Originally posted by stoneman
Originally posted by pixuk
Originally posted by Scrooge
I am talking about stock Apple vs stock Pc ( he says trying to revive the thread) for the money a Pc will out perform a Mac any day of the week.
Try running Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro on Windows and you might find that doesn't hold a lot of water.
Macs always have been more traditionally associated with the creative world, and PCs are the workhorses of business. Since I spend 90% of my time in creative apps, the Mac suits me better. YMMV.
I think you will find there was a substantial comparaison done with a Mac verses a PC done on the gadget show, and the Mac got trounced, even in it's domain of creative prowse. They ran Paint shop pro on both and windows Mac. windows was faster to everything. Also, you can't get the parts for a Mac easily, and they are expensive.
Er, Paint Shop Pro? That doesn't even exist on a Mac, far less would it exist in a professional studio. More likely they were talking about Photoshop, but until the Universal (ie, Intel) version is shipped, it's not a fair comparison. There's also a key point you may be missing here - now that Macs & Windows use the same processors, speed comparisons a pretty much irrelevant, and it all comes down to prefered user interface and industrial design. As for Macs having expensive "parts", that's a myth. Other than the motherboard, most of the bits in there are standard components that you could happily replace with stuff off the shelf (Hard Drives, DVD drives, RAM, PCI cards, etc). As for the motherboard, if that dies - just like on a PC - you have to replace the whole thing.
Ooo... and my point about Final Cut Pro / DVD Studio Pro (arguably two of the best apps in their class, and used by television studios around the world like the BBC), are only on Mac, so for certain creative tasks, the Mac is the only choice.
Pete