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dcsipe:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 10, 2007, 11:57:31 am ---If you want maximum flexibility and hardware compatibility, along with saving a serious amount of money - go pc.
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"Maximum hardware compatibility"????
Tell that to the users on Vista....
Guaranos:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 10, 2007, 11:57:31 am ---I always get a chuckle out of these boneheads who say they have to reload the OS on a regular basis to keep it running good. Yeah - these guys need a Mac...
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No need to start name calling. It's only an OS.
And by the way, I don't "need" a Mac. I was a DOS and eventually Windows developer before you were out of diapers.
Quite frankly, it depends on what you're doing on the machine as to how often you need to reload Windows. Lots of installs and uninstalls and you start to gunk up your system. It'll still run, but it'll run slower. There's no disputing that. Take a freshly loaded XP machine and place it next to one that has been running for a couple of years. The fresh machine will run markedly faster. Now, take a Mac and do the same thing. There's virtually no difference on the Mac side. That alone can make video editing, rendering, and even just everyday tasks a much more pleasant experience..
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Guaranos on July 10, 2007, 07:24:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: Havok on July 10, 2007, 11:57:31 am ---I always get a chuckle out of these boneheads who say they have to reload the OS on a regular basis to keep it running good. Yeah - these guys need a Mac...
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No need to start name calling. It's only an OS.
And by the way, I don't "need" a Mac. I was a DOS and eventually Windows developer before you were out of diapers.
Quite frankly, it depends on what you're doing on the machine as to how often you need to reload Windows. Lots of installs and uninstalls and you start to gunk up your system. It'll still run, but it'll run slower. There's no disputing that. Take a freshly loaded XP machine and place it next to one that has been running for a couple of years. The fresh machine will run markedly faster. Now, take a Mac and do the same thing. There's virtually no difference on the Mac side. That alone can make video editing, rendering, and even just everyday tasks a much more pleasant experience..
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While I agree that was the case with windows 98 and earlier, I don't find it to be the case with windows xp, at least not if your using ntfs (FAT32 file system is largely where the problem lies). Yes, after a few years it does boot up and shut down quite a bit slower because it can have a lot of extra/unneeded processes to start/shutdown, but once its running its just as fast as the new install. And if you know what your doing, you can clean up the startup config and speed that up as well.
NoOne=NBA=:
I refuse to do work with a PC, but I have one that I play games on--when it stays running.
I've got 3 PC's in my house.
One just had the hard drive go out (with all my games on it), the other won't go on the internet for whatever reason, and the third had a hard drive crash a year ago, and I haven't got around to fixing it.
I have five Macs in my house.
I do all my graphics/layout work on my iMac now because I swapped the monitor in my cabinet to vertical only.
I have an old Powerbook that I use for mobile gaming, and two older Macs that I don't use for anything--but they still work.
All my Macs are years older than any of the PCs I have, and are still running full speed.
That said, if I were buying a computer strictly for gaming, I'd still get a PC.
If I had to do anything else with it, I'd get the Mac.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: Guaranos on July 10, 2007, 07:24:15 pm ---Take a freshly loaded XP machine and place it next to one that has been running for a couple of years. The fresh machine will run markedly faster. Now, take a Mac and do the same thing. There's virtually no difference on the Mac side.
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Sure. The loading of the 7 good programs available for the Mac wouldn't make much of a difference. ;D
(I kid, I kid... I pick on Macs purely as humor... Ouch... Stop with the stones...)
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