Corp000085 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Yeah, that would be a good point, if the Hugo was exactly the same under the hood as a Mercedes. I thought only girls had hoods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Guess I'm an idiot. A ridiculously happy idiot who will pay higher prices to avoid building my own computer. Yeah man. It makes total sense to spend $3000+ more just because you don't want to spend a couple hours screwing in a few parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 were in the subjunctive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 PC is definitely better for gaming, no question. There's pros and cons to each. But once again, as people have reiterated, any sort of multimedia production, duplication, editing, etc is simply far and away better on Mac OS X. Just for the record, cnet.com's review of the older, all aluminum Macbook Pros from last year actually has the graphical data to support how OS X runs more efficiently than Vista on similar hardware. http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/apple-macb...l?tag=mncol;lst go there and scroll down to the graphs about mid-page, there's 3 graphs on processing speeds. The Photoshop CS3 is the most obvious, with the Macbook nearly half the image processing time as a Dell equivalent. This is actual empirical evidence by a reputable company, not some arbitrary blogger that has an agenda. That article has a $1900 PC going up against a $2500 Mac. I'd like to see a $2500 PC going up against a $2500 mac. The $2500 PC would absolutely smoke the Mac. Hell, the $2500 PC would really only cost $1900, since there is always a 25-30% discount available for purchasing online. So that Mac should be going up against a $3000+ PC. While the Mac beats vista in speed with the same hardware (so does XP, but Windows 7 is faster than both), you must take into account the pricing of the item. A similarly priced PC comes with far superior hardware, and is far faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Fingon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Fingon. GOBILLS78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 GOBILLS78 Haha. So I do get an iPhone at the end of the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 2 cents. Whatever one thinks of Macs, I'm happy that they are out there as an alternative to Windows machines. Competition is always the best. I'm happy there are mac fanboys out there. Now, hopefully Google can give Microsoft some competition. Not anti Microsoft by any stretch. Just like someone to push them a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 For those who say Mac has no security vulnerabilities and it "just works," here's the list of 18 security vulnerabilities that were recently fixed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyQuil Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 For those who say Mac has no security vulnerabilities and it "just works," here's the list of 18 security vulnerabilities that were recently fixed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 And there is a site called macfixit.com Now if it "just works" then why is there a site called that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 $400 Hackintosh Netbook http://gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackinto...te-os-x-netbook Nice! That's a good poke to the eye of Apple. My beef with Apple has never been the OS. (How can anyone argue with BSD? ) My beef with Apple is their over-priced and under-powered hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 The kind of prices these idiots will pay are absolutely outrageous. You are paying thousands of dollars just for the little apple on your case. Duh! Sincerely, A blinding Flash of the Obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 For those who say Mac has no security vulnerabilities and it "just works," here's the list of 18 security vulnerabilities that were recently fixed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 You want to go tit-for-tat on security vulnerabilities compared to Windows? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 And there is a site called macfixit.com Now if it "just works" then why is there a site called that... And you want to go tit-for-tat on OS stability comparing Mac to Windows? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 And you want to go tit-for-tat on OS stability comparing Mac to Windows? Really? You want to pay $500 just for a little apple on your notebook? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 And you want to go tit-for-tat on OS stability comparing Mac to Windows? Really? Good point, however XP is much more stable than all previous MicroCrap OSs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Good point, however XP is much more stable than all previous MicroCrap OSs. My XP Laptop is FAR more stable than my last Mac Book. It isn't even close. Macs tend to be a little more stable than Windows, but the differences seem to be slim these days, Windows' reputation for crashing is mostly based on the older OS, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Competition is always the best. I'm happy there are mac fanboys out there. Now, hopefully Google can give Microsoft some competition. Yep. Years ago, I used OS/2 2.0 then Warp. It was a remarkable OS. Avoiding XP, I purchased a Linux flavor called Xandros. Very nice - but I wasn't willing to go through the learning curve. So I now use XP and watch it like a hawk. Mark-ups...are, well, markups. Part of any businesses' picture. The mark-up on a "bottomless" cup of coffee is tremendous. That doesn't mean that the seller, be it chain or Mom 'n Pop, is rolling in fat profits. Payroll, overhead, taxes and so on. That little eatery around the corner is probably forking over for a half-dozen business permits, and unknown numbers of tax assessments by towns, counties, and States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I use them both. The Mac OS is better for you if you want better stability and ease of use. Windows is better if you don't mind the occasional inexplicable crash/seize and use lots of non-standard programs--including high end games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 My XP Laptop is FAR more stable than my last Mac Book. It isn't even close. Macs tend to be a little more stable than Windows, but the differences seem to be slim these days, Windows' reputation for crashing is mostly based on the older OS, IMO. I'm STILL angry over Windows ME ... I'm still so mad I want to give Bill Gates a wedgie until he bleeds. That was the WORST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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