Windows vs. Mac OS X Megathread

[Epicduke]

i guess the smaller the technology gets the more expensive it gets

isnt that how it always worked even before it was overpriced?

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[IkeTheGeneric]

tbh pricing isnt really an issue anymore. basically everything is over priced now days. especially laptops and phones. i guess the smaller the technology gets the more expensive it gets

Actually, computers and computer parts are getting cheaper as they get more advanced.

[BluetoothBoy]

Guys. Seriously. Shut up for a sec and listen to something I like to call being unbiased. It's great. Also, please read the whole post. ;)

Macs do have a superior build to most other laptops (and many desktops) out there. I know this not simply from observation, but again from experience. I have an Acer that is several years, but way more broken than a computer should be (and not because it was mistreated). I have a friend who has a 17" ASUS, but despite the laptop's power, it feels like it'd be utterly destroyed if you dropped it a foot. I have a friend who bought a MacBook Pro and immediately installed Windows on it. Why would he do that when he could just get a computer with the same power for much less? Because it offered superior build quality compared to computers with similar power and features. There's something unique to Macs; these days, their casing is all billet aluminum. This aids in two things: cooling and durability.

Cooling: Most people don't realize this, but the casing on Macs offers excellent cooling, which, in turn, increases performance and causes the internals to last as long as they do - although I'm not saying another brand couldn't last just as long.

Durability: Pretty simple, this one. I have personally witnessed three Mac laptops falling onto concrete floors (from at least three feet or higher) without a scratch - and that's with one falling directly onto the corner of its screen.

Now, remember, I did say unbiased. As a result, I would like to make it clear that there are some super-strong Windows-based laptops out there that can give a MacBook a run for its money. I believe Lenovo makes some, and there is also a computer called a ToughBook (my friend who bought the MacBook also has one) that can stop bullets and get run over by a car. In fact, my friend has had 100+lbs of steel pipes fall directly onto his. However, both are still expensive options.

So please, people, just understand something before you go off spouting about it.

[ZSNO]

unbiased.

literally impossible

[blueblur121]

blueblur likes to over complicate things for the sake of being different.

If that was the case I wouldn't be using Windows right now.

[Katla]

If that was the case I wouldn't be using Windows right now.

Liking doing something doesn't mean doing it 100% of the time.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Liking doing something doesn't mean doing it 100% of the time.

If I wanna use a computer, there's a good chance I'll be using a computer that I have 100% of the time

[Katla]

If I wanna use a computer, there's a good chance I'll be using a computer that I have 100% of the time

But if you have more than one computer, or more than one OS on one computer, it's definitely for a reason, and it would be absurd if you always used just one of them.
I don't agree with Clear Glass, I'm just saying using something isn't proof that you don't like something else.

[blueblur121]

Liking doing something doesn't mean doing it 100% of the time.

So you're saying it's a bad thing that I like the other OS on my computer?

[Katla]

So you're saying it's a bad thing that I like the other OS on my computer?

How are you even coming to that conclusion?

[blueblur121]

How are you even coming to that conclusion?

Well you said

Liking doing something doesn't mean doing it 100% of the time.

So I thought you were accusing me of liking Linux even though I don't use it all the time.

[Katla]

So I thought you were accusing me of liking Linux even though I don't use it all the time.

No, I meant that you using Windows doesn't prove that you don't like to "over complicate things for the sake of being different."

Edit: You edited, and now I don't even know what you're trying to say. You do like Linux.

[blueblur121]

No, I meant that you using Windows doesn't prove that you don't like to "over complicate things for the sake of being different."

Oh, okay I see what you meant now.

But I have my Linux install the way it is because when I'm using Linux I like to get things done as fast as possible so I can get back to whatever I was doing before.

[Aoki²]

Apple's supplier list: http://images.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_Supplier_List_2014.pdf

[Clear Glass]

You didn't define the life cycle, you defined what contributes to the life cycle. What makes a computer's life cycle end?

It's not that people can't accept there is another OS out there, it's just there's morons like you who tout that it's the best thing since sliced bread.

I don't tout it like it's so good you friend, thats not even why I am here. I only came into this discussion giving an honest comparison for the OP and what would suit his needs. And the only reason I am still defending them is because a bunch of morons came in blindly shouting Apple sucks.

Guys. Seriously. Shut up for a sec and listen to something I like to call being unbiased. It's great. Also, please read the whole post. ;)

Macs do have a superior build to most other laptops (and many desktops) out there. I know this not simply from observation, but again from experience. I have an Acer that is several years, but way more broken than a computer should be (and not because it was mistreated). I have a friend who has a 17" ASUS, but despite the laptop's power, it feels like it'd be utterly destroyed if you dropped it a foot. I have a friend who bought a MacBook Pro and immediately installed Windows on it. Why would he do that when he could just get a computer with the same power for much less? Because it offered superior build quality compared to computers with similar power and features. There's something unique to Macs; these days, their casing is all billet aluminum. This aids in two things: cooling and durability.

Cooling: Most people don't realize this, but the casing on Macs offers excellent cooling, which, in turn, increases performance and causes the internals to last as long as they do - although I'm not saying another brand couldn't last just as long.

Durability: Pretty simple, this one. I have personally witnessed three Mac laptops falling onto concrete floors (from at least three feet or higher) without a scratch - and that's with one falling directly onto the corner of its screen.

Now, remember, I did say unbiased. As a result, I would like to make it clear that there are some super-strong Windows-based laptops out there that can give a MacBook a run for its money. I believe Lenovo makes some, and there is also a computer called a ToughBook (my friend who bought the MacBook also has one) that can stop bullets and get run over by a car. In fact, my friend has had 100+lbs of steel pipes fall directly onto his. However, both are still expensive options.

So please, people, just understand something before you go off spouting about it.

Pretty much this, I personally dropped my MBP onto the tile from about 5 feet up. Also dropped it a few other times from small heights.


Damage is pretty minimal for the height it fell from.