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How Apple+Mac is better than Windows+Intel
xyle_one:
i am glad we could be of help. And i'm even more happy that you have decided on a mac. I promise, you will not be dissapointed.
quote: Originally posted by arya: a question i forgot to ask . is mac good enough to to be used in a lab of ten networked computer . and who has got better application support from industry Mac or Windows for multimedia development.
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Mac osX jaguar makes it very easy to network with windows machines, immediately after installing jaguar i was able to mount my windows shares to the mac desktop, and on window i was able to "map" the mac local drive to the windows desktop. Easy.
As for application support, im not entirely sure what you mean, but the majority of graphic designers and digital media enthusiasts use a mac, so finding support will be no problem, and you will deffinetely be supported by Adobe, Macromedia, Etc...
I have also found this forum to be one of the better sources of information, because if someone doesnt have an answer (and they usually do), they know where to send you. okay, enough ass-kissing.
ecsyle_one
psyjax:
Yes, a Mac is built for digital media! You will not bes disapointed :D
There is a reason Photoshop and all the other graphics program were practically invented on Macintosh, it's because it is the only computer with such tight integration between OS, software, and hardware. It is designed around graphics.
Deffinetly, MacOS is the way to go if your into multi-media and graphic design.
EDIT: BTW, let us know when you get your Mac :D us MacAddict's round here love hearing convert reactions and all.
[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: psyjax ]
psyjax:
quote:Originally posted by xyle_one:
[in reffrence to buying Mac's with other OS's] to be perfectly honest and fair, you cant. same bullshit, apple bundleing their os with hardware. There should be a choice. personally, i wouldnt by an apple computer with no macOS. if i wanted to run linux, id run it on an x86. but i think that argument can get all turned around by windows fans. I would however, love to by a g4 case for my dual athlon system.
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Actually folks, you CAN buy Mac's with alternate operating systems!!!! YES!!!
Not from Apple tho...
Go to http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
and you can buy a variety of Mac's pre-installed with linux :D
So, that's one over windoze OEM's ay ;)
[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: psyjax ]
xyle_one:
quote:originally posted by psyjax: Actually folks, you CAN buy Mac's with alternate operating systems!!!! YES!!! Not from Apple tho...
Go to http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
and you can buy a variety of Mac's pre-installed with linux
So, that's one over windoze OEM's ay
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Sweet, forget what I had said before. ;)
MacUser3of5:
Hmm, I've used both a windows machine and a macintosh when I was in design school (I was doing Illustrator work on my 486... and this was three years ago!!), both are equally capable when it comes down to it (OS 9/X won't give you magical design powers), especially considering the proliferation of web design as a medium... printing is the only real plus for the mac here compared to windows (albiet a minor one, and much better in XP), as it is a bit easier to set up color calibrations within the OS itself.
The PPC certainly isn't faster than the x86 right now, and I defy anyone to tell me otherwise... (by the way, avoid RC5 or Apple's Gaussian Blur tests, or I will simply laugh at you.) Yes, surprise, some people do need as much speed as they can get, I've render stuff in Truespace on said 486, and waiting for a screen was a pain in the ass.
Advantages? Hardware + Software integration. The combination works really well, and it gets rid of the awkwardness that I had always experienced using stock x86 pcs with an OS... they just don't jive like the Mac does, and yeah, that's something I notice and care about. I'm pretty anal-retentive about these things.
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