This is one of those subjects that has lit such fires in the past that
I believe it will be shut down, justifiably, by the list mom. It is
like asking people to compare and rate mums. You could ask for off list
replies.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
http://homepage.mac.com/wincros/PhotoAlbum3.html
On Apr 7, 2005, at 4:48 AM, Jon Mitchell wrote:
>
> <snip>
> Too cynical this morning, Jon?
> </snip>
>
> Whatever gave you that idea ;-)
>
> On a serious note, and not particularly due to viruses / spyware /
> adware etc., I am giving serious consideration to a Mac. Not that I
> don't get on with M$ systems, just that for what I want I wonder if a
> Mac might be better.
>
> My main PC is a 1.2GHz AMD Athlon processor, with 512Mb RAM. This is
> absolutely fine for the usual "Office" type stuff. Web browsing is OK
> (apart from the usual adware rubbish, but I don't know if a mac will be
> better for that). I also do some Audio recording on it, and this works
> fine - albeit rather slow if any post-processing is required. Video
> recording / editing and Photographic work (OM content !) is painfully
> slow, however, and regularly crashes my machine.
>
> So, with that in mind, I've been meaning to get a new machine. I plan
> to keep the old one as an "office" machine, and get the new one
> specifically as a "multi-media" machine (Video / Audio editing,
> Photographic work, etc.). I had originally planned to build a new PC,
> but a friend of mine is moving over to a Mac (after 3 crashes in as
> many
> months on a PC, one of which completely wiped everything from his
> system
> in mid-backup, so he lost the lot !) and I must admit I am tempted.
> The
> Mac seems particularly suited to this kind of application, and who
> knows
> - I may switch completely once I get used to it. Or maybe not.
>
> So, I'm after opinions. Advantages & disadvantages. No flaming, no
> insults hurled (either at people or systems !). Just honest thoughts
> on
> what you'd get given the applications I want it for. And why. Bear in
> mind I'm (at this stage) proposing running both systems side-by-side
> and
> exploiting the strengths of each.
>
> Right, that should get things going !!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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