The Verdict is out, Macs are better than PCs

[E6600]

From Popular Mechanics:

Mac: In both the laptop and desktop showdowns, Apple's computers were the winners. Oddly, the big difference didn't come in our user ratings, where we expected the famously friendly Mac interface to shine.

Our respondents liked the look and feel of both operating systems but had a slight preference toward OS X. In our speed trials, however, Leopard OS trounced Vista in all-important tasks such as boot-up, shutdown, and program launch times. We even tested Vista on the Macs using Apple's platform-switching Boot Camp software--and found that both Apple computers ran Vista faster than our PCs did.

PC: Simply put, Vista proved to be a more sluggish operating system than Leopard. Our PCs installed some software faster, but in general, they were slower in our time trials. Plus, both PCs showed weaker performance on third-party benchmarks than the Macs.

Our biggest surprise, however, was that PCs were not the relative bargains we expected them to be. The Asus M51sr costs the same as a MacBook, while the Gateway One actually costs $300 more than an iMac. That means that for the price of the Gateway, you could buy an iMac, boost its hard drive to match the Gateway's, purchase a copy of Vista to boot--and still save $100.

Mac vs PC - Benchmark and Speed Tests - PC versus Mac - Apple, Windows Reviews - Popular Mechanics

And people wonder why we've caught the love bug.. iLove
After all I've been a MS-DOS/Windows user for more than 15 years Years I'll never get back..


So Chibi, is this proof enough

[Chibi Kitsune]

buy Chibi a mac with at least 3 gigs of ram and some awe inspireing processing power and chibi will sing the mac praises with you

[E6600]

You wish I myself need a desktop Mac, preferably a MacPro, a MacBook can only do so much, I'm not really into notebooks

[Chibi Kitsune]

Chi nether

[E6600]

So, what does Chibi think about Mac now?
They might be a bit expensive, but not over priced

[Chibi Kitsune]

still think the same really

the reason Chibi picked PC over mac was due to hands on Macs being worse than hands on PC

untill that changes....

[E6600]

What about my hands on.. My Mac experience is better than my Windows experience

[Chibi Kitsune]

onions vs onions

[E6600]

Well yeah
But I really think you should give Macs another try
After all they look cute and they are a better deal than comparable PCs..

[superslug]

macs still suck for gaming, not that i will go to vista until most games stop running on xp.

between OS 8.5 and OSX macs didn't provide a good user experience over PC's and they were more expensive. That is why PC's are so dominant now. 15 years ago when you started PC was probably the right choice even without considering gaming.