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mridul:
Can any body please tell me how an apple computer running mac os is better than an intel pc running microsoft windows for a multimedia development center.

slave:
It isn't.  Windows XP can do everything OS X can do on the multimedia front.  All the Mac programs like all the adobe programs, flash, dreamweaver, etc. are also available for Windows.  With Apple, you pay more money and you get more style, but that's usually all you get.

xyle_one:
in my experience the mac is better than a windows pc. I am running a dual athlon 1.2ghz windows box and a 800mhz g4. i beat both macines up with heavy use all the time ( i am a graphic designer/animator). in lab controlled benchmarks the mac is either smoking the windows box, or they are very close, with the mac slightly ahead. In my own "real world" benchmarks, using photoshop, illustrator, golive, fireworks, flash and premiere, on both machines regularly, the mac wins. My mac has NEVER CRASHED. ever. my windows box crashes regularly, i have to restart the computer, or it BSODs on me, and restarts itself. If you are going to do video editing, the mac beats windows hands down. No drop in frames, very clean editing. i was also a skeptic about this mac vs windows thing. then i got a mac, running osX. after a little adjustment to a new OS, i would never go back to windows. NEVER. i admit, i still use windows, i use 3D Studio max. That is the only software i will use on windows now. granted, the mac does cost more, but you are paying for a system that works. and works well. when i compare how much i paid for the mac, and how much i paid for the windows pc, i can honestly say the mac was well worth it, and the pc, well, i would like to throw it out of a very high window. I guess it all comes down to personal preference. i like stability, style, and power, and the mac creates an environemtn for me where i want to design. I can focus on my work, instead of the computer.  
I suggest giving it a try yourself, dont listen to anybody elses opinion of it. i would of course, try to push you to mac, where as XPUser372814712347891 will want you to use windows xpee. If you can get your hands on a mac, give it at least a month of testing and play around with it.
ecsyle one

pkd_lives:
The Mac hardware is designed by Apple, as is the OS. The PC hardware is designed by Intel and the OS is designed by M$. One company that does both parts knows exactly what is going on in the system, Intel has to compete with AMD, and it has to fight off M$ telling them what to design in, when their ideas conflict, you get discrepencies in design. Hence a good reason why Macs are inherently more stable.

I have had a Mac lock up twice, but I'm working on hardware that sits on the Internal bus (that's going to happen occasionally), with M$ I tried, but spent too long trying to just get things done on a day to day basis.

DJ:
Quality is remembered long after cost is forgotten...

DJ

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