I was trying to think when I buy another pc down the line, if I should get another pc or a Mac.

I never had a mac but have heard some bad things about them.

I am use to the pc's but wouldn't mind getting a better one then the one I currently have which is an HP, I just seem to have had problems since I got it but I guess that goes with any pc a person buys etc.

I was thinking about a Sony or a Mac but don't know, I've even thought of Gateway but heard some bad things about them so I don't know.

Commodore 64 or TRS-80.

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rtaylor goin old school, cut my teeth on a trs-80 in school

they still make these ?

why in the hell would u buy a MAC?..lol
Well being a Computer Analyst I know first hand how technology advances..soo the new expensive, top of the line stuff,will be totally outdated in a few months..it really depends on what u are gonna use your PC for..
Brand umm does not really matter,,Sony, Gateway, Toshiba..they are all pretty good..its all about the RAM and Memory, Processors etc...really depends on what u are needing it for..

I've heard Mac's don't catch virus / spyware so fast or quicky as pc's do.. is there any truth to that one ?.

I am not sure why a Mac I've just thought about it.

So the brand name doesn't matter as far as a Pc goes ?.

I say Mac all the way... I have an iMac at home and use a PC at work. There are so many times I try to do something on my PC that my mac does and am disappointed.

Trust me, you want a mac... they are superior in every sence of the word.

Thanks for your advice.

So what's so superior about the Mac's vs Pc, if you don't mind me asking ?.

Well to start the processors, RAM and hard drive space that macs come standard with are generally higher/better quality. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous, there are tons of free programs and applications you can download straight from apples website. Im not talking games and silly apps, some of these programs are are very business savvy. Once you get used to it I think the user interface and what you get standard with mac and the new OS make it worth the money.

In general, Macs suck for gaming, as well as number crunching, but rule for audio or full motion video editing, graphics design, and desktop publishing. This is (and has been) the current state until software companies decide there is a sufficient market to develop products optimized for the Mac (they have begun porting some popular titles over, but they are not designed for the Mac). OSX has some nice design features, but nothing XP or Vista can't do with toolkits applied.
Remember, software drives hardware.

This observation is based on being a 23yr veteran in the computer technology field, including support of just about every TRS, Commodore, Apple/Mac & IBM compatible ever manufactured, along with all their related network architectures & software (although, in all honesty, I may have missed a few).

Alright, thanks for the infor.

I LOVE my Dells! I have three of them and I wouldn't trade any of them for anything (all PCs, for those of you who don't know).

I don't really look for a computer for gaming never have probably never will as of right now, I look for gaming in a console.. because that's what they make them for etc.

I look for doing more then one thing, like watching music videos, talking to friends, downloading files etc. That kind of stuff, stuffing the net.. when I look into a pc that is.

I've gone back and forth between both and both have their pros and cons. It boils down to you, what you need it for, what you feel most comfortable with.

Right now, HP is my choice of choices. They last a good while and, running AMD, move at a good speed if you're not going for a gaming computer, which you said you weren't.

You want it for basic use so just play with a Mac a bit in the stores and see how it feels to you, if it's something you're willing to take a chance on. If not, pc it is!

Thanks.

I mean I see gaming more for like the PS3's and 360's type thing but that's just my view now which could always change.

I don't know to many stores who have mac's set up but if I was given a chance to use one I could probably make a choice after trying a mac out that is.

I have an HP which I bought from HP and had them build but wish they would have done a bit of a over all better job for everything over all is my biggest complaint about HP and there service. But that's just how I feel.

I've caught one virus in the last two and a half years and in that same time, found two games that could freeze it. Zero crashes. I can write a book and a poem on seperate apps, photoshop pics, edit music, manage a business, troubleshoot my Java code and download music while surfing the web all at once without processor lag, much less the three-finger salute. And I'm running an old G3, not one of the new eight-Intel-processor, liquid cooled monsters. Oh, and if you want to play PC games, Macs also boot XP and Vista(sic).

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Macs RULE

While the newer Macs with the Intel CPUs are continuing to show promise in the "alternate computer" market, they're still a number-two brand compared to the PC market and the various companies making clones. With that said, I'd simply go with the law-of-averages and go with what has more company support and backing, which (at least at this point) with the PC.

Note that you don't have to go with any of the big-brand companies like DELL or Gateway, as they deal with high-volume and NOT for enthusiasts. They'll quote you a sweet deal on bottom-basement parts loaded in a case with a proprietary formfactor (meaning NO upgrade path). You can either go to smaller operations like PC Club and have a system custom-tailored to your needs, or you can tackle the job yourself and build your own computer (I've been doing so for the better part of ten years now), which means you can put more money where it should, which is toward better parts.