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Folks,

Given Apple's current TV ads poking fun at PCs ("I'm a Mac", "I'm a PC", which you can see at http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads), I thought I'd see what you prefer.

There's a lot of debate about the Apple ads, with many people saying they're simplistic and even deceptive. Here's one site dealing with the issue: http://tinyurl.com/ybmkes

Me, I'm a PC bloke. Just bought a new Pentium Core 2 Duo machine with a 320 gig hard drive and 20" LCD. I love it!

So vote Mac or PC and let me know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Oliver

I'd love a Mac if I could justify their hefty price tag.

So for now I'm a PC man, running linux.

Just sick of Windows. Its about as useful as a cat in the fermentor.

Linux Linux Linux

111222333 wrote:Just sick of Windows. Its about as useful as a cat in the fermentor.

Might not be useful, but would be a bit of fun to watch

Macs had their uses, but none of them coincide with my needs.

I have an AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.6 (2.0 stock) with a Geforce 6800GS, 20" ws LCD and a paltry 110Gb of HDD space, that I assembled myself. My current rig features parts bought from every mainland state except Queensland.

PC for compatibility, availability, price and upgrade path.

I built my PC and don't like the idea of propietary personal computers like Apples.

Mines got coloured pictures!......................

I cut my teeth in the IT game looking after Windoze and Netware, fortunately managing to steer myself away from that after a couple of years.
I look after a couple of hundred Unix systems during the day. When I come home, the last thing I want to do is battle Microsoft.

I just bought the girlfriend a 17" Core2 Duo iMac.
I was running it at work for a week whilst I was setting it up for her (downloading updates for Windows and stuff) and it was all too easy to get talking to printers, LDAP servers and such.
Runs all her software and with Parallels Desktop for Mac it runs Windows or even Solaris and Linux if I absolutely need to test something at home.
Windows can run in its own little sandpit with no internet access.

We don't play many games so I don't need a watercooled Pentium Extreme Edition with half a dozen PCIe video cards in SLI.
I just need something reliable that she can work on (and play Sims2).

Its all horses for courses, but a Mac at home means I don't have to think too hard about it and don't have to waste valuable drinking time fixing things.

My $0.02:
If you want to play games: get a PC and put Winderz on it.
If you want to hack about, learn Unix, or have too much time on your hands: get a PC and put Linux on it.
If you want something that works out of the box: buy a Mac

r.magnay wrote:Mines got coloured pictures!......................

So's mine Ross, and thats about all I can add to this thread

I'm a Linux man.

I started with computers on a Dick Smith VZ-200
Moved on to an Apple II+
Then a Macintosh +
Then a 486-DX33, 70MB HDD, which cost around $4500 at the time
Then various 'doze boxes, till I met UNIX at uni in '97, and started playing with various embryonic versions of Linux, and have been hooked ever since.

Mind you, I'm a Software Engineer. Horses for courses is very right.

What ya talkin about??

I am still looking for the carriage return arm on this fancy electric typewriter thingo.

Yeah im a Linux convert too

Using Ubuntu Edgy atm!

I've been thinking about giving Linux a go, too.

What's the best distribution, in people's humble opinion?

Oliver

Ubuntu is my fave for a desktop machine at the moment.
Really easy to use/setup. Based on Debian, one of the oldest & sanest distributions.

totally used to PCs, its all i know, but as soon as i get some cash im switching to MAC.
Firefox taught me that there are better alternatives to all things windows.

Oliver wrote:I've been thinking about giving Linux a go, too.

What's the best distribution, in people's humble opinion?

Oliver

Ubuntu's definitely a good one to get started with.

PC for me,

Just set up out of the box a Dual processor, 200 gigs HDD, 19" LCD so am finally out of the stone age .

Go the linux!!! On a PC of course.

I'm dual booting Windows/Ubuntu.

I'd be completely Mac if i could afford it.

the only reason i have windows on here is because the gf plays a few games i can't get running on Linux. unfortunately, that means i use windows myself, who can be bothered rebooting when all i want to do is browse the web...

my PC is a p3 800mhz, 256mb ram. i think i need an upgrade

ubuntu feels like the best of both worlds in the mac/windows battle to me...