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| Thread ID: 40890 | 2003-12-23 00:21:00 | mac vs. pc survey | Megaman (344) | Press F1 |
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| 202306 | 2003-12-23 05:03:00 | One reason why I thought I would try to clarify things is that I don't think I can run MacOS on my IBM compatible. I do know of a person who tried a Windows emulator on a Mac though. It still woudn't run Microsoft Flight Sim 2002 which is why he traded the Mac for a Windows box. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 202307 | 2003-12-23 05:06:00 | > that Microsoft have stopped developing some programs the loving feeling between billy and macs has gone... |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 202308 | 2003-12-23 05:17:00 | I think it's more that Microsoft is trying to get people who love using MS Office on Mac to switch to Windows. Fat chance, IMO, but I reckon it's something along those lines. |
agent (30) | ||
| 202309 | 2003-12-23 06:06:00 | Its because due to small market share,the cost of developing for the mac isn't returned in sales. Long gone are the days when a mac was a better performer then the pc,wether its photoshop or movie editing or number crunching the pc outperforms the mac by a wide margin. Recent benchmarks even had a mac with dual 2ghz cpu's getting spanked by reguler AMD and Intel powered system. Expect Apples market share to decrease even more |
metla (154) | ||
| 202310 | 2003-12-23 06:17:00 | Heh heh, good timing on this topic. I just bought a second hand imac. It's running os x version 10.3 and I think I am in love. If I want to play prince of persia or max payne 2 then I'll go play on the PC, but I must say this thing spanks the pants of the PC for everything else. | BIFF (1) | ||
| 202311 | 2003-12-23 06:21:00 | Good point there Metla. And for the Price of a new Desktop PC (Or Build ya own) compared to a Mac, adding to the fact that the Vast majority of PC's are based on the x86-Architecture (Intels, AMD's etc), I cant see why people would want to fork out the extra for a Mac? Bearing in mind last time I used one was a little over a year ago, Things may have changed.... |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 202312 | 2003-12-23 09:50:00 | > I do know of a person who tried a Windows emulator on > a Mac though. > > It still woudn't run Microsoft Flight Sim 2002 which > is why he traded the Mac for a Windows box. It is being a little unrealistic to expect Flight Sim 2002 to run well on an emulator such as Virtual PC as you also need a good PC for it to run efficiently. Most PC programs will actually work very well using Virtual PC on a Mac Who needs MS Flt Sim anyway when there is an excellent Flight Simulator called X-plane (http://x-plane.com/) which in my opinion is superior. It is available for PC and Mac It also has FAA approval for training towards commercial pilots certificate. x-plane.com |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 202313 | 2003-12-23 10:41:00 | I cant see why > people would want to fork out the extra for a Mac? It is not difficult to understand as Mac OS X 10.3 Panther is a very stable and solid operating system and is based now on pure solid Unix. The result is a new front end and some very solid Unix technology under the bonnet. Mac OS 10.3 or Panther is more stable, more capable and more adaptable that any Macintosh operating system before it. panther is a special breed of cat (www.usatoday.com) www.pcmag.com |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 202314 | 2003-12-23 11:01:00 | Well,i cant see them being worth 3 times the cost of a similer spec machine running xp or linux. www.acquire.co.nz 1.6GHz PowerPC G5 800MHz frontside bus 512K L2 cache 256MB DDR333 128-bit SDRAM Expandable to 4GB SDRAM 80GB Serial ATA SuperDrive Three PCI Slots NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR video memory 56K internal modem get ready for it-------$3,892.65+gst |
metla (154) | ||
| 202315 | 2003-12-23 11:02:00 | my bad,thats about 4 times the price. | metla (154) | ||
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