pc all the way
macs are almost novelty unless your a professional who works with digital media of some sort. and even then there are equal options on windows.
all those "run windows on a mac" programs are great for day to day stuff and business apps but its such a system hog that to me its not worth it at all. my old boss had a mac desktop that was state of the art but he couldnt game at all on it. plus gaming on a mac is still a pretty silly idea in todays day and age unless your fine being like 3 years behind on all the titles
pc gets my vote, but wait till wellfleaton comes in to give you his side of the argument lol
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Last thing to throw into the mix: if all things were equal I would choose a mac hands down...I love their simplicity, I love the design, their support, and lack of viruses and micromanagement of the OS.
That being said, if a mac is unable to compete with a high end gaming-spec PC (and by compete I mean come within 10-20% ability), I think I would forego my wishing to own a mac for the sake of my real passion.
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Not only can macs not compete gaming-wise but you can find pcs for equal performance for much cheaper
its really not that difficult to build your own pc, even if you have you have no idea how to do it you can still get some help with parts and do one of those 'choose your own parts we build the computer' things and i bet you can end up with a much better rig than that alienware for way cheaper. if you want to send me a pm i could spend some time going through parts cuz i just recently upgraded my pc. been building my own rigs since i was a wee lad.
and yes, ive owned a mac, i didnt like it very much and it died on me within a few years. not a great experience but thats anecdotal and im sure you could find 10 guys that say just the opposite.