-=PCTechTalk=- Re: mac vs pc

We have both macs and PC's here.  Macs usually use far less steps to do 
something.  I started out on a PC which is all I used for four years.  Then 
I had access to an iMac (which I still have).  It was much faster than a PC 
(We do graphics and websites so we keep a current PC that I use in order to 
test the sites for both systems and several browsers).

If you wait another month or two before getting a Mac which will be able to 
run Windows natively.  You will need to own a version of Windows (which 
obviously you do).  While the current versions can use outside software 
programs to run Windows, the new version coming out I believe in October 
will just need to have Windows OS installed.  There is a learning curve but 
it's not really difficult.  My suggestion would be to wait until Leopard 
comes out because it's always better when sometimes runs natively as 
opposed to being added on although Macs tend to be a lot more stable than 
PCs.

Here's a link for some information on what Leopard can/will do from Apple:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/

Here is one for a comparison between Mac and PC.

http://www.epinions.com/content_4888240260

Now, since this is a PC group, I'm sure there are diehard users of PC's on 
it.  Like I said, we have both.  My other half has used Apple computers 
from the start.  I started on a PC and still use one daily.  Since we keep 
an updated version (I got this a couple of weeks before Vista came because, 
quite honestly, I did not want Vista.  Too many problems with it and other 
software and other things I won't go into here).  I am however running XP 
which I like.  On the whole, this is the only version of windows that has 
been stable.  Macs seldom need rebooted or have issues with new 
programs.  I do know however that any program like Photoshop runs faster on 
the Mac than on the PC even when we use identical versions and even when my 
PC is newer and supposedly faster than the Mac.  There will be differences 
in how you do things on a Mac but it's not hard to learn.  It's usually 
just a lot less steps....smile.

In our opinion, Macs are better and faster but as I said, wait a couple of 
months and get both in one machine if you like.....smile.   Depending on 
what kind of movies you plan to edit, Apple comes with iMovie built in.  In 
our household, while I don't complain as often about how stupid Windows is 
since XP, it's still faster and easier to do the same things on a 
Mac.  Once you have used both for a while, you'll find you can switch back 
and forth fairly easily although you'll catch yourself grumbling at some of 
the extra steps in the PC in order to do the same thing.

And, just because Leopard will run Windows natively doesn't mean you have 
to use it...smile.  I work almost entirely on the PC because  XP doesn't 
make me nuts and there are things we use it for most days anyway.  But I 
really do like Macs and my other half would quit using a computer if forced 
to move to a PC...lol  While XP,   is still not a Mac, I haven't felt the 
urge to throw it across the room often either.  I just sigh when we're 
doing the same things with software and he's done five minutes before I 
am...lol  Rendering, in particular, is a lot faster on a Mac.  My PC is a 
year and a half newer and supposedly faster, but his renders the same 
graphics way faster than mine.  I'm talking about things like 3D designs, 
etc.  I'll end up reading a book while mine renders the same thing his does 
in a couple of minutes.  We've seen as much as 15-30 minutes difference in 
the same render from his to mine.  Why do we do the same ones?  Comparison 
mostly.  Thus he does the 'need for speed' work and I do the writing end of 
things although the Mac version of Word is a lot easier to use than the PC 
version.  So our recommendation is a Mac but if you wait a bit, you can 
have both in one.

Tori



At 05:41 PM 9/28/2007, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am thinking of buying a new computer soon and want something that is good
>for movie editing.  Someone told me I should try a mac for multimedia use.
>I have never used one.  Can anyone tell me the main differences in the two
>and how hard it is to get used to the other?
>
>thanks,
>
>
>
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