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Just stay away from macs.

Edit: I just remembered: http://www.dumb.com/videos/Mac_equals_Suck

 

I think the older Macs are not to be compared with todays models. We have an iMac like in that video and it is crappy, but we only paid about £50 for it just so we could see what our users who have macs are looking at when they need help.

Hammers are better than screw drivers are better than wrenches.

 

You gotta pick the right tool for the job.

 

Average user, day-to-day business unrelated to video or CAD: Windows

 

Average user, day-to-day business in video or CAD: Mac

 

Average user, general purpose multimedia machine: Windows or Mac

 

Gaming rig: Windows

 

Novice user, non-business: Mac

 

Stable server: Linux

 

For the extreme enthusiast that likes to tweak every thing and doesn't mind spending 24 hours on something that should take 10 minutes or less, it doesn't really matter.

 

My parents rendered their Windows PC inoperable three times in a row in less than three months.  The number of phone calls I received from them about the PC and the weekends I spent reinstalling Windows were a real pain.  On the fourth time they destroyed it, I said, "That's it.  We're going to CompUSA and you're buying a Mac."

 

That was like three years ago and their Mac is still running like a champ.  I haven't had a "Help me with my computer" phone call in months either.

 

Couple of categories missing there, most importantly:

 

LAMP Developer: Linux

 

But also

 

HTPC, any type of network-attached machine: Linux

 

And

 

LAMP Developer, day-to-day business unrelated to video or CAD: Linux

 

LAMP Developer, general purpose multimedia machine: Linux

 

;)

 

 

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