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iindigo:
While it isn't as much of an issue with Windows 7 coming out, something else worth noting is how OS X plain and simple doesn't require as many resources to run as Vista or maybe even Windows 7 (I can't compare since I haven't personally tried 7 yet). For example, its windowing system is modern and makes heavy use of effects and compositing, yet can run at full speed on a mere single-core 1Ghz machine with a now-puny nVidia Geforce4 MX 32MB (which is worse than even most integrated graphics). My sister uses that machine every day and as long as she isn't running a game, the windowing system shows no signs of lag or strain at all, despite running the absolute latest version of OS X.
And don't underestimate the power of the terminal. For the occasion that some badly-written application decides to freeze up, it's nice to just fire up a terminal session and superkill it with "sudo killall [FrozenAppNameHere]" instead of farting around with the task manager :P
mgz:
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30-50% improvement over what, specifically?
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Over a PC with similar specs
@mgz
The game selection for Macs isn't as good as Windows machines, yes, but who doesn't have an XBox 360/Wii/PS3 these days? Some people I know who are avid gamers will get one Windows rig for gaming, but will do everything else on a Mac. Most just double boot as Macs have more than enough power to play games on fairly high settings under Windows.
You may want to look into a Hackintosh as these use parts that are the same as what Apple uses, and runs Mac OSX. This is by far the cheapest way to get a super powered computer (don't forget that Mac OSX is more efficient than Windows), but you do sacrifice a bit of stability (not as much as Windows though) and don't get the absolutely stellar Apple customer support and repairs.
I'm going to go off on a bit of a tangent here and explain some of the best brands in technology (for consumers) for certain computers and parts, and you may be surprised at some of these. These are considered by the best price to performance/quality ratio.
Best monitors: Dell
Best mice: Logitech/Microsoft
Best hard drives: Seagate/WD
Best power laptop: MacBook Pro (holds the crown of most powerful Vista laptop periodically too)
Best HTPC: Mac mini/WD TV
Best super computer: Mac Pro
Best wireless router: Linksys WRT54G
A few things to avoid:
A Dell computer - these things stop working after a year of casual use
An Apple TV - maximum 720p resolution is unacceptable these days
An Eee PC - cellphones are more powerful than these things (cheaper too)
A MacBook Air - ~$2k for a laptop which gives equivalent power of a low end notebook that can fit in an envelop is retarded
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im sorry but macs wont do shit for for wanting to play a game like farcry with cranked graphics, nor will they let me run high end videocards of my choice, on a mac pro i can choose between a singl 512mb ati 4870, or multiple shitty nvidia gt120s, for more performance you can choose 1 card instead of 4.
But god forbid i want 2 or 3 or 4 of the good card ...
and there really is no reason to use a mac other then personal preference. Its USELESS for gaming which is my computers primary function other then playing anime very easily via CCCP.
I have an xbox I DONT USE IT FOR MOST GAMING, i use it specifically for fighting games and a few action games other then that first person shooters 100% computer.
And i dont shut my computer off as it is, do you think i have the patient to fucking shutdown and load a seperate operating system every time im done gaming FUCK THAT GARBAGE
molbjerg:
"better side of computing" my arse. Macs are for idiots.
iindigo:
--- Quote from: molbjerg on March 06, 2009, 02:00:06 PM ---"better side of computing" my arse. Macs are for idiots.
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That's personal opinion. Ironically, I've found that OS X generally does less hand holding and expects the user to be more technically adept than Windows does, which is odd considering that Macs are supposedly better for computer noobs than Windows is.
Besides, going to Windows means giving up my commandline (cmd.exe is a poor excuse), which is something I'm not willing to do >_>
bloody000:
--- Quote from: iindigo on March 06, 2009, 02:15:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: molbjerg on March 06, 2009, 02:00:06 PM ---"better side of computing" my arse. Macs are for idiots.
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That's personal opinion. Ironically, I've found that OS X generally does less hand holding and expects the user to be more technically adept than Windows does, which is odd considering that Macs are supposedly better for computer noobs than Windows is.
Besides, going to Windows means giving up my commandline (cmd.exe is a poor excuse), which is something I'm not willing to do >_>
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more like "we make everything auto in Jobs' way and if you don't like it that way we won't make it easy for you to change so you either accept his way of doing things or do your own research and start using terminal"
You love terminal so much you use OS X. Yeah right.
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