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Originally Posted by kutulu
Another thing about games:
Mac may *eventually* have their version of the same games but how long does it take? So they have a version of Doom3 coming out, big deal it's February now. I beat that game back in September. You'll never be able to keep up with the LATEST in computer gaming if you have a Mac. A six month lag is pretty large.
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Not every computer user is buying their computer to play games. I own a number of games for Windows and don't play often - too busy with other things. Most of my post-college friends and collegaues don't play games either. And we've got the Console vs. PC platform war. But that's another thread.
Judging a computer by its time-to-market for the latest version of Doom isn't a "litmus test" of its merits and capabilities. It would be interesting to have a moderated discussion of computer platforms _wihout_ the topic of gaming.
I've got some friends at NASA's JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and they're running UNIX, Mac, and WIndows boxes. Playing games never factors into it. A post-grad at CalTech tells me most of the students run with PowerBooks.
I'm sure we can all find a case for using one platform over another, but in the end, a computer was designed to perform repetitive tasks and crunch numbers. Go ahead and buy a Windows computer to play the latest game. Buy a Mac to get everything else done.
