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Well folks, I have just rebooted in Mac OSX, after yet another disappointing result of trying to play games via bootcamp.
From my experience, even with my 2.8 Core 2 Extreme Processor and 4BG of RAM, my iMac fails miserably at running the games I play (Supreme Commander).
If you are even remotely interested in playing anything more demanding than a game of chess, then I would seriously consider getting another PC....or building your own.
A MAC is much better at this and that and blah de blah de blah. The truth is, if you are used with windows..then a windows machine is most likely your best bet. I have switched for several months or so now, and I still find myself in situations where I'm just sitting there thinking "Why doesn't this just work!?" Things like Spaces actually increasing the amount of time it takes to find something, to lack of important information being displayed in finder. Silly little things that you take for granted in Windows, that Steve Jobs has decided in his better wisdom that you don't need anymore.
Listening to MAC owners or television adverts would lead you into believing that moving from PC to MAC is like some kind of live changing event. Well it just isn't the case.
Both platforms have advantages and disadvantages...like anything really. Don't expect to come to the MAC world and have no problems!
In all likely hood my next computer will be a custom build PC. No more double thinking whether my favorite software is available for MAC OS X. No more wondering why apple have made it so stupidly complicated just to upgrade your own machine. Things like messenger for MAC, in all its uglyness will also no longer be missed.
Then with my new PC I can look forward to the resource hog of Vista, the constant threat of viruses and spyware, and the legendary blue screen.
MACS are different than PC's, but in my opinion they are not better. As you leave PC problems behind, you open the door to MAC problems, so do your home work before the switch people!
[All thoughts come from my own personal experience and opinion, as a switcher ]
Thanks.
From my experience, even with my 2.8 Core 2 Extreme Processor and 4BG of RAM, my iMac fails miserably at running the games I play (Supreme Commander).
If you are even remotely interested in playing anything more demanding than a game of chess, then I would seriously consider getting another PC....or building your own.
A MAC is much better at this and that and blah de blah de blah. The truth is, if you are used with windows..then a windows machine is most likely your best bet. I have switched for several months or so now, and I still find myself in situations where I'm just sitting there thinking "Why doesn't this just work!?" Things like Spaces actually increasing the amount of time it takes to find something, to lack of important information being displayed in finder. Silly little things that you take for granted in Windows, that Steve Jobs has decided in his better wisdom that you don't need anymore.
Listening to MAC owners or television adverts would lead you into believing that moving from PC to MAC is like some kind of live changing event. Well it just isn't the case.
Both platforms have advantages and disadvantages...like anything really. Don't expect to come to the MAC world and have no problems!
In all likely hood my next computer will be a custom build PC. No more double thinking whether my favorite software is available for MAC OS X. No more wondering why apple have made it so stupidly complicated just to upgrade your own machine. Things like messenger for MAC, in all its uglyness will also no longer be missed.
Then with my new PC I can look forward to the resource hog of Vista, the constant threat of viruses and spyware, and the legendary blue screen.
MACS are different than PC's, but in my opinion they are not better. As you leave PC problems behind, you open the door to MAC problems, so do your home work before the switch people!
[All thoughts come from my own personal experience and opinion, as a switcher ]
Thanks.