Mac or PC

[Smash_Brother]

ion-storm said: 

I can admit Windows has a lot of problems. It's time mac people started admitting their OS isn't perfect either. Users bitching about problems is how lots of things get fixed. If Apple users started doing it more instead of pretending problems don't exist then they may get more fixes.

 

I never said it was "perfect", but it's a crap-ton better than any windows OS I've ever used.  

BenKenobi88 said:

buying a computer for stability seems pointless. 

...Unless you AB-SO-FRIGGIN'-LUTELY need it to perform and never fail, sure.

I can't afford to have a computer which could crash during a presentation, become afflicted with the latest virus that's wrecking havoc, have a run.dll error and kernel panic for no particular reason or become so bogged down and slow from fragmenting that it ceases to function.

Computers should be self-reliant. They should be a work-alleviating device, not a device which generates extra work because it needs regular maintenance and care to prevent it from slipping into entropic ineptitude. It's not like you install antivirus or spyware software ONCE, either. People keep coming up with new viruses and spyware so you need to keep buying updates to the protection libraries like vaccines for a child with no immune system (and on a side note, if you think Norton and McAfee aren't writing their own viruses so they can sell the antidote to you, you're mistaken. Does anyone honestly think they're having all those "write a virus" contests to "better protect their customers"? HA!).

Every PC I have seen has, without fail, gone downhill and eventually died. That's friend's computers, PCs I've used, EVERYTHING. I have a friend who reformats his PC every three months as regular MS-recommended maintenance. I always thought he was insane for doing it but it's actually the best course of action if you want to keep a PC up and running.

If Macs and PCs were people, they'd be far, FAR different than the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads suggest. The guy who plays the PC would have to be only partially dressed because he couldn't do it on his own and he'd need to be wearing a football helmet to protect himself from all of the things that could hurt him but that he has no idea how to avoid. Also, he'd look like Frankenstein's monster, with his arms and legs patched together out of various, mismatched pieces which don't work terribly well together. One leg would be longer than the other and his eyes would be different colors.

To top it all off, he wouldn't trust anyone because he has no way to tell who wants to help him, harm him or infect him with something awful.

So bottom line, yes, PCs are basically equivalent to Frankenstein's monster with a football helmet and a paranoia complex.

Meanwhile, a Mac would be like Ace Rimmer: sure, he has his head stuck up his own ass about how great he is, but he gets the damn job done and if the mission calls for him to act like a shambling corpse wearing a football helmet (so I can play TF2), he can do that, too.