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View Poll Results: Mac or PC? | |
PC
|    | 31 | 75.61% | |
Mac
|    | 3 | 7.32% | |
both
|    | 6 | 14.63% | |
i don't know
|    | 1 | 2.44% |
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July 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by coffeebean  my hb works in programming, we have waaaaaaaaay too many computers in the house | omg, the same with my dad!!! we have like a dozen computers in the house all the time. i have 2 laptops, a pc and a mac, my mum has 2 laptops, pc and mac, my lil bro has a pc laptop, the family gaming computer is a pc, the movie computer (connected to our tv) is a pc and my dad has 2 pc laptops. i am literally tripping over computers here, lol. | 
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August 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| 2 pc with Windows XP
1 pc laptop with Windows Vista, which we are still getting used to. | |
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September 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Borisbbadd 2 pc with Windows XP
1 pc laptop with Windows Vista, which we are still getting used to. | Vista is actually very similar to XP, it's just more modern. It looks and feels like any other modern OS (Ubuntu particularly), but everything's still in the same place. Don't let the fancy icons fool you, it's the same.
I love the way Vista manages the memory. The more memory you have, the faster it runs...pretty sweet. I'm holding out until Windows 7 in October, but I'll probably get it for my birthday (January).
I am proud that I have circumvented an entire Windows generation. hahaha.
(well almost...we got it for my wife's new PC because we had to buy SOMETHING...and we didn't want to buy the antiquated XP) | |
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September 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| PC = Video Games and much much easier to use. XP is better than vista because vista can't help that much if it isn't connected to the internet. XP is easier to use too. I use vista but miss XP. XD | |
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September 6th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| 1 laptop with vista, 1 desktop with vista, 1 desktop with XP.
My big issue with Mac is availability of software. I don't care how stable the system is if I can't get the programs I want to run. | |
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September 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| 1 Lap-top with Windows Vista = 400$
2 desktops with Windows XP = 950$
1 Forgotten Windows 95 in the basement (amazingly runs faster then on of my XP desktops  ) = 75$
Watching a generation of technology inantiquate itself = Priceless | |
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September 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I voted PC but really... I don't know. I've never and had any major troubles with my XP or Vista or anything. Sure as my computer got older the internet ran faster then it did but that's not really the OS's fault. I dislike Mac's because I don't understand them. I can't find anything on them, I can't use them. However deep deep inside me is a computer nerd dying to escape... and so when I have the chance to get a 2nd computer to play with I'll be picking up a Linux os. | |
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September 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by Red1313 I voted PC but really... I don't know. I've never and had any major troubles with my XP or Vista or anything. Sure as my computer got older the internet ran faster then it did but that's not really the OS's fault. I dislike Mac's because I don't understand them. I can't find anything on them, I can't use them. However deep deep inside me is a computer nerd dying to escape... and so when I have the chance to get a 2nd computer to play with I'll be picking up a Linux os. | you can just install linux alongside windows. It will resize the windows partition and install a dual boot loader automagically.
no need to get a new pc ;-D
I recommend Linux Mint, it's a derivative of Ubuntu. It comes installed with a lot of software that Ubuntu can't bundle for licensing reasons.
even so, I still prefer windows. Web pages don't display properly in Linux for some reason, and a lot of media codecs use a lot of resources because they're not native to the Linux kernel.
...and you can't play PC games :-( http://www.linuxmint.com/
(download the .iso and use nero or similar to burn the image to a CD. Then boot with the CD, it will first run the entire OS off the CD (see windows do that lawlz) and give you the option of installing to the hard drive if you like it.
You can also install it to a sufficiently sized USB flash drive (I used a 4gb drive), if you don't want to goof with your windows install. it won't run as well as on a hard drive though. I strongly recommend physically unplugging your PC's hard drive before doing this, you don't want to accidentally overwrite your windows partition! )
Last edited by Tavel; September 7th, 2009 at 11:06 PM.
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September 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Tavel you can just install linux alongside windows. It will resize the windows partition and install a dual boot loader automagically.
no need to get a new pc ;-D
I recommend Linux Mint, it's a derivative of Ubuntu. It comes installed with a lot of software that Ubuntu can't bundle for licensing reasons.
even so, I still prefer windows. Web pages don't display properly in Linux for some reason, and a lot of media codecs use a lot of resources because they're not native to the Linux kernel.
...and you can't play PC games :-( http://www.linuxmint.com/
(download the .iso and use nero or similar to burn the image to a CD. Then boot with the CD, it will first run the entire OS off the CD (see windows do that lawlz) and give you the option of installing to the hard drive if you like it.
You can also install it to a sufficiently sized USB flash drive (I used a 4gb drive), if you don't want to goof with your windows install. it won't run as well as on a hard drive though. I strongly recommend physically unplugging your PC's hard drive before doing this, you don't want to accidentally overwrite your windows partition! ) | Ooh nice... however I've just got a Laptop right now so I'm a little parinoid to mess with it right now. | |
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September 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by Red1313 Ooh nice... however I've just got a Laptop right now so I'm a little parinoid to mess with it right now. | so maybe install it to a flash drive? A 4gb flash drive is much cheaper than a whole new PC.
That is assuming that your laptop allows you to boot from USB drives. I think most computers do these days, but you might have to do some research to make sure.
You could then install install it to the flash drive from a friend's desktop. I definitely want you to physically unplug the hard drive to eliminate any foolish mistakes.
then you can just plug your flash drive into any computer and run Mint Linux everywhere you go! | |
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September 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I use pc. what ever happened to Dos never really cared for windows but can't run most of my software or games on anything else. linux is ok havent tried it in awhile might have to try to get one of my other pc running and try it | 
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September 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| PC Vista | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| All my programs for work are for PC and I just don't like macs. PC all the way. | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| PC for about 90% of things  My partner built my PC and i love it to bits, along with our shop brought laptop.
I have used Macs, and they are fantastic for multimedia....but not much else for me ^^
I'm a gamer too and find using PC's much more accessable. | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| PC XP PRO 64,Intel Quad core 9650 10% overclock 3.3ghz,8gig Corsair Dominator ram,Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTS250 1gig vid cards,Four 500gig HD Raid 0,Razer Lycosa keyboard,Razer
Diamondback mouse,Acer X223W monitor.COD Modern Warfare 2 is killer. | |
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