I personally have a problem with the clunky Windows XP OS, that does very easily get viruses. I do like Vista better though, and it is much more secure then XP. I am also not going to sit here and tell you that Macs are immune to trojans, but on the other hand you aren’t going to pick one up just from navigating to the wrong site as you would with XP. I know from the hundreds of virus I have cleaned over the years. I think Windows Vista is definitely a step in the right direction, but I don’t know if you noticed it but they have put a strong attempt to copy os x/linux. Here are a few things they have copied, Run as administrator is equivalent to running an app using su or sudo, if you know about unix/linux you know that is root. If windows was the superior operating system, why would they copy this structure? Also the new folder structure in Vista closely mimics that of OS X, They got rid of documents and settings and got a Users folder just like unix/os x/linux. They also got rid of my pictures, my music, and my videos folders and replaced them with a plain music and video and pictures folder as in linux and mac os x. They copied the OS X widgets and called them gadgets. They also copied spotlight with made widows desktop search. If it weren’t so much at once it wouldn’t be that bad.

Some other things to note, I hear you guys complaining about Macs being proprietary but you also must realize that part of the reason windows has so many blue screens is that it has so many hardware choices and the drivers sometimes conflict, although, linux doesn’t have these problems and supports. That was also why vista was so poorly supported at first.

All of that being said. Vista is a much better OS then XP if you know how to use a computer, I think for the average user it is a bit complex, and has a lot of features turned on that truly slow down the OS. The settings are now a bit harder to turn off. I hear with Windows 7 they fixed much of this limiting the UAC(su). I think Microsoft’s best bet is to team with one of the flavors of linux and offer a truly robust operating system.

The two debate between Ejen and powershaker is awesome. There are a few things that I didn’t know and they pointed out. Yah sometime it got out of hands but thats what you get for debating on a broad issued (mostly opinionated).Lastly I just realized that these post was a year old. lol silly of me.
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I just pretty much read this entire worthless argument and felt the need to comment. I’m writing this from a macbook pro, but I won’t pretend this is a gaming rig and say that gamers should buy this over an alienware.

What people like Powershaker don’t seem to understand is that there are people in this world with different needs from theirs. I bring my macbook pro to school, and game a little, so it’s a great laptop for my needs. If I were a pro/hardcore gamer, this might not do the trick because the graphics card is too weak. Add to the fact that apple has intentionally cut down the memory on the 8600 and underclocked them, it is definitely not a dedicated gaming laptop, although it is still quite good at playing most games.

A little off the topic, fanboys like Powershaker taint anything they put their hands on. He’s already told us virtually all there is to say about him, from his religious beliefs to the fact that he is pro-republican. I wouldn’t be surprised if Powershaker was infact 12 years old, because most of his comments are incredibly immature and unfounded.

I for one think that voting for Ron Paul would be a big mistake, seeing as how the republicans have already screwed up the united states quite a bit already. The dollar is falling big time and the country is in ridiculous debt. Powershaker, maybe you should ask yourself why you think Ron Paul is fit to be the next president, and one of the reasons should not be because he’s your neighbor. If people thought for themselves, this country would be much better off.

Again, I see how many PC users think that all mac users are a bunch of clueless idiots, but don’t let the loud ones speak for the rest of us.

I think you are correct, i didnt do enough research on the 7950gtx, i agree with you that it is in fact a better card. I also didnt realize the alienware was 800, the guy in the video mentioned a 677 FSB, so i was going off of that. In that respect i would honestly say that the computers are about in terms of what you get for price.

I dont even own a mac (yet) but i do love them. For a gaming laptop i WOULD get a alienware, because that what they are made for. But i want OS X, plus an awesome system so it looks like the macbook pro is the only choice for me .

from what i understand alienware is a LEET company.