Windows Vs. Mac

i need to get a laptop and i was looking at an hp in the begining then i went to and apple store and had a look at some powerbooks.ive been using windows my entire life and dont know how the transition will be if i get a mac. basically im asking if anyone has had both and could tell me some differences between the 2, ya know like pros and cons. mainly what i need out out ofthe comp is speed graphics and storage. thanks alot to the responses-each one is appreciated

 

Windows-Pros
Everyone uses it, lots of software for it
Your used to it
Fairly fast
Windows-Cons
Crashes
Not much good free software

Mac-Pros
Different, so It looks cool
Great free software, imovie and other ijunk
Rarely Crashes
Mac-Cons
Can go pretty slow, if it feels like it
Your not used to it
Not as many games/software as Windows


Personnally, I would go with Windows, although Mac is ok, but I like windows alot more than mac, and I have used both, so don't flame me.

 

I have used both. personally depending on what you are doing is what you want.


Video Editing: Mac
Everything Else: Windows


Hope this helps.

 

lol it does help i did want some of the media andvantages that came with mac but im so much more familiar with windows. so i dunno yet

 

Get a windows, i have used .lost's mac and i could not get used to it at all

 

macs are pretty pointless. they're slower for the money than any windows machine. their hardware AND software are way overpriced.

anything you can get on a mac, you can get on a windows machine.

 

yeah the powerbook is about 1000$ more. but one program that i really wanted was "garage band" but others i can get on windows

 

fruity loops is better than garage band, and is available for windows.

 

Mac : No Need To Buy Any or Many Softwares, Everything A Someone Can Live With Is There.

PC : Will Need To Buy Different Software.

 

I used macs before, but a PC (Windows and Linux) user.

Macs to me look too weird, and MAC OS 7 just sucked azz..

With PC's you have more choice.

Same with linux/unix, except the games are not usually supported on Linux..

 

warcraft 3 is!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Is Halo? CSS? WOW? think again, some have made the pass to Linux, not all...

 

Its simple.

Windows > Mac

 

Or

Windows > Linux > MAC

although MACs are made off Unix, It's still odd to me...

 

Depends

Mac- Alot more stable and almost never crashes, some programs run much better on it, the only problem with it is it is not a gaming computer and it is slow, but if you get a good mac you can take out the slow part.

Windowos- Crashes alot, it goes faster but at a price (crashing), more of a gaming computer

Mac for anything serious (if you were using this for work) windows for gaming