i want a mac but..

[Barmi]

Im not sure about the new macs, but i've got an 07 Macbook and habbo run's appallingly, and very few games are released for mac. On the other hand, web design and graphic design packages are a beauty on a mac, and also the Hardware and the GUI of macs are so much more beautifull than a pc.

I run both a macbook and a pc, so i'm never at a disadvantage

I have an 07 MacBook and Habbo runs smoothly in Safari. Your MacBook has issues, dude. As for the games issue, I use CrossOver Games.

Rcss, try to get some hands on experience with a Mac before you buy. There is a lot of love/hate and bickering between Mac/PC fanbois, so try to steer clear of that and go with your own gut instinct.

[Recursion]

It's what you like and don't like, personally, I wouldn't mind owning a Mac but I wouldn't want to use it as my main PC.

Mac is much more secure

Common misconception, the flaws just haven't been found yet, just like the major Java flaw found in Safari for Mac last week.

Aye? Compare the cost of a computer to that of a Mac and there's a big difference... Also, what Vista crap?

If you've not had a play around with a Mac, then it's probably best not to buy. Have a muck around with one and see what you think, asking people on forums normally results in just opinions being chucked around when really it should be down to you. In some cases, a PC is better, and in other cases a Mac. It all depends what you requires from a computer.

I love you. LOL

By Vista crap I mean the constant lag you get when you are trying to play a game on the computer (a game that is bought from a shop, and installed). I prefered Windows XP from Vista, that's what I'm saying. And yeah you're right about the forum thing.

It's only you, as other have said. I'm always playing games and actually get better performance in Vista than in XP etc. in games like TF2, CSS, Crysis.

Okay ill put it down as simple as i can. as i got a mac now its it was the best move i have ever done.

Okay OSX is fast and is very safe. its good for making movies editing photo's etc. but you can also run windows on it as boot camp so if you need windows you can still use it on your mac so there is no real lose.

Theres no real loss if you have a Mac Pro, the hardware lets that bit down, if the hardware was sold to consumers at the RRP set by the manufacturers and was a decent spec then that would be the answer. As it is, unless you get a Mac Pro my PC thats a year and a half old still out does all your MacBook (Pro)s, iMacs, Mac Minis.

So as I say, it's what YOU want, these threads are pointless because you get what everyone thinks, you need to go to an Apple store or a friends house and try OS X for a while, if you like it, then go for it! If not then find something else.

[Kyle!]

Common misconception, the flaws just haven't been found yet, just like the major Java flaw found in Safari for Mac last week.

It isn't a common misconception, it's fact. Mac OS X is a built on a more solid, secure UNIX base, which is more secure than Window's OS's.

[Recursion]

It isn't a common misconception, it's fact. Mac OS X is a built on a more solid, secure UNIX base, which is more secure than Window's OS's.

Ya know, it's funny how all these Mac users are running without ANY security WHAT SO EVER, not even a half decent firewall... :rolleyes:

I'm not replying anymore because I don't want this to turn into some argument... which I managed to not do with one of my posts above for once, then you come in and ruin it all

[Agnostic Bear]

It isn't a common misconception, it's fact. Mac OS X is a built on a more solid, secure UNIX base, which is more secure than Window's OS's.

No. Windows is a hell of a lot more secure than OS X will ever be in the next decade if it even lasts that long. It's just that Windows has, oh, say, several billion people using it, leading to there being a lot more people sitting there picking at the insides. When OS X starts getting more (it's already started happening) market share and those people who write stuff for Windows sit about and say to themselves "Hey, OS X seem to have a lot of people, and they don't have any protection, lets go infect them" OS X will simply crumble because it's not a mature, stable OS like Windows is, it has ridiculously poor security updating procedures and the like.

Also what the hell are you on about "On a UNIX base", it's not on UNIX at all, Apple just paid the fat cats at The Open Group to get them to say it, FreeBSD is a UNIX-LIKE system, if you're referring to FreeBSD then yes it's stable as hell, but the crap that Apple pile on top of it turn it into a jello mound of insecurity and instability.

Windows has been and always will be the better platform for quite literally everything because of the sheer number of developers, customers and app writers (non-os developers). OS X is already starting to lose market share to Windows because the guys at Redmond finally decided it was time to start doing some work and stop counting their faceroll amount of cash by developing Windows 7, partially to show OS X how it's supposed to be done, and partially to get more faceroll amounts of cash.

Cuddle up to your precious aluminium box if you will, but what I say is true and you damn well know it.

[Metric1]

My computer doesn't lag when playing games either, that's just you I'm afraid.

Could be anything from lacklustre hardware to too many applications running in the background that it causing it - Vista is certainly not the root cause though!

People always whine about Vista, but I have never had any serious problems with it! It works well for me in general, other than a few times...

I absolutely adore vista, I don't understand what people whine about either!?

[Nick.]

.... When OS X starts getting more (it's already started happening) market share ....

.... OS X is already starting to lose market share to Windows because the guys at Redmond ....

:rolleyes:


Also, I say this a lot but, yes, maybe OS X has a low market share which means no virus makers want to bother with it, wouldn't somebody make a virus for it just to be the first person to do it? I think so. If it was much more insecure than Windows, like you are making it out to be, I'm sure lots of malicious code would be flying about because you make it sound easy to find a vulnerability.

[Jordy]

:rolleyes:


Also, I say this a lot but, yes, maybe OS X has a low market share which means no virus makers want to bother with it, wouldn't somebody make a virus for it just to be the first person to do it? I think so. If it was much more insecure than Windows, like you are making it out to be, I'm sure lots of malicious code would be flying about because you make it sound easy to find a vulnerability.

There is some known virus's to Mac OSX now though...

[jackass]

It isn't a common misconception, it's fact. Mac OS X is a built on a more solid, secure UNIX base, which is more secure than Window's OS's.

Many security programs are build on experience on past and current viruses and problems, therefore, as not as many people use Macs, there aren't many viruses, meaning the security software for them would be very limited.

[Agnostic Bear]

:rolleyes:

I don't suppose you've heard of things losing then gaining market share? It happens. Look it up in a book for reading not for looking.