I'm wondering, should I get a PC or a Mac?

[youdontknowme]

It is all a matter of personal preference, is it not?

[Kris]

^

Got it in one.

And it depends what your using it for. Macs are better at somethings, where as PC's are better for others.

[kainashi]

^

Got it in one.

yet i said it twice in one post?

[MrMoogle16]

i like macs because they're less likely to get hacked. get it? get mac, not hacks. i'm a rappa straighta

[kainashi]

i like macs because they're less likely to get hacked. get it? get mac, not hacks. i'm a rappa straighta

no one is going to waste their time hacking something that takes up less than 2% of the computer market. the more, the better. ;o

[Jeff]

The one MAJOR advantage to having a Mac is that you do not have to put up with as much adware/spyware/viruses etc.

[kainashi]

The one MAJOR advantage to having a Mac is that you do not have to put up with as much adware/spyware/viruses etc.

using a non-ie browser will get you that too.

[Kris]

Im not sure if its just because Im not on i.e but there have been a few virus's going around lately on all my mates email, and Im the only one who it hasnt affected.

I know some virus's are non mac compatable.

I didnt realise that if you didnt use I.E you were less likely to get virus's. Well you learn something new every day

[kainashi]

Im not sure if its just because Im not on i.e but there have been a few virus's going around lately on all my mates email, and Im the only one who it hasnt affected.

I know some virus's are non mac compatable.

I didnt realise that if you didnt use I.E you were less likely to get virus's. Well you learn something new every day

most of the virus's online were made for internet explorer, since it's by far the most used browser (sadly). ;o

[Kris]

Ive only ever used I.E, safari and opera.

So havent been able to experience the greatness of the other ones!!

[kainashi]

Ive only ever used I.E, safari and opera.

So havent been able to experience the greatness of the other ones!!

i've heard great things about safari but most of the people i know that use macs use firefox/camino as their browsers and not safari.

[Kris]

Safari came with it, and to be honest Ive got on with it so havent bothered to download anything new.

Its not like I do anything special with my browser

[kainashi]

Safari came with it, and to be honest Ive got on with it so havent bothered to download anything new.

Its not like I do anything special with my browser

that's one reason why people like firefox so much. it does what you want and if it doesn't, there's usually an extension for it. and it isn't bloated. :monocle:

[Cheesey]

I read through some of the recent posts (the whole little discussion that John and Kris had was funny) but I don't understand one thing; how is a Mac better than a PC, and vice versa? Not everyone needs the same and as everyone has said at least twice, in Ice Rabbits case it's a matter of personal preference. It's not as if he/she (sorry, I'm not sure on your gender and I don't want to make a mistake, heh) wants to do anything particularly complicated...

So yeah. Just try out Macs and PCs and see which you prefer. I'm not getting into the whole "oh Macs are superior!" thing because to be frank it's pretty silly... Like, Kris likes Macs a lot, but John prefers using PCs and as far as I know he's a lot more computer literate than Kris is. So yeah. Depends on what you want to do/prefer and stuff.

If you'd wanted to do more complex stuff then the discussions here might be a little deeper but to be honest, you can do what you want to do on either machine. Just go with what you like, neither one is "better" IMO. =)

[Kris]

You are completely correct cheesey, but we need to know what Ive rabbit is planning on using the computer for.

Then we can say if a pc or a mac would be more suitable.

[Cheesey]

I still want to make sigs. All I really need is the ability to make sigs, internet, Firefox, a good media player, maybe a good e-mail client (like Thunderbird), well, nothing much. Just the normal junk someone would need. Mac OS X can get all of that. But then again, so can a PC.

Kris, they've already said what they want to use the computer for... That's why this thread was started in the first place.

[Kris]

I am dumb, please ignore me.

As your not planning on specialising then it doesnt really matter which one. But macs are more expensive so a PC might be better for you

[youdontknowme]

But macs are more expensive so a PC might be better for you

Unless you're willing to spend more money for less problems. *hint hint*

[Kris]

Unless you're willing to spend more money for less problems. *hint hint*

This isnt always true though

[youdontknowme]

This isnt always true though

It is in the long run, is it not?