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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 353353" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Firstly, sorry, have to say (know I should forget it and just move on, but I have big problem with statements like that and nothing to back it up), disregard the fanboy comments. And fanboys, both sides, Mac and MS, those kind of comments don't help anyone.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Speed between the two OS's is very hard to quantify, due to multiple items which I won't go into here. I think what you are really looking for is something that may compare to your Alienware in a notebook. Whether that be a Mac or a PC, I think that will be pretty tough, depending on the age (and therefore the hardware) of your Alienware rig. </p><p></p><p>Only had my MBP since Dec. and it occupies 90% of my computing time now. For most of the everyday things: browsing internet, listening to music, e-mail, working with documents, don't really see much difference between the MBP and my desktop (see spec's below).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2051320,00.asp" target="_blank">Here is a review by PC Mag</a> where they rated it an Editor's Choice (a first for any magazine I'm aware of that is geared toward the PC hardware enthusiast). At the end of the article is a link with some benchmark #'s and the MBP is very competetive across the board.</p><p></p><p>The areas where the MBP has problems keeping up with my desktop involve video editing/encoding, reading and writing of large files and burning to disk. Have a <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48686" target="_blank">comparison</a> I posted a couple of months ago. But, I think some of this may be inherent in any notebook. Overall, have been and still am at this time very satisfied with my choice of going with the Mac.</p><p></p><p>For right click - any two button mouse will work and for a number pad, <a href="http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2162,CONTENTID=10159" target="_blank">here's a Logitech</a> option. Have seen a couple of others.</p><p></p><p>Adobe does port Dreamweaver to the Mac. don't know anything about Zend. And I don't do any web design, etc. myself. Would like to see some posts from the regulars pertaining to that.</p><p></p><p>Don't think a Mac would be a bad choice for you, but, like you say, would do a little homework before ya spend 3K to make sure you'll have the software you need available. Of course, since you can install XP on your Mac, you could have the best of both worlds also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 353353, member: 24160"] Firstly, sorry, have to say (know I should forget it and just move on, but I have big problem with statements like that and nothing to back it up), disregard the fanboy comments. And fanboys, both sides, Mac and MS, those kind of comments don't help anyone. Speed between the two OS's is very hard to quantify, due to multiple items which I won't go into here. I think what you are really looking for is something that may compare to your Alienware in a notebook. Whether that be a Mac or a PC, I think that will be pretty tough, depending on the age (and therefore the hardware) of your Alienware rig. Only had my MBP since Dec. and it occupies 90% of my computing time now. For most of the everyday things: browsing internet, listening to music, e-mail, working with documents, don't really see much difference between the MBP and my desktop (see spec's below). [URL="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2051320,00.asp"]Here is a review by PC Mag[/URL] where they rated it an Editor's Choice (a first for any magazine I'm aware of that is geared toward the PC hardware enthusiast). At the end of the article is a link with some benchmark #'s and the MBP is very competetive across the board. The areas where the MBP has problems keeping up with my desktop involve video editing/encoding, reading and writing of large files and burning to disk. Have a [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48686"]comparison[/URL] I posted a couple of months ago. But, I think some of this may be inherent in any notebook. Overall, have been and still am at this time very satisfied with my choice of going with the Mac. For right click - any two button mouse will work and for a number pad, [URL="http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2162,CONTENTID=10159"]here's a Logitech[/URL] option. Have seen a couple of others. Adobe does port Dreamweaver to the Mac. don't know anything about Zend. And I don't do any web design, etc. myself. Would like to see some posts from the regulars pertaining to that. Don't think a Mac would be a bad choice for you, but, like you say, would do a little homework before ya spend 3K to make sure you'll have the software you need available. Of course, since you can install XP on your Mac, you could have the best of both worlds also. [/QUOTE]
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