Who uses a Mac over here

[pratik]

hey there,

was wondering how many of you aut there are using Mac...
I use a Mac G5

what about you?

well, it new for me.. so some experienced useres can share there designing tips and tricks and also some software names!!!

[azn1art]

I don't use mac that often. Mostly Windows but I have a Mac Mini... Haven't installed anything to the thing other than photoshop. I usually use it for digitial editing..

[proxops-pete]

Nope. No Mac for me. Ever. :D

[Mike]

Nope, but I'm looking into getting a MacBook soon. :)

[Case]

Ocasionaly when i do its mostly for Shake

[asian_smith]

i do, its great. not much software that you'd need because it comes with so much software to begin wit. however, i suggest looking into either iSquint and/or ffmpegx (video encoders), handbrake (dvd ripper), audacity (audio recorder, gimp (free photoshop software), Quicksilver (app launcher), skype (voip), Reckless drivin' (driving game), and macsolitaire (good solitaire app)

[Case]

I dont think i could ever use a mac more than anything than just shake to be honest...

[asian_smith]

that is because u have yet to unlock its true potential. tsk tsk. i myself was a windows user up until 6th grade wen my craptastic machine got so overidden w/ viruses and spyware, it was deemed unusable. thus i was forced to use my mom's spare ibook from work (which was only a year old). now before this, i absolutely hated macs because they were just different. after just one week, i was convinced never to go back to that evil monopoly of an os known as windows.

[Case]

Thats just a excuse of not learning to properly use a system and have a company babby sit you because face it apple trys to idiot proof things... sond dont start the monopoly BS look at apple they refuse to licence hardware to other companies thats why motherboards and the like you buy from APPLe and APPLE vendors ONLY there is no 31 flavors of hardware vendors.

[Beatrix]

Nope, but I'm looking into getting a MacBook soon. :)
Me, too! The Macbook is fantastic. I have fallen in awe of it since I first got in contact with a friend's Macbook. Although I have yet to learn how to operate it the way I am at ease with a PC, I don't think it will take so much time.

[Pent]

Considering the only thing apple has going for them is the OS now, which can be installed on boxes that usually run windows in the first place, makes for no reason anymore to even buy an apple box.

[Case]

This is true... Soon as it becomes more viable on a amd box im going to ditch it all together so i can run shake on non over priced apple box's

[asian_smith]

apple's are no longer overpriced. there have been comparisons done

[Case]

Building my own PC vs buying a pple.... more expensive... what are you comparing it to... a alienware pc?

[Pent]

Look guys, Apple is only a little over-priced compared to Alienware!!

[asian_smith]

buying a 1.83 ghz duo core pc laptop ~$1200, buying a macbook, $1100. make your own laptop, i dare ya, no really, i'd like to c it, post it on sum mod website

[Case]

i want links lets see your comparisons...

and here DIY laptop http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/05/04/building_your_dream_notebook/index.html

i have more links were that came from too

[asian_smith]

hahaha, funny, mac pro is cheaper by 500 to a comparably priced dell. macbook is cheaper than a bunch of others, and no there isn't a way to run mac on a pc

[asian_smith]

http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/opinion/dellmacprofollowup/index.php

[Pent]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/05/04/building_your_dream_notebook/index.html
I can build my own Laptop too...

[Case]

still waiting for links

[asian_smith]

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/14/pricecomparison2/index.php

[asian_smith]

i already posted one on page 2

[Pent]

Can you PLEASE tell me why you are linking a page that compares a WORKSTATION class PC to a low-range Apple?

Quadro FX 3450 to a GeForce 7300????

[asian_smith]

your diy thing doesn't count cuz u have to buy a complete laptop first

[asian_smith]

last i checked, mac pro and macbook pro are made for pros

[asian_smith]

o, read the goddam article too

[Case]

15.4in 2ghz intel core duo
512MB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
4x SuperDrive
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard driv (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBookPro)
$2,000

Dell E1505 Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2400
15.4 inch Wide Screen
512MB Shared Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ
80GB
128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory
or
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ [add $45]

$822 (http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=E1505S2&s=dhs)

[Pent]

last i checked, mac pro and macbook pro are made for pros
You can smell the cheese with that quote

[Case]

and corection its not that your "pro" "leet" or otherwise

Pro is apples marketing term for Workstation class

[Case]

You can buy bare bones laptops... mobo case psu every thign else is up to you just like a BAREBONES DESKTOP...

P.S. Dont belive every thign you read just because its in a artical dont make it true

[Pent]

of course an article from macworld will be mac bias, their reason for including a quadro and comparing it to a geforce 7300 was that the quadro was the lowest priced card that supported the 30 inch monitor... that's a pretty poor excuse to overprice a pc by $2000 by including such a graphics card... are they stupid?

[Case]

First of all quadros are pro based cards that cost double and in some cases 3 times the amoutn of a gerforce based consumer card...

Same time thats also not true Geforce cards do support 30" screens with out a problem

How do i know this? because we robbed a 30" in APPLE LCD from the second floor at SVA and broght it up to the third floor for our lan :)

[asian_smith]

i've tried to see it from your perspective...
but its just too hard to stick my head that far up my ass. you buy an apple to use mac osx because it's better than windows, not because it's incredibly cheap. the fact that you can point out the difference between two gpu's by the same company bothers me and makes me wonder, does this man/woman, have a social life

[Case]

the point that you missed is that your paying over 1000 more for the EXACT same thing that you can still install the apple OSX on.. who siadi nstall windows... i can boot OSX off of any PC just about

[asian_smith]

for ****'s sake. it's still $1000 more expensive. if you wanna not upgrade the gpu on the dell, the mac pro will still be cheaper

[asian_smith]

really, how the hell did you manage to do that?

[Case]

hows that? $822 + $45 does not = 2000

[asian_smith]

i want to c sum sort of proof, then i will concede

[Case]

really, how the hell did you manage to do that?

http://uneasysilence.com/os-x-proven-hacked-and-running-on-an-ordinary-pc/

[Pent]

i've tried to see it from your perspective...
but its just too hard to stick my head that far up my ass. you buy an apple to use mac osx because it's better than windows, not because it's incredibly cheap. the fact that you can point out the difference between two gpu's by the same company bothers me and makes me wonder, does this man/woman, have a social life
uh, you realize that you not knowing the difference in the first place really doesn't help your argument. And I love that I can clearly see the start of the stages of denial in this thread... denial... anger...
You also... do know... that mac OSX can and is being used on intel (even AMD) built computers since last year? Even dual booting with Windows.
http://andrej.racchvs.com/archives/2005/01/19/running-osx-on-pc-hardware/
Thanks for the fun, and yes I do have a social life, very geeky, but social.

[Case]

i want to c sum sort of proof, then i will concede

Ive linked you Dell and apples website and now ive linked you the OSX on PC links... now what?

still waiting on a responce here

[asian_smith]

wu do you mean? i sed i'd shut up, i'm shutting up, u win

[Case]

aww i was having fun for a min... I am never in starbucks but i love walkign into starbucks open up a old crusty dell and boot OSX and watch the apple fanboi's go WTF OMG /emo

it makes me grin I have a 1 button USB apple mouse i nabbed from a box in my school they didnt want i plug it in just for the extra edge