*bites*
i so DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, but your misguidedness could be influencing poor innocent AM users considering this debate. fuck apple, fuck the particular reseller who employs me one day a week, i don't care how many computers they sell or how much money they make. doesn't mean i don't do my job when i'm there - that's because of a basic work ethic not because i'm a fan boy.
Dude you used to? or still do work in a an Apple shop
How can your opinion be unbiased?!
I can see the advantages of a Mac over a PC, but there are also disadvantages. I've worked for a distributor of both.
I have no problem with Vista myself, have used it since the early beta days. If you have new hardware it is spot on, however if you're running older hardware expect issues.
People who are scared or don't know what they're doing tend to be the ones with issues. Oooh the interface is all different run away!
Each to their own in my opinion. Apple are fantastic at marketing and people love to eat it up.
My dealings with people working for Apple in Australia have been nothing short of terrible due to their closed minds.
i beleive macs use sodimm ddr2 667mhz or something similar
so its not ur average 168 ppin pc1066 ddr,
shorter and fatter
all laptops (or desktops for that matter) using current or last generation intel chipsets use ddr2 sodimms... i'm not in touch enough with the pc world atm to know if the sis/via/nvidias are using something different and i'm certainly not claiming that the intel chipset is the best (although it may be i really don't know). i don't know what's so average about 168 pin 1066 ddr because i've not built a pc since the athlon xp but i do know that there are one or two centrino laptops kicking around with ddr2 sodimms
as for generally speaking and to repsond to John L also (to whom i also say - yes apple australia are fucked. their ineptitude has frustrated me for many years. that has nothing to do with why i might buy/use a certain computer/operating system, however. once again, i have not loyalty or allegiance to apple or their channel, here or internationally. they can such my balls. but they do make some good shit.)
i should probably say for the boffins sake that all of the following is in terms of a
personal computer, not a business machine. i don't doubt that windows systems have a lot to offer in that sector and many others where great software solutions have been developed for the windows platform. i'm not really knowledgeable enough to be starting a debate about that however.
(i would probably still be suggesting that if you're in business you probably need a laptop and if you need windows on that you're probably still better off with a mac laptop and that then perhaps you may aswell use osx for your own stuff, especially if you can get away with doing your outlook-exchange/project/visio or whatever wacky solution your company was sold thru virtualisation, and enjoy the speed and no virus/malware action that your average business type cat never thought they could have from their shitty windows laptop that takes 7 minutes to start up every time they sit down to use it)furthermore, i can't speak so much for custom tower pc vs mac pro as i'm more of a laptop user myself. i have no doubt that the mac pro is a fair rip off, but that doesn't concern me too much because i don't really want one.
but anyway,
as far as laptops go,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136649-page,3-c,notebooks/article.htmli'd have bought a macbook even if i preferred vista to osx. as far as i'm concerned it's a dope as fuck laptop (in black, that is). if you need graphics, go pro, either for the mac os, or for the above reason and the size and weight (yes they need an ultra portable but they do a good 15/17 no doubt).
for the desktops, it is a shame that the mac pros are so steep but there are VERY FEW reasons to be using a tower over an imac these days. and they are fucking bargain goldness as far as i'm concerned vs. an equivalent core 2 duo desktop pc with an intel chipset and a good quality hi res 20 inch screen.
that's without considering the aesthetics and marketing which you're right, people go nuts for, but which doesn't concern me too much at all. i like the look of my macbook but i'd still have bought it if i could only get white. the keyboard is awesome (important to me), the whole thing has an incredibly durable design, weighs fuck all, has great battery life, and i happily thrash out 10-20 apps at a time daily with my measly 3gb of ram (and i'm not even yet running leopard which in my experience is nearly twice as fast with it's hardcore 64 bit action). it takes less than 10 seconds to be fully funcitonal waking from sleep, which uses 11/12ths of NO battery power
i'm talking about a computer for your own everyday stuff, ya know, 'teh interwebs' and email and instant pestering and logic pro and pro tools and serato and the other 80 or so apps on my dock that are nearly all sweeter than their windows equivalents.
i'll take that over water cooling, but that's just me...
mac market are quite happy to be bent over a barrel and reamed thoroughly
). The cheaper the better, i can easily stomach ~$200 for an upgrade, glad doesnt void any warranty too
didn't use it to record weez's mix though (didn't have the cables i needed at the time), just used the onboard sound but it still came up pretty well
as long as you always have half a gig free i'm still not convinced you get alot out of having more spare, guess it depends what you're doing. obviously if you're running something like logic or final cut more is more regardless.
