SillyDog701

[nomdevdt]

I have used windows for almost 20 years but now, needing a new laptop, am considering a powerbook. Can anyone speak knowledgeably abouts the pros and cons of having one of each--a windows desktop and a mac laptop???

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[Don_HH2K]

Well, I'll see what I can do, although I'm a bit biased to Windows since I'm not a heavy Mac user.

Windows
Pros:
Many more applications developed for it
New applications usually come to Windows first
If you have a PocketPC handheld, you need Windows
If you use Microsoft software, the new versions of software for Mac are usually released a few months later
Come as cheap as $299 configured, $150 build-it-yourself

Cons:
Slower than Mac
Much more unstable (Win9x/ME, NT/2K/XP somewhat better)
Not good for heavy-duty apps like authoring or rendering
A bit too graphical, slows things down even more

Mac
Pros:
Much faster and more stable than Windows
Great choice for authoring or rendering
Much easier to install applications
Uses a good combination of graphics and text
Much more built-in software

Cons:
Windows applications are usually either developed later or are not developed at all for Mac
PocketPC users will need to buy VirtualPC and a copy of Windows, about $200USD extra
Much more expensive
No build-it-yourself option, always configured from Apple

Hope this helps,
Don

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[Mandrake]

Slower than Mac

Eh? the fastest processor you can get in a Mac laptop is a 1.5GHz G4, there nowhere near as fast as a mobile Athlon 64 or P4. You can even get the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition in a laptop! Perhaps when you can guy a G5 in a laptop it will be a more even comparison.

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[DJGM]

Can we keep the PC vs Mac discussions in the relevant thread please . . . ?

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[Don_HH2K]

Slower than Mac

Eh? the fastest processor you can get in a Mac laptop is a 1.5GHz G4, there nowhere near as fast as a mobile Athlon 64 or P4. You can even get the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition in a laptop! Perhaps when you can guy a G5 in a laptop it will be a more even comparison.

A 64-bit PowerPC chip is still much faster than a 64-bit AMD64 chip.
In the event of the 32-bit G4, it's still faster than P4EE. That's just the difference between CISC and RISC.

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[Antony]

The best things about Apple's laptops are... full featured and very light weight.
Why do you want to carry a heavy toy around?

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