"I honestly don't understand why people use OSX for multimedia. You don't get a choice on a graphics card. You get what comes with your POS Mac (unless you bought a G5 or other tower, then you have to buy the "Mac Edition"). With a Windows PC, you can get just about every program you can on OSX, except you can go buy a graphics card SPECIFICALLY for hardcore rendering tasks. Cards like NVIDIA's Quadro series.
Seriously. You "artists" out there need to get your heads out of your asses."
Have you ever USED OSX for mutimedia or rendering / Encoding? Obviously you havent bought one either, or you would know that it gives you options for GFX cards! my new MacbookPro comes with TWO NVIDA graphics cards!
I use a Dell Tower at work with xenon processing and when i burn a DVD or do any encoding, that is ALL i can do, no other program can be run without being effected dramatically with super slow performance! now even on my old G4 iBook i can burn a dvd and run photoshop at the same time without any issues, its as if the encoding is not even affecting the processing of the machine.
1. OSX is a great operating system with an even better UI. contrary to most, its better for people that dont have extensive technical knowledge on computing platforms.. its not just for the fanatic apple fan. think about it, how many times have you had to clear adware and viruses from realatives or friends computers because they click on every free app that installs malware, now if those people were using OSX they would not have any problems. most of those people only surf the internet or check webmail anyways.
2. WINDOWS XP/Vista can be a productive operating system if you are technically inclined, you need to understand the basics of virus protection and dos and donts of surfing the web.
3. Linux is a very stable platform and im sure is the clear winner here, however, my experience with linux, granted was a long time ago, was that it was EXTREMELY difficult to learn and not as easy as windows or osx... this is an OS for the Tech Savy only.
very interesting, id like to see which of the two runs vista the best, the MBP or your bargain 1200 lappie. Notice i said VISTA.... hmm, i think it is the MBP that won that honor a while back!
I thought nuclear weapons relied on "Fission" or spliting of the atoms and chain reactions, unlike the topic here, "Fusion" which is where nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
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"I honestly don't understand why people use OSX for multimedia. You don't get a choice on a graphics card. You get what comes with your POS Mac (unless you bought a G5 or other tower, then you have to buy the "Mac Edition"). With a Windows PC, you can get just about every program you can on OSX, except you can go buy a graphics card SPECIFICALLY for hardcore rendering tasks. Cards like NVIDIA's Quadro series.
Seriously. You "artists" out there need to get your heads out of your asses."
Have you ever USED OSX for mutimedia or rendering / Encoding?
Obviously you havent bought one either, or you would know that it gives you options for GFX cards! my new MacbookPro comes with TWO NVIDA graphics cards!
I use a Dell Tower at work with xenon processing and when i burn a DVD or do any encoding, that is ALL i can do, no other program can be run without being effected dramatically with super slow performance!
now even on my old G4 iBook i can burn a dvd and run photoshop at the same time without any issues, its as if the encoding is not even affecting the processing of the machine.
dont take my word for it, you can read it here, unless its too long for you to read:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4258725.html?page=4
Your last comment shows your ignorance.
my OPINION is the following:
1. OSX is a great operating system with an even better UI. contrary to most, its better for people that dont have extensive technical knowledge on computing platforms.. its not just for the fanatic apple fan. think about it, how many times have you had to clear adware and viruses from realatives or friends computers because they click on every free app that installs malware, now if those people were using OSX they would not have any problems. most of those people only surf the internet or check webmail anyways.
2. WINDOWS XP/Vista can be a productive operating system if you are technically inclined, you need to understand the basics of virus protection and dos and donts of surfing the web.
3. Linux is a very stable platform and im sure is the clear winner here, however, my experience with linux, granted was a long time ago, was that it was EXTREMELY difficult to learn and not as easy as windows or osx... this is an OS for the Tech Savy only.