Do you have a PC to complement your Mac?
This is a Mac forum but gone are the days (I think) that PC's are the evil empire. We co-exist and there's no mistaking that the majority of the world uses PC's.
And as I happily use my iMac G4 everyday, I'm often irked by software or services not offered to Mac users. It's gotten to the point where I may just get a cheapo PIII desktop for games, chat and other mundane stuff. Perhaps sell my iMac and get a new iBook/PB and add the PC.
I'll never leave the Mac platform as I do most of my professional work on it. Plus OSX is simply too nice to not use.
Others here have a similar set up?
And as I happily use my iMac G4 everyday, I'm often irked by software or services not offered to Mac users. It's gotten to the point where I may just get a cheapo PIII desktop for games, chat and other mundane stuff. Perhaps sell my iMac and get a new iBook/PB and add the PC.
I'll never leave the Mac platform as I do most of my professional work on it. Plus OSX is simply too nice to not use.
Others here have a similar set up?
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I will never spend a dime on a PC, I would sell one if given to me. A PC could never be a compliment to anything except a trash can. I still can't get a PC to run games as fast as I can a PowerMac, even with top of the line processors 1 gig ram and a top end graphics card. Not sure how people set theirs up to do it, but our PCs choke on Photoshop let alone a game...
I will stay happy and trouble-shoot free with my Mac thank you very much...I don't have time to waste, I have to get my work done and meet deadlines to make money, and I can't on the PC with the troubles it gets on its own, and I don't trust anything on it...
Originally posted by ijerry
I still can't get a PC to run games as fast as I can a PowerMac,
that is amazing, do you have a g6? it is known and documented that PCs play games better. even the loyalest apple koolaid drinker will admit that.
Originally posted by a_greer
that is amazing, do you have a g6? it is known and documented that PCs play games better. even the loyalest apple koolaid drinker will admit that.
Really? My G4 tower will smoke any pc you bring to the table playing Airburst. (Can't wait for Airburst Extreme) And it's only a 1GHz with a Radeon Mac Edition!
I have a pc I built with my own three hands and it in no way compliments my G4. It's loud, it has to have a slew of virus/sypware programs running, and it runs XP. About the only reason I keep it around is... wait, why do I keep it around???
hey most people use windows as default not because they choose to do so.
hey i wonder if those at&t pc cards could work with a a powerbook so i can get wireless internet
Originally posted by a_greer
that is amazing, do you have a g6? it is known and documented that PCs play games better. even the loyalest apple koolaid drinker will admit that.
So I have heard and read...Just can't seem to replicate the findings...Not sure what is going on. We have AMD 2800s, and Radeon 9800 pros. It chokes on anything above 800 x 600 for any FPS. Not sure if the configuration is jacked or what, and this is with a gig of ram...These are custom made boxes...I scratch my head when I hear people tell me that PCs are so much faster at running games. It is just not so for me in a real world application...Again, maybe we are doing something wrong, not sure, but the G5 can run the FPS at full res without a hiccup. This is the dual 2 Ghz mind you, not even the newest ones, and it does have 2 gigs of ram, but still...I mean come on...I am not disputing anyones claims that the PC is faster at games, I am just saying that I cannot replicate it on my own...Perhaps I should just sit both out there and let the PC guys see what it is I am doing, that or they will want the G5...
I could think of getting a pc .. just for the fun of it. But to make it run something like Debian .. M$-free. (as I am at work too, and loving it).
Will I ever use the PC as my primary computer? Not as long as there is OS X
Do you have a PC to complement your Mac?
can a PC complement a Mac? That is like saying "do you have an 89 ford taurus to complement your 2004 Mercaides" Both will get you where you need to go, but one just does it a hell of a lot better, looks nicer and has a world famous hood orniment that proudley tells everyone that you have taste, style, sophistication and a little bit of money.
(I am working on the latter...$$)
Originally posted by bka77
My PC is a Mac.
And because the G5 is an IBM, that makes the Mac IBM compatable...what a tangled web we weave.....