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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on September 06, 2002, 06:44:24 pm

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: Sandwich on September 06, 2002, 06:44:24 pm

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,496270,00.asp

Title: No offense
Post by: Knight Templar on September 06, 2002, 06:52:15 pm

Sorry, the Phrase "Apple Inc." was in the first paragraph.... couldn't read any further

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: CODEDOG ND on September 06, 2002, 09:31:40 pm

ug I stopped at MAC.  :(

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: Stunaep on September 07, 2002, 01:11:24 am

apple = don't know, don't care.

'nuff said.

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: CP5670 on September 07, 2002, 01:58:39 am

Interesting, but more information is necessary before attempting a comparison. Since its a mac though, it will not be very useful for us gamers due to compatibility issues. (macs used to be quite superior to dos machine about twelve years ago in my opinion but have since fallen dramatically)

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: Sandwich on September 07, 2002, 06:09:00 am

For those of you too lazy (Where are your Open Minds?!??!) to read the thing, it's about a PC version of OS X. :D

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: vyper on September 07, 2002, 06:32:51 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich
For those of you too lazy (Where are your Open Minds?!??!) to read the thing, it's about a PC version of OS X. :D

:wtf:

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: Zeronet on September 07, 2002, 07:33:14 am

Sorry, read Apple Inc, couldnt read further.

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: aldo_14 on September 07, 2002, 08:20:40 am

Interesting.......

BTW, the rest of you do realise that, as a computer, the Mac chip architecture is vastly superior to the over-complex, overrated and under-performing Intel architecture?

The only advantage the 'PC' has is its software compatibility.

Title: This will be S-W-E-E-T!
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 07, 2002, 08:23:33 am

:D

My tutor at Uni has a Mac. I try not to take the piss, in case she makes them mark me exams down :nod:

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Post by: Tiara on September 07, 2002, 08:24:32 am

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Originally posted by aldo_14

The only advantage the 'PC' has is its software compatibility.

Thats the whle point.... Make the Mac compatible with all software and I'm the first to buy one.

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Post by: LtNarol on September 07, 2002, 10:33:40 am

I like macs, they look cooler and run faster, they're just incompatible with too many things i like, so this thing i just might get...if I can afford it :doubt:

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Post by: Gortef on September 07, 2002, 11:46:10 am

hmm... this could be quite interesting :nod:

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Post by: Redfang on September 07, 2002, 11:52:57 am

Hmm, didn't read it all.
 
*runs*

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Post by: Stunaep on September 07, 2002, 12:19:22 pm

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Originally posted by Sandwich
F (Where are your Open Minds?!??!)

Swept away, along with my old cell phone and the bitten off part of the apple.

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Post by: Sheepy on September 07, 2002, 02:30:28 pm

MAC's are majorily supirior to PC on graphic fronts, if u wanna do anything to do with art on coputers in an actual job u WILL use a MAC

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Post by: aldo_14 on September 07, 2002, 02:45:45 pm

Macs are just a better designed computer - they totally redesigned the g6, I think, to be a 64-bit processor from the ground up, whereas Pentium chips get increasingly clogged up trying to maintian backwards compatibility - especially as a lot of the arch has to take into account some complex assembler instructions (the x086 series originally was developed to make assmebler coding easier, and so has almost HLL-esque instructions.... which complicates the architecture and slows it down).......... and so forth.

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Post by: CP5670 on September 07, 2002, 04:15:45 pm

I agree that Macs in general have superior hardware architecture to their PC counterparts. For the gaming crowd though, there are two problems with them that make them impractical: the obvious compatibility issue, and the comparatively high prices.

Actually I used to be a big mac fan about ten years ago but switched to PCs when it became apparent that about 95% of the software out there was windows-only. However, I recently bought an old mac from ebay just to be able to play all the old classic games, since my original mac is no longer working. (was quite a deal too; 75mhz/24mb ram/2gb hdd/8x cd/15" monitor for $40 :D)

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Post by: Stealth on September 08, 2002, 12:50:29 am

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Originally posted by aldo_14
Interesting.......

BTW, the rest of you do realise that, as a computer, the Mac chip architecture is vastly superior to the over-complex, overrated and under-performing Intel architecture?

The only advantage the 'PC' has is its software compatibility.

yeah, but people are more used to PCs, and i think they've been advertised more and the general overall people are used to them from work and stuff :D

i don't think i'd ever get an apple... i don't know why :)

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Post by: Stealth on September 08, 2002, 12:51:43 am

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Originally posted by CP5670
(was quite a deal too; 75mhz/24mb ram/2gb hdd/8x cd/15" monitor for $40 :D)

i cannot lie... you got an AWESOME deal there

Title: Apple smapple...
Post by: Star Dragon on September 08, 2002, 09:32:11 am

Move over I got my TRS-80 COLOR computer2!!! That's right normally 16K memory I got the expanded memcard for a whopping 64K! Booya!

  I play Dungeons of Daggeroth. A fanciful romp of whimsy through a dark 10x10 cubed mapped dungeon of 5 tedious levels where 2d monsters chase you around and make annoying sounds that increase of fade with distance... Ooops the screen is losing pixels, my torch must be running low...

   Oh no! I swung my sword too fast, and too many times now my heart icon on screen is fibulating and I lose conciousness cause of a heart attack! 'hears the monster come around the corner and - SNICK!' I'm dead...

  man I miss the old days...

   I 'other' love was Karateka a martial arts mountain top of mayhem where you fight the evil daimyo's goons and beat his bird to a pulp then take the big baddie on to rescue your woman (on the Apple IIe)... I even had a modem 300baud. But I saved up and for X-mas got a 2400 baud modem for like $75.00!!! It was so cool I'd stay on all weekend long to raid all the BBS's for tradewars time... L8tr