Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT - considering buying Mac - need advise

BabaLouie opened this issue on Oct 29, 2003 ยท 83 posts


pauljs75 posted Thu, 30 October 2003 at 3:46 PM

Both have their good and bad points. I use a PC, but I don't hold much against Macs. Macs: The good: Blazing fast more often than not (Unix based OS, Motorola RISC processor), I've seen Bryce5 run on a G5 before and I was like "Damn that's quick!" The bad: Software tends to be more expensive for Macs, and some titles available for PC have not been ported over. (However, there are PC emulators that work and most PC filetypes can be read by the software that comes on a Mac.) The ugly: Only one mouse button. Most familiar PC type keyboard shortcuts don't work. Things like that. PCs: The good: Most common. Parts are readily available at low prices and are easily obtainable. Pretty much any software title you're looking for is available. Any add on hardware should work. Awesome variety of games and things like that. Also it doesn't have to be Windows, one could install Linux. The bad: Having a good selection with PC's doesn't mean it's all good. There's a fair share of crap software out there. Not all programs work without the right PC add-on components or configurations. Some drivers for hardware and the such can be problematic. "Plug and play" isn't always true. Viruses and other nasties cater to PC's. The ugly: Not all PC's are the same quality. (This is independant of price too. It's possible to buy a good cheap computer or a crappy expensive one.) Variety of configuration setups can lead to confusion in fixing things. Sometimes PC's will hang, usually because of miscommunication between programs or poor memory management. PC's usually aren't "pretty" like the Mac from an aesthetic standpoint.


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