What will you next animation computer have, windows or osx?

[pcdoctor]

I'm a windows user and build my own pcs but with the requirements of Vista being 3gz I refuse to build another pc.
I'm really tempted to get a mac but I'm so used to building my own.
I'm just really sick of all the spyware, adware and viruses that windows brings. I a network admin/pc tech and I'd had all I can take cleaning spyware off of users pcs.
I wish Apple would just release a version of osx that would run on Intel and AMD clones.
My fastest pc is 2.8 and probably could run Vista but it doesn't seem like it's going to be all that. Just xp with a mini makeover.
What are you guys going to use on your next computer, windows or osx?
Also, with Apple switching to Intel, I'm really tempted.
Oh yeah, I've also seen on websites mac users complain about flash being extremely slowed compared to windows and crashing.

[NOOB!]

i've been goin through exactly the same issues with my pc,spyware adware,and i was seriously thinking about getting a mac for when i go to college,but because i've been using pc for like all my life,i find it seriously difficult to use a mac.

I'm still making my decision,i more or less have till next march to know where i'm goin computer wise.

hopefully all problems will be solved by then...one can only hope.

[-nelson-]

macs are insanely user friendly in my opinion compared to pcs. id proly stick wit a mac once(if) i go to college. i think my flash worked fine on my g4.
(plus macs are so much sexier!)

[Sangfroid]

Well if your realy keen i'd suggest linux. The reason why i say realy keen is you're gonna have to spend a good few months learning how to set that basterd up. Not to mention coding drivers and the like. The obvious downfalls of linux are you have to code pretty much everything (including drivers). Also some aplication software are incompatable with Linux (such as Photoshop) and it is anything but user friendly. However the pros are marginal, not least of all the non existance of viruses and spyware, higher performance (including more free ram). It's 100% free and industry standard. I've already considered making the switch myself (the computers here at uni operate on Linux). But I simply don't have the time to learn how to do so right now and the only guy i know who can teach me how is saying i need the whole summer to try ><.

I would say macs are no solution. They are built on linux but are still pretty faulty. I would still operate a pc on windows over a mac most days. I find macs perticularly limiting in functionality as they operate a user friendly polocy on everything, hardware, osx etc etc. Weithas it's just the operating system on a pc that sucks ass.

[Mistchiff]

im never getting a mac.

thus i do more work then just animating on my computer.

its a studio computer for music more then animating.. but i can animate aswell on it so i dont know why i would get something else then a new pc if i needed one.. i think thats what i want tho a new pc..

and i want it fast need more power..

[KiWi]

I use a mac, never had any trouble really.

[pauciloquent]

having recently set up the animation portion of my studio, macs and pcs are almost neck and neck. both have their ups and downs.

on my mini im using frame thief as well as final cut.

on the pc im using the adobe suite as well as audio recording and editing software.

macs are of course optimized for visual work and compression, as well as having most programs built around/for them. but dont get rid of a pc just for the mac. i primarily use the mac now for my day to day work. i do however use both to compress videos and export. if i only have something to do on the mac, i can let it be and use the pc for recreational computing. also, if you have software on the pc and dont want to spend the time/money "acquiring" equal software for the mac, I can't see any real reason to.

besides its so xgeekxcorex1337xhaxorxwtfxlolx to have multiple computers running.