Bill Gates Beware!!!

[OzyBoy]

Who cares about stupid macs. I have a 1.5ghz amd system with 256ddr 333 and 120gb 133 hdd running a few different OS's and i think its pretty quick.

 

[squirrels]

http://www.drunkendelight.com/turninggay.htm

 

[Climax]

hahaha.. err... ok?

Originally posted by squirrels
http://www.drunkendelight.com/turninggay.htm

lol raaaandoooom!

 

[Don Ronny]

Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Have you noticed that Apple never hype up or even mention the CPU specs of Macs? The G4 isn't even 900mhz (yes, thats M as in MEGAHERTZ and NOT gigahertz).

Get your facts straight. The G4s ship with 1.4 gHz processors that hold more than their own against your wonderful 3 gHz Pentiums!

Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Then Apple set the G4 beside a Pentium 1.7 and actually beat it but stacked the deck by choosing only applications optimized for OS X and the hardware, talk about apples and oranges. I wonder what would happen if we could run Quake on a G4. Like I said earlier, it's better to get a Game Boy.

You said it. Apples are meant for professionals who have better things to with their time than play Quake and download porn all day long. Go to any respectable recording studio and what do they have? Macs. Visit film production facilities and what do you see? Macs. It's been this way for years but now, finally, the average PC user is discovering that the Mac experience is far superior. (with the exception of games, which are a waste of time anyway)

Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Intel is creeping up to a 4Ghz processor and Apple is barley approaching 1Ghz. Well maybe someday, Macs are only 20 years old, so we should see them approach 4Ghz in about 2064 (give or take).

Let me end this argument once and for all...

Mac hardware is developed around RISC, Reduced Instruction Set Computing. Under this architecture, the processor does what it's told and nothing else. If your software is poorly coded, this can lead to instability. However, since Apple controls all aspects of the Mac market, including what software and hardware are available for the Mac, you are almost always guaranteed software that is better quality than any other operating system, including Windows.

Since the software is designed specifically for the platform it's being run on, there is no need for "generic" programming like there is on PCs. If you haven't researched Intel and/or AMD processors, you'll notice that the adherance to old architectures, which are based on the Pentium and Cyrix, is still prevalent even today.

PCs are based on CISC, Complex Instruction Set Computing. Before executing an instruction, the processor first checks if the instruction is logical. It then checks if it has privileges to execute the instruction. From there, the instruction is checked and processed against logical integral instructions. This reduces processing performance, but allows processors to be faster without causing themselves problems.

In terms of raw MHz, CISC processors are always going to be faster. This is because RISC processors don't have any instruction sets to catch itself on. The faster the processor, the more errors it can produce. These errors accumulate and can cause serious performance and accuracy issues.

In terms of performance, a 1.2Ghz RISC processor can compete with a 3Ghz CISC processor.

Why do people sometimes prefer Macs over PCs?

PCs just recently have caught up with integrating components on the motherboard. It used to be that you had to buy a sound card to have sound output, buy a video card to have video output, buy a firewire port to have firewire capability. Macs have integrated components, period. There is no need shop for motherboards that fit your needs, because they've already included it.

The biggest noticable difference between performance in software that is available on both PC and Mac is in rendering, audio editing, and video editing suites, such as Adobe Premiere, Reason, Alias Maya, etc

Because Macs are based on RISC computing, and because rendering is primarily repetitive grunt work that RISC processors love to do, the two fit hand in hand.

Lastly, OS X whether it's a "bastardized version of UNIX" or not, still kicks the sh!t out of Windows XP. Become fluent in both OS's and you will see what I mean!

So before you guys post all sorts of BS about Macs and how they are "gay" try informing yourself of the FACTS.

 

[A&F Brand Cologne]

PCs are better than macs. Let's compare them.

Macs are more compatible than PCs.
Macs crash far less often than PCs.
Macs are more reliable in general than PCs.
Macs have a better OS.
PCs can play more games.

Therefore PCs >>>>> Macs

 

[Panda 2000]

Nice post Don Ronny, although the consequence of the properties of RISC CPUs is that software is harder to code and therefore less software will be present than for the x86 CPUs. So given that I guess it just boils down to what you want as a user and what's important to you. One can't say which is better, it depends on the purpouse. I use the PC because it gives me a broader range of applications (and support for the specific ones that I use) and in my opinion a better price to performance ratio for my applications and also the ability to customize my PC to my needs and remove and add components at will. So I guess if you're into really certain specific stuff then Mac is a viable option, although I don't see myself using a Mac, I'm far more comfortable with a PC.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Originally posted by Don Ronny
Get your facts straight. The G4s ship with 1.4 gHz processors that hold more than their own against your wonderful 3 gHz Pentiums!...So before you guys post all sorts of BS about Macs and how they are "gay" try informing yourself of the FACTS.

Thanks for the diatribe. You have proven the Mac isn't the only thing that sucks.

 

[Lost]

whatsup Ronny!!!

yeha. i think the only reason i still stay with a pc is because everyone else uses it, and all the software etc.

i go to get software and its usually for windows

and even still, i want to work on a paper, well at college they use windows.... (and microsoft word). so i wouldnt be able to use what i would have from a mac

thats really they only reason i dont switch to mac. but you know windows ****ing blows. i really hate this operating system. i wish everybody used macs so i could use em too.

 

[Don Ronny]

Originally posted by Fagcisco d'Cornier
Thanks for the diatribe. You have proven the Mac isn't the only thing that sucks.

Fagcisco d'Cornier: Macs are only up to 900mHz

Don Ronny: No they are actually 1,400 mHz

Fagcisco d'Cornier: Wow, you suck (translation: You suck because you know so much more than I do and its much easier for me to use juvenile jabs than to match your impressive wit and intelligence)

Originally posted by Lost
i go to get software and its usually for windows

Sup Lost! Long time no see. What software are you lookin for that is not out on Mac? Aside from games, I have never had trouble finding my favorite PC apps for mac.

Originally posted by Lost
and even still, i want to work on a paper, well at college they use windows.... (and microsoft word). so i wouldnt be able to use what i would have from a mac

When I was in school, I had a Powerbook with Microsoft Office on it. I had no problems saving and opening Word documents between platforms. Food 4 thought.

 

[jackknightly]

seriously, some people have too much time.

 

[Don Ronny]

Originally posted by jackknightly
seriously, some people have too much time.

I know, right?

 

[Evil-Rom]

Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
Is that nor fogery? and what possesed you to write such non-sence like that? If i were a mod i would bann u without 2nd thought for doing that.. wtf? Your immatirity doesnt belong on these forums!

Wow, way to destroy the english language.

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

No wonder Mac software and hardware works so reliable, its all basicly made by the same company. If PCs were all made by IBM they would also be more reliable. And I really dont care so much if my computer crashes every once in a while, I like the fact that all the stuff I find on the internet works with my machine, I also dont give a damn if my computer looks like some kind of piece of art.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Originally posted by Evil-Rom
Wow, way to destroy the english language.

This guy cracks me up sometimes I swear.