Even with the same hardware (same physical computer) mac benchmarks and performs slower.
Here is also a test with HL2 showing the performance difference: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3759/m...r-than-windows
because if you get a mac then people will make fun of him!
fuck macs
Maynard - The WCS Guy
I have 2 macs - 24'' iMac and a 15'' Macbook Pro, and I game, design and play on both flawlessly. I have also owned multiple custom made computers, an alienware laptop, and 4 dell's...and the Mac's take the cake any day of the year. Not to mention, the new MAC's are being ran with the same hardware as some of the top PC's now...
lol @ whoever said that PC's were more user friendly than a MAC.
I bet you $100 that all of the people that have talked down on MAC in this thread have yet to own one, and that is all I have to say.
Last edited by Tragedy; 08-02-2010 at 09:46 AM.
I don't see how a mac uses Autocad better, considering I have the program on this laptop and it works perfectly fine.
Autocad sucks compared to Revit anyway.
Yeah...and they make a Microsoft Office 2008 made specifically for a Mac so school work is no problem. Not to mention, it's rare that a Mac is going to freeze up during school work and make you lose all your progress. I play CSS, WoW and Starcraft II on my Macs at full graphics and I don't have any glitches or lag during gameplay. Plus, as long as he gets the i5, i7 or whatever the 3rd option is, he will be on top of things for a long time (4gb ram, 1tb HDD, 512mb graphics, 3.0ghz+ processors...etc). Both of my macs are 3 years old and I still run everything, including new games...flawlessly. Oh, and some of the new Macs include an option to add the umm...express port or whatever to add higher graphics cards on top of the 512 they already have. Heck, he doesn't even have to upgrade for multiple years if he gets the top of the line when he first buys. Even new games that are out require very little out of a Mac to run well, and I doubt that anything will be released in the near future (5 years) that is going to be fucking INSANE and not be able to run on a top of the line Mac of today.
Oh and you don't have to stay on top of spyware, malware, virus protection and a lack of updates when there are glitches in a PC. I have yet to do anything to my Macs in 3 years and my computer turns on in less than 20 seconds and all programs including internet all run amazingly fast.
Also...if he gets a Mac, make sure he orders on the www.apple.com website and go to the STORE > REFURBISHED section. Both of mine are refurbished and were about $400 off the retail price. :-)