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<blockquote data-quote="Malcy" data-source="post: 172688">My main reason for starting this thread was that as a life long x86er (not necessarily with microsoft) I can easily judge the relative performance of an x86 based system and make an informed buying decision based on that. On the other hand, I am totally unfamiliar with the relative performances of the various versions of the PowerPC cpus and the systems based on them. I guess that it is a problem that many of us potential switchers have and we rely on the knowledge of mac users who have also experience of the x86 side i.e. mac at home, pc at work to inform us.Mervyn, I am aware that the 17&quot; apple screen has a higher resolution, but the reason that I chose the 19&quot; tft over a 17&quot; tft in the first place was that the displayed text etc would be a little too small for my less than perfect eyesight. As the mac has higher res at 17&quot;, I am making the assumption that it will be worse, I guess the solution is to go to the nearest Apple store and check them out - the last time I popped in I had eyes only for the 30&quot; cinema display&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malcy, post: 172688"] My main reason for starting this thread was that as a life long x86er (not necessarily with microsoft) I can easily judge the relative performance of an x86 based system and make an informed buying decision based on that. On the other hand, I am totally unfamiliar with the relative performances of the various versions of the PowerPC cpus and the systems based on them. I guess that it is a problem that many of us potential switchers have and we rely on the knowledge of mac users who have also experience of the x86 side i.e. mac at home, pc at work to inform us. Mervyn, I am aware that the 17" apple screen has a higher resolution, but the reason that I chose the 19" tft over a 17" tft in the first place was that the displayed text etc would be a little too small for my less than perfect eyesight. As the mac has higher res at 17", I am making the assumption that it will be worse, I guess the solution is to go to the nearest Apple store and check them out - the last time I popped in I had eyes only for the 30" cinema display :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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