Mac ot PC?
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- sweetas0
that's great but your point, 'fatty?
- chokethefat0
my dearest sweetas..my point?
well..it is..PC is more efficient n versatile than MAC...websites n xperimental/digital art r better, more effeciently conceived n realised on PC... i thought u would have understood or figured this all out...but hey, its cool...have u had a look at the site first??+www.deekons.tk
- mbr0
I am heavily on the PC side, so this will be biased (regardless of my attempt to make an objective comparison). For $3k you could get a dual Xeon with a Gig of Ram, DVDRW, FireGL Card - really great stuff (no, really, really great stuff). You could get a kick ass machine and 21" Trinitron for that, too (if your budget needed to include a monitor). Look at Dell's new workstations, they have 4 or 5 models and they all are superb. Now black ain't all that pretty, but it's not ugle either.
Macs, well, you get pretty...you can participate in this ridiculous PC/Mac (if power and speed are any concern, the PC would win before this comparison, anyway)...nope, that's all I can think of on the Mac side. But, damn, them are pretty, ain't they?
- spacehedgeho0
I need to right click - I can't be arsed with all this "Apple-click" etc.
Used a Mac for a year. Just seemed to slow me down in the way you go about things generally.
- unknown0
i use an old astro wars cabinet backed up by a cellotaped powerpack plugged into me nans nuts..
whatever suits your needs and budget
- _nando0
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- unknown0
It's your choice really.
If you want RAW POWER, upgradability, expandability, customability, good budgetability, gameability, sexability... get a PC.
If you want to 'look' like a designer. Go for a mac..
- Gonzalmz0
OR is you want a great user end experience. OSX is about 800 times better than XP. And you know what? The moment MS introduces Palladium you can say "well, expandability is fucked." Like I said, once the 64-bit Power 4 based P970s are released for Mac, you'll have a beast again. I say, why bother struggling with an OS that is barely stable for me (I'm running 1.5GHz DELL, 512 RAM), when it's pretty obvious a big speed boost is coming and life can be prettier, and easier. Honestly, the MAC environment is just "pleasant."
I tend to think of Apple as brilliant software engineers, and I'm willing to wager that the power of the machine will align itself with the quality of the software soon.
And that's not to say I wouldn't kill for a Powerbook. Take into account the advantages of shorter, fewer pipelines and RISC-based processing. Don't just pay attention to the numbers, but that's not to say that a new stacked DELL won't benchpress the more expensive Mac. Again, this'll change soon.
Like I said, I hate Windows. I hate XP. I have to patch my machine up from troublesome
"holes" all the time. Honestly, security in XP is pathetic.In any event, Intel is faster, don't get me wrong. But the only way I'd prefer it to buying a new Apple is if OSX went x86.
I think quite a few of the posts here are pretty juvenile--I'd dismiss them and decide if you want power or comfort. 'Luck.
- Vulva0
dude get the viao with the dvd burner. it's got a $1000 rebate going on right now
- eloosive0
1. Find a friend, an IT/IS kind of friend.
2.Ask him to build you a PC using the best parts out there.
3. See what you get for 3k vs. a mac for 3k.I've seen enough examples from friends out there that you don't have to have a Mac. I do like Macs, but the price points in relation to performance, its PC. Plus they're looking as pretty as Macs these days anyway. Have both, that's always good, too.
- InVivio0
______'s all the way. ______'s are total shit.
- mikeim0
both. if your working on the web design, you need both.
- Mick0
MAC - Print Design, video editing
PC - Web, multimedia
Atari - Games
- Lugeumlaut0
Well...
now it seems like I gonna have them both,..unfortunately there is NO possibilities for out_of_US_ shipping on Ebay...
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- sumatra0
Gonzalmz> ok to straight some facts,
"..OSX is about 800 times better than XP.."
OSx or xp or w2k are almost in the same level, from this point counts only the personal preference."..The moment MS introduces Palladium you can say "well, expandability is fucked.".." heh.., can you expand on this?
"..Like I said, once the 64-bit Power 4 based P970s are released for Mac, you'll have a beast again.." 64bit for apple will come too late mate, pcs are almost there.
".. say, why bother struggling with an OS that is barely stable for me (I'm running 1.5GHz DELL, 512 RAM).." XP is not"barely stable" and Dell is notorious about their horrible setups of OS.
".. Take into account the advantages of shorter, fewer pipelines and RISC-based processing. Don't just pay attention to the numbers,.." No, YOU must not pay so much attention to the overblowed apple marketing. Get your facts straight about the x86 & power cpus. Fewer pipelines, interestingly enough, is a drawback in the cpu design and Powerpc instruction set are not so reduced as you think so. And we dont have to refer to memory bandwidth issues etc...once again, Hardware wise, Apple lost the game, OS wise, they have a very good OS, always had, but the differences with MS OSes arent any more what was 10 years ago.
- Chip_Duggit0
Honestly it comes down to the work you do. If you work on print and web, it may be easier for you to be on a mac. Most printers have both, but I find its easier to be using all of my print and web apps at once on the mac, while switching back and fourth. This is where osx really shines, the working environment is so much cleaner and nicer.
If you are doing video and 3-D then by all means get a pc. The renders will be faster, and there is more support for PC 3-D stuff out there. I have maya on my mac, and was so upset when I found that for their first release of it, the renderer was only single threaded.
As far as speed and all that goes, you may not be able to jockey the thing around to use all of the speed you have. I have a dual 450 g4 at home, and after using my dual 1ghz at work all day, I notice it, but I can still be productive.
If I had it the way I wanted it, I would have an SGI to run maya and flame on, a pc to do after effects and use as a supplimental render machine for the sgi, and a mac to surf on, do print and web design, and use final cut pro. But I don't have 30k floating around to buy hardware with...so I stick with my mac. After all, they are just tools.
A few things to keep in mind no matter what:
Get as much memory as you can afford. Drives and ram you can never have enough of.Look into getting refurb or demo hardware. Get it from either a certified reseller or the acutal company, and you can save a lot while still having the full warranty and all of the goodies that initially came with the machine.
Finally consider what your friends have, because they will be your first like of support. If they are all pc guys, and you get a mac, they won't be any use to you, and vice versa.
- clone0
as far as graphic goes i have them all on lock except my higher end 3d graphic tools such as 3d studio max and lightwave other than than i've used them all for at least 3 years its just part of the job. I don't know if i use the audio right or wrong but i like how it sounds when io'm done so i'd say those are being used properly as well. i also use utilities but didn't list them theres about ten of those that make my work automated when necessary
- gumey0
If you want a bomb instead of a "Blue Screen of Death" get a Mac....
If you want OS X to wipe itself, leaving you with no operating system... get a Mac
The only convincing "Switch" commercial is the one with Ellen Feiss... stoned?
- one24th0
if anyone decides they like macs better and want to buy a dual G4 450, with 0S X.2 installed (and backup CDs). Plus all the latest versions of the common apps (flash, photoshop, after effects, etc) will be accidently left on by me. Head over to ebay! auction ends in 4.5 hrs, currently at $771.