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  • Salanis

    July 15, 2009 12:16 a.m. Salanis SuperDork

    Josh wrote:

    Like hell it doesn't! You just have to switch OSes, just like the Mini Cooper driver switches his tires. A nice thing about the Cooper (mac) is that you can quite easily bring another set (OS) along with you .

    So... in order to run cool software on a Mac... it needs to be a PC. I don't know about you, but I call a machine with an Intel CPU, NVidia graphics card, running windows, a PC.

    Only (as I already demonstrated), the Mac is not built with the latest technology, and costs substantially more than a top-of-the-line custom machine that is.

    I mean... really... argue that Mac OS is better all you want. But PC hardware is the better. Apple's hardware development has not been spurred on by the same sort of competition as Intel vs. AMD and NVidia vs. ATI. The superiority of these components is only further demonstrated by the fact that Apple now uses them.

  • Josh

    July 15, 2009 12:44 a.m. Josh HalfDork

    Apple has been using industry standard drives, memory, and graphics components for years, long before the switch to intel chips. The final switch to intel chips was inevitable when Motorola and IBM basically decided to stop pursuing that market. In any case, it didn't really affect the usability of macs one way or the other, aside from providing the bonus of being able to run windows if necessary. Maybe your pc has better hardware than some particular mac, but to say generically that "PCs are better hardware" is sort of ridiculous.

    If you have the requisite knowledge and desire to spec out a custom PC, good for you, enjoy using what you like. But there's no need to act like anyone who doesn't make the same choice you do is some sort of idiot. Most custom PCs that I've had any experience with are horrifically ugly, noisy, and less than robustly built. To me, the notion of "hardware" absolutely encompasses the design and construction of the physical case that the computer is contained in, the displays, the input devices, and the accessories, and what Apple provides in that regard is pretty obviously worth a premium over just about any PC manufacturer. Once again, not everyone places value in that, but comparing hardware specs can never account for most of the things that users consider to be the major advantages of Macs (OSX, design, construction, reliability, and resale value, for example)

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