PC vs MAC, TELL ME.! Options

[Jghelfi]

okay, i have always been wanting a mac since the first time i used the new Macbook in my 6th period at school, but i have a refurbished old 2001 PC desktop...

can somebody tell me what is good and bad between Macs and PCs..?!

i know that PCs Crash a lot
and that
Macs come with free software in the systems already..

so please somebody carify it for me!

[heyo-captain-jac...]

The main reason I got a fast internet connection is because I have two web servers, eight game servers, two Ventrilo servers, an IRC server, and mirror for the FacepunchStudios Distro that's in development.
Download is just an added bonus, I got that shit primarily for the upload speed.


I just don't think you get what I'm saying. For what it is, OS X is f*cking expensive. Solaris is UNIX, and it's only $30. OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, Fedora, all free. I don't see an open source version of OS X anywhere, but if I did, I would certainly have a copy.

And what can you do on OS X that you can't do just as easily (if not, easier) on an OS like Ubuntu?

It's not priorities, it's preference.

[Just_Dream]

For what it is, OS X is f*cking expensive.

I still don't get how it's expensive. OS X Leopard is only $60 with a student discount right now. Windows Vista is at least twice that price, the last time I checked. And the good news is that you can install os x on multiple macs - there's no limit. It would suck if you had to pay more for something just so you could install it on a few more computers. ;'[ And I really think what you get with a os x, however "miniscule" the amount is, is worth the money. But hey, everyone has a different view on what is worth their money.

Oh yea and I paid $1100 for my macbook, and it wasn't the base model at the time, either. I think it's worth my money considering the mobility of it.

P.S. my friend's Lenovo - he's had it for less than a year - has poor battery life, despite the amount of money it costs. It's a gaming laptop, but when he's just using it for school, he's often struggling to get it to last more than an hour.

I've had problems with Dell before. And I am fortunate enough to live in a city where the nearest apple store is 10 miles away from my house, and another apple store that is 5 miles away from my university. Dell has pretty bad customer service from what I've heard from others, and what I have experienced. Everyone has different experiences, but I'm glad that my macbook hasn't crapped out on me just yet. My battery life is still the same as it was two years ago AND I use my laptop every day for random stuff.

P.S. - Who needs to pay hefty prices for internet access when I can just mooch off my uni's wifi? I rarely torrent anyway.