# Apple vs. PC

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**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-vs-pc/50523 "2008-06-24T10:26:04Z")
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### Author: ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-vs-pc/50523/48 "2008-06-24T23:27:50Z")

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Price- They’re no more expensive than a PC. Unless you buy upgrades from Apple, their premiums are insane.

Performance- I’d say there are two categories; Raw performance and Actual performance.

Raw being common benchmarks, its all comparable hardware.

Actual being use through the operating system, they blow any windows away. Spend a lot of time with a linux OS and you can match it. But you can pick up OS X so quickly, and there is freeware for nearly every task.

And this:

> [@vweegit](#):
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> I’m not a fan of Macs, in any capacity. I hate being chained to anything. That said, if you’re doing schoolwork, web design…actually, pretty much anything but gaming these days, and you’re not a real geek, a Mac may be for you.

Is just misinformation. Not to insult, I don’t know your technical background, but this is just ignorance. I’ve managed websites, used Matlab, dialed into servers, and typed all sorts of research papers, and never once have I been “chained” or found myself wanting on my Macbook.

The gaming I concede, but the lack is mostly in FPS. If you like RPG’s or Civilization type games their selection is pretty good.

This all being said, I still keep an XP machine running. Sometimes you can get the job done on a Mac, but a PC does it smoother.

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