"Im a PC! Got a problem with that?": New Microsoft advertisements kick off.

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goddog said:
@bitmap, what cant i md on a mac that you can on a pc, i can overclock my gpu/cpu, swapthem both powerpc, and x86. i can add or remove hardware, heck i can even build an unathurised box, both powerpc and x86, ive flashed fx cards so they would run mac? I would say as a percentage of users modders are there in both cases, most people never mod, or alter a computer outside of software installs, so what is wrong with providing matched and tested hardware with os, and letting modders play where they want? or windows land they let 3rd parties take care of the matching... has not worked out well for the users in terms of obsilesence and user experience.

also current macs with intel inside do rate as pc mag has said the best windows laptop and the towers are fantastic workstations, more than capable of gaming.


game in windows land, work in mac land... its like the opposite, of the old apple work/play comercials

 

GPU's need apropiate EFI and be supported by the OS. The mobos need EFI bios and AFAIK a chunk of the EFI code is propietary so you either do it ilegally or use modified torrented osx (also ilegal). But where the quote really applies is software: what codecs are supported by the ipods? by itunes?. You either transcode or are screwed. Apple has crippled functionality on the iPhone: bluetooth stack, video recording, gps nav software, etc.

I know about all these things because I'm writing this on a mac (2007 alu imac, lepoard). Mind you I do not think Apple's approach is necessarily bad but you can't deny windows/linux is far more flexible and dare I say it open.

edit: the pro ships with a lowly ATI and has a 8800GT option. That's sorta OK but what about newer cards? on a windows PC you just need to plug them in and it works. Heck you can do it too on the mac pro but macosx will ignore the card - it's only functional if you boot into xp/vista.