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Why PC for me
Posted by 'DanXP1' on 12 Nov 2008 @ 13:27

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Steve, so what? I can do everything I need to do on my 9 year old PC running Windows 98, or my 4 year old PC running Windows XP.

I don’t think Dream Weaver is a Microsoft product, Front Page is and you choose ‘publish web’ to upload, very simple. Point being that virtually all software is available and works for PC, so you have a huge choice of applications including web editors. Thing is you’re not comparing like for like, you’re saying a simpler application is simpler to use than more complex application, well that’s hardly surprising.

I have an iPod Nano, it’s a nice bit of hardware, but it is totally let down by iTunes that is utter turd. In Windows Media Player if there’s a corruption in a music track, you hear a slight glitch then the track continues to play, in iTunes it stops playing and skips to the next track.

Friends of mine in TV and film production use Adobe Premier as it’s one of the industry standards, so you could use the same application on Mac or PC to produce TV for Karting.

The ultimate issues for me between Mac and PC is purchase cost, repair and upgrade. Recently I bought a PC laptop because it had a higher specification for less than half the price of a MacBook.

I worked in an office that purchased iMacG3s and later iMacG4s, as Itpro says, they were barely more useful than overpriced paperweights when new. The moment they were out of warranty something on them broke and being non-modular closed systems without expansion ports, they became exactly as useful as paperweights and impossible to upgrade or repair.

It’s easy for Macs to run a limited range of software on closed systems, similar to the standard specification of games consoles, much more difficult for PCs to run 90% of the worlds software and hardware with almost infinite permutations and specifications…

…at less than half the price!!!

Message Thread:

Fashion and karting by 'BanzaiBoy' (07 Nov 2008 @ 8:01)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'NikG' (07 Nov 2008 @ 8:26)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'itpro' (07 Nov 2008 @ 10:17)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'alanrr' (07 Nov 2008 @ 11:17)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'alanrr' (07 Nov 2008 @ 11:20)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'John' (07 Nov 2008 @ 11:54)

I think they all are now John! by 'SteveC' (07 Nov 2008 @ 20:38)

Apple Man to the END! by 'itpro' (07 Nov 2008 @ 15:38)

Re: Apple Man to the END! by 'alanrr' (07 Nov 2008 @ 16:33)

Re: Apple Man to the END! by 'KartingPete' (07 Nov 2008 @ 17:55)

What I'll never understand Alan is....... by 'SteveC' (07 Nov 2008 @ 20:32)

your all wrong by 'deangwigan' (07 Nov 2008 @ 22:48)

Not really! by 'SteveC' (08 Nov 2008 @ 2:16)

What it did do however was get non Mac..... by 'SteveC' (08 Nov 2008 @ 11:21)

OS9 Mr C! by 'KartingPete' (07 Nov 2008 @ 23:44)

Re: OS9 Mr C! by 'Trev' (08 Nov 2008 @ 0:38)

Re: OS9 Mr C! by 'SteveC' (08 Nov 2008 @ 2:28)

Re: OS9 Mr C! by 'davidmc' (08 Nov 2008 @ 17:06)

I don't, but as Vista...... by 'SteveC' (08 Nov 2008 @ 2:25)

Pete, my mate who uses....... by 'SteveC' (08 Nov 2008 @ 11:16)

Re: Apple Man to the END! by 'alanrr' (08 Nov 2008 @ 11:18)

Re: Apple Man to the END! by 'itpro' (11 Nov 2008 @ 2:51)

Oddly enough Gates doesn't agree with you! by 'SteveC' (11 Nov 2008 @ 10:31)

Steve! by 'itpro' (11 Nov 2008 @ 12:21)

More than a fashion fad! by 'SteveC' (11 Nov 2008 @ 12:56)

Re: More than a fashion fad! by 'chriskasch' (11 Nov 2008 @ 13:35)

Why Mac for me by 'SteveC' (12 Nov 2008 @ 10:17)

Why PC for me by 'DanXP1' << You are here!

ITunes on a Mac doesn't do any of that! by 'SteveC' (13 Nov 2008 @ 7:14)

Yes iTunes on a Mac does do that! by 'DanXP1' (13 Nov 2008 @ 10:13)

thankyou dan by 'chriskasch' (13 Nov 2008 @ 12:13)

Pages, quote from my daughter yesterday! by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 8:50)

No it doesn't my iTunes works flawlessly.... by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 8:48)

And on reflection it's.......... by 'SteveC' (12 Nov 2008 @ 11:14)

Re: And on reflection it's.......... by 'chriskasch' (12 Nov 2008 @ 11:55)

I've used Macs since 1987,....... by 'SteveC' (13 Nov 2008 @ 7:06)

Re: I've used Macs since 1987,....... by 'itpro' (14 Nov 2008 @ 10:08)

The Mac Classic back then didn't have...... by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 8:45)

Talking about hype,.......... by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 11:52)

Re: Steve! by 'richpudd2003' (11 Nov 2008 @ 12:58)

Re: Steve! by 'itpro' (11 Nov 2008 @ 14:56)

Re: Steve! by 'SteveC' (12 Nov 2008 @ 10:20)

Thinking about it all your problems..... by 'SteveC' (12 Nov 2008 @ 10:38)

Steve..... if you WERE 'discerning'..... by 'itpro' (13 Nov 2008 @ 10:22)

Re: Steve..... if you WERE 'discerning'..... by 'DanXP1' (13 Nov 2008 @ 11:32)

Me think he doth protest too much! nt by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 9:00)

Re: Me think he doth protest too much! nt by 'DanXP1' (16 Nov 2008 @ 18:46)

We could have a joint wedding,....... by 'SteveC' (16 Nov 2008 @ 20:48)

The invite is in the post! by 'DanXP1' (17 Nov 2008 @ 14:35)

lol ;@) nt by 'SteveC' (17 Nov 2008 @ 15:10)

I usually use 'Pages' and 'Numbers'! by 'SteveC' (15 Nov 2008 @ 8:58)

I have never spotted a bug or fault in my..... by 'SteveC' (16 Nov 2008 @ 8:23)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'FullCanRacer' (07 Nov 2008 @ 12:45)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'thekartshop' (07 Nov 2008 @ 18:10)

Re: Fashion and karting by 'BanzaiBoy' (08 Nov 2008 @ 11:37)

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