need help with mac

[Jimbear]

GIMP can't touch CS5 in terms of capability, or performance. And before you say it runs faster it your pentium4, remember that PERFORMING isnt the same as GOING FAST. You have to be able to get things done, and CS5 can do more things.

Also: the newest Mac stuff runs on the same hardware PCs do, including pentium processors, albeit a generation behind the enthusiast offerings. I don't think you can even buy a mac with a GTX480, but i havent browsed in a while. The OS is more stable only because the software for is developed by the same company that makes the computer, ensuring compatibility. If Adobe made computers, everyone would buy them for premier, CS5, elements and flash would always run great. But since the best software is going to be made for the largest market, its easier for you (and cheaper) to build (or buy) a PC.

And besides! You can always go buy a copy of OSX and dualboot it, although making a hackintosh isn't quite as easy as dualbooting some flavor of linux

[ZERO]

GIMP can't touch CS5 in terms of capability, or performance. And before you say it runs faster it your pentium4, remember that PERFORMING isnt the same as GOING FAST. You have to be able to get things done, and CS5 can do more things.

Also: the newest Mac stuff runs on the same hardware PCs do, including pentium processors, albeit a generation behind the enthusiast offerings. I don't think you can even buy a mac with a GTX480, but i havent browsed in a while. The OS is more stable only because the software for is developed by the same company that makes the computer, ensuring compatibility. If Adobe made computers, everyone would buy them for premier, CS5, elements and flash would always run great. But since the best software is going to be made for the largest market, its easier for you (and cheaper) to build (or buy) a PC.

And besides! You can always go buy a copy of OSX and dualboot it, although making a hackintosh isn't quite as easy as dualbooting some flavor of linux

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

[brentidge]

because if you get a mac then people will make fun of him!

[maynard]

fuck macs

[mastercheff]

fuck macs

Nawdawg, you mean fuck apple.

[hallwagner]

Nawdawg, you mean fuck apple.

no, fuck you

[Tragedy]

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.