Flash vs Mac
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- ********0
flash runs fine for me on my dual450... alot of slow running flash has to do with the fools who make the movies and the connection speeds- flash is taxing your video card more than your processor (although is taxes both). I have no problem with it- what I do have a problem with is bloated flash sites in general- whether it's on a PC or a mac... we are not impressed by your swipes and masks... give us content!
- k0na_an0k0
macs think so un-fucking-godly fast that they think too fast and run flash slow.
- Mimio0
It's not really up for debate. Macromedia say it's working to address the play back issues in future releases for the osx platform.
- abstrakt0
jpea, the stats are 2% mac, about 96% pc. obviously it's a little different in the computer professional world, but pcs still reign supreme. yet, macromedia and adobe have to spend the EXACT same amount of time and money developing for both platforms. putting it in a simpler way, it seems silly to spend the exact same amount of money developing for 2 users than you do for 96 users. the smart thing would be to tell those 2 users to take a hike and spend time making a better product for the 96 users. i'm curious to know what the stats are on mac/pc machines in the computer areas macromedia and adobe target... anyone got those?
- ********0
Theya re not going to drop support for macs- percentages are higher now then they were 5 years ago- alot of users are coming "back". Without being bias- think of your top five:
1. movies
2. recordings
3. illustrators
4. designers
5. websites
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most likely at least 3 out of 4 if not higher were made by people using a mac. Hell PC magazine, and all printed Microsoft information is composed on a mac...
- abstrakt0
puter,
i'm not too sure if it's more than ever in art professions now. it used to be, because it used to be that if you did any type of art work on a computer, you used a mac. but since PCs got video cards like 15 years ago, that rule has slowly went away. some people still swear you have to use macs, only because they're misinformed. anyways, based on what i know, i'd say mac users in the art professions are slowly becoming less. generally, PCs can do what Macs can do, and Macs can do what PCs can do. the difference is PCs are cheaper and in my own personal experience, they need less maintenance. quite a few businesses are realizing this, including the place i work, as we just replaced our problematic G4 mac osx server with a pc server. we're planning on converting all workstations to PC in the very near future. but, like i said, macs and pcs are basically (keyword basically) the same. the price and selection of components/software is the main difference.
- ********0
see we are in the opposite boat- we just replaced our Dell server for an Xserver and 5 work stations for G5's... I have always (as well as others) used a mac at work but our PC's required more support, more updates, more downtime due to server issues and volunbility... our boss (a use to be PC guy) got feed up with Dell and IBM and all the tech time needed. Sure they were and are cheaper- and you could tell- drivers stopped working, the DVD workstation crapped out and never returned, we had 3 viruses this year alone and the accounting software went blammo- we need to re-image your drive was common talk around the office- plus these Dell machines are only 2 1/2 years old- my work station is a dual 450 mac that has been running without problems since the OS X upgrade. Our 3 PC techs turned into 1 mac tech (and me when they get desperate) and we now have new G5's on the way.
They both do the same thing- true- but now the staff spends more time working than fixing those super fast CHEAP PC's...
To each their own- I use the same machine- without problems so I have nothing to complain about...
- abstrakt0
that really is interesting, it's exactly the same at our office. except, like you said, the opposite. we just replaced our DVD/Audio mac with a new 3ghz Dell, which walks circles around the mac in audio/video compression etc. the g4 is an older computer, which is why. all the macs here are problematic, crashing quite consistently. it's interesting how it's the opposite at your work. maybe it has to do with our tech guys knowing more about PC, and your tech guys knowing more about Mac?
- ********0
most likely.. oh well.. enjoy.. It usually seems like that- most tech guys and people in general are use to the ways ,works, and in my opinion complete annoyness of how Windows works and have no real idea about macs so they get very frustrated. I cant blame them really- use what you like or think you like..being a knowledgable mac guy and a use to be PC tech I can say usually the problem is that PC people are looking too hard because that is what they are use to. But again- to each their own- I go to work- get shit done- so do you- time for beer.
- abstrakt0
our tech guy is a mac programmer and knows macs inside and out...
- frankbb0
just like to say that flash doesn't use you video card to render any of the animations what so ever...
Flash is software based.. meaning the processor will do all the work...
Opengl and DirectX runs via the graphics card...
Director, Max -MSP and other such programs run on the graphics card...
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I'm not saying a good graphics card wont help, but thats due to rendering the os and even then Windows is behind OSX becuase OSX uses the hardware to draw the desktop (windows uses CPU - ugly!!)
- aaakpth0
i just got a new computer, it runs way better than my old computer that was another platform.
wash, rinse, repeat.
- gerhard0
MAC vs. PC... Oh yes, this is one hell of a debate. But I am not here to challenge PC fanatics...
I have a G4 PB for 2 weeks now and it didn't crash once. With only 256 RAM and it still ploughs through Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator etc. SIMULTANEOUSLY.
I was using a dual 1Ghz G4 desktop for 6-7 months before thi sPB without shutting it down (just sleeping it :D) and guess what, it did have problems. It happened to freeze and things. The reason: OS X wasn't installed properly. If you get that right, you won't have any trouble - at all.
Getting to the Flash part... There was a group94 (http://www.group94.com/) interview over here a while ago. They are using Flash MX on PCs. They don't want to upgrade to MX 2004 because of compatibility issues and came from MACs to PCs because Flash works better on PC. Again, there are less font issues and testing problems.
All in all, I think group94 is the best flash web agency around. If they say PC for Flash, even if I am a MAC addict, go with PC mate ;-).