Who hates their PC or MAC

Video DJing in conjunction with DJing...using Resolume. midi signal send and return between traktor and resolume is a pita on my Windows, but my mac cannot process video that well but i like the fact that u can do internal routing already built into Macs.

Any Video Intenstive rendering, ie creating video clips for me to use within Resolume.

Anything thats really video intensive.

A lot of software today is now usable on Mac...but even then thats just recently...that was my biggest gripe about mac...was the lack of software.

As well i have the ability to strip everything down on my windows to free up as much resources as possible. I dont know if that is possible within MAC os...and if it is i just dont know how :P

My Alienware GUI looks like windows 2000. Yes its not pretty but i could care less about pretty and want functional with best performance possible.

not sure if you're referring to me mentioning an acer laptop or not - but before that i pretty much only used believepads and my view was exactly the same. windows when i really had to and linux for everything else. i'd only ever choose to run windows if the app i wanted to use would only run on it, i.e: wouldn't even run under wine (which has come a long way the last few years)

Aside from gaming (a substantial gap) what else can't you do on OSX that you can do on Windows?

Comparing a MAC to a PC is like comparing a Dog to a Cat...they both have 4 legs a mouth and a tail...but other than that they are 2 totally different creatures.

In order for you to be able to properly compare the 2 you need to be able to compare Everything in the same light.

comparing a 300 dollar acer laptop to a 2500 mpb makes ZERO sense.

Now compare something like an Alienware to a mac makes more sense...I bet 99.5% of the people who are bitching about PCs have not spent the large amount of money they spent on their macbooks.

I have both a 2010 MBP and a Alienware M15x. To this day my M15x still blows my MBP outta the water when it comes to raw specs and overall power.

The MBP is nice because its simple and user friendly...but it is just so limiting in what i can do. Developers are slowly coming around and adding more programs for macs...but they are still limited.

The way i see it...PCs are like Big Trucks...that can do anything go anywhere and accomplish pretty much anything you want....where as a Macbook is like a sports car...yes its nice and everything works well..but you are limited to where you can go and what you can do in your sports car.

lol, these software and os updates are so legendary you will need to reboot your computer!

xp: "would you like to reboot now or be reminded to reboot at a later time?"
user: later would be better for me, thanks windows!
xp: ok, it's been several minutes, you should really reboot...or i can remind you again later.
user: uh, yeah xp, i'm right in the middle of this, can you please just remind me later.
xp: hey...hey...it's me again...5 mins has come and gone and you really need to reboot...
xp: for real...reboot...for real
xp: hellllllllloooooo? hi? hey? hello? are you ignoring me?
xp: well, i guess i'm just gonna set this force reboot timer for a few minutes unless you want another reminder.
user: i hate you...

This is a never ending debate it will go on for centuries. It really comes down to what you the person is using the "computer" for. If you want the most epic l337 gaming computer go with a customized pc. Decide what you want your computer for and go pick one.

If you are like me and want a laptop only for music production / internet surf. Then you can buy a macbook and start dj'ing right when you un package it from the box. You can literally buy a macbook pro and mixer go to your gigg. un package it all and start a party within minutes. Mac users only get Mac applications though and this eats at people.

Windows you can download any 3rd party applications which makes it nice. You have more at your finger tips.
I agree with what has been posted above. I've had zero crashes on my MBP. They always let you know on software updates. Its quick & safe. No viruses, no latency. Internet is smooth. I personally will never go back to a windows operating system i'm in love with this .

Thank you jesus for providing osx to the world XD

actually a little bit baffled if you want me to be honest, i used to work in TV and back in the day mac pros were the tits for cutting video, that's one of the places everyone agrees macs really kick ass. sorry you've had a lame experience though. macbook pros are in wide use for video editing/cutting stuff in the field in TV. it's possible resolume's mac version is just a crappy port tho.

i'd actually say if there were a platform that was bringing up the rear in that department that's really accelerating atm it's Windows, though again they've closed the gap so far the difference should be negligible

Macs are made from the ground up...everything is pretty much made within 1 building so to speak...i know that their chipset is from intel and that their mobos are made from asus. This still makes things really streamline for MAC...as everything is created based on specifically Intel and Asus parts...where as most PCs are cobbled together from a variety of manufactures...and then are meant to work off a single OS created for all these different computer components.

My Alienware GUI looks like windows 2000. Yes its not pretty but i could care less about pretty and want functional with best performance possible.

comparing a 300 dollar acer laptop to a 2500 mpb makes ZERO sense.

legendary doesn't necessarily imply good

Windows lets you know about software updates, too, and is in fact so persistent and annoying about it as to be legendary.

You know what? I have no idea why I come here anymore, I remember when this place started it was great, these days it's just full of pretend djs and uppity mods who appear to have nothing else going on in their lives. Do me a favour and delete both of my accounts.

You know what? I have no idea why I come here anymore, I remember when this place started it was great, these days it's just full of pretend djs and uppity mods who appear to have nothing else going on in their lives. Do me a favour and delete both of my accounts.

You know what? I have no idea why I come here anymore, I remember when this place started it was great, these days it's just full of pretend djs and uppity mods who appear to have nothing else going on in their lives. Do me a favour and delete both of my accounts.

Linux!!!
But I'm only using ubuntu for casual browsing and work.

Both my comps run windows and the one at my buddy's studio is an iMac. IMHO both systems run smoothly. I've never had a crash in the 4 years of service that my laptop has given me although I did restore it to factory settings this last spring (which gave it a very noticeable boost in performance). I will say that I PERSONALLY prefer windows but that's mostly because I know it better. It will always come down to what you prefer. Ask yourself:
*What software/applications do I want to use?
*Will they run on both systems?
*How much do i want to spend?
*Am I willing to spend some time learning a new OS?

With that all being said here are some of my opinions (that you can totally ignore)
*When comparing laptops with the same specs Mac's usually are slightly more expensive
*Windows can be just as reliable as long as you take care of your laptop and don't download shadey stuff
*Mac's have a considerably better build quality than most PC's
*There are more traps out there for PC users than mac
*The general public consider apple products to be gifts from the gods and you can score you extra points if you are caught with one in public (if you're into that)
*Windows laptops of the same price range almost always have better graphics than macs (funny how people consider macs the industry standard for photo and video editing huh)

So anyways chew on that for a while but honestly any which way you look at it YOU are the one that should decide this. Take peace in the fact that both systems can give you the same performance no matter what anyone says as long as you know what you're doing. Good luck and hope this helped

Edit: Oh shit I wrote all this before reading your post padi delete if necessary

You're putting a lot of words in my mouth that I haven't even come close to saying there Sarasin. If you check my original post itt you'll see that I literally never do any maintenance on my machine, I keep the hd from filling up and that's it, so I have no idea why you believe I'm dissing people with no tech experience. Where have I called people 'dumb f__s' because they chose an Apple? I've had nothing but praise for Macs right the way through the thread. Sigma said it best in his last paragraph -




Frankly when someone says that their laptop 'shat it' (or words to that effect) when trying to run really standard programs like photoshop I do call bullshit. And what do you know? It was bullshit and exaggeration. Check back on the thread and you'll find it's true. He implied that they wouldn't run and then later acknowledged that (a) they did run but (b) it was an old machine and he wanted them to run better. The best you can say about that is that it was a misleading thing to post.

If everyone just kept to the point of the thread and bigged up what they like about their machine I wouldn't have to call bullshit on the obvious lies and exaggerations contained within.