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How Apple+Mac is better than Windows+Intel
xyle_one:
there is no amount of bickering and arguing, or even cold hard facts that would make me switch. I switched from windows because i didnt like it. Im using mac osx right now, and i dont see myself switching back to windows anytime soon (at least, not as an everyday machine). Im playing with redhat 8 a little bit, but i dont see myself dropping osx for it. i really dont understand these arguments, unless of course its a childish "im better then you" sorta thing. "my x86 will mop the floor with your whatever", "my mac will kick the shit out of your p2.5", "i'll kick you in the nuts". I dont care what you use, even if your system can kick my computers ass, i might be producing higher caliber work on mine. So what does it prove. I think we get blinded by the "best hardware" and "fastest blah blah", that we forget what it is we are doing with the computer. I use mine as an extension of my artwork. it is another medium to add to my arsenal. I could care less if one system scored .25secs faster than another, or what some bullshit benchmarks prove. I am still producing work i like.
anyways, ill stop now before get too off subject.
ecsyle_one
cocoamix:
I guess Zombie is never going to answer my question about taking sequential screencaps in Windoze.
How convenient that the subject was changed.
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Oh, so if MS started making thier own PC's to sell there wouldn't be a problem with MS Windows being pre-installed? But If MS started making PC's would'nt you guys start calling them an even bigger monopoly than they are now?
It is a catch 22. LoL
--- End quote ---
you reckon, lol?
if M$ started making their own PCs, i suspect that not many people would actually buy them. The reasons would be threefold. Firstly, microsoft probably underedtimates people's identification with the hardware as opposed to the software, secondly the Microsoft PCs would be full of crippled stuff, trying to make sure nobody can actually do anything on their computer, and thirdly they would be crap.
They would sell about as well as a BeBox, or maybe... an XBox.
respect to you zombie, my fine fellow, for not figuring this out yourself! ;)
mridul:
I thank everybody for joining this discussion. i joined this forum only a week back and it was the first message i posted. i got an assignment in which we had to specify the choice of computer hardware, os, network, software applications available, etc for a multimedia developement center mainly concerened with video editing.
we had to compare and contrast between "microsoft+intel" and "macos on apple systems" :eek: . i have never used a mac and none of my friends have any apple pc. iwas tired of google search so i thought to find out solution on yahoo chat.a gentleman(god bless him) gave me this url.
within 2 - 3 days i've loads of information. my assignment is almost complete. i thank everybody again.
xyle_one asked my choice and it is a Macintosh both in the assignments and my next PC i buy.
a question i forgot to ask . is mac good enough to to be used in a lab of ten networked computer :confused: . and who has got better application support from industry Mac or Windows for multimedia development.
(Actually at first i thought i won't get any reply but i was wrong and now i feel this is the best way to find any information on the internet)
---------------Arya------------------
pepto:
when you face off the two operating systems themselves it's quite a simple choice because of bad interface elements that microsoft uses.. the first example that comes to mind would be in adobe photoshop 5 under mac os 9. it's actually faster to switch between programs and import files between programs because the os prefers to use multiple windows per application program, and not just one window with other shit contained therin. the best thing i've seen microsoft come up with would be highlighting text and inserting it by dragging that and releasing where desired. i believe i saw that in 1992's grand release of microsoft word 5? could be wrong.
[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: pepto ]
addressing the original topic of the post, for multimedia development, a mac is actually essential. you don't need many, just a few, but you need them. for website production, video, or for 2d editing, perhaps in a portable, but i still think you need 'em. it's possible to work without having to use them, but to me, that's like refusing to use public transportation in hopes that you'll eventually find a faster shortcut. i can say that i just want to get my shit done and get on with my life. dankes for reading
[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: pepto ]
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