12-10-2002, 07:10 PM
I use mac and pc...and have 2 Mac Powerbooks at work...so when the need arises, one of those Powerbooks comes home with me. I do use it promarily for graphics...and actually, having used both Macs and PC's from graphics for years...I can tell you plainly...the Mac far exceeds the PC in being able to handle high graphic files. It's not even close. I am not a pro-Apple man, far from it...I have many complaints about Mac systems...but for graphics, they are king. The 400 mhz G3 processor on the Mac will cleave a 1 ghz P3 to pieces in terms of time (same RAM). That's a big, big difference. Reason is that the mhz of a Mac OS and processor work differently. And, b/c the PC windows-based system works on a surface level atop MSDOS, and a Mac works more from within...like a drill, it is the main reason for the speed difference. However, that's a double-edged sword...b/c if the program crashes, b/c the Mac is drilling, it crashes everything. On OSx.2, it actually solves this...which makes it even further for MAc's favor in terms of graphics. OSX is more Linux like, with multiple drill downs into the system...therefore, if one crashes, it does not affect the other programs.
Apple, however, stinks for gaming, databasing, etc. So...I prefer to have a PC at home for personal use, and leave only projects that require major work to be used on the Mac...
Which brings me back to my PC question. :thumbs-up:
Apple, however, stinks for gaming, databasing, etc. So...I prefer to have a PC at home for personal use, and leave only projects that require major work to be used on the Mac...
Which brings me back to my PC question. :thumbs-up:
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