mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers)

[mick at pauldotcom.com (Michael Douglas)]

For me Mac has a few things going for it

- The hardware's really decent with a ram upgrade (do it yourself
apple ram is stupid expensive) I'm able to run several VMs
- There are a decent amount of tools available
- If you use fink, there's TONS of tools available
- The IP stack is more stable (though there are some issues still) but
I don't have the limited number of sockets issue I'd get with Windows
(or has this been fixed yet?)
- vm fusion is probably the best VM product out there.  It turns my
mac into a multi OS system... and it does so in a way that's highly
transparent.  I didn't think I'd like unity as much as I do... but wow
it's nice.



On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Jason Wood <tadaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like my mac because it's got a *nix shell underneath the hood, so it makes
> a great admin platform.? It's also a good place to write/test scripts and
> then deploy them to a server with little modification.
>
> Besides every time I spec out a PC laptop with the video card and other
> stuff I want, it costs nearly as much.? I bought a cheaper laptop once and
> hated it for the 3-4 years that I used it.? When you use something all day a
> cheap feeling keyboard, clunky mouse pad and mediocre durability becomes an
> annoyance real fast.
>
> Not sure if that would really justify it for anyone else.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Robin Wood <robin at digininja.org> wrote:
> > I've been looking at getting a new laptop for a while and I'm trying
> > to compare a PC and a Mac. I know that a lot of security people are
> > moving to Macs and I'd like to know why. For half the price, or less,
> > I can get an high spec PC so why are people moving? Is it OSX, is it
> > availability of tools, hardware quality or what?
> >
> > I'm particularly looking at the Macbook Pros, probably the 15".
> >
> > I know this will probably start a fanboy fight but I've got to ask.
> >
> > Robin
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