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29 Jul 2010, 10:27 pm

which computer/operating system is better?

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29 Jul 2010, 10:49 pm

Neither is better. It's the operating system that makes the difference.

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29 Jul 2010, 11:06 pm

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29 Jul 2010, 11:42 pm

Don't know if there's actually a "better," just a preference.

Personally, I don't like Macs--never have.

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30 Jul 2010, 12:04 am

one-A-N wrote:

Linux

What he said.

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30 Jul 2010, 2:10 am

We use all 3 here.

To us, each OS is like tools in a toolbox.

If we want to do office work or get down
and dirty in a gaming match, we use the
windows box, if we need to edit video/audio,
we use the apple box, if we need a voicemail/PBX
or web or ftp server, we use linux.

Tools.

Box.

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30 Jul 2010, 3:53 am

Orwell wrote:

one-A-N wrote:

Linux

What he said.

What they both said.. I tend to use Windows XP more purely for gaming

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30 Jul 2010, 4:50 am

Linux.

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30 Jul 2010, 5:52 am

im curious what the linux sayers would choose if they were forced between the two. Any care to answer?

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30 Jul 2010, 8:18 am

TOGGI3 wrote:

im curious what the linux sayers would choose if they were forced between the two. Any care to answer?

If the question is buying specific hardware... I'd rather run my Linux on a Motorola CPU. (Personal taste/familiarity.)

That said, the cheapest way to run Linux is on any Intel/AMD/etc clone - the high-volume junk that is still based on the 8080 processor. Why spend money on expensive Apple (or Microsoft) proprietary stuff? A computer is a tool. A hammer doesn't need an ornately carved handle or a built-in searchlight.

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30 Jul 2010, 8:51 am

Macs are now PCs. Intel pretty much made sure of that with their only x86 CPU which was predominantly used for the PC market.

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30 Jul 2010, 10:19 am

TOGGI3 wrote:

im curious what the linux sayers would choose if they were forced between the two. Any care to answer?

OS X, because it is UNIX and so has a reasonable command-line environment, as well as more built-in tools for getting work done (ssh, compilers/development environments, vim, all the usual UNIX stuff). I feel like OS X is much closer to being a complete system out-of-the-box than Windows: it has a decent web browser, an excellent mail/news reader, and a solid command line with better tools. Windows comes with Solitaire. Also, Windows is horribly demanding on computer resources. 4GB of RAM, a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, and Windows 7 64-bit was still too laggy on my computer.

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30 Jul 2010, 12:34 pm

TOGGI3 wrote:

im curious what the linux sayers would choose if they were forced between the two. Any care to answer?

We'd choose linux. After all, thats how it got started.

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30 Jul 2010, 12:43 pm

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30 Jul 2010, 1:11 pm

Linux all the way!

If I were forced to choose between the two, I would rather not have a computer OS X is just as crap as Windows.

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