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I know there are a number of mac fanboys on this forum so I thought I'd post something that should settle the arguments once and for all! :)

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Anyway in reality I saw that and found it quite humorous!

Not sure if this has been posted before... a little difficult to find something like this with the search feature.
 
That just makes no sense. A mac will outperform a pc any day of the week. Anyways the true answer is PC beats mac in one department and one department only... PRICE!! And this is what matters the most to a lot of people. I would get as far away from a PC if i could afford a mac....
 
phiber said:
That just makes no sense. A mac will outperform a pc any day of the week. Anyways the true answer is PC beats mac in one department and one department only... PRICE!! And this is what matters the most to a lot of people. I would get as far away from a PC if i could afford a mac....
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Where are the spec-for-spec benchmarks?
 
phiber said:
That just makes no sense. A mac will outperform a pc any day of the week. Anyways the true answer is PC beats mac in one department and one department only... PRICE!! And this is what matters the most to a lot of people. I would get as far away from a PC if i could afford a mac....
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ROFLMAO :D What you smoking Phiber..? Because I want some as it seems like heavy ***** to actually make you believe that :D

37,999.00

Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (2x1GB)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3
320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
One 16x SuperDrive
Apple Mighty Mouse
Apple Keyboard & Mac OS
Five USB ports
Two FireWire 400 ports
Two FireWire 800 ports
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Current Macbook pro price. Really looks like a BEAST :rolleyes:
 
A PC is WAY more versatile than a Mac, however, I think a Mac is more refined than a PC.

It depends on what kind of work you do on a computer that will dictate whether you use a PC or Mac. It's about using the right tool for the job.
 
genetic said:
A PC is WAY more versatile than a Mac, however, I think a Mac is more refined than a PC.

It depends on what kind of work you do on a computer that will dictate whether you use a PC or Mac. It's about using the right tool for the job.
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Versatile? :confused:
 
Mac performs better as they make the software and the hardware. You can't beat that! Get an equivalent spec'd mac and an equivalent spec'd pc and write a simple threaded concurrent program and time it. See how the time differences AMAZE you.

Now keep those installations of the operating systems on those machines for 5 years and then test again.

What do you mean by Versatile? What can a PC do that a MAC can't?
 
By versatility, I mean the amount of software available to PC users, which don't work on a Mac. And the customisation options with regards to hardware, which is very limited on a Mac.
Don't get me wrong, I'll ditch my PC for a Mac any day.
 
I'll give my opinion :).

Best desktop Machine: Mac Pro.
Best laptop: Panasonic Toughbook (Executive).

There you go, best of both worlds. The Mac Pro has the best case (easiest memory and hd swapouts, NO PLUGS or wires) and 1KW power supply. The Toughbook (Business Exec aka Let's Note) is the best built laptop around. Designed and made in Japan.
 
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Anything relating to multimedia, Mac is the outright winner - it's what it's been designed for.
I remember a few years back, Apple had a demonstration of a 3D rendered surface of Mars rendered on a G4 and the equivalent PC. The G4 managed almost double the frame rate that the PC could do.
 
genetic said:
Anything relating to multimedia, Mac is the outright winner - it's what it's been designed for.
I remember a few years back, Apple had a demonstration of a 3D rendered surface of Mars rendered on a G4 and the equivalent PC. The G4 managed almost double the frame rate that the PC could do.
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No it's not that. I think now its the SAME hardware and not the issue of
RISC vs CISC as before.

What makes Macs special is that:
1. Hardware is designed for software (or vice versa).
2. Great proprietory software - Final Cut, Motion, Colour (which used to cost $15.000 per licence before when under a different owner), Logic Pro and Aperture.
3. A degree of quality and QA with the HW and the SW.

Macs don't freeze up, unless you have bad RAM. They get occasional issues
but these are fewer than PC and WINDOZE.

Sure you get great MM on PCs too, eg Avid Liquid but not at the price
range and requirements of FCP.
 
SharkBait said:
I think they tried to put as much cables as they can with the pc to make it look worst. Didn't work though :D
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Yeah, the PC looks worse, and they're running different apps.
The Mac can run the same 3D game in high res as it has the
same video cards available and you can run Windoze either
natively or via emulation.
 
Lycanthrope said:
*cuddles PC*

Mac is computer blasphemy! RAWR!
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Haha, I'm inclined to agree.
I had a 24" widescreen iMac. Thing of beauty to look at but that's pretty much where it ended.

It was a Core2 (can't remember exact processor) with 2gb RAM and I could NEVER run more than one Adobe program at a time.
My 3.4ghz Pentium with 1gb RAM at home didn't blink an eye. So that's proof enough for me.

Macs are beautiful machines and the OS is fun to play with. Perhaps I'm just too used to a PC. But if the Mac lived up to it's price, I'd consider one
 
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Macs are nice simplified pretty looking computers for people who require that from their systems.

A PC of course will bench press a Mac under the table any day.. but people dont buy a Mac for performance.. they buy it cause it looks pretty and they can understand the OS.

A Mac is stylish and simplistic and suites its users. Its also over over priced and limited, but again.. people who buy Macs dont care about the price, or dont care about performance.
 
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