Gamers! Switch to Mac!!
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by PudriK » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:00 pm
Macs are like PCs... if you know what you're doing, it won't crash. My class was issued macs in college, and I never had any problems with mine, but classmates were always coming to me with problems. My PC now runs fine, but again, my buddy's PC is a mess. In both cases this was often because they would just install things indiscriminantly.
Still, I enjoyed the fact that I could understand all the libraries and extensions installed on my mac--like back when I had a PC running DOS--it was easy to manage. Managing my PC is more difficult. Things are not logically packaged, named, or arranged.
I've never used OS X, so can't speak to it, but I miss using my old mac.
As for power... the new G5s could be called comparable, at least. It's a myth that there aren't any third party options for macs... there just aren't as many. And games just have to do with there being too small a market. Good games are few and far between. (Call of Duty came out for mac.)
You can't compare a mac to a PC you built yourself... of course, you know it inside and out, so it will work. Macs excel in the market for those who are not as tech savvy, because you are less likely to have compatibility problems.
Like I said, what I miss about my mac was that it was easier to manage. You still have to manage it if you don't want it to crash, like any computer, but you'll spend less time doing it.
Still, I enjoyed the fact that I could understand all the libraries and extensions installed on my mac--like back when I had a PC running DOS--it was easy to manage. Managing my PC is more difficult. Things are not logically packaged, named, or arranged.
I've never used OS X, so can't speak to it, but I miss using my old mac.
As for power... the new G5s could be called comparable, at least. It's a myth that there aren't any third party options for macs... there just aren't as many. And games just have to do with there being too small a market. Good games are few and far between. (Call of Duty came out for mac.)
You can't compare a mac to a PC you built yourself... of course, you know it inside and out, so it will work. Macs excel in the market for those who are not as tech savvy, because you are less likely to have compatibility problems.
Like I said, what I miss about my mac was that it was easier to manage. You still have to manage it if you don't want it to crash, like any computer, but you'll spend less time doing it.
PudriK
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- RCinator
by RCinator » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:28 pm
I don't understand the Mac Vs/ PC argument guys - it's all about the applications; the OS is merely a platform, with the applications providing the actual productivity tools.
The whole "video and audio editing and graphics" are better on a mac is simply untrue, given thet neither OSX nor Windows are built specifically for creating or editing video or audio.
Now if you want to say program X is better than program Y at video processing that's fine - you can make valid comparisons there. But to blanketly say that Macs are better at X or PCs are better at X is simply an unsupportable argument because neither natively provides true facilities for X.
Along those lines, if you're claiming something like Photoshop or Final Cut works better on one platform or another, than that's absolute huey too. They're virtually identical on either platform.
The whole "video and audio editing and graphics" are better on a mac is simply untrue, given thet neither OSX nor Windows are built specifically for creating or editing video or audio.
Now if you want to say program X is better than program Y at video processing that's fine - you can make valid comparisons there. But to blanketly say that Macs are better at X or PCs are better at X is simply an unsupportable argument because neither natively provides true facilities for X.
Along those lines, if you're claiming something like Photoshop or Final Cut works better on one platform or another, than that's absolute huey too. They're virtually identical on either platform.
- Drax
by Drax » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:57 pm
Originally posted by Ryan
Mac OS is based on the BSD kernel. Its pretty damn stable.. pretty rare to find crashes there.
For video, audio, and all things multimedia, the Mac is the way to go. Sure, its a bit more expensive, but its definitely worth it when you have a good Mac.
Mac beat AMD to the 64 bit chip. Sure, their chips aren't as 'fast'.. but they don't need to be. They make up for it without a problem. Mac's aren't bad machines, very easy to use, and for the most part, stable.
There simply is no market for gaming on a Mac, hence, no games for it. I just found this funny.
agree with ya there 100%!!
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