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Time to start Mac'ing...

Hey guys,

I've been a 'born and bred' PC user for my entire working career, and have only stumpled across Macs briefly and then dismissed them just as quickly. These occasions were like when testing a particular design on Netscape for the Mac (ugh!) and therefore didnt prove to be a particularly pleasant experience.

Many people have told me in the past that Macs are superior to PCs for design based tasks, so i want to broaden my mind a little.

Whilst i guess it is economicably viable for me to go out and buy a Mac, i think i'd rather get some hands on experience of its interface before i commit to any large sums of money.

I have read about PC-Based Mac emulators - does anyone have any experience of these? It would be great to run a Mac inside a windows system, to allow me to get used to it before buying one.

Alternately, can anyone think of a means for me to get the experience im after?

When you heard Mac's are more for design, they meants graphics. Macs are big on graphics. Video is their main thing. A regular PC could never handle the stress it needs to download video from a camera. Macs do it like it's nobody's business.

Otherwise, I prefer PC.

I think you can probably go to any computer store and try out a Mac, no?

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Mac's are very easy to get used to, thats why so many people who don't understand pc's cling to mac's due to their "user friendliness." Theres nothing wrong with using a mac emulator, but if you find yourself liking the way the mac interface works then you should get a mac due to its power and the way that it stands the test of time. Research it and get familiar with mac's in general. If you have an open mind I dont see you regretting it.

EDIT: You can go to any computer store and they will most likely have a mac on display, which you will be able to try.

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Last edited by Apoc220, February 7th, 2003 03:21 AM (Edited 1 times)

another thing that also makes macs better for design is that they represent more accurate colors on the screen. This is a big reason why macs are so big in the design industry, the colors are more true to what they will look like on print.

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I must admit, I'm chaning my opinion about Macs. Their new models are just so friggin' pretty. They have style, man. I don't think I'll ever own one, but they're fun to toy around with.

Also, they have some great commercials out. \o/

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I dont plan on buying one soon, but if I ever have my own biz someday in the design industry, I can honestly say I hope to have both a decent PC and a decent Mac for my work.

I agree guys. The new PowerBooks and iBooks are stunning. I've never owned a Mac in my life, but I'm highly considering buying a 12 inch PowerBook this summer - partially to make use of the fairly wicked wireless networks we have on my campus, and partially because they are so damn cool.

After visiting some design-oriented businesses recently, such as the computing floor of Accu-Weather's headquarters and a couple local media design joints, I was suprised to find that most graphics professionals use almost-exclusively Macs. For graphics and publishing, it seems like there are some substantial advantages in speed and stability with using Macs.

This summer with Spoono v4, we are going to attempt to make our site fully Apple-friendly.

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I was seriously considering buying a powerbook a week or so ago. I was in the market for a laptop and they looked promising.

But.. I did some reasearch and found 2 things that changed my mind.

First I talked to allot of hardcore mac users, and then some users who had both macs and pc's. I found that its really useless to have both. Also some how apple finds a way to justify charging twice as much for a system that is 1/3 the speed of a PC.

Price was the big factor...$1750 for a 800-1000mhz? Sorry I'll pass.

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Originally posted by slaction
First I talked to allot of hardcore mac users, and then some users who had both macs and pc's. I found that its really useless to have both. Also some how apple finds a way to justify charging twice as much for a system that is 1/3 the speed of a PC.

Price was the big factor...$1750 for a 800-1000mhz? Sorry I'll pass.

if youve ever looked at a mac catalog, they show you that the G4 processors for the Power Mac have 2 megabytes of DDR L3 cache on the processor!!

compare that with the lousy 512 kilobytes of SDRAM L2 (or maybe even L1) on a pentium or AMD processor.. thats why macs are superior to PCs in video and high bandwidth applications... if windows, intel and/or AMD would get off their asses and make a processor with more cache, then PC might be able to catch up.. even then, its unlikely

even the most highend 32bit PC processors on the market today (Xeon) have 512kbs of L2 cache

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