I have a question, Mac or PC?

[Edwardo Piet]

And if you don't type so much that using it would totally cramp your hands and wrists

EvF

[Eilonnwy]

No shit. I've been trying to colour something in photoshop and I don't have a desk so I'm using the touchpad on my laptop....my finger hurts. T.T

[Nick A.]

In response to the OP..

PC! You can build a PC for less than $2000 with the same specs as a similarly configured Mac Pro that costs $8000+

I'm not going to say that Apple doesn't make high-quality products - they certainly do. And of course the appeal is great - they are pretty, (very shiny) and are arguably easier to use than a PC. But to be honest, if you have half a brain, you can open an internet browser on a PC, which is what the average person will be doing most of the time..

If you're heading into the graphic design, film, or music industry, macs have become the industry standard.

I enjoy PC's far more, but that's just a preference of mine. But on a more objective note, the price per performance ratio of PCs is significantly better than that of a Mac. You're basically paying for the brand/nice metal/shininess. I'm too functional and practical to be attracted to spending hundreds/thousands of dollars on those items alone..

[Tiberius]

Dunno where you got the $8000 price tag. As for upgrading, only a fool buys their upgrades from Apple. $600 for an extra 4GB of RAM? Don't think so...

Just do the upgrade yourself, with cheaper (and sometimes better) parts.

[Retorth]

I've been using an iPhone since April. In fact, while I complain about Apply products, I owe 4 iPods currently, this mainly due to upgrading.

- Shuffle 1st Gen (My very first iPod - got it free)
- Nano 2nd Gen 1GB (Bought that when I went into the army)
- Classic 120GB (Bought this when I went over to the UK and I now use it for long journeys)
- Nano 3rd Gen 8GB (I use it daily for school and all...short trips mainly)

Call me crazy, but I love iPods

[Eilonnwy]

iPods are great. I had a 5th generation 30gb iPod. I used it everyday, and eventually used it so much it shit the bed, so now I have an 8gb Nano. I couldn't afford an iPod touch, which I want sooo badly.

[binny]

I guess I tend to go for the pricier stuff. I love my apples I also shoot with Canon.

[Meatball]

I had a 5th gen 30GB iPod, and I loved that thing. I left in on the bench in the changeroom at the gym, and when i realized it, 10 mins later, it was long-gone.

[Eilonnwy]

My little sister accidentally left her iPod that My sister and I bought for her in her school bag and took it to school, someone went through her locker and stole it.

[Violet]

I dislike the seamless trackpad design... and it even transfered to the apple mouse. Now there is always a little uncertainty about right-clicking vs left clicking... but at least this time it isn't a single button mouse. Also, i hugely am not a fan of the apple laptop's sharp edges... not good for resting one's bare arms. Another registrable complaint is the keyboard that came with the iMac I bought: holy fuck it is tiny (and two keys don't always work). "PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!--- itty bitty living space." -The genie (Aladin).

Anyway, besides the hardware faults and the lack of initial virus support and video game support: Mac has a multitude of features that I just can't give up. If you were to give me a PC... put a dock on it... make simple key-bindings for it... add the command button and remove that terrible flag... and a few other things: I wouldn't notice a difference... except that now I can play decent video games on my computer (aside from civ 4, which is overly complicated with a high learning curve, and unstreamlined. Civ Revolution is much better. What I would pay for the original MoO to be revamped ^_^)