Mac vs. PC

[AlaskaBlue]

I switched to a mac about 3 years ago. I can say I never want a PC again.

[John Firestone]

Originally Posted by JPerfect

One thing I really like, is how easy it is to video chat, screen share, and file swap. My aunt is totally clueless and I was able to send her a file, connect to her computer, put it in the right spot, and open it, showing her how to use it in a matter of about two minutes.

I have had much better luck with Macs than PCs when setting up such things. To save time, I will often first set up the Mac to confirm I have been given all the required details, and then go at it on the PC. For example, I recently had to get this Vista-running notebook on to a company VPN. That took something like your canonical two minutes on my seven year old Pismo running Panther (OSX 10.3). It then took me over an hour to convince Vista to repeat the performance. I can't remember the niggling snags other than they demonstrated some parts of Vista are still at the beta test stage (and that may be generous).

[roadrash]

Originally Posted by minicoop900

i have an asus eee pc, its a laptop, cheap, and great for hacking, not that i hack.

its got a 4 gig hard drive and 512 of ram and cost $399, and comes pre-loaded with linux, which i have partioned onto all my hard drives.

What's the start-up time on that Eee? I saw ads online and thought it might be a good start for a simple in-car computer system (my interest is mostly in playing music, rather than in-car gaming and movies). You wouldn't need much, just need an external LCD touchscreen, audio connections and power to it.

[minicoop900]

Originally Posted by roadrash

What's the start-up time on that Eee? I saw ads online and thought it might be a good start for a simple in-car computer system (my interest is mostly in playing music, rather than in-car gaming and movies). You wouldn't need much, just need an external LCD touchscreen, audio connections and power to it.

its not too long, bout 1 or 2 mins

i installed another version of linux, so it takes longer for me, but if you find programs that will work with linux for playing music, and drivers for linux for the touch screen and do a little work converting plugs to go to a radio or whatever, im sure it could be done, and the best thing about the eee pc is that its only like a 7" screen, so its super portable

heres a link with some info:
http://eeepc.asus.com

[roadrash]

Originally Posted by minicoop900

its not too long, bout 1 or 2 mins

Hmmm... interesting... I thought it would be faster than that due to it using a "solid state disk" rather than a traditional hard drive. I'm sure the start time varies depending on what you have loading at boot time though. In fact, the Wikipedia entry states that it boots in 20-22 seconds.

Anyway... I'll stop dragging this thread off-topic now.

[jkhania]

MAC! macbook woot

[minicoop900]

Originally Posted by roadrash

Hmmm... interesting... I thought it would be faster than that due to it using a "solid state disk" rather than a traditional hard drive. I'm sure the start time varies depending on what you have loading at boot time though. In fact, the Wikipedia entry states that it boots in 20-22 seconds.

Anyway... I'll stop dragging this thread off-topic now.

haha, well im not the best with timing anything, that sounds more accurate, i never really counted.
lol

[thesk8nmidget]

mac rock but i use a pc

[elchicano]

yea i like pc better that's all i got at home and my lap top too, which is a toshiba. It's works good for anybody that may want to know about a toshiba lap top.

[ti95]

I had a black macbook and i threw it at a wall

[ti95]

lol i just noticed that date on this thread

[themightyquinn]

WORD! Bringin it back from the dead!

I have two IBM Thinkpads and love them. One XP and one Vista x64. Never had any problems. Play all my apps and games when I want. All my friends have macs and I just don't really get the appeal of them. Never really liked them. Just my .02 though.

[b.u.ti-ful]

What kind of nerd thread doesn't include photos of the computers?

[madfronter]

I currently have a macbook pro and 2 x 2.8 ghz Quad Core Mac Pro with 4gb of ram and a 24" monitor. I will never own a PC.

[Fagerheim]

Well im a PC guy... Will always use pc... Iv used mac and linux pc and I think theyr totaly ok... But I feel I got more controll on windows pc... And u can do the same on mac that u can do on a pc... I like linux alot, but it dosnt support apps I need... (I dont like to use the emu to run windows programs)

Witch of them that runs fastest / stable is up to the person in front of the monitor... I can have my computer start up in 10 secounds and run all apps realy fast...