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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 548163" data-attributes="member: 21101">This is only true if you use the Mac typically Mac based applications.&nbsp; Now that you can run Windows on a Mac, this situation may change - and certainly if people want to run DX10 games on their Macs, they'll have to get a Mac Pro and keep the CPU/RAM and GPU up to date.Obviously a high end PC' will have to be updated regularly, to remain 'highend' - and far more regularly than 2 - 3 years.&nbsp; My PC CPU upgrade path went like thisCPUs1997 - P 166MMX (overclocked to 208 mhz)1999 - PII 400mhz (overclocked to 500mhz)2001 - 1.4ghz AMD2002 - XP2000 AMD (1.6ghz)2004 - AMD64 3400+ (2.2ghz)GPUs1997 - Righteous Voodoo 4MB1998 - Righteous Voodoo 2, SLI, 2x8MB1999 - Voodoo 32000 - Geforce 22002 - Geforce 4 Ti 44002004 - Geforce FX5900 UltraRAM1997 - 32MB then 64MB (Windows 95)1998 - 128MB (Windows 98)2000 - 256MB (Windows ME)2001 - 512MB (Windows XP)2003 - 1GB2005 - 2GBIn 2005, I gave up on the PC race and went portable, and in early 2006, went to the Mac.&nbsp; However, you can see the above trend.&nbsp; In some ways, my 2004 desktop PC is far more powerful than my current MacBook, especially in the GFX area.&nbsp; Even though the GeForce FX was in some ways dissapointing (compared to the 9800Pro) it was light-years ahead of something like the GMA950.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 548163, member: 21101"] This is only true if you use the Mac typically Mac based applications. Now that you can run Windows on a Mac, this situation may change - and certainly if people want to run DX10 games on their Macs, they'll have to get a Mac Pro and keep the CPU/RAM and GPU up to date. Obviously a high end PC' will have to be updated regularly, to remain 'highend' - and far more regularly than 2 - 3 years. My PC CPU upgrade path went like this CPUs 1997 - P 166MMX (overclocked to 208 mhz) 1999 - PII 400mhz (overclocked to 500mhz) 2001 - 1.4ghz AMD 2002 - XP2000 AMD (1.6ghz) 2004 - AMD64 3400+ (2.2ghz) GPUs 1997 - Righteous Voodoo 4MB 1998 - Righteous Voodoo 2, SLI, 2x8MB 1999 - Voodoo 3 2000 - Geforce 2 2002 - Geforce 4 Ti 4400 2004 - Geforce FX5900 Ultra RAM 1997 - 32MB then 64MB (Windows 95) 1998 - 128MB (Windows 98) 2000 - 256MB (Windows ME) 2001 - 512MB (Windows XP) 2003 - 1GB 2005 - 2GB In 2005, I gave up on the PC race and went portable, and in early 2006, went to the Mac. However, you can see the above trend. In some ways, my 2004 desktop PC is far more powerful than my current MacBook, especially in the GFX area. Even though the GeForce FX was in some ways dissapointing (compared to the 9800Pro) it was light-years ahead of something like the GMA950. [/QUOTE]

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