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the real reason wintel boxes are inferior to Macs...
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Xyle: iGeek...:
my pc is a dual athlon with 1gig ddr. 2 40gig ibm 7200 rpm drives, 2 18gig ibm scsi drives, geforce 3 64mb, running windows 2k. its runs really cold ;) . so heating is not a problem. xp ran like shit, so i upgraded to 2000 (i should have just used radHat, but, until autodesk & discreet produce their software for other os, i will have windows in my house). all of the hardware works fine together. i have scoured the web for info about my system and it just comes down to the fact that it is inferior to my mac.
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There is definatley something wrong with the way your software or/and BIOS configuration then. For starters, go to your device manager and make sure that your IDE controller has UDMA enabled for all of the IDE channels. I'm assuming that you have a VIA chipset on the motherboard of your PC. Well, Via chipsets are plauged with issues so technically your PC is inferior to your Mac. AMD CPU's and the motherboards for AMD CPU's are fucking junk. The chipsets for AMD have nothing but emulation for Intel patented technology(AMD boards do not have a real AGP bus...the AGP bus is emulated via AGP driving strength, Intel invented and holds patents to the real AGP technology, AMD CPU's are nothing more than an emulation of Ix86 and AMD chipsets tend to have IDE issues).
Try building a modern PC with quality parts instead of trying to save some $$$ then you will have something comparable to your Mac.
[ January 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
xyle_one:
the pc is very "modern". and i see no reason to run out and spend $3300 on a system that will be "un"modern in about 6 months. fuck that. since i have moved almost my entire production to mac, the pc isnt that important. since i am only using it for 1-2 things, the setup is fine for now. someday, i might consider upgrading my pc. ill probably just wait until redhat9 or 10.
some people are mac people. some people like pcs. its too bad we have to continualy fight over who we think is better. if you can get your work done on time and make it look good on a pc, then by all means use it. i am more productive on a mac. i like mac better. doesnt mean i think im better. doesnt mean that the mac IS better. its just a preference.
cocoamix:
Fast? Who gives a shit if it runs Windoze?
xyle_one:
quote: Fast? Who gives a shit if it runs Windoze?
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Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Xyle: iGeek...:
the pc is very "modern". and i see no reason to run out and spend $3300 on a system that will be "un"modern in about 6 months. fuck that. since i have moved almost my entire production to mac, the pc isnt that important. since i am only using it for 1-2 things, the setup is fine for now. someday, i might consider upgrading my pc. ill probably just wait until redhat9 or 10.
some people are mac people. some people like pcs. its too bad we have to continualy fight over who we think is better. if you can get your work done on time and make it look good on a pc, then by all means use it. i am more productive on a mac. i like mac better. doesnt mean i think im better. doesnt mean that the mac IS better. its just a preference.
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You know man. You are too right. Maybe PC people and Mac people should like unite and let it become a computer users community instead of Mac user and PC user community. ;P The machine one prefers doesn't make the person who he/she is so why should there be a continuous Mac vs. PC war? Truthfully, I'm starting to like the maturitiy level of most Mac users so I'm not going to even be bothered with trying to compare Apples and Oranges anymore.
BTW, If I had've said anything to compare Windows to Linux the *nix people would've been flaming me and calling me names by now. ;P
[ January 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
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