Mac or PC?

[XSonic]

Well, which one would be best if I:

1. Like to run 4+ apps at once
2. Like to run Photoshop almost all the time
3. Like to have a fast computer
4. Like to have a good selection of compatable progrms


Thanks

[Vanden]

mac !!!!! with boot camp to windows xp

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by XSonic

Well, which one would be best if I:

1. Like to run 4+ apps at once
2. Like to run Photoshop almost all the time
3. Like to have a fast computer
4. Like to have a good selection of compatable progrms


Thanks

Just from that you prob. want to be running Windows. But you can do that with a mac type pc or an ibm based pc. Now the rest all depends on the specs of the pc.

[Josey Wales]

Which would be better for normal usage like internet, gaming, and applications?

[torrobinson]

pee cee.

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Dr. Butcher

Which would be better for normal usage like internet, gaming, and applications?

Windows since more programs and a lot more games are compatible. Internet i would go with mac since its les prone to virsus.

[Hardrive]

PC with linux.

iball will say mac.

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Hardrive

PC with linux.

iball will say mac.

linux is prob. the worst OS for everyday use. The comptibility with apps with pretty low. Also its kinda hard for most ppl to install on their first try and def. harder to use or mac or windows. Linux isnt go GUI freindly like the other OS's. I would go with a mac over linux.

[Hardrive]

Originally Posted by SovietSlayer

linux is prob. the worst OS for everyday use. The comptibility with apps with pretty low. Also its kinda hard for most ppl to install on their first try and def. harder to use or mac or windows.. I would go with a mac over linux.

For PSP homebrew it's the best.

[Josey Wales]

Im tired of viruses and all that crap but switching over to a new OS might be a bit difficult. The last time I frequently used a Mac OS was in the mid 90's...

Does AMD put chips into Macs?

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Hardrive

For PSP homebrew it's the best.

Wouldnt a psp be better for psp homebrew

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Dr. Butcher

Im tired of viruses and all that crap but switching over to a new OS might be a bit difficult. The last time I frequently used a Mac OS was in the mid 90's...

Does AMD put chips into Macs?

No only Intel. Also with Vista coming outs it big change. Its not like going from Win98-WinXp were just the GUI colors are a big diff. and some new features. Also how do you guys get a lot of virsus. I almost never get virsus and even then their easy to delete.

[PopeOfDope]

Originally Posted by XSonic

Well, which one would be best if I:

1. Like to run 4+ apps at once
2. Like to run Photoshop almost all the time
3. Like to have a fast computer
4. Like to have a good selection of compatable progrms


Thanks

MacBook Pro comes with Intel Duo which is good for multitasking, a PC can also have a dual core processor, so it's up to you.
Photoshop is availible for both PC and Mac, again it's up to you.
Speed is dependant on specs and what you run on your PC/Mac, in my experience there isn't that much of a difference that is worth complaining about.
With bootcamp, Macs can have all of Windows programs as well as Mac programs. Mac programs are very good too, theres a nice list here http://www.applepedia.com/Software_Gold

Slightly offtopic: Does anyone know anything about the MacBook (not pro) 12"? Some rumors are saying it will be announced on Tuesday but there's a lot of conflicting information.

[Vader]

Originally Posted by Dr. Butcher

Which would be better for normal usage like internet, gaming, and applications?

internet. def get a mac! can't get viruses just from the web!
if you want games, a PC is better though, so get a MacBookPro (laptop) or the intel iMac and use BootCamp to run windows to play games.

[Josey Wales]

I hear Dual core is awesome, and I read a computer shopper article and studied the range of Intel and AMD dual core chips and AMD came out on top.

Downloading porn tends to give me viruses all the time. I use it for historical values and for reference... to the human anatomy...

All in all malware is probably the bigger pest than viurses though

[PopeOfDope]

Originally Posted by Vader

internet. def get a mac! can't get viruses just from the web!
if you want games, a PC is better though, so get a MacBookPro (laptop) or the intel iMac and use BootCamp to run windows to play games.

I'm tired of seeing that defense for the Mac 'oh you can't get viruses'
How many people using PCs actually get virsuses from the internet? Does everyone open .exe attachments from penis enlargment emails?

[cyanide]

Mac with Bootcamp!!!
you shouldnt even be asking

[Josey Wales]

Originally Posted by PopeOfDope

I'm tired of seeing that defense for the Mac 'oh you can't get viruses'
How many people using PCs actually get virsuses from the internet? Does everyone open .exe attachments from penis enlargment emails?

YES.

Chances are I get most of my viruses from music downloading. I dont always look throughly at the format, just the name and think its good.

[EM1L]

The only prob. i see is if you want a macbook pro(laptop) is the price is horrible. 2g gets you a pc that has only 512mb of ram and a 5400 rpm hdd.

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by PopeOfDope

I'm tired of seeing that defense for the Mac 'oh you can't get viruses'
How many people using PCs actually get virsuses from the internet? Does everyone open .exe attachments from penis enlargment emails?

I dont understand how ppl get virsus as well. I may get 1 virsus a month and that one will be easily deleted.

[Josey Wales]

The Mac mini looks interesting (Im a little bit computer specs illiterate)

is $799.00 good for

1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Apple Remote

?

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Dr. Butcher

The Mac mini looks interesting (Im a little bit computer specs illiterate)

is $799.00 good for

1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor
2MB L2 Cache
667MHz Frontside Bus
512MB memory (667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Apple Remote

?

Thats only base price. Its the mac mini with the worse spec and you need to add at least another 800 for the moniter and 78 for a keyboard/mouse. Plus 1.66 ghz is pretty low and 80gb is small if your plan on dloading a lot of vids and songs.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...hHEgjkT/1.?p=0

[Josey Wales]

Originally Posted by SovietSlayer

Thats only base price. Its the mac mini with the worse spec and you need to add at least another 800 for the moniter and 78 for a keyboard/mouse.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...hHEgjkT/1.?p=0

Yea but you dont need a MAc monitor neccessarily do you?

I meant is that price good for what the base specs have?

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Dr. Butcher

Yea but you dont need a MAc monitor neccessarily do you?

I meant is that price good for what the base specs have?

Right now i have an AMD 64 2.00 Ghz and i would never go to down to 1.66ghz. Plus apparently AMD cpus run better then intel cpus. Also 512MB ram is also kinda bad. I have that right now and i will upgrade to at least 1gb sometime soon. The hdd is to slow for me at 54,000 rpm. I wouldnt get a hdd without at least 7200 RPM. And the specs i would choose arre just for everyday use. I'm not a pc gamer.

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by SovietSlayer

Right now i have an AMD 64 2.00 Ghz and i would never go to down to 1.66ghz. Plus apparently AMD cpus run better then intel cpus. Also 512MB ram is also kinda bad. I have that right now and i will upgrade to at least 1gb sometime soon. The hdd is to slow for me at 54,000 rpm. I wouldnt get a hdd without at least 7200 RPM. And the specs i would choose arre just for everyday use. I'm not a pc gamer.

but it not a duo core it just a 64 bit and duo core is better than a 64 bit

and think about it like this dont anti virus and firewalls and spyware cleaners take quite a bit of ram and cpu to use and also slows down your internet to scan and crap

[PopeOfDope]

Originally Posted by Typhoon of the Dweeb

but it not a duo core it just a 64 bit and duo core is better than a 64 bit

and think about it like this dont anti virus and firewalls and spyware cleaners take quite a bit of ram and cpu to use and also slows down your internet to scan and crap

Yeah, AVG uses a whole 5Mb worth of memory, wtf is up with that? I also have spyware cleaners running constantly

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by PopeOfDope

Yeah, AVG uses a whole 5Mb worth of memory, wtf is up with that? I also have spyware cleaners running constantly

i talking about stuff like norton and crap and where your firewall

[EM1L]

Originally Posted by Typhoon of the Dweeb

i talking about stuff like norton and crap and where your firewall

Thats exacly why i dont use norton. Its uses to much ram.

Originally Posted by PopeOfDope

Yeah, AVG uses a whole 5Mb worth of memory, wtf is up with that? I also have spyware cleaners running constantly

Kaspersky AV using a a whole 2.5 mb of ram for me and adawatch uses 7mb. How can i live that that kinda ram usage lagging up my pc.

[geoffmillward]

Originally Posted by XSonic

Well, which one would be best if I:

1. Like to run 4+ apps at once
2. Like to run Photoshop almost all the time
3. Like to have a fast computer
4. Like to have a good selection of compatable progrms


Thanks

mac definately, with reflex vision that can easily change teh screen, http://www.apple.com/macpro/ and with this, it will obviously be fast, you can have bootcamp on it, and that will give you the abilty to run windows programs on the mac, and you'll be able to choose to download and play games on the computer between windows and mac

[Adiuvo]

Originally Posted by geoffmillward

mac definately, with reflex vision that can easily change teh screen, http://www.apple.com/macpro/ and with this, it will obviously be fast, you can have bootcamp on it, and that will give you the abilty to run windows programs on the mac, and you'll be able to choose to download and play games on the computer between windows and mac

Please refrain from bumping 3 month old threads.