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Windows for me, though you choosing Windows and your username being what it is is kind of ironic. 

RedRocker227 wrote:

How many people here have actually used both for enough time to be able to judge

I haven't so I'm not able to answer, but I use Windows

Me.  I used to like Snow Leopard, which I might still have liked if it were indie-developed or at least not made by Apple (those who know me semi-well will know that I loathe Apple).  But Windows (7 and 8, Snow Leopard > Vista, Windows DOS > (Mountain) Lion).

Macs. They are good in just about everything but gaming.

Windows XP ftw ^o^

well if you're a gamer then I'd go for windows. way more compatibility.

if you are into coding I'd go for a mac. it also looks nicer and runs smoother, but again, not good for gaming.

jji7skyline wrote:

Alternatives wrote:

well if you're a gamer then I'd go for windows. way more compatibility.

if you are into coding I'd go for a mac. it also looks nicer and runs smoother, but again, not good for gaming.

Coding as well as most everything else 

I think games perform better on Macs than most Windows computers. I'd rather code on Windows unless it is a website or something like that.

nathanprocks wrote:

I'd rather code on Linux unless it is a website or something like that.

FTFY

I hope to borrow my friend's Snow Leopard DVD soon to Hackintosh (VM preferably). Do any of you with Macs know of a good way to export an .ipa without a developer account, then sideload it onto an ipad?

Also I seem to have come off my loathing of Apple. I remember at this time last year wanting a Macbook Air-like computer (but not from Apple) but now I've come to accept them more. Some things still get on my nerves (Developer accounts, primarily) but I see them differently than I used to.

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RedRocker227 wrote:

How many people here have actually used both for enough time to be able to judge

I haven't so I'm not able to answer, but I use Windows

we use macs in music
i haven't explored it much though as we only use garageband
that's pretty cool though!!

RedRocker227 wrote:

How many people here have actually used both for enough time to be able to judge

I haven't so I'm not able to answer, but I use Windows

I've used both from time to time.

But I think the judging is based on experience, too. I used to do a lot of experiments, and from what I've seen, most laboratories run on Windows or Linux; very rarely Macs. It's most likely because Macs were mostly designed for personal use, not really office/laboratory use - as a result, a majority of the software I needed to use on a fairly frequent basis worked better on Windows and/or wasn't compatible with Macs. People insist on workarounds for the compatibility issue (like running a virtual machine), but I find that getting a Mac and then developing workarounds for compatibility is more work than necessary. As a result, I never really did like Macs all that much because the range of things I could do with a Mac was limited in my point-of-view.

However, I've yet to see how that changes in the future - that new Windows 8 interface is a really drastic change. O.o

veggieman001 wrote:

jukyter wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

How many people here have actually used both for enough time to be able to judge

I haven't so I'm not able to answer, but I use Windows

we use macs in music
i haven't explored it much though as we only use garageband
that's pretty cool though!!

Yuck... GarageBand.

Hey, at least it's free on macs!

veggieman001 wrote:

jukyter wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

How many people here have actually used both for enough time to be able to judge

I haven't so I'm not able to answer, but I use Windows

we use macs in music
i haven't explored it much though as we only use garageband
that's pretty cool though!!

Yuck... GarageBand.

Garageband is cool! 

shpeters wrote:

maxdoss wrote:

Macs. They are good in just about everything but gaming.

My Mac does gaming really well.

Yes, except Windows has many more games for their system, and they even make "Gaming computers".

In personal use, I'd choose Mac. It has a very easy interface to learn, really good for coding, and doesn't break all the time (for average users). (Don't go hating on me by saying how long you've had your windows computer. With what I've seen/heard, most break with average person use after about 1-2 years)

In gaming or anything besides personal use, windows is the way to go (if you can't get linux). Mostly because (for the gaming) it has many more games for it than mac, and because (for other uses) it's much cheaper than good macs. MUCH cheaper.

Since I was 9 I've been a mac user, and not once has any of my computers broke (can't say the same for my brother though).