Lol. Diplofool is back trolling again.

PC running XP Pro SP2, I develop most of my code in Visual Studio 2008 with SQL Server 2008. Kind of a necessity.

I use both.

Would it be possible to use the XP or Vista software and use it on a iMac? It's just hardware if you take out the apple software.

I believe there is a virtual PC kind of thing for the iMac that will let you run both on it, but can't swear to it.

@ monkey

I don't see why not, unless Apple does some sort of weird security. But if you're going to do that, why not just build your own computer? Do you like the pretty box Mac's come in? :-)

Yea I heard about that too. Where you can like switch from a "mac" to a "PC" all on one screen. Kind of like computer usernames or something. If there is one, I wanna try to get my hands on it. I desperately need something like that.

Oh hell yea. thats best part. Opening the pretty box ;]

If you want a pretty box, go Alienware. Dell may own them now, but they still make the PC equivalent of a "Tokyo Drift" car, complete with neon lights in a variety of colors.

Why the heck do people call me diplofool? Well, never mind. I don't want this perfectly innocent thread to get hijacked. I'm just cheering for Vista because I have one.

Seriously? Still denying it? Oh well, best to not really respond to the troll.

Draugnar: I really like vista too. He might not be trolling.

Macs at work and at home. PC at home also but I rarely use it anymore.

It's not the liking of Vista thing (I have my wife's laptop running Vista), but his denial of who he is that makes him a troll. Chrisp and Fig have already declared him to be the same person as the former Diplofool and yet he still denies it.

I use both.

I have a Macbook with Bootcamp but have not bothered to load Windows as I have Windows based machines.

The program that lets you jump straight from OSX to Windows (and vice versa) is called Parallels (I seem to recall). The annoying thing is that:

a) it is a Mac original program;
b) it was released some years ago; and
c) is still not bundled with OSX.

Bootcamp requires that you leave one system before starting the other: Parallels allows both to run at the same time and you can flip backwards and forwards at will. I know of no other programs for this.

For what it is worth, I despise my Windows environments for a number of reasons, chief being the fact that as far back as 1998, I was the victim of an attack that stole data (esp e-mails and text files) relating to a major corruption case I was a witness for. I called in an expert (he literally wrote the book on Hacker Programing) to check my suspicions and I was quite gobsmacked at his report. I have never trusted a single MS product to do anything important since then.

Once bitten, twice shy if you like. I simply will not take the risk. That is also why my main working machine is not connected to the internet and uses systems that probably less than one in a billion could use anyway: my Hacker Expert friend wrote some custom software for me. I do have problems from time to time, but never in the security line.

My Macs have been decent servants. More expensive? Not once you have to start paying for down time and lost data...

You should back up your system. It's worth paying for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac

....Wrong link

http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/pd40_tutorial-en_US/

@flashman - back in 1998 means at best Windows 98 or Windows NT. Hardly state of the art security wise by today's standards. And Macs downtime... I have 80 Dell laptops and 6 various Macs at my office. In the last year, I have sent 3 Dells in for repair, and two Macs, with one of those going back twice. I had leaners (because they are so cheap) for the Dells so downtime was near nill. I had no such luck for the Macs and they were each gone for more than a week at a time, so 3 weeks downtime. What was that about comparing downtime?

grrrrr loaners

I am the only person using my machines, so I am very careful and disciplined (website visits etc); my comment about downtime was for the viruses, not actual Mac hardware or software.

As for my problem being back in the Stone Age, that is true but I lost all interest and trust in MS at that point and have never been tempted back as far as serious work machines. I will admit to being a bit extreme though, especially with my 'special system' set up.

This is a warning to Chris - Stay calm stay calm! Don't kill him. Just let him enjoy his little illusion :)

@Dr Oct:
If you happen to read this, I'd be curious to hear why is you think Macs are 'useful longer'
Does that refer to the fact that there are vastly fewer Mac models (with presumably fewer incremental hardware advances?), or are you suggesting that they last longer? If it's the latter, then I'd be surprised. One of my biggest beefs with Mac is the poor quality of their laptops (in my experience). I know far too many people who have had innuberable problems with their 'logic' board (aka motherbord) after a few short years of use. I'm not that experienced with PC laptops either, being mostly a desktop user until recently, but the lifespan of Mac hardware seems questionable to me. (And the exorbitant prices for service/replacement parts just adds insult to injury there).

My sister was happy to find that their service plan covered her macbook for the first year, because they had to replace the keyboard.. twice, within the span of six months or less. It was apparently some sort of known manufacturing issue with her particular model/generation laptop, or something.. but again, it made me suspect.

Windows machines have all those issues too of course, but windows machines exist in a lovely world of capitalistic competition, and the savvy buyer can take the time to explore their options and find a product of high quality with just the right feature set for a much better price. Newegg.com is how I built my last windows desktop, and it's where I bought this laptop.. and OMG I shudder to think of what a similarly featured/powered Mac would've cost me.

oops, innuberable=innumberable.. amongst other typos I'm sure.
Amusing that I accidentally nubed/noobed myself there though. ;)

The Macs at work havemore hardware trouble than the PCs and a good firewall and virus subscription has kept us safe so far. Only a couple instances of virii hitting in the last year and all of them were because someone did something truly stupid and didn't get beyond the machine of the user who did the stupid act.

Mac

I like the Mac guy better than the PC guy. So I have a MacDaddy.

I use a macbook, I'm really ahppy with it so far, and I love the large touch-pad (I have the alluminum model).

I'm on a PC. The main reason I'm not using a Mac is probably the same reason I'm not on a Dvorak keyboard. Well, also I like to play PC games and the price is an issue.

Vista can be annoying, but it's not the end of the world. People get hung up on the small things and forget all the awesome fucking things they get to do on both PC's and Mac's that make life so much better.

The hardware on my laptops usually wear out before I get any software issues like viruses or whatnot. I'm pretty savvy with my surfing and downloading, despite that I do a lot of downloading and don't have much in the way of active anti-virus. Despite this, my computer still runs quite nicely. Last time I sent it in for repair, the screen had given out, apparently a pretty common issue for the model. Every other laptop before that has had just one problem for me. The power cord always breaks. I like to keep my laptop on for long periods of time, and some of the power cords get their plastic casings melted near where they plug into the computer, and after a while it deteriorates past the point of use.

I play Phpdip almost entirely on a Windows laptop, which I've reinstalled operating system for about every 6 months due to slow performance or virus corruption. The software for my second job is only Windows 'flavored'.

In my studio, I have two Macs that have been completely trouble free for years - IMO they are bulletproof. I think the price difference is based on value,... Macs run faster, look cooler, and just are better,...

@Chrisp - I've had problems with the power cord on my windows laptop too,... replaced it twice.