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djjester:
--- Quote from: Valrus ---why every thread that involves Macs has to disintegrate into anti-Apple FUD, I have no idea
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Now now, nothing against apple here, I just don't use them.
I do find it suprising though they've made such a big deal about going to Intel and the major software folks like Adobe are saying "we don't care, we're not making another set of code for you"..
That suprises me and I'm sure is making some folks not buy the new apples.
Samari:
also, the next generation power chip looks pretty interesting, so the move is kind of puzzling. But realisticly, Apple's biggest growth area for the next few years is in home electronics and content delivery. They've never been more than a niche market segment as far as desktops and laptops are concerned. I remember reading after the switch to Intel that Apple's business didn't even amount to the capacity of one fab plant for IBM.
Valrus:
From Adobe's "Support for Intel-based Mac computers" FAQ (link goes to a PDF file, consider yourself warned):
--- Quote ---Adobe plans to support both Intel and PowerPC microprocessors in the next versions of its creative applications for the Mac OS.
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...we're excited about the potential speed and performance of Intel-based Macs, and the productivity boost that this will likely yield for our creative professional customers. To support Apple's new computer systems, we are doing the following:
Moving our Macintosh development to Apple's Xcode, so we can deliver Universal applications that run natively on both the new Intel-based Mac computers...
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edscoble:
I love my Mac and PC, I just perfer the Macintosh because I've been using it since birth, Windows is still a mature operation system, and it's still is impressive by today standard, I use Windows a lots at university when it come to animation, the Macintosh's software such as Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, etc. are top notch, brilliantly easy to use and I'm a bit surprised that Adobe Photoshop is more integrated to FCP than to Premiere.
The Macintosh suit anyone, it's doesn't limited to the "creative" area as some people think, ok, perhaps CAD not the best option on a Macintosh, unless you got a nice fat G5 or the latest Intel.
Another thing about the Macintosh is that anyone can use it, they can easily stop worrying about putting up firewall, anti-virus and such and not worried about crashing (application-crash is still normal), it's perfect for college/university student too, I'd highly recommended them to get it, because as a student myself, there's nothing worse than losing all your work after you misused the computer.
I love my PC because of it's raw performance, OS X felt faster but raw performance, Windows is still better, gaming or not, that's still a myth, for professional user, a Mac or PC is redundant to them, they only get the fastest machine that can render/encode quickly as possible for their budget.
I used my 400Mhz (yes, 400MHz and it still run the lastest OS X - 10.4.5+) PowerBook for everyday stuff such as e-mailing, web browsing, music, Photoshop (amazingly still speedy), Illustrator etc, but I used my Dell Dimension E510 (3.40Ghz, RadeonTM X300 graphic card, and 4GB of RAM) for high end stuff like rendering movie, why? because it's so damn cheap, I even got a discount for the 20inch monitor.
what I'm saying is, both operation system are fantastic, OS X generally idea for anyone, and much robust like a Toyota, while XP, if you know how to handle it (like I did, all I have to do is set a firewall properly, no need for anti-virus software), it's perfect for you.
edscoble:
--- Quote from: djjester ---I do find it suprising though they've made such a big deal about going to Intel and the major software folks like Adobe are saying "we don't care, we're not making another set of code for you"..
That suprises me and I'm sure is making some folks not buy the new apples.
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Adobe won't release another CS2 just for the Intel Mac, as it's too late to do so, so you'll have to wait till CS3 to able to run Photoshop and such natively on the Intel, which probably be out by... ooh I think just by the end of 2006.
you're right, I wouldn't buy the new MacBook Pro, I have a brand sparking new PowerBook 15inch G4 on order, because I do not want to spend another £3,000 quid just to get my pro application to run natively.
(ok, the 1.67GHz G4 still bloody slow by today standard but to me, it'll be the bee's knee, because I'm so used to the slow G3 running at 400Mhz, the G4 will felt like warp 9.)
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