My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS.  Fast forward to today after many Intel and AMD computers and laptops.  But I'm throwing in the chips and going for a Mac Mini M4.  That will give me peripheral cross-compatibility and still be within my budget.  Bye bye Windows and Linux.

Macs are useful in the rain, but I preferer a brolly....☔....

Once you go Mach, you do not go back 😉 

 

 

then you wont be able to play EU5

What are you using a PC for? i stopped using one 10 years ago

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

What are you using a PC for? i stopped using one 10 years ago

 

One of the best video editing software out there is DaVinci Resolve.

Maybe you need a PC for it. Not sure.

But there are gaming laptops that are quite powerful.

 

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

What are you using a PC for?

You think your Commodore 64 is really neato
What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?

It's all about the Pentiums! (It's all about the Pentiums, baby)

 

 

 

"After decades of PCs - I give up, I'm buying a Mac!"

 

Enjoy....!!!!

21 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

What are you using a PC for? i stopped using one 10 years ago

I use em for 3D CAD design, FEA and occasionally some video editing.

 

Just bought a new rig actually, its grunty !

1 hour ago, connda said:

My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS.  Fast forward to today after many Intel and AMD computers and laptops.  But I'm throwing in the chips and going for a Mac Mini M4.  That will give me peripheral cross-compatibility and still be within my budget.  Bye bye Windows and Linux.

Sadly a bad time for this. macOS 26 sucks. The first OS that really made me think the company is going backwards and I've been using macs since the mid 90s.

What are the advantages of a Mac mini 

over an Intel NUC  ????

let alone a full sized PC with full "up gradability"

choice of case,mainboard,  PSU, RAM, CPU,VPU, PCI peripherals and storage options ????  

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

What are you using a PC for? i stopped using one 10 years ago

How do you do a serious video editing and encoding, picture editing, and serious game playing? On your 5" phone screen? There are actually people that do more than just open a browser to check their mail and harass others on AN.... 

 

As much as I don't like the Mac architecture, as it doesn't do what I want from a real computer, I do respect the Mac users that will willingly lock themselves into the i-something if their requirements are fulfilled by it. After all, it is quite reliable to an extent.

My son is into gaming and flight simulation, so only a PC with an expensive gpu, liquid cooling for the cpu, and a significant amount of RAM will do.

 

About once a year or so, something needs to be upgraded, usually the gpu, sometimes the motherboard and cpu. Once the power supply had to be upgraded, which necessitated a new case. It's the same computer, just all the components have been replaced. Ship of Theseus.

 

But when he's not gaming, or simulating flying a 787 from New York to Tokyo, he uses his Mac..

Sanity RIP. Thoughts and prayers. 

apple computers is not for gaming...for pc you get everything you need for free. Why switching to mac??? that is insanity...you will only rack your bills

35 minutes ago, parafareno said:

apple computers is not for gaming...for pc you get everything you need for free. Why switching to mac??? that is insanity...you will only rack your bills

 

I use both....    the Windows LapTop (HP) from works, is just not as reliable as the the MacBook Air.

 

Been using Mac's for 15 years for personal use and PC's / Windows for work for 40.

 

There's a very solid reason I don't use a Windows machine and chose Mac.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

Sadly a bad time for this. macOS 26 sucks. The first OS that really made me think the company is going backwards and I've been using macs since the mid 90s.

 

Thats a good point - I've have no issuse with the computing side of Apple - and think they are the best.

 

From the phone point of view....  I have both Android and iPhone - and think the price point of the iPhone is just too ridiculous...    a very good phone can be had at one quarter of the price and that is significant.

12 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Thats a good point - I've have no issuse with the computing side of Apple - and think they are the best.

 

From the phone point of view....  I have both Android and iPhone - and think the price point of the iPhone is just too ridiculous...    a very good phone can be had at one quarter of the price and that is significant.

 

I'm not going to switch to windows or linux because it would be too painful to relearn new ways of doing the same things but I'm certain we're now going down the backside of the apex. It's still a good OS though and I would recommend it but it's just sad how <deleted>e it looks now and buggier than ever.

 

All the old people who founded the company and made it successful are long gone so it's simply not the same company. The real problem is that it's basically a phone company now and mac is only 8% of revenue so it's just not important to them and not enough care goes in to it.

 

To make matters worse they've been trying to unify macOS and iOS over the years and that's not the direction I want to see as mac user and programmer who uses my computer daily for work and everything else.

Yeah, I am pretty happy with my PC. Threadripper pro 7985WX, 256GB ram, 12 TB storage, RTX A6000 48 GB CPU, 4 monitors á 32"

But, maybe Mac is better. 😂

4 hours ago, connda said:

My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS.  Fast forward to today after many Intel and AMD computers and laptops.  But I'm throwing in the chips and going for a Mac Mini M4.  That will give me peripheral cross-compatibility and still be within my budget.  Bye bye Windows and Linux.

The M chip Macs are great devices.   

I don't game, so no need to a Windows gaming computer.  I use Linux anyway.  

39 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, I am pretty happy with my PC. Threadripper pro 7985WX, 256GB ram, 12 TB storage, RTX A6000 48 GB CPU, 4 monitors á 32"

But, maybe Mac is better. 😂

All that hardware just to surf Pornhub for 18 hours a day. Seems a bit like overkill. 

9 hours ago, SpaceKadet said:

How do you do a serious video editing and encoding, picture editing, and serious game playing? On your 5" phone screen? There are actually people that do more than just open a browser to check their mail and harass others on AN.... 

 

As much as I don't like the Mac architecture, as it doesn't do what I want from a real computer, I do respect the Mac users that will willingly lock themselves into the i-something if their requirements are fulfilled by it. After all, it is quite reliable to an extent.

You're a bit old to still be playing games, get out more

10 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

What are you using a PC for? i stopped using one 10 years ago

PCs are for people that generate content. Phones/tablets are for people that consume content. 

I am trying to get my Atari 1040STE back to life. Floppy drive still works after 40 years, but unfortunately it seems like I threw all the software in the trash decades ago. That chit is worth a small fortune on ebay today. Idiot.

18 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I am trying to get my Atari 1040STE back to life. Floppy drive still works after 40 years, but unfortunately it seems like I threw all the software in the trash decades ago. That chit is worth a small fortune on ebay today. Idiot.

I play Pong on my circa 1970 LED handheld game console all day. That's all I ever need. 

14 hours ago, connda said:

My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS.  Fast forward to today after many Intel and AMD computers and laptops.  But I'm throwing in the chips and going for a Mac Mini M4.  That will give me peripheral cross-compatibility and still be within my budget.  Bye bye Windows and Linux.

what was the problem, what made you change out of interest

Tucked away in a secret attic location,

Just have to find a CRT  tv  to use the lightgun and who knows were the joysticks are (MIA)  😋

 

 

 

58 minutes ago, stupidfarang said:

what was the problem, what made you change out of interest

I switched away from Windoze about 7 years ago.... I much prefer the simplicity of keeping the Mac running smoothly to the chaos of M$oft updates.  I deal with the underlying OS much more than the 'average' user... that's where MacOS really outperforms Windows.

16 hours ago, connda said:

My first computer was an IBM XT running DOS.  Fast forward to today after many Intel and AMD computers and laptops.  But I'm throwing in the chips and going for a Mac Mini M4.  That will give me peripheral cross-compatibility and still be within my budget.  Bye bye Windows and Linux.

You will like it I think.

I used DOS/Windows computers for many years.

With Apple my experience was I am focussed on my applications and not computerese type stuff that I needed to know to work on Windows,