Could we get both? Because I think it would be best to try to play them off of one another.
Machine Uprising seems more probable, so I'd probably opt for Zombies because I figure it would be easier to create dangerous AI programs to deal with Zombies than to create Zombies to fight the computers.
Of course, I also once advocated reverse engineering and inserting leukemia cells as a cure for HIV.
Zombies feel much easier to deal with. I could fend off zombies with a rake or a shovel for a bit while I'm looking for better gear. Also zombies legions are limited to the number of human bodies available. Robots can just keep making more and more from old robots and such. Finally, I feel that outwitting a zombie would be much easier than outthinking an AI supercomputer.
I guess I'm just not up for the challenge of facing a robot army.
But at least computers are a reasonable opponent. You could theoretically negotiate with computers if you were able to gain leverage over them. Sure, robot armies sound scary, but it's a top down organization. The grassroots enthusiasm of zombies makes them harder to break down.
The After Hours team of Cracked.com covered this, hilariously.
Which Apocalypse Would Be the Most Fun?
And yes, as Meachman pointed out, Romero's zombies are the default.
A machine uprising sounds sweet something related to the terminator with a twist like...well...maybe mechanical dinosaurs?...remotely controlled by pumpkins? I'm not sure I was never the one to be creative with a twist. Zombies are becoming a little stale in my opinion, in literature I'm tired of the whole virus wiped off the human population and shit, really can't get into those for some reason unless theres a good twist. A great example of this is World War Z. No real twist except it is told in realistic details even haven't read it all yet I can't help cringing that these events can actually happen.
In conclusion there is a better chance surviving against zombies so there you have it.
I think I'll go for machine uprising but since it's in the season, what better time of year to consider the ramifications of a zombie apocalypse? What happens should the dead rise, walk the earth and feast on the living? Will you be financially prepared? Here are some things you are able to do to be more ready. These suggestions work for other sorts of problems as well, not just zombie assaults. Are you financially prepared for the zombie apocalypse? Be prepared and enjoy this season with your family or friends.
Stephen Kings "The Stand" apocalypse. Just something that wipes out 95% of the population. A big empty planet with very few people, all struggling for survival, as it was at the start. I realize it wasn't a choice but, I think it would be the best way to end the world. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
I would think the machines rising up would be more logical though. It's bound to happen. Children do repeat the mistakes of their parents, and there is always going to be an Oedipus type element to it.
Going solo, I'd rather be up against zombies. In a group, I'd rather fight machines.
The infighting and paranoia you get in zombie worlds don't come into play when you're fighting machines. Not as often anyway. I guess if the machines had nano-tech or mind-control, you might get something like the "was he bit" or "anyone of us could become a zombie at any time" stuff.
I really think the apocalypse is the ultimate male fantasy
After everybody but me is dead, a bunch of hot martians will come and we'll repopulate the planet with a new super-human race of hybrids.
They will also share with me the secret of immortality. So I can keep doing it.
