Mac vs. PC

[dg10050]

 

[tyasawa]

PCs can be much sexier than macs, you just need to find the right case (there are thousands!)

nah.. i did look at some pretty cases but they are still cables involves.. and i hate too many cables..
compare it to imacs.. they are a looot sexier 'o'.. but it might be only my opinion..

hum i might need to install linux somehow to ensure that my application can run on multi platform.. lesse about that.. hope im not too stupid to use it.. any recommendation?

 

[deathfisaro]

Mac, because PC sucks according to Apple TV ads.
Never used Mac though, maybe a couple minutes on my friends.

 

[nephdj]

PC

 

[outphase]

The misconception that Apple hardware is more expensive is because there is no "entry level" system. You can buy a pre-built Windows system for a couple hundred these days. The entry cost to an OSX-based PC (yeah I said it again) is $1000. When you begin to have systems comparable in stats, the costs begin to level off a little.

Ever since a few years ago, all of my systems are in Shuttle cases. They're nice and small and beat out any prebuilt system in terms of aesthetics (to me)... except maybe the Mac Mini but only because it's smaller.

 

[nephdj]

hum i might need to install linux somehow to ensure that my application can run on multi platform.. lesse about that.. hope im not too stupid to use it.. any recommendation?

IBM flavour of Linux with "Rational Testmanager"

QUOTEThe misconception that Apple hardware is more expensive is because there is no "entry level" system. You can buy a pre-built Windows system for a couple hundred these days. The entry cost to an OSX-based PC (yeah I said it again) is $1000. When you begin to have systems comparable in stats, the costs begin to level off a little.

a little? u can build a beast for 1000US

 

[jtroye32]

This is supposed to be OSX vs Any other OS instead of Mac vs PC, since apple now uses intel chipsets since they couldn't keep up hardware wise by themselves. So to dumb it down for you, MACs are PCs that run OSX. And those saying MACs aren't overpriced are wrong.. anything by Apple is overpriced. For the cost of any MAC you could build a MUCH better/faster box. Apple is an advertising company more than a tech company and make sales based on hype and deceptive advertising which i have no respect for. You don't see Microsoft making shitty commercials downplaying Apple to try to make themselves look good. why? because it's unprofessional.

 

[ness31]

I just switched to a Mac and it's great. Also, there isn't much of a price difference.

 

[Sinkhead]

Can I build my own Mac? I think not. Unless I am wrong, which I probably am...

- Sam

 

[mthrnite]

My 24" aluminum iMac arrives on Wednesday, replacing a G4 Dual 1Gigger dustbuster sounding s.o.b.
Can't wait to get a little peace and quiet around here!

 

[Deleted User]

@mthrnite: I'm so jealous!

Can I build my own Mac? I think not. Unless I am wrong, which I probably am...

- Sam

You can customize your Mac but you can't build your own as in looking for a case and buy the parts yourself. So no, you're not wrong!

 

[Ignatius]

I'm glad i saw this thread because i'm also in the same predicament.

I'm debating whether or not to get an iMac (for the first time) or get a new PC computer again. I'm a filmmaker so, i do a lot of video editing, compositing and visual effects work. So i was hoping you guys could help me decide which computer would be the best:

iMac for $2000

CPU: 2.4ghz core 2 duo
Memory: 1GB ddr2-667mhz (pc2-5300)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600HD PRO 256mb
Harddrive: 320gb
Monitor: 24"

PC for $1200

CPU: 2.4ghz core 2 quad
Memory: 4GB ddr2-800mhz (pc2-6400)
Graphics: NVIDIA 8600GT 256mb
Harddrive: 320gb
Monitor: 22"

There's some other stuff missing from the PC setup like the motherboard, power supply and what not. But, what do you guys think? What's better? Appreciate the help guys, thanks!

 

[Sekkyumu]

Mac because : FinalCutPro Studio 2 and iMovie 08.

It's settled ! :-)

 

[Sick Wario]

i am a PC user, but since vista and all the copy protection/DRM/Trusted Platform etc i have installed ubuntu on an old amd k6 500 mhz and i am trying to learn as much as possible

no-one will deny how beautiful apple products are, and that's all the general public notices anyway. but people in the know realize that there are better, cheaper, and sometimes just as pretty devices from other manufacturers who don't charge a premium for their label

 

[FAST6191]

@Ignatius my favourite video apps are pretty much all windows only and the windows box would seem to perform faster (video is one of the few things than can really do anything with quad core).

I guess it really depends on what software you can afford to "lose" or emulate.

 

[Ignatius]

Mac because : FinalCutPro Studio 2 and iMovie 08.

It's settled ! :-)

I'd love to use FCP because i know it's much better than premiere. But, as a filmmaker, it's not the programs that make good movies, it's what you can do with the programs. So, FCP and Premiere do the same thing for me. And the PC hardware is a lot better and cheaper than the imac. So right now i'm leaning towards the PC. But i hope somebody can explain to me why an iMac is much better than a PC. I always hear that from people within the film industry that they prefer using Mac's over PC's and that's something i dont understand.

 

[kellyan95]

Programs that use GPUs for video conversion/playback are much faster. Avivo for ATI and...something else for Nvidia. But only with the newer cards. Do any Mac apps support these hardware features?

 

[bobrules]

Macs are like ipods, they look good but others works just as good, if not, better.

 

[FAST6191]

Mac because : FinalCutPro Studio 2 and iMovie 08.

It's settled ! :-)

I'd love to use FCP because i know it's much better than premiere. But, as a filmmaker, it's not the programs that make good movies, it's what you can do with the programs. So, FCP and Premiere do the same thing for me. And the PC hardware is a lot better and cheaper than the imac. So right now i'm leaning towards the PC. But i hope somebody can explain to me why an iMac is much better than a PC. I always hear that from people within the film industry that they prefer using Mac's over PC's and that's something i dont understand.

I am little more than an enthusiastic amateur (avisynth and megui possibly with an external muxer and with whatever I want for DVD authoring this week are my tools of choice although I quite often redo films as I see fit and the odd bit of home video restoration (I was given a very expensive VHS player)), the only other pro video regular (or even semi regular) around here is WeaponXXX.

@kellyan95 last I checked most encoding codecs are poor implementations of a standard (I reckon I could get Xvid to beat (or at least come very close to) the equivalent H264 encode). The last 6 months may have changed things and dedicated encoder cards will annihilate that.

 

[kellyan95]

My 3800+ can't come close to playing a 1080p video by itself. My X1950XT + a program that supports avivo has no trouble. Quicktime isn't one of those programs. "Avivo - GPU core supports hardware decoding of H.264, VC-1, WMV9, and MPEG-2 videos"