IMAC OR PC

oh no another mac vs pc thread............... mac:banana: just because :lol: ok seriously i had a pc and loads of problems albeit in the early days with photo editors running so slow the programs would crash i have never i repeat never had a program crash on my mac.just be sure to get all the ram the thing will take hth mike.
 
A decent spec PC will serve you well...a decent spec mac will serve you well and be pretty if you like that sort of thing, a low spec PC will be crap, a low spec mac will be crap but I will still be pretty....I'm a windows man I don't like macs, but my PC cost just as much as a decent mac would and it works really well ;)
 
Go to a shop and play with a Mac. Personally, I don't like the UI (among lots of other things ;)) so it is a no brainer for me
 
I'm surprised we still see these questions. Do people still buy PCs?



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neil_g said:
That's wonderful. Not hard to achieve on both platforms these days and ssds.
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Indeed infact from power on to CS6 being fully open and ready to use takes me under 12s :D
 
no ssd's here just a straight mac boot with no over clocking or any of that other weird stuff :lol:
 
So, aside from some petty posturing about boot times...

It's all down to personal preference - a similarly spec'd mac or PC will do a similar job.
 
no blue death screen of freezing on the mac no anti virus required either they run lovely and cool on your lap
i pefer quality over quantity so will never buy another pc
treat yourself to a mac and dont look back
 
From a personal point of view I can say that when my current computer reaches EOL (either when it breaks or in probably another ~2 years) I will most likely be buying a Mac. It's for two reasons, one is my job exposes me to windows all the time which gets mind numbingly boring, and the 2nd is I don't like the way windows is going. For now the Mac interface is still sticking to its roots and is still perfectly usable with mouse and keyboard without the need (for me) to install programs like Start8. If the next edition of Mac OS just turns out to be "iOS for big screens" then I'll probably redact this statement and re-evaluate things.

This comes from having had a wealth of experience with both platforms and plenty of bad experiences with both - with Windows because I've used it long enough to see most of it, and with a Mac because I once bought a Mac Mini not long after Leopard 10.5 had come out. What a mistake that was, the OS was not long after the move to Intel but it was still supporting PPC so it was accommodating for both in the code (read unstable, same as some versions of classic Mac OS which supported Motorola and PPC - they also had a tendency to be flaky). Macs at that time also had a habit of being a bit underspec with good processors but not enough RAM and hard drive space. The difference between 10.5 and 10.4 being the latter had seperate builds for each instruction set (and was renowned for being fast and stable), whereas Leopard was programmed for both in the one distribution.

holty said:
no blue death screen of freezing on the mac no anti virus required either they run lovely and cool on your lap
i pefer quality over quantity so will never buy another pc
treat yourself to a mac and dont look back
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You do get the kernel panic though.
 
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No, no blue screens, they're called kernel panics on a mac ;)

Also MacBooks are actually pretty poor at cooling. Using the same vents for exhaust and inlet. Last time I taxed a MacBook Pro on my lap I nearly roasted my manhood.
 
MWHCVT said:
Indeed infact from power on to CS6 being fully open and ready to use takes me under 12s :D
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Come on Matt it'll take you that long to type in your password ;)

Steve
 
neil_g said:
Also MacBooks are actually pretty poor at cooling. Using the same vents for exhaust and inlet. Last time I taxed a MacBook Pro on my lap I nearly roasted my manhood.
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and then there were the exploding batteries. TBF though they get hot by design - the whole thing acts as a heatsink. whether that's good or bad is up to you...
 
trencheel303 said:
You do get the kernel panic though.
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Just had to google kernel panic to understand what this is. Had my iMac over 2 years now and never experienced this. Indeed the iMac has never frozen once. It's been a positive experience. No problem whatsoever and the machine is as responsive as the day I got the iMac in 2011.

I do think the end result of iMac / pc are pretty much the same. The benefit of the iMac for me has been the lack of maintenance / housekeeping required to keep software / system running nicely. I don't think I would ever go back to a pc. But it's all pretty much down to personal choice.
 
jakeblu said:
Come on Matt it'll take you that long to type in your password ;)

Steve
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Nope :D my password is very short at the minute that takes me about 1-2s to type if I'm on a speed boot challenge, I often wonder do we really need to boot this fast, it's so rare I'm waiting for my computer as I normally only turn it on as I'm walking past it :lol: then go get a drink then come and log on haha....guess I'm stuck on old habits
 
neil_g said:
No, no blue screens, they're called kernel panics on a mac ;)

Also MacBooks are actually pretty poor at cooling. Using the same vents for exhaust and inlet. Last time I taxed a MacBook Pro on my lap I nearly roasted my manhood.
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I must confess I laughed a lot when I saw a mac user moaning recently about getting a blue screen after OS update :lol:
 
kev2010 said:
Just had to google kernel panic to understand what this is. Had my iMac over 2 years now and never experienced this. Indeed the iMac has never frozen once. It's been a positive experience. No problem whatsoever and the machine is as responsive as the day I got the iMac in 2011.

I do think the end result of iMac / pc are pretty much the same. The benefit of the iMac for me has been the lack of maintenance / housekeeping required to keep software / system running nicely. I don't think I would ever go back to a pc. But it's all pretty much down to personal choice.
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:plus1: i even got mine 2011 as well never ever had a problem :):):) ref kernel panic never had that either didn't know what it was until today.
 
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kev2010 said:
Just had to google kernel panic to understand what this is. Had my iMac over 2 years now and never experienced this. Indeed the iMac has never frozen once. It's been a positive experience. No problem whatsoever and the machine is as responsive as the day I got the iMac in 2011.
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And I haven't has a blue screen on any of my machines for.. Well I can't remember how long it's been such a long time or even ever. I can probably count the amount we've had on our work machines (150 or so dells) on one hand. And they were faulty ram modules.

Windows doesn't just blue screen randomly, I don't know why mac uses cling to that.. 90% of blue screens are caused by faulty hardware (mac hardware all comes out the same factories as most other makes) or corrupt hardware drivers.
 
Not having ever used a Mac or ever seen one used....

Don't PCs / Macs just do the same thing when you're running the same Apps ? :cuckoo:
 
mrgubby said:
Not having ever used a Mac or ever seen one used....

Don't PCs / Macs just do the same thing when you're running the same Apps ? :cuckoo:
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Yup. CS suite (we've had cs4, cs6 and now cc) is pretty much identical across platforms bar a couple of small menu/layout differences.

Performance on a spec for spec basis is identical, at least it's not noticeable. I've said it before that we could replace all of our macs for same spec pc and we'd not lose any productivity as well as have far fewer issues (compatibility, network issues etc). But that's far too political apparently, there'd be a riot..
 
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What do leg shavers have to do with the price of cheese? :confused:
 
odd jim said:
What do leg shavers have to do with the price of cheese? :confused:
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Absolutely nothing unless you're buying pre-grated Parmesan.... :o
 
Because I know a little bit about pc's and build my own, I can get i7 pc spec and reliability and spend half the price of an i5 mac.
Mac repairs are at sky high prices, eg. repairing a pc with a crashed hard drive is less than £100 to repair. a imac repair with the same issue will be more than £240.00.
Pc's have a blue screen of death, Apple Macs have a grey and white screen of death.
Imacs have a very glossy monitor, PC you choose your monitor.
old macs are just as slow as old pc's
 
mrgubby said:
Not having ever used a Mac or ever seen one used....

Don't PCs / Macs just do the same thing when you're running the same Apps ? :cuckoo:
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yep that's what I was going to say
I use mainly lightroom, Photoshop and the Canon programs DPP and zoombrowser and these are all available on PC and Mac :)
 
redsnappa said:
Pc's have a blue screen of death, Apple Macs have a grey and white screen of death.
Imacs have a very glossy monitor, PC you choose your monitor.
old macs are just as slow as old pc's
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I must admit I have never experienced the blue screen of death on a windows machine. I have a sony lap top at the moment. I have never experienced the white screen of death on my 2011 iMac either.

I can quote my experience that my iMac runs like new, but the windows Lappy follows the usual course for windows, sloooooooowwwwwww. :)
 
I use a 27" iMac and as I come from a creative world I have always had Macs. It's down to personal preference perhaps but when I offered to buy my then 18yo daughter a laptop to take to uni and, knowing she had used Windows at school and Macs at home, I asked her which she would like. Her response was one of shock-horror and she said "Dad! Mac of course, it's a no-brainer!". Perhaps that's why she got a First Class Honours degree.

Enjoy your new iMac, Philip :thumbs:
 
Customer service is a winner for me too with Apple. Any issues I've ever had have been resolved stress free and quickly. Plus I have the option of nipping into the store if I need help and because I signed up with their business team thingy I don't have to wait and can see someone right away. :D

Plus my 27" iMac looks pretty next to my MBP, iPhone 5S and iPad mini... (yes I'm a fanboy!) :lol:
 
Masked Bandit said:
I'm using my new 27" iMac as we speak....thanks for all your help
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Would be interested to hear your opinion on your choice after a few weeks

( Good choice by the way :) )
 
Masked Bandit said:
I'm using my new 27" iMac as we speak....thanks for all your help
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I also use an iMac 27, really pleased with it. I use several pc's for my work so am not biased either way, as it is easy to get dragged into the PC verses mac arguments, the same as Canon versus Nikon, they are all pretty good at what they do, it's down to personal preferences, just think that for my photographic use the IMac is brilliant. Have fun using yours, I wii be amazed if you are not delighted with it.
 
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