Mac or PC Poll – Results
In last week’s reader question I asked readers whether they use a Mac or a PC?
The point of the question wasn’t to determine which was better (we could debate and never get a conclusion) – but simply to ask what you use.
The results surprised me a bit – with the ‘winner’ being Macs with 60% of the vote.
Thanks to everyone for participating in the discussion. Stay tuned for a new reader question in the next few days (if you’ve got a question relevant to Digital Photography users that you want us to ask feel free to make a suggestion below).
33 Responses to “Mac or PC Poll – Results” - Add Yours
September 29th, 2007 at 12:52 am
You could have made the PC guy smaller, as it represents the smaller part of the results.
September 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Or he could’ve made the Mac guy taller.
September 29th, 2007 at 1:54 am
I use Linux. ;)
September 29th, 2007 at 1:57 am
I use both. Depending on what I’m working on, where I’m working, and what platform is available to me. =)
September 29th, 2007 at 4:51 am
I use Linux, too. What about adding a very little penguin to the image that just does his work while the two guys are debating? :-)
September 29th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Just curious…if the results surprised you, were you expecting more Mac users or more PC users?
September 29th, 2007 at 5:49 am
“I use Linux. ;)”
Does this Linux run on a run of the mill PC? If yes, then it’s a PC. ;)
If it Runs on an an HP server or some fancy server equipment, then I rescind my statement.
September 29th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Linux runs on PC hardware. MacOS runs on PC hardware. Both run on Intel chips (even in Apple hardware) and on PowerPC (like older Apple computers).
Please, let’s all call “Windows” just “Windows”, and let PC get its original meaning back: Personal Computer.
September 29th, 2007 at 6:47 am
I use both; a Mac at work (I’m a graphic Artist for a newspaper), and a PC at home.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Since when you can install OS X on a PC?.. (without any emulation)
September 29th, 2007 at 7:51 am
but, on the other hand, you can install linux on Mac (pc) hardware. You are confusing operating system and hardware.
I run ubuntu on a Toshiba.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:56 am
I run ubuntu on a PC , I run windows on my other PC , however, I use Mac OS on a Mac … built by Apple and not by some run of the mill PC manufacturer ;)
September 29th, 2007 at 7:57 am
To add… the underlying hardware is irrelevant. A Mac is a Mac not a PC(windows, linux) regardless of the chipsets.
September 29th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Klaidas: Since Max OSX runs on Intel chips. The architecture is the same. With some tweaking, you can have OSX running on PC compatible hardware.
See http://www.osx86project.org/
September 29th, 2007 at 9:05 am
I like penguins…
September 29th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Linux, all about the ubuntu, hardware is irrelevant.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
ArchLinux all the way… Gimp, digiKam and Xaralx. For quality and stability nothing beats ‘em and they dont put a hole in your wallet…saves more money for photo gear too!
Hey how come the Linux chick didnt make it to your list? http://youtube.com/watch?v=MEYot8voTDM
September 29th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Julian: yes, but with some tweaking :]
September 29th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
If you’re using a Mac as your own computer, it is a personal computer, hence a PC. Period.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Tomaytoe . . . tomahtoe . . .
Good grief!
September 30th, 2007 at 4:05 am
Apologies for this but for all the Apple fanboys reading this after being directed from somewhere like Digg… I wonder what the result would be if we polled an economics school website on what machines/OS they use?
Surely it is a fairly well known that Macs are extremely popular in media production circles therefore this is not a surprise? I am not Mac bashing (I intend to ‘defect’ to Mac with my next computer purchase!!) but I don’t think it would be wise to take this into consideration.
For those of you not interest in this battle of wills… I apologize that you had to read this comment!
September 30th, 2007 at 7:31 am
GENERALLY:
Mac runs OSX
Pc runs WINDOWS
But Macs can be made to run windows with the intel chips )or emulation on ppc chips)
Pcs can also be made to run OSX but a hacked version from the intel macs.
Pcs run linux normally but OSX is based on unix a type of linux, therefore Macs can also run it. And as the intel macs can run WINDOWS they can also run linux nativley.
BUT GENERALLY PC=WINDOWS MAC=OSX
September 30th, 2007 at 8:25 am
AJ – I’m sure you’re right – different groups of people would use different types of computers – no arguments here. The only reason I ran this poll was to see what the readership of DPS used – I’m not pretending that this represents everyone.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Hey AJ….ah, I work for one of the largest television production houses in London (UK) and we are windows based… (though, possibly will look at final cut pro HD soon – so maybe a sway) …Avid at the moment, though…
October 1st, 2007 at 3:04 am
Using a G5 Mac
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:39 am
both :)
i have a mac, and a couple of pcs
i do most of my raw image processing on the mac, and some on the pc, because i already have some tools on the pc
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:24 pm
LINUX for me
October 4th, 2007 at 2:59 am
How does this compare to your webstats?
October 6th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
I’m using PC with Ubuntu… iMac (Intel, first generation) with Mac OS crashed every week with cleanup of my hd ;-/
Linux on iMac doesn’t work, so I’m using a ordanery PC
October 8th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Linux Mint here. Its funny how people confuse a brand name with a device. Any else have a grandma who ‘hoovers’ the floor?
October 8th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
> Any else have a grandma who ‘hoovers’ the floor?
No, but mine is googling the web. :-)
March 21st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
i am on a mac, and i can tell you that these results are only because Mac users love to travel the world and proclaim that they are on a Mac and that they are better (inferiority complex), while PC users could care less about telling people what they’re using, because truthfully, NO BODY CARES WHAT YOU ARE USING.
December 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I don’t understand why Windows is refered to as “PC” I believe that os x is more personal than windows XP. I use both and use os x for many things such as music and photo organisation and windows XP for gaming and playing around with programming lanuages and such.
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