, I run two businesses from my mac
1979 - Commodore PET 1982 - VAX 1984 - Mac 1985 - 2005: 100's of PC's (sold, built, fixed, ran, used, flogged, thrashed) 2006 - Slowly been switching over to Mac. Run my two last PC-only aps under VMWare Best Single Feature of a Mac: Open the lid on the laptop, and it is instantly on and working. Worst Feature of a Mac (actually a Microsoft problem): Minor annoyances with Office
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02-13-2009, 04:44 PM
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On a PC at work running Linux.
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02-13-2009, 04:47 PM
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 I've only had one laptop along the way but a whole multitude of PC clones. I like desktops. Laptops just seem like toys & too many of my colleagues have killed their laptops on the road. My Blackberry is my mobile appliance. Ian
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02-13-2009, 05:13 PM
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Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
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PCs at both. It does the same thing as the Apple, for 1/3 of the price. That's all I need.
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02-13-2009, 05:15 PM
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Work: Win XP and Sun Solaris.
Home: Win XP (me), Ubuntu Linux (me), and Mac OS-X 10.5 (family). I will be dumping the Mac and moving the family to Ubuntu sometime this year. |
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02-13-2009, 05:17 PM
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Poll is flawed.
Apples at home and work. 2 17 Intel laptops for me and the woman at home as personal machines. 1 17 in PPC laptop hooked into 62 in projection as part of multimedia solution. 2 other laptops 15 in PPC laptops "just because" At work, my daily machines 17 inch Intel laptop 27 inch Imac Quad Core Tower Other stuff in my group 4 Quad Core Towers 1 15 in Intel laptop 1 17 in Intel Laptop 1 MacBook 2 MacBook airs for travel.
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02-13-2009, 05:25 PM
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I really hate that argument Spec for spec PC's are no cheaper and sometimes are actually more expensive than the Macs and the build quality on PC's is for ****, go to an apple store and ask them to open a tower. If you cant see the difference then....
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02-13-2009, 05:28 PM
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At home:
Me: macbook + old dell tower in reserve + 2 laptops in the closet Wife: macbook Daughter: macbook Son: macbook + 3 dell laptops + 1 gaming PC tower + 1 server (he's getting his CCNA)
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02-13-2009, 05:29 PM
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I'm running Vista on my Mac Book Pro right now...
Windows developer by day, iPhone game developer by night. -Chris
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02-13-2009, 05:30 PM
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Six networked Mac Mini's at work.
At home a Mac Mini, two iMac G4's, an iMac G5 a Mac Powerbook and a MacBook Pro.
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02-13-2009, 05:32 PM
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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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PC always. Tinker with Linux occasionally. Would be willing to tinker with a MAC, but don't think it's the computer messiah.
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02-13-2009, 05:38 PM
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Did you get the memo?
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You see, some of us don't really care what's inside of a computer. We care that it works when it should, and works well. For my criteria, a PC works fine. My 5-year old Dell desktop still does the trick for basic home use, and has never crashed. My 3 year old Gateway laptop has a short battery life and several semi-broken keys due to my 1 year old, but otherwise works well. I've ordered a number of Dell laptops for my family members over the last two years, do you realize that you can get a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 15.4" laptop for under $500? Several of them have been using them for 2-3 years with zero issues. So, here's your chance to sell me. For the average user like me, why would a $1500 Apple better suit my needs?
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02-13-2009, 05:39 PM
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Apple does not make a machine for the $500 user. It's not their business. Cut n paste from previous thread, Go to Apple and Dell.com Configure some machines. Apple 17 Inch Powerbook. Base Price. $2,799 upgrade HD to match Dell configurable option, $2,849 Dell Precision M6300. (Closest base config to MacBook but still lower spec) Base Price. $2,314 with $915 Instant Savings = $1,399. Configure spec to match Apple, memory, processor, video card, etc.. base price goes up to $3,643 - instant savings of $915, total for Dell is $2,728 For a nearly $3,000 box I don't see a delta of $120 as a premium. And what about that instant savings from Dell? Without it they are $800 more. Is their box really that much or is it the old shell game, inflate the price and then give a deep discount so it looks like you are getting a deal when you really are not? Let's look at work stations. Apple Macpro base box Dual QuadCore 2.8 Xenon = $2,799 Dell Precision T5400, configured to match the MacPro, $3,923-$150 instant savings = $3,773. So the base Dell that matches the base Macpro is $1,000 more. Bottom line, yes you can get hardware cheaper, much cheaper than Apple, BUT you are buying cheaper hardware. That's why it's cheaper. Not everyone needs a $3,000 computer. If you only need a $500 computer then buy what fits your budget. If you are in the market for a high end machine, then that's a different story.
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02-13-2009, 06:00 PM
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PC/Windows at work. Macs at home.
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02-13-2009, 06:20 PM
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Voted apple at home cause I'm sitting right now using a Mac Pro at home... but it is my work laptop for developing Iphone applications.
But I'm a Unix sys admin, I use a Windows (Dell) desktop to connect to the Unix servers, and a Windows PC at home for my racing sims. So technically I should have voted "all of the above". Jay
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02-13-2009, 06:55 PM
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Bill's my hero  Mac: all they do is bash PC, give it up already? |
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