PC vs MAC

[Mathew]

Ok can someone point out to me the advantages a PC has over a MAC and vies verse. Any what machine do you have and why?

 

[Eagle]

Both machines are equally capable.

The Mac has 'looks', alledgedly, but I'd rather get on with work than sit gushing over my computer all day long.

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060513 refers...

 

[CG Effect]

I have 2 PC computers. My 3D graphics and some video editing software won't run on a mac. Some have used the intel xp mac in the 3D forums and say for that kind of work it is a lot slower. Macs are good for the non technical minded that are happy with the software that is available.

 

[Eagle]

They used to say "make a computer that even an idiot can use and only idiots will want to use it"...

Is that true? :biggrin: :tongue:

 

[Eagle]

Problems with XP? Never had any...

 

[Mathew]

Iam with eagle on that one to date never had a problem. I do use nortan as well never had a problem with it. What anti virus do you use?

 

I've always looked at MAC's as being the perfect tool for deisgners/printers, etc - but I cannot imagine ever moving from my PC to MAC.

Its just the limited amount of software available for it - They do 'look' good though...

 

[Cornish Steve]

Showing my age, but I was working on an application for the Apple Macintosh when that meant doing the development on an Apple Lisa. I was so impressed with the new interface: windows, icons, menus, pointers. When I first encountered Windows about a year later, it seemed such an amateurish copy. I was amazed, years later, that Microsoft were not accused of plagiarism.

Having said all that, Microsoft had the wisdom to make Windows available to the wide world of developers. Programs were developed for Windows that could not be developed on the Mac (because of Apple's rather closed approach). From what I hear, it's still the case that Windows offers a wider array of possibilities.

 

[Eagle]

I've always looked at MAC's as being the perfect tool for deisgners/printers, etc

But why?... what can be designed on a Mac that can't be designed on a PC?

Nothing.

It all boils down to whether you like to stare at your computer's case all day long. It's like buying a gold-plated spanner. Nice to look at but it does exactly the same job as the chrome plated one...

 

[DotNetWebs]

Having said all that, Microsoft had the wisdom to make Windows available to the wide world of developers. Programs were developed for Windows that could not be developed on the Mac (because of Apple's rather closed approach). From what I hear, it's still the case that Windows offers a wider array of possibilities.

That wins it for me.

I was programming DOS programs and then Windows programs long before I began programming for the Web. I have used Macs and can see their appeal but the PC wins hands down for me due to it's flexibility.

 

But why?... what can be designed on a Mac that can't be designed on a PC?

Nothing.

It all boils down to whether you like to stare at your computer's case all day long. It's like buying a gold-plated spanner. Nice to look at but it does exactly the same job as the chrome plated one...

I come from an old DOS background - and the only MACs i ever had contact with back then were used in printing shops, etc (some of which i had contact with for support). I guess that is where I got this perception from - obviously i know the PC's have moved on to the stage where you can now do anything on them - but old habits die hard.

I'm still firmly in the PC-Camp and i cannot ever see me being distracted from there. Their flexibility knows no bounds and I just love the way things are automated now (I remember the old networking days, where you had to manually load the drivers in your Config/Autoexec files).

I have watched their development over the past 20 years or so and I am really looking forward to my mid-fifties to see how far they can go

 

[epiphany]

Can make your pc look like a mac nowadyas if you fancy it, then you get the best of both worlds

 

[CG Effect]

Softimage XSI 3D effects standard used alongside Maya in most large effects studios also used to make games now. It was used to create Hulk, Sky Captain and Starwars II. It won't run on a standard mac xsi users have had low performance and instability under bootcamp and linux on a mac.

Adobe Encore becoming the best way to create DVD's with interactive menus. Not available for mac.

7 out of 8 of my games will not run on a Mac.

My rendering computer can have a 4 Opteron CPU upgrade next and upto 16 GB installed. I can do this upgrade in 3 days if I wish no need to pay a factory to do it. Stop comparing macs to office or family PC's.
Don't get me wrong I can understand why someone braught up on macs would want to stick with one but from a performance, upgrade and software view its behind the PC very way behind high end multi cpu workstations.