Do you prefer MAC or PC and why?
I prefer PCs. Mainly because i have always had issues with macs freezing and dying. Our team uses PCs for everything from programing to business.
Could a moderator please close this thread? There are enough of these already!
Thankfully this is a place of calm people who don’t obsess over their preferred OS. I, as one who knows when the narwhal bacons, have seen many flame wars start due to this topic.
I agree with the previous post, however, this thread should be closed. Beating a dead horse is never fun.
PC by the way. Don’t like Mac’s layout and their proprietary ways.
PC because you get more bang for your buck
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Honestly, I see each of Mac, Linux, and Windows having their own uses. If I was doing graphical work, I’d use a Mac. If I was banging out code or running a server, I would (and do) run Linux. For general use (and gaming), I use Windows.
Said like a pro. I use Linux for programming and screwing around with code. I use windows for Gaming and more screwing around. Mac is meh.
i stick with Linux when ever i can, it runs a lot smoother and faster than (duh)windows, or, to a lesser extent, macs
Macs are overpriced.
Bad OS.
Same hardware in general
They failed
Yet they are the leading computer?
WTF
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Macs are pretty, but for the computer itself PC’s win. Plus macs are more expensice so it makes even less sense to get one. 
I have a Windows 7 computer for most of my stuff, and a Linux machine for simpler stuff like Perl programming and homework. I like Linux because it’s free but then there are so many problems with compatibility and gaming and stuff like that.
Macs are by far not the leading computer. Apple is a larger company than Microsoft, which is largely due to the success of iPods and iPads, but Windows is more popular then Mac.
Also: I dislike Linux, mostly because of compatibility issues, and because I’m too lazy to deal with it. I don’t like Macs because I don’t like the hardware and think they’re too expensive. I don’t like Windows because viruses.
If I had to pick one, it would have to be Windows, because I dislike it least of the three.
This what I say: You pay for what you get. My Macbook pro, while pretty expensive, has run far better than any of the cheaper PCs I’ve ever used, and I’ve used a lot of PCs.
For those who don’t like Mac’s layout, let me ask you this: How much time have you spent on Macs vs. time on PCs? If you actually know how to use a Mac, they are very powerful tools. They just take time to learn, like everything else.
I have nothing against PCs and Linux, and think both have their uses: PCs for gaming, and Linux for coding. IMO, I only use Mac and Linux, but that’s how I do it.
But no matter the computer, we can all agree on something: Technology is awesome!
True 
Anyway, I prefer Windows, simply because that is what I have learned. On a powerful computer, it runs great and plays awesome games… like CAD
(and yes, I know that there are CAD programs for Mac and linux)
Linux is amazing because it is free, I use it on my backup server and various other computers around the house. It is my parallel operating system on my netbook (because windows gets a little slow sometimes).
Mac… well… tough cookie. I like the layout, design, and overall cababilities of these machines, however, I don’t like the Apple “sealed ecosystem” that comes with them. They are also overpriced, (though you get what you pay for in customer service).
Just a little shout-out as you post. Think before you post and be respectful. Don’t need to start a flame war.
I can summarize my reason for preference of PC in two words:
Right.
Click.
That was incoherent.
A couple of points:
- MacOS and Linux are closely related. Both are derivatives of UNIX, a 40 year old good idea.
- Don’t confuse user interfaces with operating systems (like Microsoft has done)
- All the lovely semiconductor technology we depend on is designed on UNIX/Linux systems
- these days, the only software function that gets inextricably tied to Windoze are games.
There’s a bunch of outdated/misinformation in this thread…
There’s nothing really that proprietary about Macs. They use the same hardware in other computers, and software-wise OSX is a certified UNIX operating system with a highly customized UI. There’s way more open-source software under the hood of OSX than there is in Windows. If you’re using Chrome or the default browser on Android, you can thank Apple for creating the open-source WebKit rendering engine these browsers use.
Pretty much all Apple hardware released in the past five or six years has had a hardware right click.
Prior to that (and continuing to today), OSX supported right click functionality from non-Apple mice.
While I’m not a huge gamer, between the Mac App Store and Steam, there are enough available games for OSX for my interests. I’ve had no problems playing games like Portal 2 or Half Life 2 from Steam on OSX.
MACS for editing software etc, and WINDOWS for gaming! But I prefer MACS. 
I would prefer to be well versed in both. Sadly, I am not. My OS of choice is Windos. Why? Because every application I have supported in the last 10 years at work only run on Windows.
Is it superior? Nope.
Is it inferior? Nope.
It is what I support, thus it pays the bills.
As I posted in another Win. Vs Mac thread, “It’s not what you do it on that counts. It’s what you do with it!”