Mac or Windows?

[Slyfy]

Well my PC broke... Again. And this is the 2ed one this year. The 5th one in 4 years... I now have to use my wii borwser to talk on here. :-(

I'm done with windows... But I'm not sure if mac or linx will be as good as windows. I use(d) my pc for writing and surfing the internet...

Would a mac be able to forfil those needs?

Also, how much would a mac laptop cost me? Would it be possible to put the mac os on a new laptop pc?

 

[Tyeforce]

A Mac would definitely fulfill your needs, and much more. The cheapest Mac you can get is a normal MacBook for $999.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTE4MTY

 

[Rawburt]

Personally, I don't think Macs are worth the extra money, I'd stick with PC.

 

[Pear]

Is bootcamp a pain to run? And how long does it take to switch OS's with it?

 

[Zephent]

Macs are good for pretty much anything but gaming.

If you dont play PC games, get a mac, if you play PC games, dont even think about it.

Also make sure your school has Macs so you can transfer files, nothing worse than not being able to do that with a term paper or something.

 

[Tyeforce]

Is bootcamp a pain to run? And how long does it take to switch OS's with it?

No, Boot Camp is very simple. I've never used it myself, but from what I've heard and seen, it's very fast and efficient.

 

[Jas0n]

Is bootcamp a pain to run? And how long does it take to switch OS's with it?

You choose which OS you want to run on startup or you can use Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion to run the other OS in a window.

 

[Kanye Omari West]

Personally, I like the way Mac's interface is, but I'm a Windows lover <3

 

[Tyeforce]

Macs are good for pretty much anything but gaming.

If you dont play PC games, get a mac, if you play PC games, dont even think about it.

Also make sure your school has Macs so you can transfer files, nothing worse than not being able to do that with a term paper or something.

If you want to game on a Mac, just use CrossOver, Parallels, or Boot Camp. >_>

 

[Pear]

I play FSX and BFME2 and sims 3. I know sims will work. I am
<big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big>NOT</big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big> going without FSX.

 

[Conor]

From what I've heard Mac is better.

 

[Jas0n]

Macs are good for pretty much anything but gaming.

If you dont play PC games, get a mac, if you play PC games, dont even think about it.

Also make sure your school has Macs so you can transfer files, nothing worse than not being able to do that with a term paper or something.

If you want to game on a Mac, just use CrossOver, Parallels, or Boot Camp. >_>

For me, that's not the problem. The problem is that it's so much more expensive to get a Mac that's amazing for gaming.

I'm so against gaming on my mac that I use my desktop PC purely for gaming and nothing else XD

 

[Pear]

Can you change OS's while the computer is running, or only on startup?

 

[Zephent]

Macs are good for pretty much anything but gaming.

If you dont play PC games, get a mac, if you play PC games, dont even think about it.

Also make sure your school has Macs so you can transfer files, nothing worse than not being able to do that with a term paper or something.

If you want to game on a Mac, just use CrossOver, Parallels, or Boot Camp. >_>

So run a mac to run an emulator to emulate windows to run a game you can run normally on a PC?

Thats totally illogical, im saying if gaming is a large part of it then Macs are not for you, just because you can do it on a Mac doesn't mean they were designed to, all those things do that you listed is copy what a PC does in the first place.

Besides, high end games require you to get a ridiculous processor to run boot camp alongside the game and still have it run smoothly, which means its going to drain oyur wallet.

 

[Jas0n]

Can you change OS's while the computer is running, or only on startup?

If you're using bootcamp, only on startup.

 

[Tyeforce]

Macs are good for pretty much anything but gaming.

If you dont play PC games, get a mac, if you play PC games, dont even think about it.

Also make sure your school has Macs so you can transfer files, nothing worse than not being able to do that with a term paper or something.

If you want to game on a Mac, just use CrossOver, Parallels, or Boot Camp. >_>

So run a mac to run an emulator to emulate windows to run a game you can run normally on a PC?

Thats totally illogical, im saying if gaming is a large part of it then Macs are not for you, just because you can do it on a Mac doesn't mean they were designed to, all those things do that you listed is copy what a PC does in the first place.

Besides, high end games require you to get a ridiculous processor to run boot camp alongside the game and still have it run smoothly, which means its going to drain oyur wallet.

It's not illogical. If you use CrossOver, you don't even have to run Windows to use a Windows program. Just open it, and it runs through Windows. You don't have to actually boot up Windows.

 

[Zephent]

Point is, Crossover still costs 60$ extra, not to mention the extra cost of Macs in general, let alone a gaming Mac.

You're paying all that extra money to do something PCs can do right off the bat without extra programs.

 

[Jas0n]

Point is, Crossover still costs 60$ extra, not to mention the extra cost of Macs in general, let alone a gaming Mac.

You're paying all that extra money to do something PCs can do right off the bat without extra programs.

Not if you <small><small><small>Torrent it</small></small></small> XD

 

[beehdaubs]

A Mac would definitely fulfill your needs, and much more. The cheapest Mac you can get is a normal MacBook for $999.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTE4MTY

Yikes...cheapest at $999 O_O
Personally, my PC works fine, and the only problem I ever experienced is that my hard drive was corrupt one time, but that is just the manufacturer of this computer's fault, and not Windows at all. If you have enough money, I would suggest getting a Mac and just installing Windows on it.

 

[Zephent]

Point is, Crossover still costs 60$ extra, not to mention the extra cost of Macs in general, let alone a gaming Mac.

You're paying all that extra money to do something PCs can do right off the bat without extra programs.

Not if you <small><small><small>Torrent it</small></small></small> XD

Apple is a little nuts about their security on their programs, if you couldn't tell by them counteracting every possible pirating route of iTunes and not allowing reverse dumps on iPods, I wouldn't recommend that with Apple software in particular, i'd say theres at least a 10%-15% higher risk rate in it.


Even if you think you're secure.


PS: Im not saying thats a good or bad idea, or whether I condone it or not, just stating facts