Mac vs. PC
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- abstrakt0
yeah i know. newstoday needs to say how you're supposed to do links and what is/isn't supported. did they just leave it up to us to figure it out or what? cause apparently, if you're linking to something, the link text has to be the same as the link URL. that's kinda dumb.
- iDp0
most useless shortcut on a Mac Award goes to:
Shift+F9 ... wtf whyyyy?!?!?
- pkny0
both system architectures are totally different.. very much like the example of oranges and apples..
pc is a cisc based machine (unless you're talking about the p4's - all p4's are cisc and risc machines).. macs are all risc machines..
risc machines (correct me if i'm wrong) have a wider pipeline.. the cpu reads code more quicker than cisc machines.. cisc machine efficiently grab code (step 1)and decode it (step 2) before they compute the calculations.. while risc machine - they grab code and decode at the same time..
sooooo what does this mean.. depending on what applications you are doing - apples and pcs have their pros and cons.. in terms of efficiency risc machines are far more better than cisc machines.. < btw correct me on this stuff, i just learned this recently from my micro processor class and i happen to know this cuz i have an exam on monday (its require material)
- pkny0
on more thing.. mac's are little endian and pcs are big endian.. google it.. lol i forget the combination - it may be hte other way around.. but the basic idea of endian is how the processor reads strings binary bits.. big endian i think was left to right.. and little endian is right to left.. :P i just read through the whole thread - doesn't seem like we have a lot of comp sci majors here huh?>
- Point50
iDp, you're just way too used to the navi's on PC's. You'll get used to the Mac shortcuts in a little while. I can work on both with about the same efficiency (PC at work, Mac at home). As far as the wheel/2button muse thing, I've always just navigated on the Mac using the mouse and the keyboard. I just recently purchased a 2-button mouse just so I can game a little better on my Mac.
- ribit0
re OSX not quitting program when closing last window...why quit the programs? They dont take much processor time when they are idle...
Agrre Apple should sell a 2-button mouse as option, but there are plenty of (non-MS) multi-button mice out there...
- fate0
pkny, you're a comp sci major and you think the RISC vs. CISC arguement still exists? hah.
Most modern CPU architecture is a balance of features of CISC and RISC. You will not find a chip that is even CLOSE to purely one or the other. The arguement isn't even relevant today.
Your CISC vs. RISC analysis is also way off base. The RISC vs. CISC debacle spawned out of the needs for efficiency and speed in the late 60's early 70's. Developers needed to close the gap between cheap hardware and expensive Software development in fear of an impending "crisis" caused by such high-costs.
CISC was about simplifying instruction sets at the processor level to move some of the complexity out of programming and put more weight onto the Processor.
RISC was about reversing this trend to some degree after the "crisis" never really hit, though intelligently, by pipelining microcode, reducing un-needed code and working to reduce cycle time.
The debate is an old one of balancing the power of a computer between software and hardware which only lives on in specific details of processor features. Most PC's and Mac's have plenty of RISC and CISC implementations. It'd be silly not to.
- pkny0
fate - tell that to my prof : P i just simply repeat what my prof told me.
i'm just memorizing the notes that i need to know for my exam ; P
- fate0
pkny, read this.
http://arstechnica.com/cpu/4q99/…
And although RISC was the more forward thinking idea, in somuch that it reduced microcode and decoding bloat, the CISC concept of bridging Higher-Level languages (which in the beginning didn't even exist) with ASM and the Microcode instruction sets is what pushed a lot of development towards CISC machines.
- iDp0
Point - yeah I've been sticking to using the Mac mouse with the keyboard shortcuts. I actually like it, reminds me of working in PS or Illy when you are working the mouse and keyboard in unisen...makes me feel like I am one with the machine.
ribit - using the same point, why not shut down the program? If you are going to click the little red x and have the program minimize then to open it back up youre going to have to go back down to your dock and open it back up anyways...which is the same as if you had just closed it in the first place. So in essence the little red x is the same as the yellow minus...so whats the point?
- pkny0
thanx.. did you happen to tak micro processor before?? lol i can use some help w/ studying
- winter0
is a centaur a man that's half a horse or a horse that's half a man?
- fate0
No dude I'm still working on finishing high-school. I'm just one of the few that uses the Internets as an edifying medium.
- johndiggity0
ever since i got my mac, i started getting laid 60% more often. coincidence?
- ********0
I THINK NOT!
- johndiggity0
of course, only really, really, really good looking people are allowed to buy them.
- ********0
mac owners are more likely to wear 200 dollar jeans, and therefore get the bitches. whereas PC users are more likely to rock $40 old navy shit, and still live at mamas house.
- veraicon0
Peeeeeeeeeee Ceeeeeeeeeeeeee...
Because i am a tee-shirt and old jeans type o' gal!
- veraicon0
Peeeeeeeeeee Ceeeeeeeeeeeeee...
Because i am a tee-shirt and old jeans type o' gal!
- iDp0
yeah and PC bitches are 220% more likely to double post too.
;P