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<blockquote data-quote="lzasitko" data-source="post: 33966">12 PowerBookYou can't really compare the two, it's like comparing apples to oranges.... The macs use a different architecture than PC's so they operate differently in how data is moved. I have seen posts saything that a much slower mac (mhz) is around 3 times faster than on a pc. VPC with Win2000 runs pretty good on mine. I need it for Autocad from time to time (when Out of town on business). XP can be a huge drain on VPC and even on a 1ghz iBook (a friend has it set up like that) and XP Pro and it is slow, slow, slow..... But if you can live with 98SE or Win2000 then it works pretty good.Yes only two USB and one Firewire. I know that there are USB hubs that you can use and I imagine that there are also Firewire so if you need more ports.... The mac can read PC formated disks without any problems. PC's can't normally read Mac formatted disks but there are programs that will do this, Transmac comes to mind and there are others if you do a search. On the mac there is no need for another program....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lzasitko, post: 33966"] [b]12 PowerBook[/b] You can't really compare the two, it's like comparing apples to oranges.... The macs use a different architecture than PC's so they operate differently in how data is moved. I have seen posts saything that a much slower mac (mhz) is around 3 times faster than on a pc. VPC with Win2000 runs pretty good on mine. I need it for Autocad from time to time (when Out of town on business). XP can be a huge drain on VPC and even on a 1ghz iBook (a friend has it set up like that) and XP Pro and it is slow, slow, slow..... But if you can live with 98SE or Win2000 then it works pretty good. Yes only two USB and one Firewire. I know that there are USB hubs that you can use and I imagine that there are also Firewire so if you need more ports.... The mac can read PC formated disks without any problems. PC's can't normally read Mac formatted disks but there are programs that will do this, Transmac comes to mind and there are others if you do a search. On the mac there is no need for another program.... [/QUOTE]

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