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Sweetnighter 
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Joined: October 24 2004
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 Topic: Mac or PC?
Posted: March 30 2005 at 12:23 |
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Well, my computer right now is starting to crap out on me, after four
years... doesn't want to access the internet, has problems with my
sound card, is very slow, and basically sucks ass. So, I'm looking to
get a new computer, preferably a nice laptop. Should I get a Mac or a
PC? I've had tons of trouble with PCs over the years, but I've heard
nasty things about Macs as well... lots of goods and bads on each side,
so it seems. What do you suggest?
As a side, can you connect a Mac and a PC to a network and share an internet connection?
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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goose
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 12:28 |
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It depends what you're doing. Macs're easier to use and will be a little more free with resources; if you're doing any heavy duty video/image editing then go for that. PCs are probably more easily customisable, since there's far more competition in the market. If you're just using it for listening to music or simple things (word processing etc.), it doesn't really matter so I'd just stick with what you know. You can connect Mac and PC to the same network and it shouldn't be too difficult.
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Azrael2112
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 12:29 |
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I don't even want to get started on the advantages of a mac over a pc.
Let's just say...if you want a reliable machine, don't want to have to worry
about viruses or spyware and all that jazz....get a mac.
Yes, you can easily share internet and network a mac and pc. (Mac can
see the network, but the pc's will not see the mac.) I have this at home
and work...here at work I'm running 3 g4s and a g3 on a whole network
of pcs sharing internet and printers alike.
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 12:50 |
 goose wrote:
It depends what you're doing. Macs're easier to use and
will be a little more free with resources; if you're doing any heavy
duty video/image editing then go for that. PCs are probably more easily
customisable, since there's far more competition in the market. If
you're just using it for listening to music or simple things (word
processing etc.), it doesn't really matter so I'd just stick with what
you know. You can connect Mac and PC to the same network and it
shouldn't be too difficult. |
Yeah, I'm actually planning on getting a machine for some serious multitrack recording... all the signs are telling me Mac...
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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goose
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Joined: June 20 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 14:18 |
Azrael2112 wrote:
I don't even want to get started on the advantages of a mac over a pc.
Let's just say...if you want a reliable machine, don't want to have to worry
about viruses or spyware and all that jazz....get a mac.
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That's hardly anything to do with the hardware though.
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