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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by drego
Mac vs PC.....man this is a debate that never gets old. Being a long time PC-fanatic my initial uneducated and completely personal opinion would be to sit here and scream "PC!!! DEAR GOD WHY WOULD YOU WANT ANYTHING ELSE??", but this is not what you're asking.
I think it boils down to you. What do YOU want to do with the computer? Mac has a very obvious performance lead over PCs when it comes to things along the lines of video editing and compilation (although with the advent of multi-core 64bit cpus, that gap is closing), where as PCs offer a plethora of software options, as well as a gaming market that can't be beat.
I might as well throw out there the fact that with Intel designing chip sets, Macs are turning into over glorified PCs that basically base their OS off of Unix, but that's just the bitter PC-er in me.
A safe solution might be a dual boot. From what I hear of Bootcamp it offers a lot to those who need or want to straddle the OS line, so to speak.
So once again, what do you want to do with your new computer?
~Drego
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As far as video editing is concerned, gap is closed. Many production facilities utilize PC Windows based Avid systems because of the lower total cost of ownership. Lower TCO is based on the fact that parts for PC based machines are much cheaper than Mac based platforms.
I have an XP box that I have no problems with, "it just works." with dual 19" monitors for the same price of a single screen mac. I can easily run Avid on my home setup.
I will state that the same thing. What do you want out of the machine?
Personally I find that macs have more style on the outside and on the inside. So icons bounce, cases & monitors are all-in-one with a cool looking stand.
For me, I like the multitude of software availability and compatibility. I don't ever wonder if I some new thing comes out and scratch my head thinking,"Does it support OSX?" For years, I could download things from my Tivo. Mac users could only do it recently panning the company for ignoring the 3% Mac community penetration. My palm/treo doesn't sync well on OSX out of the box, I'd have to use a 3rd party application. Blackberry? I dunno. But if it was XP, I'd have confidence that it would be yes.
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