So if you seen a car with less fetures for more money you would go for the more exspensive option? Because you dont "need" those extra things, you logic is terrible
Your joking right? It is not illegal to run OSX on a PC
I'm not one for ranting and will happily just let people get on with it and believe/do what ever, but lines like this are just pathetic - how can Logic and FinalCut (the main application difference) be classed as "all of the best applications"?
It's this general illinformed smugness that you get with (some, i've met a number of level headed mac users) white-product-loving folk that gets my goat. I've even had the pleasure of having a heated debate with an Apple store worker, when i went with someone to purchase a Macbook Pro, on how he believed a 5400rpm drive was capable of recording 20+ audio tracks (min 24bit/48k) and streaming back equally the same or more tracks in real-time all because he made "beatz" on garageband or something. He finally got the message when we told him that between us there are 10-15 years experience working/studying in this field and we'll be having the 7400rpm drive. No doubt this BS happens in places like PCWorld, but when you're spending £2k+ the last thing you want to be told is what and how to do your job.
I believe there is no real difference between Mac or PC (and this is from my daily use of both systems), apart from the obvious - if you need to Logic or FC you get a mac, Max 3Ds you use PC etc, everything else is pretty much available on either. And with W7 i think there is no performance difference what so ever. I've played with Protools HD/LE and Cubase on a PC and a similarly spec'd Mac Pro and neither of them showed a performance edge over the other, they both seems to happily deal with what ever i chucked at it.
And for the record I don't use either of the applications you mentioned.
]. The person who does question it will be the Windows fanboy and nothing you will say will ever change their mind. [The exact same can be said for Apple fanboys too].
This is the big thing with these arguments. Smart people know each OS has its pros and cons. There is no OS in the world ever that suits everyone.
Hardware-wise, it isn't really that big of a deal. Think about it, you don't buy a Mac to play games so you don't need massive horsepower. Yes, there is stuff like media creation and manipulation which requires grunt - and that is when you buy a more powerful apple workstation designed for the task. If the software you need runs in Windows, by all means run Windows. As said, many people prefer OSX-only software, or just prefer OSX versions of software. I know a bunch of guys who use Adobe suites on OSX and they think it runs better than in Windows. Could be entirely subjective, but if they work better on a Mac then why shouldn't they?
The world is full of things that you pay a premium for. I was stood outside a watch shop in Manchester today drooling over a 10 grand Breitling. People pay this kind of money, and more, for watches every day. Yet if you get right down to it, it does exactly the same thing as a £100 watch from Argos. The difference is the quality, care, attention and support.
An Aston Martin DB9 and a Vauxhall Astra do the same basic thing. One is massively more expensive than the other. Again, it comes down to quality, attention to detail and so on.
At the end of the day if you want a Mac then go buy a Mac. You should not have to justify to anyone what you do with your own money. Smart, knowledgeable people will understand you have chosen a Mac as your preference and will not question it [unless you made a schoolboy error and bought one to play games on!
Even with stuff that is very similar attracts fanatic fanboyism. Take ATI vs nVidia. Some people are insane and insists their choice is the best, when in reality outside of benchmarks there is no real-world difference at all. If ATI vs nVidia can't be resolved, two completely different OS/computers have no chance.
