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Originally posted by TheQuirk:
Yeah, macs suck. They always copy PCs!
Remember when Microsoft made Luna, and then OS X made their own theme? And that time when the PC made this cool GUI, and Apple copied it?
Geeze. I can't stand Apple!
I hope your being ironic here, seeing as everything you just said would be truthful if turned around.
http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/d3138f3c5bae85/www.apple.com/powermac/images/chartdvdencode01282003.gifthat is one example of a mac to pc comparison. This is MPEG2 rendering times. And unlike Photoshop, these ones cannot be tweaked or modified in the Mac's favort. For they used two completely proprietary and uncustomizable software (in terms of its MPEG2 output). iDVD (a remarkably awesome program) SonicDVDit (have never used and am damn proud of it)
However, I think the thing that makes a Mac better than PC based systems is the software. My 733 G4 is slower than my 1.7 Athlon (just slightly) but given the chance I would always choose the 733 for everything, photoshop, web, etc, etc. OSX is so damn great. It is like using Linux that has every single little detail refined for optimum stability, smoothness, and easiness. I also find one thing that Macs do better than nay other OS I've seen. You always know when its doing something. When you tell it to do something it shows you that it did it or is still doing it. From the bouncing icons in the dock to the square box that comes out of files and programs when they are double clicked. Gnome has this halfassed on my RH9 system. It has the box things for minimizing and opening programs from the "Panel" but it does this in no way else except maybe an hourglass cursor. Windows doesn't do this at all, the hourglass is the only way to tell its doing something. I think that knowing when its doing something is my favorite usability feature os OSX and OS9. It is whart makes want to use a Mac more than a Wintel box.
P.S. I am typing this from my brand new RH9 box, which thanks to Linux User is going pretty OK will only slight annoyances.