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--- Quote from: Senmet on July 09, 2007, 10:53:27 pm ---i need help i'm looking to get a new camp for my arcade. i need it to run all the Emulators form NES to Sega Genesis and looking for some thing that can play some the new pc games,  play ogm and mkv and be a DRV for Diretv with a remote. can some one help me


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Wow it's been a while since I've posted.  For what you're asking, I'd recommend going with a PC (shock!).  Pricewise, if you build it, you'll probably save a bit of money, particularly if you're looking for more power than a mac mini, since APple doesn't offer a mid-spec mac (well the iMac is probably the equivalent, I'm assuming you dont need a monitor and since it's an arcade you'll probably have either a spare CRT or arcade monitor to use).  All of the emulators are easily available, though most, if not all, should be available on mac as well.  For ogm and mkv, just grab ffdshow and haali's splitter, both of which are part of the Community Codec Pack, which is great for use in the 3rd part you mentioned--the dvr. 

The one thing nobody has really brought up is to be a DVR for directv.  I'm not 100% sure, but you're basically going to need a PC for this.  The majority of the cards I looked at when building my DVR are PC only, though eyeTV did exist for Macs and apparently integrates nicely with Front Row.  A QAM/Analog card or two with either Windows Media Center or something like SageTV/BeyondTV could easily handle what you're trying to do, wiht some of the IR/serial blasters to handle the DirecTV box.

Ed_McCarron:


--- Quote from: cowguy on July 10, 2007, 09:04:30 pm ---If your getting a new computer as your main computer then get a mac.  They're amazing.  They run faster then windows and can do everything else a windows computer can do and more.  A mac is like a work of art , depending on what type you get the lcd in the mac mini's macbook and macbook pro's look fantastic.  But one con is there kinda expensive. <3ILOVEMYMACBOOKPRO<3 If your looking to save some money and just for arcade games to stick in a cab then you could pick up a cheap pc.

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Shame they don't have an 'enter' key to insert the occasional new line.

patrickl:

The "truth" About Apple users

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--- Quote ---Shoot... everytime Apple decides to "upgrade" their system line - everything before it becomes incompatible. We aren't running Vista just for this reason. A big part of the reason we don't run Apple machines is for the same reason. Apple has been doing it longer. I believe their machines have the appearance of running better because Apple refuses to deal with backward compatability.

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That's right...the new Intel Macs have the Rosetta software on them so they AREN'T backwards compatible with PowerPC apps.

Let's see...when I upgraded from my Powerbook G4 (Power PC Processor) to a MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo Processor), all of my apps except for maybe 1 or two worked...no problems hooking my printer, scanner, etc. up.  Everything worked just fine.

When my dad upgraded from XP to Vista...Printer didn't work, scanner didn't work, quite a few apps had issues.

I'm not trying to say that Mac's are better for gaming PC's, because frankly they're not.  I've been supporting Windows Servers and Windows PC's for many years.  A Mac is going to outperform a PC under "normal" use (ie, the average person) after a few years.  Yeah you can run "tweaks" and "mods" and whatnot to keep your PC running smoothly, but how many normal people are going to even know how to do that?

I spent more time trying to find tweaks and hacks to keep my PC running smoothly than I do with my Mac.  The fact of it all is that Windows is a more exploited OS than the Mac OS is.  Microsoft has the majority of the market, so the losers with nothing better to do are going to spend their time exploiting Windows and IE to maximize their annoyance.

Malenko:

I don't understand the point of saying Mac is better because Vista sucks.
I have a PC and I don't use Vista, I use XP; same thing goes for my MAME cab.

Im sure MACs are just splendid, in fact Best Buy just got rid of 2 rows of PC hardware and jammed it all together on the back wall of the store to make room for the snazzy new MAC display.

back to the subject at hand, MAME under XP runs freeekin sweet on my $185 Dell Optiplex ; can a MAC run NHL Open Ice, Killer Instinct 2, Race Drivin' full speed for less then $200?


if you wanna be trendy get a mac, if you an inexpensive hardware option thats pretty well known by all, get a PC

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