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Macfag reporting in here. slackophage pretty much summed up why. web developer by trade
Quote: I wasn't a Mac fan until they integrated the BSD shit with OS X and added all the purty eye candy. Having a user-friendly desktop with good application support AND a solid Unix back-end was a fucking godsend for a lot of us *n?x nerds.
macs are popular among the hipper yuppie crowd, but I really prefer it for technical reasons. i have a mac mini.
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I highly suggest it, a mac mini is a great computer for about 800 base price. I got an extra gb of ram, cause the stock one only has 1. I run a Windows XP virtual machine, photoshop, lots of other apps and never experience lag issues. As long as I reboot once a week or so. My XP virtual machine actuallys runs FASTER than I have ever seen XP run on its own hardware.
There is a rumor of a Mac mini redesign, making it even smaller and more powerful in the next year or so.
not true. i do web development and design and linux server administration. i know a lot more about computer hardware/software than you. Just about every media professional who knows their shit, whether it be video editor, 3D designer, graphic designer, all use Macs. It improved my workflow tremendously. I used to use PCs, and work on Macs now because I can get shit done much faster.
OSX is built on unix, making it naturally more stable than Windows, especially this Windows Vista crap, a total joke....
This debate could go on forever, but I'll participate, cause I know I'm right.
Most of the folks who bash Macs have never used them, or are afraid of learning anything new. Or they are "gamers" or afraid of conforming to some "hip" trend they are too cool for. in reality, it's just a superior machine, nothing else.
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I used to be AMD only when I built my own PCs, but lately their chips have been lagging behind Intel pretty bad. They used to be the most bang for the buck, but not anymore.
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True, once Mac has a significant market share, which is growing by the day. Every game will have a Mac port. Right now, most game developers just don't make Mac ports, because of it's relatively low market share.
Check out the Mac Pro. Comes with dual quad core out of the box, a total of 8 active processors. Not cheap by any means, but worth it if you are a serious power user and actually use it for work.
Quote: oxalic32 said: Thats my point. If XP had its own hardware things would be entirely different. Or if Mac had real compatibility like PCs do.
I've never had a compatibility issue. I've plugged all sorts of weird devices into my mac and they have worked. Even some funky bluetooth headphones a buddy had me try, my bluetooth phone works perfect too, hardly use it though. just to transfer pics.
And as far as software goes, that's where Mac really excels. There is a Mac equivalent for any piece of Windows software, usually much better and probably open source.
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