That's not the best comparison, if you ran it on Vista I'd be compelled. XP 64 can't even fake DX10, while CS4 is geared for a DX10 multi GPU setup. The would be like me comparing a game on Windows 98 and XP, it's an insult to the game and the OS's. Just because an Os is 64 bit is meaningless. Plus Xp 64 isn't geared fro a multicore setup, while Vista and Mac OS are. Final Cut will obviously run nicely, but I don't know, I never liked it. I'm more a Premiere fan myself.
ive used nothing but pc's for my entire computer-using career and definitely dont consider myself computer illiterate, but in just a few days i have noticed practically ZERO complications/problems with the mac and i can honestly say i have NEVER used even a brand new pc that did not have some sort of complication or issue almost right out the box. problems downloading the right drivers, having incorrect wires or connections to various devices, connecting to the internet is almost always a chore, blue screens of death, etc. maybe i'm not the world's brightest computer user, and clearly i haven't used a mac long enough to make the most well-rounded opinion, but i know enough to know that so far, i enjoy using this mac 1,000,000 x's better than any pc ive used
Well, that was part of my dilemma. To get a PC to really support what I needed I'd have to spend nearly as much as a Mac. So, I went with what I knew would work for a little more...coupling that with the fact that I've never had any problems with Mac's I've used, and I have the option to get Final Cut and Avid both, something I can't do on PC. Premiere CS4 seems to work pretty well, but I don't use it much. I'm still scarred from using it years ago and losing projects due to crashes. It also doesn't have much of a reputation professionally.
While you losers keep on loving your Mac's, I will continue making a great living off of my knowledge of Windows. Leopard is a pretty interface but neither it or the hardware are anywhere close to being scalable on an enterprise level. But hey, you got the prettier laptop!
I understand what you mean. Adobe really hasn't had the greatest past. I've been floored by CS4 thus far, but I still remember being pissed off at the Premiere 6.5 days. At the end of the day, if it works it works I guess.
http://gizmodo.com/5065133/the-truth-about-the-apple-tax LOL having fun getting ripped off mac users.
I've never had any of those problems apart from one hard-drive going down, but still under warranty, but Macs working better out of the box wouldn't suprise me. They haven't had the time or popularity to develp thousands of malware for Macs, and they don't come with all the extra crap they put on PCs.
Been a PC guy forever but morre and more I want to get a macbook pro or air just because they are really appealing to me now.
It really depends on what you want to do. I know we're a very small subset of the population, but all of my colleagues (astrophysicists) use Macs (or linux in rare cases, such as myself) exclusively because we can't really do anything on a PC.
I'm sorry, but I have a hard time believing that there is anything that can't be done on PC that can be done on Macs. Most of the physicists I know migrate down that path because of Latex, heaven forbid they know that Latex is platform independent and will compile on any OS. Anything that can be done can be done on a PC, the same can't be said of Macs....
Beyond the advantages of lower virus/spyware threats, and the OS, it's hard to really demonstrate. You should check out some of the Apple centric blogs where they talk about different software and tips, and so on. Something like www.tuaw.com for example. That would be a good way to start to get a feel for it. That you would start trolling this thread is hardly surprising, but when you try and make comments like this 'netbook' comparison, it's that much harder to take you even remotely seriously. You seem rational and intelligent even in, amazingly enough, iPhone threads. I don't know what happens to you in Mac threads. This is right and wrong. No one else uses OSX because Apple doesn't allow it. The 'if it was so good' doesn't make sense - part of it's appeal is a direct result of the closed environment. Which, of course, is demonstrated among other places by your point about drivers. Whether you agree with the approach or not, it allows for some positives just as much as the negatives. I doubt that. Had the OP been a humble, simple topic without mentioning PCs at all the same thing would have happened. Mac/PC fanboy wars are just as stupid as any other X Fanboy War (sometimes more so). If you think that's a one way street, you aren't paying attention. I don't think this thread is about enterprise users. I also make my living off Windows (primarily), but I definitely agree that for most business environments PCs are mandatory. Whoever told you that is an idiot.
Dell is making an Air like laptop soon which will be the world's thinnest. Its called the Dell Adamo. http://gizmodo.com/5113604/dell-adamo-could-be-lighter-thinner-than-macbook-air
Mac's suck, that extra grand on the price tag isn't worth it. I understand the op got his for free......but macs in general....ewwww. FWIW.....any system runs beautifully when it's first used, before you eventually get stuff on it to bog it down.
Too bad you're assuming that Windows and Leopard perform the same on the same hardware. It's almost like comparing a Ford Expedition to a 350Z because they both have about 300hp. Read this: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4258725.html?page=1 Apps generally run faster in Mac OS than in Windows.
The battery isnt as long as my IBM from high school. The whole thing just feels slower and more difficult. It freezes often, and it just gets very frustrating
