Comments on: Mac vs. PC vs. Windows vs. Linux vs. Huh?

By: James Thompson

James Thompson — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:57:21 +0000

You’re welcome. I’m glad I could help you!

By: parts tools

parts tools — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:08:41 +0000

Being a new blogger, I would like to tell you that you have given me much knowledge about it. Thanks for everything.

By: James Thompson

James Thompson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:28:29 +0000

I like Linux, but admittedly I’m 45% PC, 45% Mac, and 10% Linux :-/

I only have one Linux computer in my house…

By: vpsgeek

vpsgeek — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:25:18 +0000

Linux ftw ! lol

By: James Thompson

James Thompson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:56:27 +0000

I can always help. Ask a question here and I can respond via blog / email. I’d like to think I have a good design sense.

By: Nicholas Chase

Nicholas Chase — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:13:51 +0000

Hi,

I’m using PC’s, but was originally a Mac user in the 80′s. The web guru’s seem to be on Mac’s with iphone’s to blog and check their campaign’s from anywhere they may be.

I may swap over to the Mac if I can make any money at this PPC /SEO game.

Nice website design by the way, I have hosting but no design skills.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase
www/twitter.com/nachase

By: James Thompson

James Thompson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:11:00 +0000

I recently started using all mac about two months ago – strikingly similar to Linux / Unix on the back end.

By: Chris Lees

Chris Lees — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:27:21 +0000

It’s all about what you’re used to. I’ve never really used Windows nor Mac OS X, and I find these operating systems difficult to get around and, yes, like pulling teeth, whenever somebody asks me to help them with a computer problem.

In fact, it’s so embarrasing for me whenever I try to solve a Windows-related problem and I struggle, that I flat-out refuse to work on Windows computers. I consider myself lucky that I haven’t broken Windows yet, and of course when you break Windows you have to reinstall it! The old joke says “If you break Linux, you get to keep both parts”, but realistically you can always fix Linux if you break it.

I don’t know if I’ve been superlucky or anything, but I’ve had great hardware compatibility from Linux over the years. I did encounter one wireless card that simply wouldn’t work, but that’s it.

By: Joe Gulizia

Joe Gulizia — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:14:12 +0000

I’ll add that I bought a new machine last November and I haven’t taken Vista Home Premium off of it. My wife and daughter sometimes use it. Both always complain about all the garbage on it….sidebar, pop-ups to allow anything, etc.

I still use the now six year old machine with Kubuntu…over the newer machine with Vista. My son uses a laptop with Vista because that’s what he needs to use for school (and it’s what he can get support for). He had a class learning Office 2007 last semester. He was glad to get back to using Open Office. He has to use Photoshop this semester for his digital imaging class. They have it on Macs. I’m trying to get the school district that technically owns the machine to put Photoshop on his machine, but for now I put GIMPshop on his laptop for him.

It comes down to what you need to do, what you can spend AND what matters most to you.

BTW: SCOLA’s the full-time gig…haven’t had the personal video businees for a long time….SCOLA still has a used $125 Amiga in use as a video titler bought 13 years ago.

By: Joe Gulizia

Joe Gulizia — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:58:30 +0000

I too am a Linux convert. I started with a Commodore Amiga for my video business when Windows wasn’t even close. I’ve used Windows, Macs and Linux over the course of the last 15-20 years. I’ve used mac (pre-OSX) for seven years at work before switching to a PC with Windows XP…then last year I added Kubuntu to my work desktop. I have used SUSE then Kubuntu for the last four years at home after switching from Windows 98SE. Even before switching to Linux I used StarOffice/Open Office, AVG and other freeware and finally FOSS. For those of us in life with other monetary priorities…linux can’t be beat. My family has for the most part easily made the switch from Win98 to linux. My son has used linux at home and Windows at jr high and high school with no problems. He is now using Linux, Windows Vista and Macintosh systems in college. He still prefers Open Office and Kubuntu. I use Windows when needed at work (video editing on Windows XP with a $99 program). Our new Video Editor can’t figure out how to get simple videos made on our $5K Mac editing suite using Final Cut Studio 2.

I’ll continue to advocate for FOSS and Linux due to the fact that I also have to troubleshoot end users that always get spyware and complain about their machines being slow. If the boss would let me…he could save a ton of money and have a lot less complaints.

By the way we’ve had to improve Windows Vista by upgrading to Windows XP on at least one machine…although some new ones have that inferior, buggy version on them.

Joe Gulizia
FOSS Advocate
Manager, Creative and Technical Services
SCOLA