Snafu7 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Ummm.... Commodore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenthunter Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Do you mean what is better or what is your personal prefference? Cause I like Winderz a lot better, but I haven't had all that much experience with a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu7 Posted May 15, 2003 Author Share Posted May 15, 2003 Just what is a better overal system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 There's no easy answer to that. I use both. I have a Mac at work, and PCs at home. What do you want to do with it, and which interface do you prefer? Most of the people I know are musicians or recording engineers, and 10-to-1 they go for the Macs. Graphic designers and video-editors tend towards the Macs more often too. The Mac software is great, but limited and costly. At this point they pretty much do all the same things anyway. There were major differences a few years ago, but now, under the skin most of the hardware is interchangeable between platforms. The main difference between them is the CPU and motherboard. But there are not that many great games for the Macs, so I would suspect most of the people you will meet here are Wintel IBM-Clone PC users. It doesn't seem like a fair question to ask here. I suspect you will get overwhelmingly in favor of PC results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Antilles Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 WINDOWS! Hey, I bought my computer so I could play games. (Of course, we all know games are the deciding factor when it comes to computers. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanNCSU Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 I personally prefer windows over apple myself anyday. However, a lot of experts of HCI believe that Mac far superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 a picture is worth a thousand words.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetorian Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 I can't vote either way. Macs are better at sound editing, video editing, and the like. Windows is better at everything else. Plus PCs are faster. I read a direct comparison review (i can't remember where) and the PCs are now faster overall. If I had to choose, probably windows due to cheaper software, and games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Originally posted by Praetorian Plus PCs are faster. I read a direct comparison review (i can't remember where) and the PCs are now faster overall. That's true to a certain extent... Apple hasn't been able to keep up in the CPU speed race... but the chip architecture of the Power PC Macs allow them to be comperable to an Intel or AMD chip clocked almost twice as fast. My personal experience: Certain tasks are much faster on a slower clock-speed processor Mac than on an Intel Pentium. I run the Seti@Home screensaver on all the computers I use,.. and I can crunch 3 units on my 700MHz G4 iMac at work for every one I process on my 933MHz PentiumIII PC. Other applications are about even,.. and on a few the PC has the clear advantage. But if Apple could ever get thier chips up to mach current Pentium 4 clock speeds (3+ GHz) I'm not sure it would be much of a contest anymore. Apple may be ditching the PPC architecture anyway. There have been pretty solid rumors that they have been talking with AMD quite a bit in the last few months. The next generation Macs may be running Athlon derived processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetorian Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 edlib, I agree that macs have better performance per Mhz, but the PC still hold the definate advantage for most apps. due to the growth in the PC sector. Now that PC is up to 3Ghz w/ 800Mhz FBS (front side bus) it easily beats the Mac in almost all apps. As I said before, Macs still hold the crown for video/sound editing as well as other workstation apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith 8 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 I think it depends on what your using it for Apple macintishes are widly used in professional printing or graphical companies. and if you want to do that you should get an apple But if your using it for ga,es and stuff. get a windows... Apple: Graphic programs internet Windows: Games Thats how i see comps anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 Originally posted by STTCT a picture is worth a thousand words.... That picture expresses my opinion completely! *saves to Windows based computer* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMasterEd Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 I have to say both, but I've been a Windows user since I was seven. Three years before that was a Mac, the OS 2.1 I think it was. I like the Mac because it's easy to use, and they're cheap. But if you want the best, go for a PC. You'll benefit more from a PC other that a MAC. Besides, I've had more lock ups with a MAC than my Dell Computer at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu7 Posted May 18, 2003 Author Share Posted May 18, 2003 I have this old Macintosh Classic in my room and I don't know why it's there, the only way that thing is even worth any money is because it's an actique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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