PC vs MAC

[Phil Lilley]

I honestly am thinking about changing to a MAC. My new son-in-law is a MAC-man... my old buddy Greg in Denver just converted and is glad he did.

I work with graphic alot and video some and I know the MAC is supperior in both.

It'll be an expensive transision if I do- have to do alittle at a time.

What say you?

[WebFreeman]

i used them at work and home. love it. you're right about video and graphic. also very few viruses. let me know if you have questions. be glad to help.

[jdmidwest]

With 6 percent of the computer market share, jump right on the MAC. Inquire around where you live and see if anyone services or sells software for them. Support for them is few and far between. They are good for desktop publishing, but if you want to game, or about anything else, you have to use Windows PC.

[Quillback]

I haven't used Microsoft's new Vista OS myself, but it's supposed to be better than the older MS OS's for use with graphics and videos. I would certainly check it out before buying a MAC. Wally World had some Gateways loaded with Vista for about $700 last week, I almost picked one up just for the heck of it.

[Luke]

If you are dealing with video and graphic design, I would figure out which software you are going to use before deciding which operating system you are going to use it on. Some of the software is Mac only or PC only, but some are made for both. A lot of the software you can run as a trial. As with a fly rod, I suggest trying it before buying it.

Good luck with your decision.

[WebFreeman]

It's kind of outdated to say Macs are good for desktop publishing and nothing else. The famous Intel flying Pentium chip commercial was accidently outsourced to a company that made the animation on Macs.

They come loaded w/ Apache web server software out of the box so you could host a web site in minutes.

You can get Microsoft Office and work seamlessly w/ Windows office. It is true and there aren't as many video games written for Macs, but I don't think that's very high on Phil's list of things to do.

You can get Point of Sale software to keep inventory for the fly shop, Quick books for finanicals, web design/hosting, the chip architecture is superior, comes w/ video editing and DVD authoring out of the box, photo editing out of the box and much more. Plus, the new ones can run Windows.

Plus, Apple is cutting edge. They started the whole Wifi phenomenon for home use and revolutionized mp3 players w/ the ipod. I like that in a company.

Also true that there is less support, but there are people and companies in the Spfd/Branson area.

You can get the all-in-one iMac for about $1200, includes 20 inch flat screen and dual processors. Or you can get a Mini for 500 and use it w/ existing monitors.

I don't work for apple or sell them, just wanted to present the apple side. I've owned one since 93 and won't ever switch back. I have 3 right now, all of which are at least 4 years old, and I can still design web sites, dvds, whatever.

[Terry Beeson]

Web has some good thoughts there...

Basically, if you lean toward the accounting, numbers crunching, pocket protector side of the equation, it use to be (and still is for the most part) a Microsoft (PC) world.

If you lean more toward the colorful graphic animation, games and video, tee-shirt/tats/piercing world, it use to be (and still is) a Mac world.

However, the two worlds seem to be more and more working toward the middle ground, or rather working towards melding into one big happy family.

Maybe have the PC in one room and the Mac in another networked together with a WiFi system that your neighbors can suck internet off you... Hmmmmm.... Marketing tool for the resort? "Stay at Lilly's Landing - we have free wireless internet"?

[Phil Lilley]

""""Stay at Lilly's Landing - we have free wireless internet"?"""

We already do...

[Phil Lilley]

What do you do for an internet browser?

Email?

on a MAC

[WebFreeman]

I use Firefox. Works just like the PC version, but I think it's better. The new Mac OS is based on Unix, so I think Firefox works better on Mac than the PC. Apple makes one called Safari. I think netscape may be up to date. I've lost track. Microsoft used to make an Explorer, but they stopped a couple years ago when Apple came out w/ Safari. Still works, just no more updates.

For email, I use Microsoft Entourage, which is like Outlook Express, but a little fancier looking. It also supports Microsoft's Exchange server for those in an office setting. The firefox people have Thunderbird for Mac and they come shipped w/ Apple's Mail. I think Microsoft still makes Outlook Express as well. And there are several more shareware options available as well.