MAC ? PC ?
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- mom0
about speed issues...
Isnt it true that the speed difs between OSX G4s and OSX Athlons (provided from apple to selected few) has been up to 300%-500% in some tasks?
Now, thats a big, big, big, difference.,
- unknown0
this site is funny http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/
- unknown0
well... i could sit here and argue all day, about what advantages and disadvantages are between the two. people are obviously in love with their pc, or mac, or both. to be honest, the line is starting to blur between the two... funny thing though, we have to reboot our xp machines at least once a week here at work... but that may be more of a maintenance thing, funny, they never reboot our macs... guess it all goes back to the reputation windows has built for itself over the years
- h0
what i mean by very stable is that i don't reboot at all. my apps ran fine when i upgraded, all i needed was a new driver for my sound card. but if you have problems running older programs, you could try right clicking on the app and choose an OS compatibility mode...which is probably a lot faster then opening up a new OS.
- unknown0
no... os 9 opens up on osx . You don't have to switch, and XP will not run some software, we have a couple of programs here at work we were forced to buy upgrades for simply because things didn't work correctly on XP for the older versions... popular games like the SIMS do not work on XP correctly either (just ask my wife, she was pissed). With the way Macs do it, it is like starting up a second OS while your OSX is running.
- cajo0
PC sucks!
I only use PC to check the works. But I have to admite that XP its much better than the last versions!!
I could tell you 1000 reasons why I prefer Mac, but I use it because of the reasons I can't remember!
- unknown0
heuu.. that I never understood on macs. You have to switch to os9 to use older software? Xp can run any software you install on it.. even if its 10 year old.
- unknown0
yeah, that's true about the speed thing... we have a couple of xp machines here at work, and my wife's desktop is xp. It is "more" stable than previous releases, but still by no means as stable as what i've come to expect from my mac. i also like the ability OSX has to open up the OS9 operating system and run old apps. Something Windows hasn't figured out how to duplicate... at least as far as i know they haven't.
- h0
xp is very stable from my experience, and im sure osx performs just as admirably. but don't let the numbers fool you... whatever the ghz, you're still paying much less for a pc that runs faster.
- unknown0
i use both..... but get more enjoyment out of my mac. i have a home network with two pc's and a mac powerbook g4 . it does have its advantages when wanting to see how different systems render designs.
- mrdobolina0
apply the brand loyalty to mac to any other product and it really is ridiculous, again I use both.
- mitsu0
"why does a 2ghz pc see little or no difference between it and a 1ghz mac?"
well because, the operating system is geared towards the hardware itself. think about the inferior system specs of the ps2 and the impressive games like MGS2. with pc's, ms doesn't know your hardware specifics and had to engineer their OS accordingly. however, as a mac owner, you paid a prettier penny for your 1Ghz powerhouse than the pc owner did for his 2Ghz (especially if the pc owner built the machine him/herself).
regardless, both mac and pc are tools that each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
either or is not always the only option when you can have both ;)
- unknown0
PC for sure. they say apples dont crash as often, but thats only b/c they arent doing as many tasks as a PC can. if the entire world ran on a MAC, we'd be in a whole heap of trouble. which is why i laugh at Initech on Office Space when peter is using a mac for the 2000 switch.
- mrdobolina0
might just be our systems here then.
- unknown0
mrdobolina.... i open up raw digital photos several times a day on my mac 1ghz G4.. and on my pc at work which is a 2ghz Compaq running Win2k pro. No difference...
- mrdobolina0
open a raw digital photo on a 2Ghz pc and then on a 1Ghz mac. there's your difference. Although I use both, they are only tools.
- unknown0
hows restarting your workstation twice a day for productivity?
sure pc's are cheaper, but you get what you pay for. as for processor speeds, haha you have to be kidding me. why does a 2ghz pc see little or no difference between it and a 1ghz mac? Macs are much much much easier to network too. I used to be so anti mac it was pathetic, so caught up in my windows world. Windows just started catching up to mac in the last two years, go back three years and see how many designers were working with PC's. I think it's safe to say that the numbers were extremely tilted in the favor of macs. So why would i want to work on a system that took all the way up to two years ago to get it right, when i could just keep working on a system that had it right all along?
- unknown0
Pee-See for me
Macks are ok but pee-see are faster, cheaper, more upgradable and from personal experience, crashes less too.
- mbr0
Mac - The only reason I could see to use a Mac would be becuase it's pretty. Although they are starting to look dated. The only other reason is the new 17" powerbook, but for the price I would never get one. I'd get a Tag Hueur and a Dell.
PC - much, much faster, period. Dual Xeons will blow the doors off of any Mac out there. Graphic cards are far superior for PCs. Compatibility. I know one architecture firm that uses Macs and they recently had to buy PCs just to be able to work with engineers and other firms.
Money - just too much for a Mac, a pretty plastic box can't justify it in my mind or for my business needs.
Lastly, I use my right click and scroll button (the button, not the wheel) every hour of every day, I can't imagine not having it (Iknow, I know, you can get the 3 button mouse for the Mac, but that's besides the point).
PCs win, until I have $4k to toss at something that looks cool.