windows 8.1 or windows 7

Altern wrote:

bgant4 wrote:
Getting a new computer. Which operating SYSTEM SHOULD I get? Windows 8.1 or windows 7.

Neither. Do yourself a favor & buy a Mac.

Hmm.. let me see.. For $200-$300 I can buy a really screaming fast system board plus a quad core Intel processor, bunch of memory, 1TB HD, BluRay BURNER and a nice looking case plus 850W power supply.. $130 for Win7 OEM OS, $100 for a 24" monitor.. All told $530 "invested" into a system that will beat the pants off any $2000 "Mac" and run 99.9% of the software ever available..

A $2000 "Mac" nets you a very old antiquidated "business model" of highly proprietary hardware, firmware which is NOT available for you the consumer to purchase or repair.. Not to mention every time a new proprietary OS is released your HARDWARE is ALWAYS OBSOLETED and therefore a expensive doorstop in one or two years.

I CAN buy every NEEDED part to build or repair a PC, not so with the world of "Macs".

I CAN buy every part for a PC very inexpensively, forget about that for "Macs", those parts are only available from Apple and if you can get them they WANT the old parts back.

"Macs" are also NOT "impervious" to virus, malware, nor is the OS code "perfect".. It has many flaws and security holes, you just don't realize it..

Isolating yourself on the "Mac Island" gives you a false sense of security that is not real.. Give the PC users a break and quit pushing the "mac" thing..