Well, I can respect someone going with the tool that is going to get the job done for themselves, but there is a lot of misinformation going on about the Mac right now that is starting to aggravate me. The two big problems I have with Macs right now are that 1) Macs are more expensive in terms of hardware, software, what have you, and this has not changed, and 2) Macs are not 64 bit computers, and will not be for at least two years. The cost issue is easy to refute. You can find a tricked out Dell machine online for about $1200 that is faster and has more hardware features than a similar $1600 Mac. The 64 bit issue needs to be pieced together. Mac has not built a 64 bit operating system, they have built a 32 built operating system with portions recoded to take advantage of 64 bit features. The hardware specifications on the new G5 are impressive, and certainly more advanced than most PC offerings right now. But, without software geared to take advantage of all the hardware offers, you have something good but not great. It will take Apple at least a year to develop a full blown 64 bit OS, which means application support is at least another year off from being stable. Macs, right now, are at the Windows 95 stage, IMHO. They have come up with something cool, it will take them time to implement it, and, in the mean time, they are making users pay to test their systems. They aren't doing users any favors, and, while I will admit they have built some powerful machines, they are way off from being able to deliver on what their marketing promises. On the other hand, Windows has a true 64 bit operating system in Windows 2003 Server. AMD just released its new 64 bit chip which (supposedly) Windows 2003 can take advantage of. And various Linux OSes are already 64 bit, so... Where's the beef? M -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: FW: [FlashLounge] g5 anyone Well, yes. I do. I mean, I'm a PC guy, but I have total respect for the Mac platform with the advent of OS X. Also, the G5 hardware is prety damn sweet. You get the best integration I've ever seen (though, admittedly, there are problems associated with tight integration). I think that whether the Mac is worth the money is not a question of hardware or software value, I think it is a question of personal use habits. If you work better on the Mac, its hardware will stand up to most PCs. If you work better on a PC, you can get a box that stands up well against the Mac. So there. Pthhhhh. :-) --BenD Haggerty, Mike wrote: > Here's another... do people really believe this stuff? > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Helen Glass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [FlashLounge] g5 anyone > > > Sure, Macs are expensive upfront, but after adding to a PC all that > comes standard with a Mac, IMHO, it's pretty close in price. > > H > On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 04:58 AM, Cedric Muller wrote: > > >>g5 ?? >> >>as soon as I can, but I am really waiting for Darwin on Intel ..... >>because Macs are too expensive ... (I don't really care about the >>'whole' developpers don't port to Mac ... I don't view it as a 100% >>true statement .....) >> >>http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin/6.0/release.html >>http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin/6.0/install.x86.txt >>(look for Darwin x86-compatible) >> >>take care, >>Cedric >> >> >> >>>This is pointless but fyi.. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>I don't know... what pc desktop has a 64bit OS, the power of the >>>>dual 2ghz G5 and the innovative design? >>>>I don't follow the peecee world that close. >>> >>> >>>It's "PC" man. Because they're cheap and I can build em how I want em >>>with the manufacturers I choose. To each his own; For what its worth, >>>I'd kill my brother for a cinema display. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>> >>> >>--------------------------------- >>Cedric Muller >>b-tween | designContent >> >>w3. http://www.b-tween.com >>ph. +41 22 782 38 60 >>mo. +41 79 306 54 70 >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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