Go to Post If you thought two alliances racing to tip the bridge in auto was exciting, wait until they play autonomous chicken on the center line. :D - Alpha Beta [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Other > Chit-Chat
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
View Poll Results: MAC vs. PC... Wut's Better
Windows 9x 2 3.51%
Mac OS 9 1 1.75%
Windows NT, 2K, XP 38 66.67%
MAC OS X 6 10.53%
Linux/BSD/UNIX (Mac OSX is UNIX!) 8 14.04%
I dont have a computer, I spent all my cash on a Segway 2 3.51%
Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #13   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 27-07-2002, 23:51
Eugene Eugene is offline
Registered User
#0321 (Lancers)
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 55
Eugene is on a distinguished road
Send a message via AIM to Eugene
Wink

Ever thought why PC became more popular even though in some of the aspects Macs where far superior? It is the fact that everything on PC is standardized which allowed people to develop software and hardware for it easily while Apple decided to use proprietary standards to shelter its creation. So in order to compare a Mac to a PC you need to define both, with Macs it is not like you have too many choices, but with hundreds innovations introduced each day on the PC it is not as easy. An “average” (which is vague term) PC which consists of parts primarily chosen on the basis of pricing is inferior to the Mac’s tightly controlled hardware. So if you are buying your grandma a computer, get her a Mac. But if you “really” know what you are doing and have a deep pocket you can create a machine that will blow any Mac away in every aspect, including design. I have seen quite a few awesome PC cases with glass windows and the interiors lit by backlights, and LCD displays mounted in the front, which will make any Mac look like a cardboard box. Combined with top of the crop hardware innovations you can have a machine that will outperform any Mac ever built. On the software end of the spectrum I do not think I even have to argue, don’t like Windows? There are dozens of operations systems running on x86 platform. On Macs it is not like you have got a choice.

Macs are excellent machines for those who have no time for tweaking. PC can be a great bargain, but then do not try to compare a $500 PC to $3000 G4. But for those who really know what they are doing (NOT NERD WANNA BEs), with enough money and time you can have the Ultimate Machine, doing stuff Steve Jobs is only dreaming of.

Eugene

P.S. My knowledge in this area is quite outdated, and I would appreciate any corrections.

P.P.S. Just my 2 cents.
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Big Mac #3 Joe Matt Chit-Chat 9 17-11-2003 19:50
mac? AlbertW Chit-Chat 9 29-03-2003 21:01
Mac Programming tiskippy Programming 2 12-02-2003 00:08
Mac Programming? tiskippy Programming 11 27-01-2003 23:15
Santa and Will Ferral want you to buy a mac MattK Chit-Chat 3 26-11-2002 17:29


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 17:57.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi