If you HAD to, what PC would you buy?

[tMac85]

Ok so lets pretend all apple products new and old, up an vanished and you were forced to choose among the PC world.

Which would you choose and why? Laptop? Desktop? Sony? Dell? ThinkPad?

Please dont say you would revert back to pen and paper, or just wouldnt buy one period! I know its hard but try to think. haha



Sorry if this had been posted before. ( i searched)

[shfreelance]

I would build my own desktop and buy a IBM Thinkpad laptop.

[Piratebroadcast]

Ok so lets pretend all apple products new and old, up an vanished and you were forced to choose among the PC world.

Which would you choose and why? Laptop? Desktop? Sony? Dell? ThinkPad?

Please dont say you would revert back to pen and paper, or just wouldnt buy one period! I know its hard but try to think. haha



Sorry if this had been posted before. ( i searched)

I would buy that netbook Gizmodo did, and install OSX on that bitch, like Gizmodo did. looks like it kicks ass!

[tMac85]

oh, i would get a thinkpad. or the nice sony desktops.

[techfreak85]

build my own screemin tower.:p:D;):eek::rolleyes:

[tMac85]

I would buy that netbook Gizmodo did, and install OSX on that bitch, like Gizmodo did. looks like it kicks ass!

nope. that OSX just vanished into thin air.... What cha' gonna do now?

[techfreak85]

nope. that OSX just vanished into thin air.... What cha' gonna do now?
linux!!!:D

[tMac85]

linux!!!:D

yes! good choice!

that IS acceptable. and the next best option!

[Cassie]

My Dell OptiPlex desktop has been very good to me, I'll probably buy a Dell laptop when the time comes. (when it needs to be replaced.)

[tdevers]

I'd build a low power, low noise desktop and snag a cheap netbook.

[techfreak85]

yes! good choice!

that IS acceptable. and the next best option!
linux is similar and more powerful/geeky:p and even juicier eye candy!!

[tdgrn]

nope. that OSX just vanished into thin air.... What cha' gonna do now?

Why? I'm not trying to be brash, but maybe if you explained the situation a little better we might be able to make better recommendations.

[tMac85]

Why? I'm not trying to be brash, but maybe if you explained the situation a little better we might be able to make better recommendations.

i dont think you understand. I am just curious as to what people would buy if they were no apple products or software. I am not looking to buy a PC, im just curious.

this is just for fun.

[doubleohseven]

I'd buy a HP laptop, they're pretty reliable machines. Or a Sony Vaio laptop in white, to remind me of my MacBook that got 'vanished'. :( :rolleyes:

[CalBoy]

Thinkpad.

Hands down the next best notebook after my macbook pro. :)

[Rodimus Prime]

I would built my own desktop much like I do now. I have said ti before I will NEVER buy an apple desktop in the current set up.

Laptop I think I would look at Dell or HP.

[yg17]

Build my own desktop. I actually haven't done that in awhile, I miss it, it's fun.

[63dot]

I would say netbook PC for simplest tasks. I don't think a full size PC desktop or laptop are bad, but I just think any Mac is a better machine for all my needs of light graphics/gaming, word processing, and internet/email.

If I had to spend $600 on a PC desktop, I can't think of a deal that is as useful as the Mac mini, especially since rumors put the new Mac mini at that price with DVD burner.

For laptops other than the netbook market which Apple has not entered, Macs are better than the PC in every way.

[Abstract]

There are a lot of good PC laptop options out there.


I'd definitely go for either a Sony Z-series, or a Lenovo.


I'd also seriously consider getting a Dell Alamo, which is what the MacBook Air should be, but isn't.

[remmy]

I would build my own desktop with an old hacked version of XP and pray that the new Windows was good.

Don't know about laptop, maybe a thinkpad or a laptop with a nipple on the keyboard

[és:]

I would also build my own and then buy a 24inch Dell to go with it. Bluetooth KB and mouse to go with it and it's a perfectly capable machine. For a small amount of money you can get quite a well performing PC.

I'm using Vista x64 on my homebuild (using it until the new Mac Pro is released) and it's fairly nice. I've had no problems and it's fairly hassle free.

With that said... I can't wait to get back to Mac.

[arkitect]

Another vote for a self-built desktop…

laptop? Probably a something from Sony.

[DoFoT9]

build my own desktop!

what happens to our current machines? do they vanish too? or do we get our money back!?!?

[iBlue]

Sony Viao laptop. They're kinda sexy. Or a Dell XPS for a desktop.

[tersono]

Desktop:
Self-built.

Laptop:
No way would I buy anything from Sony - they're far too unreliable (I've had endless problems supporting Sony laptops - they've had more faults than everything else we use put together). It'd be either a Thinkpad or possibly HP.

OS:
Linux - or possibly Solaris

[steveza]

I am in the position where I HAD to (for work reasons) and just built myself a PC based on the new i7 processor. Really happy with it and I don't have to use my MBP for gaming anymore :)

[bartelby]

Sony Viao laptop. They're kinda sexy. Or a Dell XPS for a desktop.

I used to think about getting a viao until,
My friend got a 17" viao last year. Top spec with loads of stickers to tell you what was in it. She was having troble conncting he Sony phone via the advertised Bluetooth so she took it in to be looked at. There wasn't even a Bluetooth module installed.
Then the hinges gave out and the screen wouldn't stay open, and 1/2 the keyboard stopped working...

[Dagless]

If I had to buy a laptop I'd get some kind of netbook.
If I had to (and I plan on doing soon) get a PC it'd be a home build with 4870x2, Core2Quad, 8gb ram etc and cost a fraction of a Mac :o and likely a bit less than what a store would try and sell me.

[crazycat]

Desktop - Falcon Northwest, I have am using on as my gaming rig and i could ask for a better PC. I had 0 problems with any Falcon Northwest and i am using 9 in my LAN.

Laptop - Dell, I would pick up the 15" XPS or the new 16" black XPS.

I can live without a Mac desktop but I am to attached to my MBP.

[timerollson]

IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad

They're built like tanks. Very reliable and my friends who have them aren't complaining (other than it being aesthetically on the low end of the beauty spectrum).

[Sesshi]

If Apple were magically to buy back all my POS Macs to date and they were to pay for the OS X -> Windows application suite porting that is currently ongoing then disappear without a trace, I'd not only do a little dance of joy but stick with pretty much what I have - the equivalents being:

XServe -> HP Proliant / Dell Poweredge
Not that I'm extremely unhappy with the XServes all things considered, but I have more choice and more consistent support from HP/Dell.

Pro Pro -> HP xw8600 / Dell Precision T7400
The souped-up Toyota vans to Apple's Escalade. More stable and genuinely 'just works' in a wider variety of situations, supported for actually professional use, better engineered for a hard working life, more practically expandable and ultimately more powerful as a result.

Home Pro -> Above + Dell XPS 730 H2C - or a DIY for gaming
The Pro is not really a home enthusiast / entertainment fit. Windows offers far better choices instead of the amusing triumphal posts of "Look what I put into my Pro with extreme effort that anyone can do on a reasonably powerful PC in 5 minutes!".

Air -> Sony TT / UX
A gorgeous joke. The TT is not.

Alu Macbook -> Sony SZ / Z
The newest SZ I have which I didn't buy NOS is a year old - yet it's still a better machine than the Macbook for a 13-inch life on the road, although I'll concede that the Macbook is better looking (I like the sharp lines on the SZ too though). The Z on the other hand is not only more suitable for those looking towards the 15-inch MBP but actually spend a lot of time with a notebook instead of a DTR, but even the midrange models blows away the Macbook for not much more.

Macbook Pro 15-inch -> Sony Z / Dell XPS 16
I don't actually have a Windows 15-inch right now, but the Z and XPS excellently fill in the upper and lower end of the functions of such a machine. To me, despite its relative popularity the 15-inch size is a little compromised: Too small to be a DTR and too heavy to be an actual all-day mobile companion.

Macbook Pro 17-inch -> Dell Precision M6400 Covet
Because if you're going big, there's no point in going half-assed. I also find the orange quite refreshing.

iMac -> ???
Maybe a Touchsmart or an XPS One - or an XPS Studio. I picked the iMac as I thought even Apple couldn't screw up a machine that'll be used about three times a week in the kitchen. So far I've been right about both the iMacs in that role.

Mini
I don't have either Apple or Windows equivalents of this right now. But Dell's Studio Hybrid is a decent alternative, as is the Studio XPS if you have more room on your table.

[theITGuy]

Desktop: Dell Optiplex or Precision

Laptop: Alienware...I loved the Superman model they had a few years back :D

Cheers.

-J.-

[KingYaba]

I'd do it with Ubuntu. :D

... and build a PC.

[tMac85]

build my own desktop!

what happens to our current machines? do they vanish too? or do we get our money back!?!?

Yep...you were just posting on macrumors on your mac and POOF, the beautiful apple computer was gone. However, it did leave behind a nice chunck of cash to go purchase a PC. ( or in your case to build)

[techfreak85]

Build my own desktop. I actually haven't done that in awhile, I miss it, it's fun.
I know it is fun, haven't done it since 3rd grade.... picking out the parts and specs and putting them all together and hoping it works. :eek:
But haven't needed to since i got a mac...(bittersweet)

[No1451]

If I got my money back I would re-pimp my gaming PC with a better quad-core and crossfire videocards. Spent my last bit of upgrade cash on a watercooling system:(.

[Zombie Acorn]

I have an ASUS G1S, which is pretty awesome. I do all my database work on it.

[bigjnyc]

I'll build myself a desktop, and buy one of those silver HP netbooks that kind of look like macbooks (i forget the model number right now)

[bigjnyc]

I'll build myself a desktop, and buy one of those silver HP netbooks that kind of look like macbooks (i forget the model number right now)

[Melrose]

I'd buy two: one Dell that I would soak in lighter fluid and set alight, just to get something out of my system for being forced to buy a PC, then I'd go buy a Toshiba, wipe the drive and install OSX. :D

No Dells or Sonys for me again.. bad experiences w both.

[maestro55]

I already have a Gateway CX2610 running xubuntu 8.10 and then I suppose if I didn't have this 17-inch MBP or my 13inch MB I would also get a netboook running Linux and build a custom box running Linux.

[bbotte]

I would become the unibomber and buy a shack in Montana and never use technology again. :)

[Shackler]

Dell mini 9 or Asus Eee 901

and the sony all in one pc

[Tomorrow]

I used to love building my own PC's, but as time wore on I got tired of it. I just wanted to turn the thing on (and it works!) and sit down and use it. One of the reasons I switched.

I'd probably order a custom-config middle-of-the-road gaming PC for my desktop and a cheap HP laptop to goof off with away from my desk.

Thankfully, I don't have to worry about either right now. (:

[Tom B.]

If I just had one, it would be a Dell XPS M1330.

If I could have two, it would be a combination of a custom gaming PC and a Sony Vaio P.

[ZiggyPastorius]

No way I could go back to having only a desktop. I'd probably go for a Sony Vaio. They're very nice machines, as much as I hate Sony.

[djellison]

Laptop? Desktop?

Laptop? A Dell precision workstation - M2400 probably.

Desktop? Build by own - always have.

[benflick]

HP TouchSmart. Sexy.

[mmagbee]

hrmmm. good question. I would say ... Lenovo Thinkpad... best battery life out of a PC i have ever seen ... or a Toughbook. Either which way it would be hacked with osx on it :)

[toolbox]

Ok I would build my own pc, which i do anyway. Run windows XP on it only for gaming then get a copy of PC-BSD for general use

Laptop, would have to either go with the IBM thinkpads there nice and sturdy or the toshiba laptop. Again, would debate getting rid of windows.

[northy124]

I would build my own PC with Mac Pro specs;) and install Vista on it:eek::D

[PeterQC]

http://www.otherwhirled.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/turd.png

Best one I found yet.

But seriously, I would build it myself.

[ChrisN]

I would buy that netbook Gizmodo did, and install OSX on that bitch, like Gizmodo did. looks like it kicks ass!
I really want to do that but i want a MBP

[DoFoT9]

I would build my own PC with Mac Pro specs;) and install Vista on it:eek::D

whats wrong with windows7?? its already better then vista :rolleyes:

[elppa]

Vaio Z or Lenovo X301.

Possibly Dell Studio XPS 13, although I'd want to have a look first.

Not much else I'd like really.

[northy124]

whats wrong with windows7?? its already better then vista :rolleyes:
I would rather wait until a stable release ;)

BTW if you were to run Vista on a Mac it runs perfectly (unless you run to many programs at once though).

[DoFoT9]

I would rather wait until a stable release ;)

BTW if you were to run Vista on a Mac it runs perfectly (unless you run to many programs at once though).

well aware of that, run XP and it seems to do that too :rolleyes:

i donno 7 just feels better, apart from the mouse. that just feels plain wierd.

[michael.lauden]

intel 5400 chipset
with 2 quad core intel xeon 2.50GHz E5420's
512MB nVidia Quadro FX1700 in the PCI
and start out at 4 2GB chips of RAM and slowly upgrade

:)

that would probably be enough to run windows XP as fast as Tiger on my mac mini

[DoFoT9]

intel 5400 chipset
with 2 quad core intel xeon 2.50GHz E5420's
512MB nVidia Quadro FX1700 in the PCI
and start out at 4 2GB chips of RAM and slowly upgrade

:)

that would probably be enough to run windows XP as fast as Tiger on my mac mini

only just! :rolleyes:

[Reventon]

For a desktop, I'd build my own, I guess. And choose an IBM or Toshiba laptop. Wouldn't go back to using HP machines though. :(

[és:]

The main problem I've had with Windows is finding suitable quality applications. There isn't an FTP as good as Transmit, there isn't an unarchiver as good as unarchiver... etc etc.

There are millions of options but none of them are any good in comparison to the Mac version.

[DoFoT9]

The main problem I've had with Windows is finding suitable quality applications. There isn't an FTP as good as Transmit, there isn't an unarchiver as good as unarchiver... etc etc.

There are millions of options but none of them are any good in comparison to the Mac version.

quality vs quantity..eheh

[LordOfTheMacs]

Definitely the dell mini 9 running linux.It is small and stylish and it's enough power. The hp Touchsmart is beautiful and Kinda looks like the cube-era apple displays. I would run linux on that too.

[Dagless]

The main problem I've had with Windows is finding suitable quality applications. There isn't an FTP as good as Transmit, there isn't an unarchiver as good as unarchiver... etc etc.

There are millions of options but none of them are any good in comparison to the Mac version.

There are no decent free FTP apps for XP. None. Zilch. At the moment I'm using CoreFTP but it's very pants.
Unarchiver? Winrar is better, and you can compress with it too.

[zap2]

I'd learn towards a nice netbook....maybe the Dell Mini 10

Or that Netbookish laptop Sony came out with recently(the name escapes me)

[alexlovesmacs]

For a windows laptop I would get a VAIO P, and FW series
For a desktop the new Dell Studio XPS 435 with i7.

[iMpathetic]

As many have said, I'd have a ThinkPad. A workstation model and an X300.

Then a Core i7 desktop.

[Lord Blackadder]

If I went PC I would build a tower to roughly Mac Pro specs (with some gaming hardware). It would dual-boot XP and Linux.

I'd also get an Eee PC laptop as my mobile.

[Frisco]

Sony laptops look nice, but are trash reliability wise. My company uses all Lenovo laptops which are reliable, but look like trash.

I guess that's why we choose Apple--best of both worlds.

[pimentoLoaf]

Hewlett-Packard, 'cause I have VistaUltimate laptop and it's worked flawlessly for two straight years.

It's used primarily for 3d graphics and games.

[Winni]

In all likelihood, I'd go for a Dell XPS PC or a Precision Workstation and a Dell XPS notebook. (As a matter of fact, I'll probably get a Dell XPS notebook at my new job - Apple's not an option there.)

[me_94501]

I'd probably go with a ThinkPad; likely one of the X300 series models

[és:]

There are no decent free FTP apps for XP

I'm using fileilla with some of the toolbars and icons disabled. Just tried to make it look most like transmit.

Unarchiver? Winrar is better.

Not for my use. I just want to click and it to unrar. I use rarzilla because it does that, but it's not that fast or pretty. I'd love just a bar. That'd be perfect.

[northy124]

Sony laptops look nice, but are trash reliability wise. My company uses all Lenovo laptops which are reliable, but look like trash.

I guess that's why we choose Apple--best of both worlds.
Yhup Apple are both look like trash and have bad reliability :p hehehe

[nick9191]

As I said in the other thread, for a laptop: Dell business class (Dell's consumer machines eat ****), Toshiba, or ThinkPad.

For a desktop, build it myself.