UMMM....HELLO, DID I SAY NVIDA? NOOOOO DID I SAY ATI...NOOOO I SAID INTEL INTEGRATED GRAPHCIS!!! HAS SOMEONE MENTION IT NOOOOOO, its not a bad vcard, but in MY LAP TOP did not work as it should with vista, and hey,IDIOT, windows is nice, but u guys THINK IN A BOX, come on!!! get out of the box,and YES, apples ads ARE DISHONEST, but since when has microsoft been so honest, can someone answer that? and as i said, u guys stick with ur pc's, tweak the GUI and make it look like os x or something that u like, why don't u get linux and build ur own shell.... IDIOT is the guy that sticks with a idea, IDIOT is NOT a person with various points of view, the apple ads disgust me i must say, but it makes me sick how many times has microsoft been doing fraudulent acts (can anyone say
"court")im NOT saying windows is shit, im saying i hate the idea my "recent cutting edge" pc will run vista like crap cus the vcard is not compatible, and probably when they fix it i already bought a new one, windows does buisness work very good, and that's what is meant to do. I think OSX does have its benefits, it does better graph rendering (can anybody say "cars" "the incredibles" "PIXAR")but it surelly makes worksheets, and various other things a pain in the ass. So its all on accepting the limitations of each OS, and unfortunatelly, some ZEALOTS dont.

Oh and by the way not everuthing MAC or APPLE is lovable, I hate the Ipod, well its just me, as its the wonders of every pc too! oh and the old flat screens looked like if u pushed a little it would fall off, and hated that too, and mac os 9 Definite failure,it might have only 10% of the market share, but i still say,¿why settle with the SAME? guess it might seem unique using a mac then! Im still working on windows vista beta 2 on my Mac book Pro, smooooth, nice system, stolen Exposè (sorry but its the truth) and runs smoother than any other windows OS iv'e used even in beta stage.

Hello everyone,

This is coming from a person who uses a MAC all day for work in an ad agency(sencond largest in the world) and who owns 3 PC's and one Mac.
First, I prefer the PC a thousand times than the MAC.

To make sure everyone undertand what kind hardware I am using here are the specs.
AT WORK: Dual 2.3GHZ G5, 6GB of Ram (yes 6), 250GB Hard drive, GeForce 7800GT, 23" Display.
AT HOME: AMD64 X2 4200+ (Dual core 2.2GHZ), 2GB of Ram, 4x 250GB Hard drives, Geforce 7900GT, Dell 20" widescreen and Samsung 17" Flatpanels.

Here are my points:
The MAC running FASTER than a PC? No way is that true. I use Photoshop at work along with Flash, Dreamwever, After Effects, and some times Premire. Along with those programs we use little apps like Swift 3D etc, Sorenson Squeeze, and some audio apps (MP3 trimmer) and Apple Loops.

While the G5 IS fast but it is not faster than a PC. When rendering using After Effects the MAC is some time 25% slower than the PC. Even using a small little 3D app like Swift 3D the MAC was 2 hours slower rendering a 300 frame simple rotating logo animation with lighting and textures than my PC. I can go on and on, Photoshop takes minutes longer to open multiple photos at a time than the PC, MAYA run much slower on a MAC, 3D Max is NOT available on a MAC, saving files to the harddrive is slower, messy windows everywhere. Not to mention how HOT that thing runs. These are factors that matter when actually "using a computer". I do not care about how "pretty the mac looks" all I care is about performance. There is no way that a MAC is faster than a PC with comparable hardware. I experience it everyday. I can prove it, run multiple test and post screen shots.

To the MAC's credit it does have a few little nifty features as other have mentioned. But, and this is a fact. The MAC runs Windows XP "BETTER" than it does it's own operating system. The MAC "hides" alot of admin features, settings, amoung other things from the user to protect itself, granted. But it sucks for a power user.

Lastly, here are some great things about owning a PC. A huge amount of software is available for the PC than on a MAC. Programs are made and optimized for PC's first than ported over to the MAC (if you are lucky).You can find quick answers to almost any problem for a PC than on a MAC, and no it's not because you have less problems because I often have to use my Ctl+AppleKey+Esc to force quite my programs. We have Windows Blinds . You have Shapeshifter (I use it). It sucks! We can make our PC's "personal". You have to live with OS X. We have loads of hardware available to us. You do not. Firewire is useless, USB 2.0 is faster. We CAN have "pretty" PC's but I prefer my coolermaster CM Stacker 830 case. This debate can go on forever and so can I but as the post says it's a matter of preference and as my better performing, better hardware and more, more software, power user friendly, stable OS (in my case), wonderful XP PC choice. I prefer MY "Personal Computer".

Thank you all for this great post. I hope I do not angry anyone.

To the MAC's credit it does have a few little nifty features as other have mentioned. But, and this is a fact. The MAC runs Windows XP "BETTER" than it does it's own operating system. The MAC "hides" alot of admin features, settings, amoung other things from the user to protect itself, granted. But it sucks for a power user.

(Back in the 90s I never thought I would say this about a Mac, but.....)

The Command line is your friend.

90% of the planet can't be wrong - think about it the primary reason for a person buying a Mac is because they hate Bill Gates, the real irony is they also aspire to become what he is...................

Arise my bastard child!  ARISE!

After a long month of quiescence it is good to see this come up from the depths of the forums.

On topic, I had the opportunity to educate a colleague of mine who was not aware of some of the excellent functions of Windows, think that the Mac was inherently better or easier.  I did not dissuade him from his potential purchase of a Mac, just educated him that everything he wanted to do on a Mac could be done on a PC just was well.

I did not dissuade him from his potential purchase of a Mac, just educated him that everything he wanted to do on a Mac could be done on a PC just was well.

That's the best thing, advise people of their options and let them decide suits their needs the best. I just hate it when a fanboys try to hard sell me something that may be perfect for them but not necessarily for me, which I guess is why I hate damned advertising so much. When I want or need something, I like to get out in the stores to do my own research and comparisons, to ask questions about products but not have them forced down my throat before they were posed.

I will get a Mac for myself, not because of any fanboys or advertising but simply because I want one to play with....oh how I love new toys.

It's nice to see lolapoa is actually shut up.

Don't speak too soon, Meowy....ooops, too late! Now your words'll come back to bite us all on the arse.