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mac vs pcy (pg. 3)
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spirit5
For school, you probably will want Microsoft Word. |
Wrong.
http://openoffice.org
| quote: | | If you needed to say print out something on a school computer from your laptop, you would need Microsoft Windows and a CD burner. |
School computers have internet access. Why would you want to spend extra money on CDs to burn off for a couple of projects when you can just e-mail the necessary documents to yourself and access them that way? |
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| Ang ' ela_ie |
| Just get a PC and partition it... load Linux on the other side. Done and done. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Why would you want to spend extra money on CDs to burn off for a couple of projects when you can just e-mail the necessary documents to yourself and access them that way? |
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're ty :p |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're ty :p |
Macintosh is such a stupid name :mad: |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're ty :p |
Well even then, Macs are totally capable of burning data CDs. I mean seriously, that CD-burning argument is just terrible.
| quote: | Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Just get a PC and partition it... load Linux on the other side. Done and done. |
Partition? Wipe Windows and go Linux-only if you're gonna do that. :p |
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| Ian |
| come on guys, give the lady a proper answer. I'd suggest it depends on what you want out of things. Mac's aren't compatible with some stuff you may want/need, and windows can be a bitch to run other things. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
come on guys, give the lady a proper answer. I'd suggest it depends on what you want out of things. Mac's aren't compatible with some stuff you may want/need, and windows can be a bitch to run other things. |
THIS is your proper answer? At least the two guys that posted a thesis had valuable advice, even if they were bickering :p |
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| iammesol |
| While macs are expensive... I would say that buying one has THE BEST investment I have ever made. The lack of freezing, viruses, all other CRAP that I see every ten seconds on Windows is non-existent. |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Because people that hate Mac's will find any way to say they're ty :p |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
THIS is your proper answer? At least the two guys that posted a thesis had valuable advice, even if they were bickering :p |
yeah. i kinda started out trying to be useful, couldn't think of anything & left that deposited where something good should've been :o |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| did anyone mention that each Apple comes an autographed picture from Steve Jobs? |
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| LeopoldStotch |
just one point i have to add that i am surprised no one mentioned yet. what is the actual purpose for a cd burner for a student other than backing up data and making cds? if you want to save documents, you don't want to have cd-rws. Thumbdrives ftw here.
| quote: | Originally posted by Spyder
macbook pro vs sony vaio pc
what are your opinions on them..
the good the bad and the ugly
this will most likely be a school computer and home recreation |
i am not a mac basher. i am not a pc basher. i do know that mac is good for certain things, and pc is good for certain things. If you want a mac, it's cool, but you should be aware of certain software to have to be applicable with pc users such as (mac users can correct me or add to the list):
*Safari / Opera for webbrowsing
*Adium for instant messaging
*OpenOffice for word processing
I am sure the most frequent types of files being passed back and forth are picture files, document type files, and media files. If you're sending out executables to a mac user, that user is basically screwed. :)
Any mac users want to give their testimonies for/against thumbdrive/external device mounting on a mac os? i can't really say much about that, because i am a windows/linux hybrid guy. i guess that is important in the future.
i guess that covers "the good the bad and the ugly". :) |
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