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1 posted on 04/16/2008 2:50:20 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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Head to head comparison of Mac v. PC (Vista) by Popular Mechanics... PING!

Shhhhhh, don't tell anyone but.... Mac wins.

Thanks to Spktyr for the heads up...


Mac Wins Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

2 posted on 04/16/2008 2:53:56 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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As a support person for both systems and some other things, my only beef with the Macs is the users. They really don’t know how to *do* anything when it is not as expected. They don’t know how to troubleshoot and just throw their hands up. I had one tell me it was just a tool. Fine, but don’t pretend it is a crisis when you don’t even try.

/rant off. Whew I feel better.


5 posted on 04/16/2008 3:40:00 AM PDT by doodad
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You could buy Vista for your iMac and STILL SAVE $100 !!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !

Or you could keep yer head in the sand and tell yerself PCs are better and Macsa re too expensive !


10 posted on 04/16/2008 4:08:41 AM PDT by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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The Gateway One PC had a processor that runs 400 MHz slower than its iMac competitor (not a heck of a difference in this age of dual-core chips), but it also had two extra gigabytes of DDR2 memory. In the laptop category, our Asus M51 had a 2.2 GHz processor, compared to 2.4 GHz for our MacBook. But the Asus had a larger screen, a more sophisticated graphics card and an extra gig of RAM.

So the MS machines had slower processors and somehow the Macs outperformed them. What a surprise!

I sit here typing this on my Quad PC running Vista with 2GB of RAM watching TV on my USB tuner with my email running and AVG scanning the PC without one single bump.

17 posted on 04/16/2008 4:58:09 AM PDT by OneRatToGo
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Am I the only one who sees a close similarity between vocal Mac users and Obama supporters?

They act as if they are God’s gift to humanity.

They routinely speak as if they are all knowing, but usually never say much of substance other than how great it is that they support what they support.

They look at anyone that is not the same as rubes “clinging” to backwards ideologies.

When you poke holes in there land of make-believe they accuse you of being a bigot.

They put logo stickers in the back of their car windows, so they can find each other and gush over how cool it is that they are who they are.

They think they are the change that they’ve been waiting for.


18 posted on 04/16/2008 5:01:55 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (George Washington 2008)
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I work in engineering; the ee simulation and modeling software isn't made for Mac and won't run (integrative) in emulation.

Every comparative test I see like this is centered around a user that surfs the web, downloads music, video and chats with friends. It's funny, when I think of a Mac user, I think of someone that uses their machine (I suppose Mac users don't call their personal interface device a machine) as an entertainment outlet, more like a TV. It's probably a stereotype, but it is my perception.

19 posted on 04/16/2008 5:13:26 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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An occasional tech post is interesting but:::::

Have you posted anything not Apple related???

Have you even responded to anything not Apple related????


20 posted on 04/16/2008 5:18:00 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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It took me about 3 minutes in front of an iMac for me to
ditch Windows forever. I think if most people would use
one for a few minutes, they would follow suit.


29 posted on 04/16/2008 6:25:50 AM PDT by Verbosus
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This has been one of the more entertaining/informative threads on computers on FR in a long time. Please do not let it die. It is wonderful being able to hear from the Mac Users without having the PC users bash them.


61 posted on 04/16/2008 12:55:10 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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Oh goodie, another Mac vs. PC flame war. I think most people have long since made this decision.


91 posted on 04/16/2008 3:19:15 PM PDT by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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Run the test on actually comparable machines with the same RAM and processors. It is not difficult if you have the money.


101 posted on 04/16/2008 6:10:50 PM PDT by rmlew (There is no god but G_d and Moses is his Prophet.)
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There’s the problem. They should have done a comparison between Mac and XP. Vista SUCKS.


119 posted on 04/17/2008 7:55:06 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Party ahead of principles; eventually you'll be selling out anything to anyone for the right price.)
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