Poll: Poll: Mac or PC

[TheKramers]

I'm sure this had been done before but I was wondering whether the Escapist was predominantly Mac or PC or other (I guess, there is a third option, oh Linux is that an other)
I'm a PC by the way, had a second hand Apple laptop that I really found frustrating.

Linux is an operating system, you confused your readers into thinking this was a poll between Linux, Windows, and Mac when it's not, it's between PC and Apple-made computers (also called Macs, it's kinda confusing because their computers and their operating systems are under the same name).

And for the record, I chose PC. I don't feel like paying $1,500 dollars for hardware comparable to a $600 PC and then having sub-par software on that computer because things aren't compatible with it.

 

[Sebenko]

I am afraid that, although I may have relvant contributions to support my opinion in this matter, I think I can only reply in one manner:

Spoiler

 

[MolotoK]

I use both but i voted "Mac" because Macs outnumber PCs in my home .
I've got a desktop PC running Windows 7 for gaming, a 13" MacBook Pro for almost everything else and a Mac mini as a media server/HTPC (PLEX ftw).

 

[Conza]

Macs do not game, PCs do, not an optional choice.

Besides, I hate Apples philosophy, which encourages ingorance in the consumer and the IT industry, and its something I think is cause to rally against.

Thankfully, they still don't control any markets (albeit, briefly, they had smart phones, praise be the android which has saved us), even though their disgustingly overpriced products, has still lead them to be quite valuable.

Mind you, I'm still open to an Apple product, just let me do wtf I want to it, price it fairly in the market, and make it reliable, efficient, whilst still being all black or all white coloured, or whatever, then yes, I'd consider you. Untill that day though, I will stand against you be you trickle or waterfall.

 

[ElNeroDiablo]

For a shade over $500 AUD, I've got a Core i7 2600, Gigabyte HA65M-UD3H (gonna get it changed to a HA67M-UD3H since I can't fully populate all 4 RAM slots with common Double-Sided 4GB RAM chips as Giggle-bit wants you to use either 8GB Double-Sided chips or 4GB Single-Sided, both of which are impossible to find here, and the guy who sold me the board didn't know about the DS/SS fun and games of Giggle-bit at the time whilst his boss keeps spouting "but it's common knowledge" and won't admit there's a problem with their advertising and not informing the consumer of any possible issues) and a Transcend 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz) RAM chip.

That is the three core pieces (mobo, CPU, RAM) you need to have the start of a working gaming machine for less than a quarter of what it'd cost me to buy a pre-built system with 7Home (maybe 7Pro if I paid for the upgrade) or an Apple Machintosh (I seriously hate pre-builds that put all the parts in the same damn chassis as the fucking main monitor. {Snark}Thank you{/Snark} fucking eMacs!) that uses last-gen parts that I easily out-class by getting the parts myself.

Oh, back on topic? Linux/Windows bitches. Linux for all my general usage and Windows for my heavy-duty gaming.