Have you switched to Mac? (now just fighting over which is better)

I don't understand the mac architecture. uh oh, your monitor burned out... now you're totally computerless until it gets fixed for $1200. huh?
I'm running 5 hard drives in my computer for 1.5 terabytes of storage... if you wanna do that on a mac you'll need an external drive assembly. But now you've totally defeated the purpose of being an all-in-one machine with this huge drive system sitting beside the machine that all would have fit into a reasonably sized case in the first place.

I dunno, flexibility and choice is SOOO hampered. PC rules... hahaha
Now I prepare to get flamed....

picturecrazy wrote in post #2623587
I don't understand the mac architecture. uh oh, your monitor burned out... now you're totally computerless until it gets fixed for $1200. huh?
I'm running 5 hard drives in my computer for 1.5 terabytes of storage... if you wanna do that on a mac you'll need an external drive assembly. But now you've totally defeated the purpose of being an all-in-one machine with this huge drive system sitting beside the machine that all would have fit into a reasonably sized case in the first place.

I dunno, flexibility and choice is SOOO hampered. PC rules... hahaha
Now I prepare to get flamed....

only with an imac. their macpro can hold quite a few drives in it. I dunno, I'm still on the fence. Price is the biggest issue, but if it means I can get stuff done faster

picturecrazy wrote in post #2623587
I'm running 5 hard drives in my computer for 1.5 terabytes of storage...

Why would you want so much storage in your desktop computer?

I'm a firm believer that storage and processing are two very different tasks which require very different solutions. I would never need that much storage in my computer, I have dedicated storage solutions which are far more scaleable, reliable and portable.

picturecrazy wrote in post #2623587
I don't understand the mac architecture. uh oh, your monitor burned out... now you're totally computerless until it gets fixed for $1200. huh?
I'm running 5 hard drives in my computer for 1.5 terabytes of storage... if you wanna do that on a mac you'll need an external drive assembly. But now you've totally defeated the purpose of being an all-in-one machine with this huge drive system sitting beside the machine that all would have fit into a reasonably sized case in the first place.

I dunno, flexibility and choice is SOOO hampered. PC rules... hahaha
Now I prepare to get flamed....

Mac Pro's hold 4 hard drives and up to 32GB of RAM along with a seperate monitor and all the usual great Mac software and rock solid OSX. They have great colour management tools and built in support for lot's of cool stuff that Vista is only now just trying to catch up with. Plus they run PC software as fast if not faster than a PC - why bother with a virus prone PC?

Tempt yourself

Wedding Shooter wrote in post #2623769
Mac Pro's hold 4 hard drives and up to 32GB of RAM along with a seperate monitor and all the usual great Mac software and rock solid OSX. They have great colour management tools and built in support for lot's of cool stuff that Vista is only now just trying to catch up with. Plus they run PC software as fast if not faster than a PC - why bother with a virus prone PC?

Tempt yourself

while I agree with most of that, there are viruses for macs. theres just less of them, just like there are less macs compared to the number of pcs. its all proportional

mac ads are about the worst propoganda I've ever seen

I totally use MAC's, I have a G5 Quad with a 30" and 23" Cimema display and a 24" Dell (yes three monitors on my main MAC) and a Mac Book Pro Core Duo2 17"

Why do I use MAC's? Simple, they just work, no viruses, no headaches, no configuring, they just work. And I am yet to see a PC that can compete with a MAC running a Cinema Display for colour reproduction either. What I see on my screen is almost exactly what prints out on the frontier.... as close as you can get to the real thing without having a backlight. I changed over about 2 years ago and I love it... I wont EVER go back to a PC again now....I love my MAC.

We're gonna get along just great, Jason!

Im sure we are mate, and no you cant take my MAC home ok.. hahaha

Jason Cole wrote in post #2624439
Im sure we are mate, and no you cant take my MAC home ok.. hahaha

That's ok! I've got my own G5 in the studio and a 17" Macbook Pro on my lap!

Wow, I have read some interesting misconceptions here about pc. Very interesting opinions.

Jason: yours doesn't count. I don't think your even in the same league. However, I have no problems hooking my pc up to my 42" LCD.

My pc right this second has been up and running for 17 days, 12 hrs, and 58 mins. without a reboot.

Mizuno: I would agree that storage and processing are two totally different task that require different solutions but, I can process on my server or on my desktop. I have about 250 gig of images alone. I can store and process on either machine.

My background is medical imaging. We sell and support a pc that does both of the above processes without any problems beyond user error in most cases. This includes processing, database, large image storage partition, archiving, etc.

Sorry but I wanted to point out the other side, the dark side to some.

coreypolis wrote in post #2622395
I'm on the fence, its either upgrade the PC and a new laptop, or grab a 17" mackbookpro loaded and use my monitor for at home work. I just can't justify their desktop yet.

photoshop and lightroom just seem to run so much faster, but theres something about the upgradeability of a PC thats so enticing, not to mention the price. Though a new XPS laptop from Dell is more than comprible mbp

If you sit on the fence, you are prone to getting splinters !

I use a macbook and a desktop PC and i definately 100% prefer the mac, so simple to use and it doenst crash one tiny bit.

I owned a PC about 12 years ago. Never again.

Been using macs almost exclusively since (the odd freelance job requires me to use a PC). Currently have a G5 & 20 inch cinema display and a 12 inch powerbook at home and use a 20 inch imac at work (our studio has 10 of these and a handful of macbook pros).

And what's with people saying you have to reboot windows all the time? I reboot about once every two months. I never turn the bugger off as my backup services run at 3AM.

mizuno I run that much storage for RAID. I also have an offsite backup server that has 900GB. You don't want a hard drive crash or power surge to put you in a terrible legal position...

And yes, I used to use Macs... about 23 years ago. Didn't like them then, don't like them now. I tried it out again in the late 90's but as soon as they came out with all that UGLY CUTESY CRAP I was just turned off of them. Who the hell wants to pay such a premium so your computer can match your shoes?? LOL

BTW, I'm not getting worked up... I'm actually having a good chuckle writing this. smiles all around!

Is anyone else turned off by the new Windows OS? That has influenced my decision...MS seems to just get bulkier and more intrusive with every update, plus they want it to interface more like a Mac, so why not just use a Mac?

I yearn for the DOS days.

I would run linux but software supoort for it is lousy. The only thing that would make me switch to MAC is if the tables turned and Apple had all the software support. Face it, most software out there is for PC. But if Apple suddenly had the largest market share... then all the virus coders would also switch to writing MAC viruses.

It's not that MACs are more virus resistant... virus coders just don't care enough about macs.