PC vs MAC

[MathNerd05]

For all you Mac users, Fire is an exceptional program that is "Trillian for OSx." Smooth and customizable, it is a must for anyone with multiple Instant message accounts.

[ezcheese]

What's the current version of Fire? the last version I used was 1.0.3.

[ezcheese]

[matrix:~] derek% uptime

1:15PM up 61 days, 3:55, 1 user, load averages: 0.91, 0.70, 0.51

No re-starts in 61 days. just one example of the stability of Mac OS X.

[Neo]

No re-starts in 61 days. just one example of the stability of Mac OS X. 

I've had Windows 2000 based servers go over one year of uptime without a restart.

[M. Brown]

What do you guys think of the new P4 6xx series. Intel finally gave the Pentium 64bit with this new series.

[monsoon]

I prefer AMD's 64bit chips.

[M. Brown]

^ me too

Another reason that Id get a 939 A64 is because the new Dual Core athlons would be able to run on current 939 motherboards. At least thats what ive read.

[Neo]

For all you Mac users, Fire is an exceptional program that is "Trillian for OSx." Smooth and customizable, it is a must for anyone with multiple Instant message accounts.

I use Adium X on my Mac.

http://www.adiumx.com

[monsoon]

Interesting conversation and friends.

[M. Brown]

Im am right now overclocking my p4 2.4b to 3gigs. that is 600megahertz more

[M. Brown]

Well I just ordered my cpu motherboard and video card. Im gettin a A64 3500+ winchester, MSI Neo4 Platinum Ultra, and an MSI Geforce 6600gt video card. $614

[K6-III]

Forget the MAC & PC (which means MS),  the future is Linux.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Amen to that. Currently running Ubuntu Linux and loving it!

[Wicky]

Although both PC and MAC are quite friendly usable, I go for PC, even if the graphic possibillities through MAC are outstanding.

[M. Brown]

Wow. This new system plays doom 3 like nothing

[monsoon]

The Power Mac & Mac Mini's Ancestor

IBM RT

[samsonyuen]

I've had two great Macs serve me for 12 years, LCIII (1993-1999), iMac first generation (1999-present).

[ezcheese]

Right on, my beige power mac g3 is still going strong! 1998-present

[monsoon]

You MacOPhiles might be interested in gimpshop. I use gimp myself and prefer it greatly of the pig software called photoshop.

GimpShop

[monsoon]

In a stunning announcement, Steve Jobs announced yesterday that Apple will be switching from the PowerPC to x86 chips. I guess this means for sure there will be no powerMac G5.

[ezcheese]

In a stunning announcement, Steve Jobs announced yesterday that Apple will be switching from the PowerPC to x86 chips.  I guess this means for sure there will be no powerMac G5.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you mean powerbook G5 right? yeah, i seriously doubt that will happen now. they will probably concentrate on switching over to intel for the powerbooks before they switch the pro desktops over.

from the speculation i have read (and of course it's only speculation), they are saying that the lower end macs will be switched over first, but i would assume that people who are willing to pay a$$loads of money for a powerbook will want the fastest processors they can get their hands on, and since the G5 runs way too hot, it would make sense to try and get the powerbooks switched over to intel quickly.

[monsoon]

Wonder if Apple's sales will be hurt by what not could be considered a dead platform. It won't be as easy as they are making it out to be for vendors to port their software.

[ezcheese]

the sales of new machines probably will suffer a little until people understand the details of how things will be switched over. i was planning on buying a new mac in the next year, but i will hold off now until they have switched to intel and test the waters before i buy.

it will definitelly be difficult for a lot of developers to switch over, but in the future if they use the new version of xcode, they will be able to make an all-in-one binary that will run on ppc and x86. plus there's rosetta, which is supposed to translate ppc code to intel code on the fly. but that will probably be pretty slow.

in the past, apple has been good with big transitions, but this one is a little bigger than anything they have done in the past. it'll be a bumpy road for the first year of transition for sure.

[Southron]

Mac all the way. I've had to suffer through the frustrations of Windows at work for years. I recently returned to the Mac fold at home and it really is comforting to have a machine that just works. PCs don't.

[ezcheese]

i am eyeing the new mac mini that was announced yesterday. i have been using the same beige 300 Mhz G3 for the past 7 years. it's finally time to upgrade! now i just have to get this job.... *fingers crossed*

[ironchapman]

MAC made a better showing than I thought it would.

I have Windows, though.