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Do you own a PC?

Do you own a PC?

  • Yes

    Votes: 93 68.9%

  • No

    Votes: 31 23.0%

  • No but i use one

    Votes: 11 8.1%
  • Total voters
    135
I ripped it apart the other day as it was running 98 and i never used it. I wanted the harddrive out of it, so that i could upgrade the one in my Xbox (originial) from an 8gb to a 40gb. Took 2 days due to poor mac compatibility with it but it eventually pulled through.

This is the onlytime i have had poor compatibilty though
 
I think my households current count is 3 Macs and 3 - 4 PCs in various states of usability. One is running Linux which I originally envisioned as an SVN server for me and my Dad to do some programming together on. Another is running Windows XP and my Dad uses it to do micro-controller programming (AVRs I think they are?).

The Macs are for more serious computing needs.
 
I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 - which is a real POS. In fact, I've had it less than three years (and it's been online, literally, like four times in all) and it takes nearly ten-fifteen minutes to start up. 14" screen... sucks. The only redeeming quality was that since I didn't register it, I was able to steal the serial number off that version of XP to authenticate the copy of XP my boss gave me for my Fusion setup...

My rents have a Dell E510, which has served them moderately well for the last two years. However that's starting to slow down and age quickly. I've talked them into lining up a 20" iMac for their next one :D I'm what you might call a Mac Enabler.:apple:

I also have XP installed in Fusion on my MBP - does that count? I only use it for IE7...;)
 
yes, i love my PC, i cant run sony Vegas or play games on my MBP (well not very well anyway)

but for surfing all i use is my mac
 
Unfortunately, I do have a PC, but its OK as I got it free from the school! Its a Ergo laptop.

I would have preferred a MacBook, but ah well, im saving for one anyway.
 
Current count in my life, (Includes machines I maintain for my parents).

Desktops.
3 Macs
3 Windows PC's

Laptops
3 Macs
3 Windows PC's

All the Windows machines I have are either my parents or were gifted to us. I'm working hard on getting all the PC's I can replaced with Macs, (my wife has a work issued Dell and the folks just bought a Toshiba). I'm fixing to replace my kid's PC's with G3 iMacs, as well as my dad's desktop with a G4 iMac.

Since switching to Mac, I just don't have the patience to deal with Windows little peculiarities.


melrose said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 - which is a real POS. In fact, I've had it less than three years (and it's been online, literally, like four times in all) and it takes nearly ten-fifteen minutes to start up. 14" screen... sucks.
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I've got one of those too!!( My work issued) Basically solid machine, but definitely no speed demon. As my work only requires a few MS Office programs, I've parked it in the corner in favor of a Macbook. Hasn't been turned on in a year or more.
 
Nope, I have a 20" iMac, my 17" MBP, and the hubby has a 13" MacBook.
My kids do have a desktop PC though. It's really crappy but they're only 3-7, so if they break it, I won't care! I might get them a Mini for Xmas though. Hmmm.

I have to admit that once a month Max I will use their PC. I do market research and no matter what I do it will not work with the Mac's and HAS to use PC IE. :rolleyes:
 
I game quite a bit, so I have a PC.
Yes, I know I can play ~12% of games on my Mac, but that's just not quite satisfactory for a gamer like me. :p

12" G4 iBook - mobile web & email
G4 Graphite PM - always-on video transcoding
3GHz PC - workstation & gaming system, due for upgrade by Spore release :D
1GHz PC - RAID fileserver, print server, & game server

PS: Yes, I know I could BootCamp my PC games if I bought a new MacIntel, and maybe someday I will. However, it seems like a waste of money when I can get MacPro gaming performance for a fraction of the price by building my own Windows box.
 
I own 10 PCs at the moment...

Most of them are from the 90s.. :p

Hopefully a MacBook Pro will replace them all in near future :)
 
Yeah I love my PC I just hate Windows.... I've always built my own from the case up so I always get attatched to my machines!!! :p

Power Supply: 620W Corsair HX
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 6400+ 3.2GHz
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 800MHz Dominator
Hard Drive 1: 160GB Western Digital
Hard Drive 2: 160GB Western Digital
Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Video Card: 2x nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB (By: eVGA)

Man I love this thing.... running XP :( for games at the moment. Wish I could put OS X on it though.... maybe one day, maybe one day!
 
Sounds like a nice machine, Smoogz.

I would say something about the OS X thing, but im not allowed to...
 
oh oh tell me pretty please ;) u could always send me a pm u know! oh well i guess i'll have to start lookin hard for something then.... perhaps if i tried to emulate through linux....
 
My answer is yes, but technically, it's yes by default. My wife has had a Dell for years. So we have her Dell and my 3 Macs. The Dell is dusty a lot.
 
I don't own a PC but we have one in the house - its the family computer and I always end up fixing it :roll:
 
Because work literally gives me old PC's, I have 3 non working or in need of repair machines and my xMac project (formerly my OSX86 PC)
 
Yes

I have a pc desktop. It's currently in the closet. I have macbook with 24" monitor running vmware+vista for visual studio 2008(both free free from msdn AA) and eclipse+omondo). But I'm going to install linux+vista on desktop since I have a lot of windows games and I'm studying software production. As nice as my laptop with wmvare is it is not the same as the real desktop and buying a macpro is not an option.
 
"DONT GET A MAC, it'll ONLY MAKE YOU HATE YOUR PC"..so i guess the saying is true. Ever since i got my mbp...i rarely use my PC. haha.

e6600@3.6ghz Air Cooled by Tuniq Tower
Abit AWD9-Max
2x74gig raptors
ATi x1950xtx with a Sammy 245bw 24incher
G.Skill DDR2 2gigs
Corsair 620HX
and to top it off, it goes in nice and roomy Silverstone case(tj-09).
 
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