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Title: Question
Post by: Cherlie on September 29, 2002, 09:10:19 AM

I'll probably get alot fo crap for this but oh well.

Thinking about getting an apple Imac.  Can AH be played on a Imac?

CB

Title: Question
Post by: Curval on September 29, 2002, 09:30:24 AM

SINNER!;)

I don't think AH is Mac capable yet...but I know they are/were working on it.  

I have a huge ongoing argument with my brother in-law over the PC/Mac thing.  He is a dedictaed Mac user and always has the best and latest Mac.  He claims he can run anything my machine can and faster.  

I fly AH.  He is wrong.

One time he wanted to prove his machine was fater than mine.  We put both our laptops side by side and we started Excel at the same time.  Admitedly his loaded slightly faster on the first boot.  Then I suggested we shut down Excel and try again.  As it was by this time loaded into RAM mine poped up almost instantly, beating his by approximately the same margin his beat mine on the initial load.

His machine cost almost $2,000 more than mine.  Hardly worth it for being a split second faster on the first run of a program.  His might be better for graphical applications such as making movies, and detailed CAD type work..but that is stuff I never use anyway.

I'll stick with PCs for now.

Title: Question
Post by: Elfenwolf on September 29, 2002, 10:28:46 AM

For graphic design Mac was the standard for years. Probably 50% of the ad copy I get is on Mac still, but it used to be virtually everything was done on a Mac. The new Windows OS operates almost just like a Mac, so even dummies who think they're graphic designers can get the same results with the easy to use Windows OCs that they get with the Macs.

Basically as more and more businesses are getting computer smart and designing their own graphics inhouse on Windows OS systems the Mac will continue to decline in popularity.

Title: Question
Post by: whgates3 on September 29, 2002, 03:35:30 PM

its possibe that there might be something like winEmu (windows emulator) for mac that you could use for AH

Title: Question
Post by: JB73 on September 29, 2002, 07:22:37 PM

For graphic, video, and music editing the Mac can't be beat... but thats about it.

Title: Question
Post by: Sikboy on September 29, 2002, 08:34:10 PM

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Originally posted by JB73
For graphic, video, and music editing the Mac can't be beat... but thats about it.

Don't forget pretention. For pretention the Mac can't be beat either.

-Sikboy

Title: Question
Post by: DA98 on September 29, 2002, 09:12:14 PM

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For graphic, video, and music editing the Mac can't be beat... but thats about it.

I don't know about graphic and video, but for music and sound editing, there's nothing a Mac can do that a PC can't.

Title: Question
Post by: Sandman on September 29, 2002, 09:33:21 PM

Hmmm... Photoshop on Mac and PC. Both are so similar that you can switch from one platform to another and not break a sweat.

Flash... same thing.

Adobe Premiere... same thing.

There's nothing a Mac can do that a PC cannot and do it cheaper to boot.

The biggest thing Mac has going for it is ease of use when adding devices. Of course... the reason it's easy isn't because they are particularly brilliant at Apple. It's because they have no variables, no options, no choice.

Take a look at the thousands (if not millions) of different ways to configure a PC. Different motherboards, different RAM, different soundcards, video, you name it. The fact that Windows runs on most of them is an amazing thing.

Title: Question
Post by: whgates3 on September 30, 2002, 01:46:57 AM

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Originally posted by Sikboy
Don't forget pretention. For pretention the Mac can't be beat either.

i'll out pretentious a Mac anyday w/ a Sparc