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iwantchixx · 05-08-2014, 10:24 AM

I finally had a BSOD (or equivalent) on win8.1 a couple weeks ago. I was kind of excited about it as windows has never made one for me in years, regardless of version.

All computers have issues, just those with macs run into it less due to having closed systems with less types of different hardware.

Think of it like an engine.. a crate engine with run smooth right out of the crate with slight tinkering. A completely hand-built engine from parts will have more issues to get running, but once running, is just as reliable as the crate engine.

Mac fanboys are a special breed though, they really truly think their macs are bulletproof, crash-proof and never ever have problems. Those are people that just don't push their systems, doing only what apple intended them to do out of the box.

And since we are showing off our system specs, I'll post mine.. though, I'm sure mac fanboys will balk at it.

AMD Fx-4100 3.8ghz (totally need to upgrade this!)
Asus Sabertooth r2.0 Motherboard
Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler
2x 4gb Corsair Vengeance PC3 12800
Antenc 900 case loaded with mostly Noctua fans
128gb Sandforce SSD
2.0TB Platter
500gb Platter
MSI GTX 760 TwinFrozr 2GB
Enermax 700w PSU
Steinberg UR22 Audio
Windows 8.1

And I bet it has the same uptime and performance as your garden variety Mac for half the price. Does audio well, video well, gaming quite well, business apps quite well, CS6 quite well (though, would benefit from better cpu for processing 1-2gb in photo content at a time) and never gets rebooted more than once a month.

The only OS issues or software issues I run into are when windows updates the OS and I need to update my drivers at same time, but I have an app that does all that for me with two clicks.

So tell me.. which is better? Mac or PC? Neither.. you put a bit of money into your machine, it'll work fine, but one does not need to go mac to get performance.. heck, you'll save a bit going custom PC. The only advantage the mac has over this setup is the stronger CPU out of the box, but that's upgradeable, no issues.

05-08-2014, 10:24 AM
iwantchixx Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Boonies Posts: 12,860	I finally had a BSOD (or equivalent) on win8.1 a couple weeks ago. I was kind of excited about it as windows has never made one for me in years, regardless of version. All computers have issues, just those with macs run into it less due to having closed systems with less types of different hardware. Think of it like an engine.. a crate engine with run smooth right out of the crate with slight tinkering. A completely hand-built engine from parts will have more issues to get running, but once running, is just as reliable as the crate engine. Mac fanboys are a special breed though, they really truly think their macs are bulletproof, crash-proof and never ever have problems. Those are people that just don't push their systems, doing only what apple intended them to do out of the box. And since we are showing off our system specs, I'll post mine.. though, I'm sure mac fanboys will balk at it. AMD Fx-4100 3.8ghz (totally need to upgrade this!) Asus Sabertooth r2.0 Motherboard Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler 2x 4gb Corsair Vengeance PC3 12800 Antenc 900 case loaded with mostly Noctua fans 128gb Sandforce SSD 2.0TB Platter 500gb Platter MSI GTX 760 TwinFrozr 2GB Enermax 700w PSU Steinberg UR22 Audio Windows 8.1 And I bet it has the same uptime and performance as your garden variety Mac for half the price. Does audio well, video well, gaming quite well, business apps quite well, CS6 quite well (though, would benefit from better cpu for processing 1-2gb in photo content at a time) and never gets rebooted more than once a month. The only OS issues or software issues I run into are when windows updates the OS and I need to update my drivers at same time, but I have an app that does all that for me with two clicks. So tell me.. which is better? Mac or PC? Neither.. you put a bit of money into your machine, it'll work fine, but one does not need to go mac to get performance.. heck, you'll save a bit going custom PC. The only advantage the mac has over this setup is the stronger CPU out of the box, but that's upgradeable, no issues.