Andre S Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Dell or HP or Mac or Sony or Lenovo or what? How often do you usually upgrade? Right now I use a Lenovo w520, that I recently got for University in Sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguitar65 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I work in the IT field and I use both platforms, PC and Macs, but for personal use, I prefer Macs and for gaming I prefer PCs, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I build my own PC from parts that I can get from http://www.newegg.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 hp pavilion and sometimes post on my ps3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFrills Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Custom built PCs all the way for me. I just build my own. Never liked pre-built machines due to the bloatware, and tendency to use some pretty poor quality hardware. Although if you are prepared to fork out, the high end pre-built workstations can be very good but they can have serious problems like custom power supplies which you can not simply buy from a PC store to replace and probably cost a lot to replace if not under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Dells but I got my first MacBook Pro and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Pretty cool! I had the option to take a course in building computers about 4-6 years ago, but I passed it up. One of my friends had built one and it was a really awesome machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The RandyMan Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Dells but I got my first MacBook Pro and I love it. I got my first Mac in '95 for home and have been using Windows stuff at work on various IBM and HP platforms at work since about the same time. A little over a year ago, I got my first MacBook Pro (also for home). I'm definitely a Mac man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I used to build my own... But I just dont do anything at home anymore that requires anything special. The last computer I built for myself was in 2003. I've been using an iPad the last 5 or 6 months. It works well for what I do anymore. At work I use both macs and pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 HP at home, but rarely. DELL Laptop at work & for most of my forum posting during lunch. This post is a rare exception at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Build my own. Win 7 box... Intel E 8500 3.16GHz, nVidia 260 gtx and 6 G of Ram... 2 terabytes of HD space... all in an old Alienware ALX case :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Build my own. Win 7 box... Intel E 8500 3.16GHz, nVidia 260 gtx and 6 G of Ram... 2 terabytes of HD space... all in an old Alienware ALX case :D Very cool. So where did you learn? At a course? Online? Or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Took an OEM HP Pavilion and ripped it's guts out. Now it's a gaming beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I use mostly notebooks and I have both a Macbook Pro and well as a Alienware notebook. I replace the Mac pretty much every two years, the Alienware I upgraded a few months ago rather than replace since it was still pretty competitive. I also have 2 Mac mini's one that runs all my recording software in the home studio and the other one runs the house with all the lighting controls, Hvac controls and even the security systems and camera's with everything controlled and viewable through my iPhone and/or an iPad. we also have Apple TV on both televisions in the house. My wife has the 27" iMac desktop so were pretty much a Mac house. I have the Alienware in case I need to do Cad design using AutoCad or if I have to do any work or programming for others. I also have a 6+ year old Panasonic Tough book that runs a CNC Mill I use for making art, it's a workhorse and I love the hardware so I'll never upgrade it unless I have too. All the CNC stuff is pretty slow and mostly based on Parallel port connections so it should be fine as long as I can get replacement parts and drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I use a MacBook Pro for all the music stuff, editing, listening, etc. PC for regular use, forum, YouTube, facebook, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash80 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 My personal laptop is Acer aspire, I like dell computers though... I use Mac computers at Uni as they are better for arts (Im doing an art course)... It annoys me that most programs aren't supported on both Mac and PC or if they are there are small parts of that program that won't..Its just so annoying when i create something in InDesign on PC then open it on Mac and the fonts dont transfer over...Stupid Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Right now for "home" I have a little old netbook, an older notebook used mostly to play music or disasters, one older PC and one year-old PC that has a relatively small HD at 150 gigs. But... I also have an ancient system 9x Mac I use as a film scanner, period. The PC may have a small hd, but then I have a couple T-bytes of backup portable hard drives. I quit building my own basically with the 486 chips. Longer work schedules was largely the reason why. As far as I'm concerned Win XP works as well as I could possibly want for the software I use - and I'm concerned that with some 15 years of stuff that works marvelously well for publication uses, any upgrade of software I'm less familiar with would likely cost me as much as a half dozen top-end desktops. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Been using Macs since the early 80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-1963 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I still build my own PCs (I work in software testing) - I run Linux but I'm posting this on an iPhone. Everyone else in the house uses windows 7. In a month or so we'll be buying a MacBook so we've got a bit of variety to play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 our HP Pavillion 753n was the baddest boy on the block 9 yrs ago when we bought it, and it's still a bad mo'fo', but it's being replaced next month w/something up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bldsnn Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I use a macbook for everything and I also built a PC to use as a media player. Andre S Posted Today, 07:20 AM ChanMan, on 28 August 2011 - 06:50 AM, said: Build my own. Win 7 box... Intel E 8500 3.16GHz, nVidia 260 gtx and 6 G of Ram... 2 terabytes of HD space... all in an old Alienware ALX case :D Very cool. So where did you learn? At a course? Online? Or? To build a PC you just have to buy the right parts and put them together, google should provide you with all the info you will ever need on that, I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I used to build my own. My last home built lasted me 6 years before the drywall dust killed it. I just replaced it with an off the shelf HP for two reasons. Right now I don't have the time to build a PC and frankly I can't build one for less that they cost off the shelf these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I have Macbook and two 9 inch Dell Hackintoshes that are great to take on vacations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I use a macbook for everything and I also built a PC to use as a media player. To build a PC you just have to buy the right parts and put them together, google should provide you with all the info you will ever need on that, I think... Of course it does. lol How could I forget. Still pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete c Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 hp touch screen, i like the pc except when fly a landed on the screen the other day. and changed the web site i was reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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