on 12/24/01 12:07 AM, Daniel J. Salemson at the residence of [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Meh. As someone who makes his living as a Mac support tech, I beg to > differ. Macs are no less prone to technical problems than Windows. > Extension conflicts? Corrupted font suitcases? Programs crashing > with random errors? One program taking down the entire OS? Random > system freezes because of memory leaks? If there are fewer Mac > techs, it's because Windows machines outnumber Macs 20-to-1. > Macs *are* less prone to technical problems! For example, I have this Beige G3/266 desktop here, running OS 9.1, and it crashes, on an average, 2 times a month. If I had OS X, the whole thing would crash almost never, from what I've read. The one way the whole system would crash would probably be a kernel panic. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Sam.) Now, a PC, it would probably crash, on an AVERAGE, 3 times a day. And that's on a good day. I think that "Windows machines outnumber Macs 20-to-1" is a bit exaggerated. I believe it's more like 5 to 2 or something. As Sam said: >> The journalism and newspaper industries all use Macs. >> Mac is the preferred platform among writers and novelists. Graphics >> professionals, multimedia designers, and advertising agencies all depend on >> Macs. Macs are huge in the audio and recording industries. And it is almost >> impossible to use anything else for digital video editing and production. >> >> Macs also make killer servers. Take Digitalforest for example, they are one >> of the trendsetters who have server farms full of Macs dedicated to high >> performance web serving solutions." And he is correct. > > This is absurd. The fastest PowerPC processor is embarrassingly slow > compared to the top-of-the-line x86. The G4 ekes out an advantage > with intensive SIMD processes designed to use the AltiVec routine, > but for the majority of tasks the PPC is slower. Yeah, right. The DP800 G4, which is the fastest Mac, I believe, (It IS faster then the 867Mhz G4 in OS X, isn't it?) is *much* faster then the fastest P4. And even if the P4 has more clock speed - which it does - the Mac is still faster, it doesn't matter. It's the processor. My 2 cents. Dan Arnold -- "Taking apart my keyboard is therapeutic and calming." - John Teff -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
