never knew

[avello500]

i was just at a comp store and i saw the apples so i took a look after seeing the many posts about them. what i saw was incredible, i never knew how sweet they are. ill be keeping my eyes on them. now ill just have to save alot of pennies.

[trc3]

Yes thay are dope computers, they may cost more then a p4 but when you use one everyday you will know where your extra money went.  And dont be fooled by the mhz shit, a 1ghz g4 will take out a 2ghz p4.

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: trc3 ]

[Pissed_Macman]

Yeah, Wintel users are so obsessed with megaflupes and gigamules that they don't realize how much more efficient Macs are at processing.

[cocoamix]

As I've always said. A PC can run at a zillion GHz for all I care. If it runs Windoze, it just means it sucks really fast.

If I were running Linux, then yes, I'd buy a PC. I love Jaguar though, so I'll take beautiful, expensive and relatively slow anyday, as long as I have OS X.

It's amazing to me that both the hardware AND the OS are both so amazing and beautifully integrated in Macs.

Save those pennies.        

Oh, and since I noticed your sig, I figured you might like this story

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: cocoamix ]

[billy_gates]

quote:Originally posted by cocoamix:
so I'll take beautiful, expensive and relatively slow anyday, as long as I have OS X.

Same here, if given the choice between a Quick, but otherwise low quality Honda Civic and on of those new fangled Maybachs the maybach wins hands down. www.maybachusa.com if u have no fucking idea what a Maybach is, tsk tsk.


P.S. Just look at the glass case

[ December 31, 2002: Message edited by: Billy Gates: Mac Commando ]

[avello500]

i didnt find the apple i saw, i belive it was a dual p4 1gig, very slow at all. it did feel stable and elegant. of course i couldnt really do anything with it because it was a demonstrator but it didnt take long to understand how sweet it is.  
thanks for the link i didnt know david was into macs. ive been using windows and vegas for audio editing for a couple years.i guess ill hae to learn up on the macs.
to bad i cant run os/x on my secondary comp that just sitting there. or can i? how about running it on a old classicII mac i have here??    
what kind of games available for macs? is there any way to port win games?

[preacher]

quote:Originally posted by trc3:
Yes thay are dope computers, they may cost more then a p4 but when you use one everyday you will know where your extra money went.  And dont be fooled by the mhz shit, a 1ghz g4 will take out a 2ghz p4.

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: trc3 ]

Yeah and a 1.73 ghz Athlon XP will kick the ass of a 2.2 ghz P4. Combine AMD with Linux and you are set.

[cocoamix]

quote:Originally posted by avello500:

what kind of games available for macs? is there any way to port win games?

Not nearly as many as for the PC, but more then enough for anyone who isn't hardcore.
Check http://www.macgamer.com/
and my friend's company:
http://www.aspyr.com/

Then again if I were more of a gamer, I'd drop a couple hundred on a PS2 (which you can install Linux on).

[avello500]

thanks for the links cocoa
im really intogames but only a few.
i was wondering about how good they look and run in os/x . also ive seen posts about marklar, im looking throught the net for more info on it.
i also have a load of printers and scanners and the like is appl compatible with other peripheral makers?

to all that have helped: thank you

[rtgwbmsr]

Marklar? Not gonna get it, even if it does exist.

My recommendation: hop over to baucomcomputers.com and get a Blue and White G3 with plenty (>=256) of RAM. Get 10.2 and you're done, for way less than half the price of newer Macs.