Mac VS Windows - [Closes 13/08/07]

[Dentafrice,]

Same, mac laptops have two buttons

I don't like how it is, the design, the way it works.

I guess I have used windows since it come out, I don't want to use anything but it or Linux.

[Shawnstra]

I would say Windows. Apple Inc., the founder of the Mac, although the more innovative company, copies quite a few things from other companies and glorifies them. Windows is also by far more compatible and more popular.

[alexxxxx]

Macs are OK but they have big problems which prevent me from using them,

The first is the mouse, it doesn't feel right in my hand, I can probably get mice from other places to use but it's just not that great.

i don't really feel the difference.

Compatibility is the second, Macs are not very compatible with some software out there. Windows is more popular so there is lots of good software out there but for a mac I don't seem to find much.

I agree

The look is the third. Windows Vista looks fantastic! Great Aero style, macs are white, ee... I don't find it very user friendly.

Mac's UI are not white. And it is as user friendly as windows, bar the START button, which you can replicate, by putting the application folder in the dock.

People who say There are viruses for windows and not as many for macs are just insulting macs by saying they are not popular, windows has viruses because it's popular, and if you have vista it's not a problem because even the basic edition comes with Windows OneCare which is a virus protection tool.

it's not really an 'insult' saying its not popular. it's popular with its users, and they are happy they are not targeted for viruses.

If you are getting errors on windows it's your own fault, you can't just go on the internet and download crap then hope that your system functions good, I've seen people download Kazaa, Bonzi Buddy, Net Nanny and other programs that are viruses then complain that their computer does not function, smarten up

Well, in my experiences with VISTA, XP and ME this is again false, as with just microsoft/mozilla/open office programs, things crash for no reason. As with mac, iPhoto/msn/opera often freeze on me.

If vista is so "bad" why did it sell more than XP did in the first month it was out?

More computers overall are sold now than then.

I think it's funny, probably doesn't haver anything in commen with Mac or windows, but when Microsoft put a similar processor as Macs used to use, Xboxes started exploding Then Mac changed their Processor .

Well, this has nothing to do with this debate at all, as Ive never come across a mac that exploded due to its processesor (maybe its battery though). The Xbox was just badly designed, but however i believe is much better for vaule than PS3.
That's just my two cents.[/QUOTE]

[ShaneIsMe]

I love the look of Macs, i like how they have the new design (for the iMac), the smoothness looks cool. I prefer the Mac icons to the Windows ones, maybe because i use Windows?

Honestly I prefer Windows but Macs are just as good, I like windows because they have more programs then Macs.

[HotelUser]

Mac's UI are not white. And it is as user friendly as windows, bar the START button, which you can replicate, by putting the application folder in the dock.

White bar at the top white transparentish one at the bottom.

it's not really an 'insult' saying its not popular. it's popular with its users, and they are happy they are not targeted for viruses.

It is an insult saying it isn't popular, it's been around for ages and its not as popular as windows for good there has to be bad, to have lots of programs there has to be lots of viruses, OS X is windows opposite, less programs less viruses.

Well, in my experiences with VISTA, XP and ME this is again false, as with just microsoft/mozilla/open office programs, things crash for no reason. As with mac, iPhoto/msn/opera often freeze on me.

Firefox mostly will crash if there is a problem with firefox itself or rendering a page, not as much as windows is causing the problem, get rid of open office and buy a copy of Microsoft Office, it's much better.

More computers overall are sold now than then.

This is true, but more computers with windows are sold overall than then, this number could of gone down and macs went up higher than windows, which didn't happen, macs may of gone up too but I doubt it's climbing higher than windows, correct me if I'm wrong, this is just a complete guess.

Well, this has nothing to do with this debate at all, as Ive never come across a mac that exploded due to its processesor (maybe its battery though). The Xbox was just badly designed, but however i believe is much better for vaule than PS3.
That's just my two cents.

I know it has nothing to do with the debate that's why I said it had nothing to do with it really when I posted it. It didn't explode because of it's processor, it's just kind of ironic that when they started to explode Mac switched over to intel. Why did they do that? trying to make it so OS X can be on a computer designed for windows? but then in turn couldn't even more windows be installed on macs? People do this with emulators already if you could do it without one there would be loads of people doing it, OS X could be on windows with as far as I know only one emulator, Boches or something like that, it's rather hard to set up too.

[DiscoPat]

Have both, and Windows is just easier, not complicated and does the job properly.

[Virgin Mary]

MACS CAN'T RIGHT CLICK!!!!!!!!!!!!! RENDERING THEM INEFFICIANT

[lAdmire]

I've never used Mac but I say Windows is good. A lot of you are talking about your computer crashing, I don't get that. My computer crashed once and that's cause someone downloaded some paint shop thing and it messed it up. Umm... Windows is actually good. Depends if you have like Windows 98, then that sucks but I have XP and it's good. I hear Windows Vista is good also.

[BL!NKEY]

Is this OSX vs the Windows OS

or Macs vs PCs

You have to state that when you make a debate topic.



First off I dont want to get into this thread too much because It has been discussed before on this forum and it got nowhere. Just stories of people saying like "I heard Apple broke into Windows headquarters and stole their secret files and copied it all"

I will just quote a few comments I noticed.

The first is the mouse, it doesn't feel right in my hand, I can probably get mice from other places to use but it's just not that great.

You judge the OS by the mouse the computer comes with. They ship the mouse because it looks good with the computer and some people like it. You can always get a different mouse. Most PCs come with stock mice which you upgrade to one you like more if you are into that stuff.

Compatibility is the second, Macs are not very compatible with some software out there. Windows is more popular so there is lots of good software out there but for a mac I don't seem to find much.

Well Macs are actually more compatible with software than PCs.
For over a year Macs have been able to run XP (or vista) and OSX.

OSX has a lot of pro software like final cut and aperture. In games they are lacking but you can always switch to XP for games on a Mac

The look is the third. Windows Vista looks fantastic! Great Aero style, macs are white, ee... I don't find it very user friendly.

you say white is not a user friendly color?

Macs come in black and silver too.

And Vista looks like OSX

Yeah I agree. 1 mouse click thing kills me lol. And I hate how the X on windows is on the left in mac I am used to it on the right .

You dont like Macs because the X is in the other corner?

I could say I dont like PCs because the X is in the wrong corner.

That is the second worst points of this thread.

The worst point of this thread is the one mouse click thing.

Clearly stating that you dont know anything about macs in the past few years.

MACS CAN'T RIGHT CLICK!!!!!!!!!!!!! RENDERING THEM INEFFICIANT

The mouse that comes with macs has a right click. It actually has 4 buttons and a scroll ball.

It just is engineered so nicely that it doesn't look like it has a bunch of random buttons. It is plain and simple looking like most apple designs.

I am not going to go further into this argument because the only people who can actually argue are the ones who know a little about both systems.

And anyone saying that macs dont have right click or that they cant run as much software isn't educated in the computer field enough to be insightful.

I suggest anyone looking in this thread for a good fair comparison to google it.

Or go to an Apple store and mess around then go to a Dell store (or PC store) and see how you like them.

Then make a decision.

[Pitch]

all of the points so far about windows do nothing but prove my point; its cheaper so more people bought it. Now, having bought it, and been through several updates your used to the windows way of things.

In my experience, its like the hare vs the tortoise, my windows can sometimes load things at a fraction of the time of a mac, however before i get going itll freeze, (on vista, annoying white blank over is SUCH a pain). Overall, the mac is more compatible than the pc, its just that as you all so unwittingly pointed out to us, the pc is more popular, and thus has a wider target audience for games to be produced.

To suggest that just because there is more PCs means people dont bother to try to create virii for macs is absurd. There are still millions of people who use macs everyday. Also, as the macs are sold directly from apple, and can handle huge amounts of memory in programs such as the recording and editing suites, it tends to be industry that buys macs, and so any exploits found in OS X would cost multi-billion dollar companies alot, and so there is just as much incentive to create virii there; a huge company will provide more revenue through hacking than hundreds of teenagers at home.

Both are huge success stories, windows how it has dwarfed competition (although undeservedly), mac how it manages to look so much nicer (both as a laptop and a desktop) instead of looking like the box it comes in.