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Benefits of a Macbook over a PC
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<blockquote data-quote="Mama Luigi" data-source="post: 821253" data-attributes="member: 83273"><p>That's not true. On equally fast hardware, Windows is fast, and OS X is also fast. And if you're talking about software other than the OS, that's dependent on how well the software is written (which has little to do with the OS) and what hardware you have. If you go to encode a video on a Mac and then encode the same video with the same settings on a much higher spec'd Windows machine, the Windows machine will do it faster. Same with any other demanding task.</p><p></p><p>I know what you're getting at, though. What makes Macs faster isn't that OS X uses the hardware so much more efficiently. It's all because OS X is simply better laid out and leads to a more efficient workflow for the user. Mac users don't work faster because OS X draws windows or loads folder contents faster than Windows... those differences would be minor at best, and are largely affected by hardware. They work faster because OS X is easier and simpler to use.</p><p></p><p>Compare a Mac newbie to a Windows pro using equal hardware and I am sure the Windows user will probably accomplish his tasks faster. But if you compare newbie to newbie, the Mac user will likely figure things out faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mama Luigi, post: 821253, member: 83273"] That's not true. On equally fast hardware, Windows is fast, and OS X is also fast. And if you're talking about software other than the OS, that's dependent on how well the software is written (which has little to do with the OS) and what hardware you have. If you go to encode a video on a Mac and then encode the same video with the same settings on a much higher spec'd Windows machine, the Windows machine will do it faster. Same with any other demanding task. I know what you're getting at, though. What makes Macs faster isn't that OS X uses the hardware so much more efficiently. It's all because OS X is simply better laid out and leads to a more efficient workflow for the user. Mac users don't work faster because OS X draws windows or loads folder contents faster than Windows... those differences would be minor at best, and are largely affected by hardware. They work faster because OS X is easier and simpler to use. Compare a Mac newbie to a Windows pro using equal hardware and I am sure the Windows user will probably accomplish his tasks faster. But if you compare newbie to newbie, the Mac user will likely figure things out faster. [/QUOTE]
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