Apple's and Mac's

[«PWC»Jon9908]

My personal opinion is they suck. I prefer using XP because the way there software is setup. There ibook's arnt very good either my school uses a mobile lab with ibook's and with them only being about 2 years old there shouldn't be key's missing, and the charging port isnt working properly on alot of them.

what do you think of them?

[Tsumetai]

Macs are awesome, but I use Windows due to Mac's limited support for games.

And don't judge Macs by school equipment... When I was in High School, we had a "mobile lab" consisting of laptops too, except they ran Windows and weren't in much better condition.

[«PWC»Jon9908]

Jun 1, 2008 13:18:42 GMT -5 Tsumetai said:

Macs are awesome, but I use Windows due to Mac's limited support for games.

And don't judge Macs by school equipment... When I was in High School, we had a "mobile lab" consisting of laptops too, except they ran Windows and weren't in much better condition.

i don't just judge them off the school's i just don't like there software much.
the computer's them selfs are ok just think other's are better.

[Z]

I like them. The Thinkpad's superior pointing device is the main reason I don't have a Macbook Pro. Apple has for many years made some of the best laptops on the market. The quality of their hardware is matched only by the Thinkpad.

The design of the power cable and plug were a weak point for a long time, but in Apple's defense, this is a problem on most laptops. The new models use a magnetic connector to keep the cord from pulling the computer off a surface when someone trips on it. My other huge complaint about the iBook, the fact that a small amount of its RAM is soldered to the motherboard has also been resolved in the Macbook.

Mac OS X is mostly nice. It's the present evolution of NEXTSTEP, a derivative of BSD Unix containing parts of the Mach microkernel. The result looks like Unix to huge nerds like me and Mac OS to normal people. I do have a couple objections to things that are done in a non-Unix way with no obvious benifits. The biggest one is the NetInfo database, a Windows-like registry in which configuration data is stored. Some data lives in the traditional Unix text files. Some lives in NetInfo. Some lives in XML configuration files called plists.

For those of you who worry about the lack of games, Apple's Bootcamp will let you dual-boot Windows on any Intel-powered Mac. For various professional purposes, Parallels allows running Windows within Mac OS, even hiding Windows and allowing the application you want to use to run almost as if it was native. Macs work quite well for gaming these days. Just ask SgtMuffin.

[Quizz]

I have 0 experience with Macs. Zero. That said, I can't really judge them lol. But from what I've heard, the main difference between Macs and PCs is that PCs have a much wider array of software while Macs are almost problem free. Except for the software thing. But they usually have their own software (that works), so it's a moot point.

If you want something for work, something that will work use a Mac. If you want something for entertainment and don't mind a few problems and frustrations then use a PC. Each can do either, but only one does it best.

[Rugal]

Each has its pros and cons, but I prefer windows because it simply gives me a wide array of games for me to play. The Apple OSes are great and everything, but I like to know that I can build my own machine and with part compatibility in mind, it will work. I also like knowing that I can upgrade one component for whatever reason, and not have to buy a whole new machine for a simple upgrade.

[Deandoona]>USK<[]

For me I prefer Macs. Because i like the quality and I hate how windows can easily get a virus. I don't hate windows, windows is a good computer but I just prefer mac over windows. I have had experience with both a mac and a window. Windows is known for the amount of games and speed a computer has, and mac is known for mostly work but also you can play some games on it too, including UT2K4.

[rnz]

I definetly prefer mac because it is much easier to develop for, Now it can be tricked out with the best graphics card and processor, and technically it can now run more software than PC alone, because it can run windows.

[Deandoona]>USK<[]

I did hear that if would be able to soon run windows a while ago and i've tried it and it does the same exact thing as if you bought a normal windows computer.

[Z]

Current Macs can run Windows natively after installation of a special bootloader available from Apple. There are also a couple of virtualization programs that allow for running Windows inside Mac OS.

[binerexis]

At my college, we've been offered to lease out MAC PC's for the school year and if we keep up with the payments, we get to keep them after that. I also have no experience with MAC stuff but luckily they're dual boot so I'll be using windows on it. Mainly so I can use stuff compatible with my home computer, secondly so I can play games on it and thirdly so I can rape the school bandwidth.

[125man]

Is there any programs out there like i torrent for a mac or apple.

I have a G 4 mac Guinea to me. It looks brand new the only drama it has is a SCSI.
It runs great. The operating system is a 0 S 10.

[spike]

I use XTorrent on my mac, it works fine for me.
www.xtorrentp2p.com/
You need OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or better to run it.