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redspear on 01 August 2007
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stof said:
redspear said:
rendo said:
Your friend either was already looking for a new system, or has extra cash to spend. :P

I don't like Macs because they have a premium cost, and they're quite frankly not worth it. Gaming on a Mac and on Linux is basically the same, so Linux ftw. :)

A lot of people I know who have gone to mac usually are comparing a newer mac to their older PC and they are wowed by how fast they are. Others get macs because of school AI uses them quite a bit. It is easier to game on a Mac than linux but at least it with Linux you can get drivers for an 8800GTX and many of the big big games come out on a mac with the benefit of Itunes built in. I honestly still can't understand he easier to use bit about macs though. It is easier to use than Linux I do not find OS X intuitive or easy to use and I have been using the macs for years. To each their own.


 Rendo - yes, my friend was looking for a new computer, and was open to the idea of macs, but wasn't really leaning towards it. But seeing how intuitive the OS was and all the things it could do clinched the deal

As for gaming... I have an Xbox and a DS... I really don't see the need to PC game. Although to be fair, Mac is starting to see an increase in game development as they increase their marketshare, not that it would affect me, as I got one without a graphics card.

@ Redspear. I just find that it's much easier and more intuitive to use. and judging by the "improvements" in Vista, Microsoft seems to agree.


What improvements though? if you are talking about spotlight that was search feature was in my 2002 Whistler beta. If you are talking about sidebar and gadgets? That was also in the beta and the first thing I turned off in Vista and disabled in Mac OSX as I find it useless and annoying.

This isn't to say I don't use OSX my gateway notebook dual boots OS 10.4.8(can't get 10.4.9 to work yet but will be getting the 10.4.10 patch to soon for it). I also have a G5 Imac and of course at work we do have a Mac Pro. I just prefer a system that actually runs faster than OS X on the same machine. One thing I have noticed with Mac OS is that there is an insane amount of kernels as well as translation stuff in there for Power PC stuff. My 1.5 ghz pentium M gateway notebook(running OSX)runs faster than the 24 inch Imac that is currently available because those unneccesary componenets are removed and .kext files modified to run on HW OSX was not designed for.

 As for graphics cards I was not talking about gaming but graphics in general you simply can not get the best graphics cards for any type of application(modeling, CAD what not) the top end card is the nvidia Quadro 4500 on the Mac Pro which is one gen behind what PCs have.Of course if I was doing any serious 3D modeling work it would all be on Linux. But the point is that Macs are still lagging behind in HW. Want the fastest CPU or graphics card Macs are not even option(well Hackintoshes are or would be can't get the Titan drivers to recognize my 8800 GTS yet)or not pay out the #$% for SAS, OSX is not the way to go.

 Again in my opinion there is no advantage to owning either Mac or PC for everyday use(net browsing, IM, what not). I am also not a fan of Vista and would prefer running server 2003 for a windows platform if it was not for limited SW compatability.

As for ease fo use sit a newb in front of either and they still won't get it without someone telling them how to do it.