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04-17-2008, 08:44 PM
|  | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | Bingo. And since you can tweak Leopard to run on a PC, any argument favoring Apple hardware over PC falls flat. Unless you have a need for an ultra-portable like Craig's air, PC will always win.
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04-17-2008, 08:53 PM
|  | ALTMAN BE PRAISED | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ohio
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| | I prefer OS X for all desktop usage, applications, work, etc.
I only keep XP around for gaming. 
I could care less whether it's running on Apple hardware or a self-built PC. OS X is just win.
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04-17-2008, 11:25 PM
|  | sR Resident Gun Nut | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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| | | That's way too much shit to read.
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04-17-2008, 11:57 PM
|  | OMFG!!!! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | 1. they couldn't match up specs? 1gb vs 3gb? 2.8 vs 2.4?
Really, it's not that hard, esp with Apple running Intel. Borks up the test.
2. Sleep? It's like 5 seconds for PC (vista) to wake up. I can deal. Now the startup, that I'd like to see reduced, but since I run mostly from sleep, no biggie.
3. Install times? um, yeah. if it takes 4 minutes, or 5 minutes, I'm not standing over it, and I'm only installing Office once. jesus h.
4. Penryn processor vs. Not? 13.3" vs 15.4" Holy Christ, my mother could think up a closer test. There ARE 13.3" windows laptops. How do you compare battery life when the screens are different sizes? fucking lose.
5. Conclusion: Vista is more sluggish? Yeah, we all pretty much had come to that conclusion about a year ago.
Fantastic article for us to poop on.
oh, and my bootup time is 43 seconds max from button push to ready desktop. Not sure what bloatware they have on the Windows machine. What, they have AOL and a bios virus scan?
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04-18-2008, 01:32 AM
|  | Too Loud! Too Bright! | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence
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| | | Well the laptops I think they did based on price. not sure about the desktop, especially since the PC is more expensive
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04-18-2008, 09:57 AM
|  | Jack pwns my FACE | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Well above sea level.
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| | | based on price?...
what kinda crap comparison is this?
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04-18-2008, 10:21 AM
|  | The Sky is Over | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston
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Originally Posted by Craig  | Well when I reviewed the Alienware ALX which contained two 64MB SSD and Vista 64 Ulti, it had an 8 second boot time... |
04-18-2008, 10:29 AM
| | The Sky is Over | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston
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Originally Posted by DNvCross
Games are designed for windows. The day I see a MAC that can support DX10 and run a game as seamlessly as windows, I'll consider making one my primary machine.
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04-18-2008, 11:56 AM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem | and what does your experience with OSX tell you? |
04-18-2008, 11:59 AM
| | The Sky is Over | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston
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Originally Posted by Craig | Well I cant really compare the two. That ALX system cost over $10K. The SSD alones was over $3400 
I have two G4s running OS X, not the best comparison.
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