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Thread ID: 80521	2007-06-26 04:10:00	Going Vista in an Apple World	myke (7862)	Press F1

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563145	2007-06-29 06:06:00	Most comments are based on second hand knowledge. What I want to know is what do you need to make apps like Flash and Photoshop and maybe 3D apps like Blender fly on Vista? Then I can work out how cost effective it would be compared to considering staying with Apple and the requirements for running the same apps. I think you might have to wait a few more months for the uptake of Vista to spread around a bit more in order to give you some more informed results to base your findings on.	winmacguy (3367)
563146	2007-06-29 06:54:00	ok, i gave up reading all the mac fanatic's posts, but can answer a few questions: 2GB of ram will be fine, but get atleast an nvidia 7300 or 6600gt preferably with 256MB video ram on them i hold acer is high esteem, but Asus is imho the best brand out there. don't go dell and i personally say to avoid hp, but i do see most places buy those brands for cost reasons, and i have seen some well spec'd dells in the engineering school at auckland uni good luck networking it all lol	motorbyclist (188)
563147	2007-06-29 06:57:00	as soon as i saw this thread i new macfan would be the first poster here. personally i'd largely ignore him, not because of his stuff up above, but the fact all he ever posts about is why the world should turn apple. not the unbiased voice i'm sure you're looking for sorry macguy, the fact is it is cheaper to maintain a fleet of pcs than apples, and for a school thats were is counts seeing as both systems are just as capable for the tasks required	motorbyclist (188)
563148	2007-06-29 07:08:00	as soon as i saw this thread i new macfan would be the first poster here. personally i'd largely ignore him, not because of his stuff up above, but the fact all he ever posts about is why the world should turn apple. not the unbiased voice i'm sure you're looking for sorry macguy, the fact is it is cheaper to maintain a fleet of pcs than apples, and for a school thats were is counts seeing as both systems are just as capable for the tasks required You might want to read myke's first posts rather than mine to get an idea of what he is looking for motorbyclist. Then see if you can help him with any knowledge that you might have regarding running multimedia apps on Vista since that is what he is actually wanting to know. The school already runs Macs with XP in admin. Cheers.	winmacguy (3367)
563149	2007-06-29 07:19:00	actually i read all his posts and about 5 of yours. i know the school largely runs macs, but he is asking for advice on moving to vista as they are seriously considering it. seeing as most the software they use now has both mac and windows versions. i actually answered his questions about brands and specs, rather than arguing that mac is better than windows	motorbyclist (188)
563150	2007-06-29 08:12:00	actually i read all his posts and about 5 of yours. i know the school largely runs macs, but he is asking for advice on moving to vista as they are seriously considering it. seeing as most the software they use now has both mac and windows versions. i actually answered his questions about brands and specs, rather than arguing that mac is better than windows Cool so what would your suggestion be? With regards to the later part of your comment, I would say horses for courses.	winmacguy (3367)
563151	2007-06-29 10:02:00	i gave my suggestions, did't you read my posts?	motorbyclist (188)
563152	2007-06-29 10:09:00	i gave my suggestions, did't you read my posts? Being that we are talking about 12 year olds what about 1 GB of RAM which is what I use on my iMac. Which version of Vista would you use and what is that like with Photoshop, movie editing and Bryce 3D as well as connecting to Macs and printing on a Server? I almost forgot, Total edu cost and servicing support?	winmacguy (3367)
563153	2007-06-29 15:27:00	considering vista eats 512MB of ram i thought 2GB would be a safe bet considering he said he'd disable all eye candy, i'd go with the home premium unless there is a special edu offer. as for photoshop i havn't tried myself, but think it safe to assume it would be identical to mac and xp. he's already looked at it, as he said, why can't you accept	motorbyclist (188)
563154	2007-06-29 15:46:00	considering vista eats 512MB of ram i thought 2GB would be a safe bet considering he said he'd disable all eye candy, i'd go with the home premium unless there is a special edu offer. as for photoshop i havn't tried myself, but think it safe to assume it would be identical to mac and xp. he's already looked at it, as he said, why can't you accept I don't have any problem with that. I gather that he is able to get the home premium in edu version. Most school systems that I have seen come with the base config of RAM since your only teaching the kids how to do stuff, your not running a production studio. Tiger runs fine on 1GB of RAM with Photoshop and the rest. (on my machine anyhow), the school machines are G4 eMacs which have an older Motorola chip.	winmacguy (3367)
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