Since switching to mac I won't ever look back... good deal? There is no comparison...it's like comparing a formula one race car to a family sedan....apples to oranges...totally different engineering & performance. Mac is a Unix OS while Windows is a memory hogging monstrosity...the OS itself takes up half your system resources. So your comparison of what you can get for the money is way off...you need a lot more RAM, bigger hard drive, faster processor, just to support the Windows OS. For example, I got a Mac mini with only 512 MB of RAM and it still runs faster than Windows machines in our household with double the RAM.
For my current contract I have to run Windows due to some requirements from the client (has nothing to do with what mac can or can't run), so I am running XP on Parallels on my MacBook pro. I have to admit, having 3 Gig of ram is nice b/c I can dedicate a full 1.5 gig to Windows. Windows XP on my macbook pro actually runs FASTER than on my Windows laptop, which I am now donating to my kids b/c w/the Macbook pro I no longer have any need to have a windows box on my desk. Honestly when I am not working on this contract I shut down parallels and never use it for any other purpose - Mac more than fullfills all my needs. I run Flex builder on both platforms, only difference is that you can't break the panels apart onto mutliple monitors on Mac, that's due to a limitation in Eclipse on Mac. I also run all the CS3 apps on my mac, they run even better than the CS2, which seemed plenty fast; the fact that CS2 was running through Rosetta wasn't noticeable at all, but then again, my machine does have 3 gig of RAM... btw you can get a discount on your mac (10-15%) by going through the AppleStore rather than getting it online, if you open a business account, otherwise if you're a student or instructor you can get an academic discount. --- In [email protected], "Celikdemir, Oguz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have both ( PC and MAC ) > > > > My MyBook 1.86 Ghz Core Duo, 2 GB ram and standard Harddisk. I used Flex > and Flash on MyBook, PC as well. I didn't see any differences, worked > well. But there ise one advantage if you buy MyBook, you can use 2 > different operating system at the same time ( OSX and XP ). But I have > got one suggestion for you. If you want to buy MyBook, choose big > harddisk that 60 GB it's not enough for me. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Arleston Lueders > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex on Mac > > > > Thanks guys. At this moment I can affoard a MacBook 2.0GHz, 1gb RAM (up > to 2), 80gb HD. > Is it a good deal get a Mac? because with the same price you can get a > better PC (with non-board video, more ram and hd,...). > My main goal is using Adobe tools (Flash, Flex, Fireworks, ColdFusion... > ), and if the machine supports... will run some games like counter > strike, winning eleven. > Its a big question... pc or apple. :) > > Thanks again! > (sorry about my english) > > 2007/5/11, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > runs fine. > > On 5/11/07, Arleston Lueders < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hello everybody! > > I'm thinking in buy a MacBook. Does anyone have a Mac here? What > do you think about it? > And the Flex will run normal on Mac, right? > > Thanks, > Arleston > > > > > -- > j:pn > http://www.lennel.org >
