Jon,
I was one of those devoted Mac fans...when it mattered.
This past Christmas I purchased my first PC. Not that I did not have any at
home before...they were always no more than a year old and free.
There is not much difference between Mac an PC anymore...except for the hype.
I am also an engineer and used to put up with the fact that some of the
programs I use are not available for Mac, but at present it is not worth.
The Macs used to be MUCH faster and more reliable than PC's, the programs and
devices installed much easier and faster, and that's why the effort. Not
anymore.
I am surprised how much it crashes. Your computer has the "specs" of a
wonderful multimedia system. You should not see any difference while doing any
tasks, but extensive video editing or some gaming.
I would check for hardware conflicts, install Win2K/XP and forget about it...ok
I might upgrade the RAM and/or the video card.
Boris
P.S. I still think that the Macs are MUCH cooler than PC's...
From: "Jon Mitchell" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] [OT-ish] PC vs Mac - A SERIOUS discussion, and opinions
wanted
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:48:05 +0100
<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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