Mac vs Windows
- Thread starter Horseshoe
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
so you you can't just push eject on the drive then?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
editor said:Stop it!
BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
fractionMan said:
Slackware, now that's REAL unix oh yes!
Pingu
Credo
i like AS400s...
dead easy to work with
wrkactjob (nix equiv = ps -ef)
wrkwtr (nix eqiv lpstat)
rclsplstg (erm..)
pwrdwnsys * immed (shutdown)
best games are moving users ineractive sessions from QINTER (pri 20) to pri 50 and watch them compete with batch jobs for system time
then when they phone up take pri back up to 20 and listen to them say "oh its ok now seems to have sorted itself out"
sigh...
dead easy to work with
wrkactjob (nix equiv = ps -ef)
wrkwtr (nix eqiv lpstat)
rclsplstg (erm..)
pwrdwnsys * immed (shutdown)
best games are moving users ineractive sessions from QINTER (pri 20) to pri 50 and watch them compete with batch jobs for system time
then when they phone up take pri back up to 20 and listen to them say "oh its ok now seems to have sorted itself out"
sigh...
Ok, as someone who uses a windows & linux box, and would still have a mac if he could afford one, I feel uniquely qualified to comment on this;
Windows pros;
More games
More applications
Cheap hardware
Runs on any x86 hardware, of which there is loads
OS free in practice
Windows cons
Insecure
OS & applications either illegal or expensive
Fewer server & science apps than *nix
Mac pros
Easy to use
Pretty
Secure
Can run most unix programs
Mac cons
Spectacularly expensive
Most models have very limited hardware upgrade options
Few games
Linux pros
Legaly free
Secure
Can run unix apps
Runs on almost any hardware
Many distros to suit any need
Linux cons
More technical knowledge needed
No commercial software
Hardly any games
May turn into Jaed
Windows pros;
More games
More applications
Cheap hardware
Runs on any x86 hardware, of which there is loads
OS free in practice
Windows cons
Insecure
OS & applications either illegal or expensive
Fewer server & science apps than *nix
Mac pros
Easy to use
Pretty
Secure
Can run most unix programs
Mac cons
Spectacularly expensive
Most models have very limited hardware upgrade options
Few games
Linux pros
Legaly free
Secure
Can run unix apps
Runs on almost any hardware
Many distros to suit any need
Linux cons
More technical knowledge needed
No commercial software
Hardly any games
May turn into Jaed
jæd said:Well... The mac mini isn't "Spectacularly expensive", and there are at least two commercial products that I use on a daily basis installed on my computer at work.
More Tom K&E "facts". Ho-hum...
YHBT. YHL. FOAD.
Okay, no may have been a bit strong. Hardly any perhaps.
And the mac mini is ridiculously expensive for what it is.
Pingu
Credo
editor said:
geekese
actually the commands on as400s are fairly intuative
e.g.
wrkactjob = work active jobs (shows whats currently running)
pwrdwnsys = power down system
etc etc
so once you have a basic understanding you can quite easily work out whats what
AS400s are crap for games though
fookin' 'ell, the amount of time, effort and bandwidth wasted on this mundane argument is VAST.
horseshoe, is there any software you must definitely have? let us know. the mac has equivalent software for most common pc applications (not games), but specialist stuff (like sony media software for example) might not available.
horseshoe, is there any software you must definitely have? let us know. the mac has equivalent software for most common pc applications (not games), but specialist stuff (like sony media software for example) might not available.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
salaryman said:
It aint much of an argument really, just personal choice/options. I don’t have a Mac because of three reasons; I can’t afford one (i.e. at the specs I want), can’t get pirate software easily for one (easily as in going round the corner and burning a disk) and they have fuck all games.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
jæd said:
Well yeah, mainly because my mates installs it first to make sure it working etc.
fractionMan
Custom Title
I want to buy a mac next time round. I'm bored with my windows box.
Horseshoe
Dr?
salaryman said:
Yeah - I need some decent graphical software, bit like EasyPlot, which I think is only available for the PC. I can't afford to shell out for Mathematica or Matlab (do they do that for Mac?!).
ALSO... I need a word processor that can handle me putting mathematical equations in - like MathType that you can get for Word.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Well, you can get MathType (and Word) for Macs, that's an easy one. Dunno about graphing tools though.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
PC = good
Mac = good
This debate = shite
Mac = good
This debate = shite
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