Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

[TogaMario]

I had a three-button mouse on my Macs where I worked. Much easier to get around the OS with a multi-button mouse. Get Firefox, abandon I.E. (I say this, having not tried I.E. 7, so we'll see how that changes things, if it does at all) Even when it comes to web design, I always have to do extra coding to accomodate Internet Explorer's horrendous respect for compliance.

 

[Dimwhit]

Uh, actually Macs can support two and three button mice, they just don't come standard.

They do, actually, and have for a year or two. The Mighty Mouse comes standard on all new Macs, and it's a multi-buttonm mouse. Now is it a good one? That's debateable, but I love it. Bought a bluetooth Mighty Mouse for my Mac Book Pro, and it's sweet.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

They do, actually, and have for a year or two. The Mighty Mouse comes standard on all new Macs, and it's a multi-buttonm mouse. Now is it a good one? That's debateable, but I love it. Bought a bluetooth Mighty Mouse for my Mac Book Pro, and it's sweet.

Now I'm the one out of date (see hardware list above)

 

[Arravis]

I have two brand new custom-built PC's at home because I'm a PC gamer. I've been using PC's as far back as 1982, and I know them fairly well. But, as a graphic designer, I've been using macs since the 90's and for work, I MUCH prefer them. The latest build of OSX is particularly nice, and the entire thing is simply much more stable, elegant, and better thought out than any PC build (custom or not) I've ever owned. I've never had a problem on a mac I couldn't resolve in under 30 minutes (usually much less), not in the 14 years I've used them. And the problems I have had, have been fairly easy to ferret out, completely unlike the nightmare, infinate hours I've spent trouble-shooting PC's over the last 24 years (dear god, it's been that long?).

Bugs and problems on a PC are like some sort of cruel game on its users. They could be anywhere, hidden in the most obscure and unintuitive of places. Any time I run an update on any part of my PC, install any new software or hardware, or make any major change... it turns into a random minefield. Maybe it'll work just fine, but maybe it won't. Should I run the update and risk it crashing the system as it finds some deeply hidden incompatability? If I don't run it, but update other things, does that bring out the crash? Who knows... its a gamble everytime you change something on it. On a mac, I don't feel like I'm playing Russian roulette everytime I add/change the configuration. It simply works. In my line of work, when deadlines make and break everything, reliability and stability of a platform are critical.

My biggest complaint with Apple is the state of mac-gaming. Except for the heady days of Marathon (a precurser to Halo from Bungie), there wasn't much going for it in that arena.

 

[Aeolius]

...Except for the heady days of Marathon (a precurser to Halo from Bungie), there wasn't much going for it in that arena.

I still miss Spectre VR

 

[Enforcer]

I switched from PC (a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop, which is now part of a class action lawsuit re how often their motherboards fail, mine died twice) to Mac (12" G4 iBook) in Nov. 2004 and will never switch back.

Caveats: I don't use a Mac at work, in fact I'm typing this on a Windows machine. I don't play a lot of games (just World of Warcraft), but if I get the money for a new MacBook Pro I'd play more games using Windows XP on it.

The two-button mouse myth has already been dispelled by Dimwhit, although I will say that it took years too long for Apple to get on board with a practical mouse.

The "Macs are more expensive" argument is also seeing some changes. See here . Still, for the cheapest computer out there, regardless of specs, Dell still has the advantage.

But I prefer my Mac mostly because of OS X. I use Expose, Spotlight, Dashboard, none of which are available for Windows without 3rd-party software. Spotlight is the greatest thing ever in my opinion.

And the whole iLife suite is also great (and free with your Mac!), again none of which is similarly available on Windows without the downloading of third-party programs or purchasing new software. The site in my sig was made in iWeb, for example, and took about 15 min. to set up. Whereas this site from before my iWeb days took my a lot longer because I had to buy a book about HTML and learn the basics for myself.

I also vastly prefer apps like Apple Mail, Address Book, and iCal to their traditional Windows counterpart (Microsoft Outlook) due to stability and ease of use. And while I can't speak to TogaMario's stability issues, my iBook has never crashed, ever. The worst I've had happen was Force-quitting Safari a few times. *shrug*

Yeah, I guess I'm a fanboy now, but since I haven't wanted to throw my home computer against a wall for almost two years, I think the fanaticism is worth it.

 

[Simplicity]

The two-button mouse myth has already been dispelled by Dimwhit, although I will say that it took years too long for Apple to get on board with a practical mouse.

The people I know who have Macs are all using laptops. And yes, you can always connect a mouse to your laptop... but I don't and they don't. And there's only one button sitting on that stupid touchpad. I'll admit it's a myth, when Apple admits it's a stupid design.

 

[Enforcer]

The people I know who have Macs are all using laptops. And yes, you can always connect a mouse to your laptop... but I don't and they don't. And there's only one button sitting on that stupid touchpad. I'll admit it's a myth, when Apple admits it's a stupid design.

Actually, you can right-click on the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros without an external mouse. You just have to enable the setting in System Preferences. So go ahead!

 

[Dimwhit]

Actually, you can right-click on the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros without an external mouse. You just have to enable the setting in System Preferences. So go ahead!

Winner!

And hey, I didn't know that feature was there, so thanks.

 

[Enforcer]

Winner!

And hey, I didn't know that feature was there, so thanks.

My pleasure, and that feature was relatively new. At first only the 17" MacBook Pros had it, then all MacBooks/MacBook Pros were updated with it as of 10.4.7