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Thread ID: 76429	2007-02-01 00:15:00	Mac or PC	Bryan (147)	PC World Chat

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521318	2007-02-01 00:15:00	Can anyone tell me what the fundamental differences are between the MAC and the WINPC? Why can't their operating systems work on the opposing computer?	Bryan (147)
521319	2007-02-01 00:22:00	A mac can run both. The main difference is Windows/PC is designed so that anyone can make software and hardware to run on the PC platform, meaning your PC can be whatever tool or entertainment device you wish it to be, As capable as a full on video editing suite or an email machine, or a mixture of both depending your budget and what you want it to be. A Mac is a closed system, You buy their configuration at their prices and you run the software they can supply. There are exceptions to both these points though. Each systems greatest strength is also its greatest weakness, If money was no object I would own (at least) one of each, Though for me a PC does the job I require at a far cheaper price and much closer to my requirments (seeing as I designed the configuration)	Metla (12)
521320	2007-02-01 00:22:00	Because Apple (Steve Jobs) doesn't want OS X to be soley installed on the Wintel platform although you can purchase a Mac with OS X and either bootcamp or Parallels and a copy of XP and install that on an Intel Mac and have both running happily together.	winmacguy (3367)
521321	2007-02-01 00:26:00	In regards to Winmacguys post/point... Windows is designed to accommodate and run just about any item of hardware available on the planet (within reason) The Mac OS is designed to run the hardware provided by Apple. So its far simpler to run Windows on a Mac as the software has the capability to recognize internal devices and assign a driver, Mac OS would have no idea on what to do if installed on the billion or so PC's out there.	Metla (12)
521322	2007-02-01 00:26:00	Price wise the Mac mini starts at just over $1200 NZ Software wise all of your basic stuff like MS Office, FireFox etc will run on both platforms. There is also a large array of free and shareware 3rd party apps for Mac OS X. Security wise (also place for biggest debates) OS X is secure out of the box without the need for 3rd party apps. The next update for Mac OS will be called Leopard and is due out around April. It will be able to be installed on all existing Intel Macs.	winmacguy (3367)
521323	2007-02-01 00:28:00	Hey, I could use a Mac Mini to prop open the door to my computer room, where the real computers hang out. Muhahahahaha.	Metla (12)
521324	2007-02-01 00:28:00	In regards to Winmacguys post/point... Windows is designed to accommodate and run just about any item of hardware available on the planet (within reason) The Mac OS is designed to run the hardware provided by Apple. I probably should have said that Apple is not interested in licencing their software out to 3rd party hardware manufactures which is one of the reasons that Microsoft got so huge in the 90's.	winmacguy (3367)
521325	2007-02-01 00:30:00	You could do that metla, the idea behind the Mac mini is that it is a basic, base price setup without all the bells and whistles of a higher priced specd system.	winmacguy (3367)
521326	2007-02-01 00:32:00	Can anyone tell me what the fundamental differences are between the MAC and the WINPC? Why can't their operating systems work on the opposing computer? As a rule Mac OS is more secure and stable than XP or Vista due to its design. One small catch with switching from PC to Mac unless you run Parallels is that you would need to get the Mac version of any 3rd party software that didn't already come with your machine- Photoshop/elements etc since the PC version won't run on Mac OS	winmacguy (3367)
521327	2007-02-01 00:39:00	Buttttt!!! Don't they both have hard drives? Couldn't a WINPC HDD be formatted to accept MAC software? This is where I get confused.	Bryan (147)
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