Is Mac REALLY better than PC

[bluaeon]

im both. i love my mac and i love my pc. PC for gaming, watching movies, and the way the parts are cheaper to replace, and build your own system. MAC for PS, Premiere movie editing, surfing, organizing photos, syncing my iphone with it. it all depends on how you use or what you need a computer to do.

 

[soundshaper]

A Mac is a PC. I could build a PC that will run circles around my G5 in terms of performance, so the hardware is negligible. Unfortunately, running a stable version of OS X on non-Apple hardware is a pain in the butt. Mac hardware is very sexy too.

However, if we're talking about operating systems, then Mac OS X is the hands-down winner compared to Windows. Some Linux distros are starting to rival Windows, such as Ubuntu. Unix-based operating systems are by nature more stable than anything Microsoft will ever create.

 

[Village Idiot]

A Mac is a PC. I could build a PC that will run circles around my G5 in terms of performance, so the hardware is negligible. Unfortunately, running a stable version of OS X on non-Apple hardware is a pain in the butt. Mac hardware is very sexy too.

However, if we're talking about operating systems, then Mac OS X is the hands-down winner compared to Windows. Some Linux distros are starting to rival Windows, such as Ubuntu. Unix-based operating systems are by nature more stable than anything Microsoft will ever create.

But still a complete pain in the rear to setup and maintain. I installed ubuntu 7.10 it worked fine. I upgraded to the new version, and suddenly my network card isn't even recognized. I had to install a windows driver with some kind of translator app.

Then I got a new router because my old one went bad. Now it won't connect to my new router no matter what I do.

 

[cwa107]

But still a complete pain in the rear to setup and maintain. I installed ubuntu 7.10 it worked fine. I upgraded to the new version, and suddenly my network card isn't even recognized. I had to install a windows driver with some kind of translator app.

Then I got a new router because my old one went bad. Now it won't connect to my new router no matter what I do.

I hear ya - Ubuntu is great and getting closer to establishing Linux as a legitimate competitor in the desktop area, but it's still far too fragile IMO - and often the fix is so complicated that a newcomer has no alternative other than to do a clean install.

 

[schweb]

This is been asked and answered enough in many, many threads. A use of search will find those answers.

Not to mention, what do you expect the answer to be when you ask it on a site dedicated to Apple's products?