I want to know what everyone uses for a computer and what they think of it. Also, say what you think about other operating systems. I want to have a nice debate about this.
(And this isn't just because I'm getting a new computer soon and want to know what to get 
)
Currently I'm using Vista for my laptop, and the main computer uses XP. I like the look of Vista much more than XP (it definitely looks shinier and everything) but I much prefer using XP as it seems to be quicker and is compatible will a lot more drivers/apps.
The college I use to go to, uses Macs for their Media department and I enjoyed using them. I couldn't give a definitive answer as I mainly used Photoshop/Dreamweaver and Final Cut Pro. They work extremely well. The only thing that bugged me was the mouse, NO RIGHT CLICK?!
its called "Ctrl+mouse"! Oh well.
I am a mac person every way. Except my school only holds crappy old windows '98s so maybe thats why I hate anything Windows.
Mac, its the best. And you know they have a type of mouse that registers a right click even though there are not two separate buttons. Although for some reason I find Ctrl + mouse click not that difficult to use at all, by now its just automatic for me.
I'd never been on a mac until I started playing around on Brad's laptop and it was SO much easier to navigate and find things on. Even now it makes it much easier for me to find projects and stuff that have somehow been buried. Not to mention its less prone to viruses.
Not to mention vista is SUCH a mac program wannabe. They implemented stuff that macs have had for years!
My friend Lindsay's boyfriend is ALWAYS complaining about vista (and he uses it, he's not a mac user). It's because of those complaints that Lindsay is looking into buying a mac =P
So I'm mac all the way
Yea, I know about the Ctrl + Click thing and at the college there were sometimes laptop mouses there with right-click functionality. One of the things I liked about the Macs there were the keyboards (and hardware) USB hubs on the keyboard?! GENIUS!
It was especially fun plugging two mouses into it and having mouse duels. It never gets old... that and turning the volume up to the peak and getting people to place their ears on them while you play the "PING!" sound. ROFL
Yes! I have been waiting for this topic for AGES!!! Macs FTW!!!!! Macs are AWESOME and are full of AWESOMENESS!!!!!!
I have Windows xp and a pc.
Macs FTW.
I'm surprised you made this topic before I did, haha.
Mac.
I realize that leopard has an infonet amount of bugs and glitches but I still prefer it to Vista.
Quick, slightly off-topic Leopard easter egg: Hold shift while minimizing and maximixing, then..... SLOW MOTION!
I've used PCs all my life. I've used a Mac only twice I think, both times at a summer movie course. I admit that Macs are better for stuff like videos, but its just such a different interface from Windows that it would hard for me to adjust. Plus, Macs are a lot more expensive than PCs, so cost can be a large factor when deciding.
Also: I use Windows XP, and it works fine. I don't know much about Vista, but everyone says it doesn't work.
Vista does work.
I prefer Vista to anything else.
Some peoplke complain that Vista has to much cowbells, but its confusing for windows.
I mean, everyone downloads masses of bells and whistles for their xp, so Gates decided to put some standard whistles on Vista.
And everyone starts complaining.
But those cowbells are easily shut off.
Vista FTW!! Always!!
Vista does work, and it looks good doing it. Trouble is, it sure does suck up a ton of RAM.
If you compare what you get on a standard dell when you add all the stuff that you NEED, macbooks end up a hell of a lot more cheaper, and they are more secure.
Macs also last longer, my school still has old school apple computers that I think came out when I was like . . . 6 or something. I just remember playing Math Blaster on it . . .
Well, if you want cheap: Linux. It's open-source (FREE) and most of the applications are open-source too. But if you're looking for a PC for gaming, it's got to be Windows. Vista has DirectX 10. But slowly, Macs are catching up in the gaming field, with many releases now simultaneously releasing on Windows and Macs (like Spore). Macs have always been traditionally for designers and movie-makers etc.
I am currently using the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium after screwing up the master boot record on the primary hard drive in my experimental dual hard drive configuration for dual-booting Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 Beta, although I am perfectly comfortable with pretty much any computer and I mostly prefer Mac OS X.
When using Mac OS X, I do miss the proper window maximization that every other modern operating system includes (i.e., filling the desktop environment edge-to-edge and snapping into place) and I think having plus-buttons that sometimes make your window smaller is confusing and not reliably predictable, but even so, most things under Mac OS X just seem more solid and smoother than under other operating systems.
One major flaw in both Windows XP and Windows Vista is that neither includes a standard virtual desktop system. Windows XP has a sloppy, buggy add-on that you can download from Microsoft for Windows XP (search for "PowerToys")—not for Windows Vista—but it is a quarter-baked solution that is vastly inferior to what most graphical GNU/Linux users have and every current-version Mac OS X user has. There are add-on solutions, but nothing I have tried seems to work as well as what I have seen under GNU/Linux and Mac OS X.
I do like Windows for games, but there are two other main reasons I use it:
For general use, various GNU/Linux distributions have grown quite usable, but the software selection is simply not sufficient for my needs and I am really not into all of the socialist propaganda of the so-called free and open source zealots, which tends to detract from the senses of community and freedom rather than add to them. Even simple system warning messages include propaganda, telling you that using proprietary video drivers puts you at risk because they are not so-called free software, which is utter nonsense.
One thing to be aware of is that Adobe provides only 32-bit versions of Flash Player for all platforms, but this presents the greatest problem under GNU/Linux because you cannot simply download the 32-bit version and expect it to work on a 64-bit version of the operating system as you can under Mac OS X and Windows. You need to implement a work-around (there are at least two or three you can try) to get it to work and even if you do, you may find that the performance is very poor. In my case, I installed a 32-bit version of Firefox then Flash Player and it worked, but performance seemed poor overall and for Flash video, the video and audio fell out of sync after a while.
There is a new version of Ubuntu out today, by the way.
Mac.
I realize that leopard has an infonet amount of bugs and glitches but I still prefer it to Vista.
You need to download the updates, then... they've pretty much fixed all the problems Leopard had...
Brian: Yeah, I'll never understand how crazy people can get about open software. I mean, I'm sure that some corporate software works better open, so that companies can do things like hire IT to tailor the software to their own needs, but personally, I'd rather have someone else design something who is a professional at what they do. You're not going to find an open source equivalent of OS X's ease of use, or Direct X's omghardcore amount of optimizing for game performance, or Final Cut Pro's insanely good editing system and stability.
It's funny, though, a Dell that's comparable to my Mac Pro would cost a few hundred bucks more. The only way you can really complain that Macs are expensive is if you build your own computer.
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