Dazzla Veteran Posted September 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted September 20, 2002 Originally posted by RodneyCK Wow, this sure turned into a flame thread and that was not my intentions. That's what happens when you jump into a thread with misconception and no knowledge of the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 As an Apple employee I feel as though I must step in and say something here... This bickering is dumb you could argue forever about which computer is better. You could argue just as long about which major religion is the true religion and probably solve that first. So far in the arguement, no one is 'winning' I work with both PC's and Mac's all day in my life. I use a Mac at work, and when I come home I use my PC. I would not put one computer type above the other. My PC does what I want it to do, I can tinker with it and get it to do all kinds of undocumented neat stuff. I can also play with xml code on the mac and get stuff to happen too, but it's not as easy. Apple computers are well built computers, no hardware conflicts if you use Apple parts. The3re are just as many well built PC's too, but if an average person walks into Joe's house of cheep computers, he may bring his computer home only to find it freezing because Joe makes his own hardware and hasent quite worked out the bugs. For example: I reasearched my computer and had it custom built with brand name parts that I reasearched to be compatible with eachother. A cousin of mine paid a little less and got a faster computer but was having endless freezing. I went there and found it to be a cheep NoName brand video card conflicting with something. They shelled out a bit more money for a decent video card and problem was fixed. For the average person, an iMac is great, it comes with enough iApps to do just about any common task you might want to do, plus fin things like iDVD and iMovie, both great applications that are easy to use. Also, an iMac owner can pay $150 and ger 3 years of unlimited software support on Apple products and 3 years on hardware. For the person who likes to tinker, realizes that he is taking a risk and won't cry if he screws up and knows how to fix a mistake, the PC is great. There are so many little programs that allow an almost endless means to tinker with the computer, that's what I prefer, and yet some people just don't want to do that. There are two sides. Different reasons for having a PC or a Mac, neither one is better than another. There are fewer applications for the Mac, but the ones that do exist are good. The biggest downfall of the Apple is that old OS 9 and the Classic envoirnment. Once all is switched to the Unix based OS X, things will be even better. but I'm sticking with my PC. Personally, I feel as thoug Apple is making some good progress and doing good things. The only complaint that I have is that it seems to me to be poor business preactice to advertize against Microsoft. If Microsoft ever quit supporting Apple it would hurt Apple a lot. Apple should not anger the company which is so big and supplies mac:Office. Just what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 Originally posted by neo1980 Apple Computer said Wednesday it has started shipping its top-of-the-line dual processor 1.25GHz Power Mac. Apple unveiled the machine last month but said that it would not start shipping the hardware until the second half of September. The Power Mac borrows some of its internal architecture--including faster double data rate (DDR) memory--from the Xserve server that Apple debuted this spring. Although the Power Mac has received several speed boosts, the change in architecture is the first major upgrade to the line in about 18 months. The 1.25GHz model sells for $3,299 and comes with 512MB of memory, a 120GB hard drive, ATI's Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card as well as a "SuperDrive" that can burn both CDs and DVDs. In August, Apple shipped a dual processor 867MHz PowerPC G4 system that includes 256MB of RAM and a 60GB hard drive for $1,699. Also, the company offered a dual processor 1GHz system that includes an 80GB hard drive, SuperDrive and ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card for $2,499. Power Mac sales have suffered amid a slumping economy and weakness in the graphics and advertising industries that are major buyers of Apple's professional line. In the quarter ending in June, Apple shipped 167,000 Power Macs, down from 211,000 in the prior quarter. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-957651.html?tag=fd_top I don't care how fast they are, there is never any chance of me buyinng a 5,000.00 PC For myself. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Those prices are unreal! You could buy a quad Xeon server for that price, or like 6 of my newest pc :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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