You know what really grinds my gears

I know. I was trying, but then I got tired of typing "windows machine" 600 times.

It took you an hour to find RAM?

www.crucial.com

Takes me...as long the pages take to load?


LOL @ Linux@! Thats great. Love it.


BTW, Windows 7 will have support for 192GB of Ram. Can Macs do that? (Im asking since its late...going to bed.) I dont recall them being able to do that.

Yeah. Mostly because my dad's a cheapskate and went for the cheapest possible RAM, but mostly because the store we went to had 2 aisles of just RAM.

Crucial is quite cheap. Next time, do some research online. Unless its a "gotta have now" situation, their process is 100 times quicker and easier to locate the ram your motherboard can handle and how much.


BTW I know I dont need 192GB of ram, but knowing if I wanted to set up a sweet machine with over 16GB for heavy photo editing is sweet.

[Oscar]

My favorite thing about it is the dock, because I almost always have programs I'm running maximized and can't reach the desktop shortcuts, so extra keystrokes and mouse movements are required to get to the program I want, whereas on a mac, one click and I'm there
---have you tried to use the taskbar? Click the program name on it and boom, you're there in just 1 click.

Second, I am a sucker for animations, so the mac's "genie" animation when you close a window really draws me in.
---In all windows computers that I have used, and I've used them since 3.1 was around, when I closed a window, it would close right away and let me continue on. Why uhmm delay me in watching in animation?

Third, there are simply too many options on a Windows computer. I recently bought a new graphics card for my Windows machine, and it took a week to find the best one. A day later I went in for more memory. That took an hour.
---what's wrong with options? It sucks not being able to chose IMO. Communism! If it took you a week to find the best one then the problem is not the computer, but maybe you're too slow to google for video card reviews [:)] As far as RAM, took me 5 minutes last time I went. Told them what laptop I had and in 5 minutes I was checked out with new RAM [:)]

Finally, Apple makes products that outperform anything else in the personal music industry.
---No comment since I am not making my own music.

My iPod Touch, however expensive, is literally hundreds of times better than any other touchscreen device I've messed around with, and even my iPod Mini I had before it kicked all other mp3 players' butts.
---Stay on topic, mac's [:p]

My personal belief is that Macs are for people who could care less about computer games, and more about easy-to-use, straight-forward productivity.
---I couldn't disagree more. I never use my laptop or PC for games. All productivity. I've tried mac's and they simply are uhmmm weird when used for productivity.

As far as the virus comment. People are going to make virus programs for 97% of the world's computers. It makes more sense. It's much more profitable! Why would anyone code something to go after 3% of the computer using people? It doesn't make sense from any view point. Unless Microsoft made the virus to say f-u Mac's

[Oscar]

Originally posted by boneplaya

Yeah. Mostly because my dad's a cheapskate and went for the cheapest possible RAM, but mostly because the store we went to had 2 aisles of just RAM.

You could have asked customer rep to get you the cheapest ram instead of looking for it yourself [:p] That's what I do!

Basically, anything mac says it can do, PC does better. Ive ran PC's for over a year with no spyware, malware or viruses ever attacking it.

Ive done everything from Music creation and MIDI input to heavy, heavy photo editing, video editing, hardcore gaming and lots of productivity. All from the same machine.

All without restarting my computer with the exception for installing new software or hardware. I think Ive gone 6+ months without a lockup that required a reboot.

[Coasterkidmwm]

But your computer isn't a shiny jizz white so it's not cool.

[Oscar]

A mac wouldn't be able to run coastercrazy.com
Enogh said

The only problem I've had with my PC is that god damn tracking cookie I can't get rid of, but I'm not worried about it. I'm satisfied with a PC, just wish it wasn't a Gateway

I am a recording engineer, and you will not find me doing any audio work on a windows computer...problems problems problems...I have been running the same G4 since 2001 at the studio and it has not crashed once, or failed in any way. It has been ultra reliable, I can plug in any firewire or USB hard drive and it just shows up, there is no way in hell that is happening with a PC...period. I got the Mac becuase I spent 2 weeks and at least 50 hours with tech support trying to get a audio card to work in a PC which was so far beyond the requirements. Bought the Mac, plugged in the card and...wow it works, didn't even have to install any drivers, the Mac told me what I installed.

Now at home, to surf the internet, do office type tasks, play games and build rides in No limits. I use a windows based computer.

Originally posted by Oscar

A mac wouldn't be able to run coastercrazy.com
Enogh said

This is true, it runs asp, which is owned by microsoft

[rcmaniac25]

Originally posted by tracksix

I am a recording engineer, and you will not find me doing any audio work on a windows computer...problems problems problems...I have been running the same G4 since 2001 at the studio and it has not crashed once, or failed in any way. It has been ultra reliable, I can plug in any firewire or USB hard drive and it just shows up, there is no way in hell that is happening with a PC...period. I got the Mac becuase I spent 2 weeks and at least 50 hours with tech support trying to get a audio card to work in a PC which was so far beyond the requirements. Bought the Mac, plugged in the card and...wow it works, didn't even have to install any drivers, the Mac told me what I installed.

Now at home, to surf the internet, do office type tasks, play games and build rides in No limits. I use a windows based computer.

What sound card are you using? I've built the past 7 computers and installed a different sound card in each (Each was built for a different purpose), Windows picks it up goes to install the driver in the background.

Also I have used Windows from 3.1 to Windows 7 RC and I have never had a problem with a Flash/External drive (when Windows supported USB). What you experenced with Windows I have experenced with Macs. Never works for me, crashes all the time.

^YAY for Windows 7 RC!!

[rcmaniac25]

Apple will have a much harder time to make Anti-Windows commercials when Windows 7 comes out.

"Macs are... Um, The... Same... Speed... As... Windows? And... can... run... Final Cut. Ya that's right, we can run Final Cut."

Originally posted by rcmaniac25

Apple will have a much harder time to make Anti-Windows commercials when Windows 7 comes out.

"Macs are... Um, The... Same... Speed... As... Windows? And... can... run... Final Cut. Ya that's right, we can run Final Cut."

Don't forget to mention the secret 2nd operating system:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... ws-xp-mode

Originally posted by Real

Basically, anything mac says it can do, PC does better. Ive ran PC's for over a year with no spyware, malware or viruses ever attacking it.

yeah, i have no virus protection programs, and i havent had a single problem with a virus. vista is amazing and has its own virus scan that scans the computer automatically. i never have to worry about it. had the computer over a year and a half now and i havent had to turn my incorrectly for anything.(maybe once or twice, but on my error not the computers) runs quite nice. only complaint, only one gig of ram, and a 7300GT. upgrade those things and this computer wont be half bad. my proccesor might not be the best, its a Pentium D 2.80GHz, so its a dual core, not horrible, but would be nice to have a quad, haha. so if i can get 2-3 gigs of ram(no more cause i have 32bit vista) and a 9600-9800 graphics card, anything is better then what i have now, haha, i dont think this would run to bad. might also need a new power supply with those upgrade, so about $200-250 needed for that upgrade, not too bad i dont think.

Originally posted by coasterpimp

Gateway

im sorry man, haha.

Gateways ftw!!