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Computafreak wrote: I never said that
I know. I love sarcasm though since it's the only that keeps an otherwise dry post somewhat entertaining.
Computafreak wrote: I acknowledge that more hardware will run on a Mac than previous versions. However, I have repeated myself several times; a PC does support more hardware than a Mac. That was my original point
Yes, but it was pushed under the guise of making it seem like you'd have all these problems with a Mac. That's just not the case. My point is people here tend to give them an unfair deal just because they know and are used to and married to Windows.
Computafreak wrote: You appear to have contradicted yourself. Earlier you said that Dell doesn't support HP printers. Could you please elaborate upon this
They don't support HP printers to the extent they offer. That's my point. If you go buy an HP printer from HP directly that's not a model Dell offers, they won't support it - HP does. That's how Apple does it and what I was trying to convey. My other point is you can also get non Apple supported hardware that works on Macs. So, it's not like would never have any choice, just not as much as Windows. Realistically though, you have more than enough to get your job/playing done.
Computafreak wrote: But it does mean that if one turns out to be [malicious|broken|incomplete], you can remove it and try another one. If all else fails, you could fall back onto a generic driver (depending on the type of hardware)
It sure does mean that, and you can do that on a Mac too. It's almost like they're also computers. But, that has nothing to do with your point I was refuting with that line.
Computafreak wrote: I never disputed your education, so why you bring it up is beyond me. I don't hate Macs
I never said you disputed it; I'm letting you know I don't participate in zealotry. It's as simple as that. I won't pass judgment on something I don't know anything about.
Computafreak wrote: You just went off on a tangent there
By virtue of your apology you deem Macs inferior. I addressed the common zealot issues - which you tried to dispute. So, it wasn't that far fetched. But, now since there is no real dispute as I'm the only one in this with real Mac experience, I'm off on a wild tangent.
Computafreak wrote: I remain amused when I consider how two words sparked this entire discussion. However, expressing my opinion as a light-hearted joke does not make anyone a zealot
Yes it does. Repeated jokes are keys to the truth, just a veil of humor is thrown over it. Besides, if I was the believe that your not I'd have to take into account the whole thread where you acted like one anyway. Maybe you're not a zealot and just like to argue - fine.
Just to recap how I believe. I'd never suggest using a Mac if you prefer Windows. That's everyone's right to choose what they like. But, I am totally against religious bashing of something people have no clue about because their God didn't make it. It happens a lot and I get tired of it is all. I'll give you another perfect example...
Back in the day on CP people used to bash Java left and right. Microsoft and Sun were mortal enemies. Microsoft did .NET and hired some top Java gurus to implement C# (it's what it's based on). Now people around here will not talk so bad about Java. Java didn't change one bit, and this is just another example of religion. It just gets old after seeing it for years man.
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Although this has been a very interesting conversation, I'm afraid I have to bow out. I've got a fair amount of work to do, and the messages are starting to slip down my last posts list. Thanks
I do not deem Macs inferior. They have their uses, and they are legion. However, if I want to run the most software, and use the most hardware, then I will use a PC. If that situation changes, then I will happily run to the nearest Apple store, and try to get a reasonably priced [Mac 3000|iFuture|etc]. But it hasn't yet, so I'm not
My joke was not repeated. In fact (you'll have to trust me on this), that was the first Mac joke I made on the internet in my life. You are correct in that saying that repeated jokes show people's opinions, but this does not make me a zealot in that my opinions aren't that strong either way. I'm also not at all bothered about arguing - I was asked to defend my views, and I tried. Perhaps not as eloquently as I would like, but hopefully my basic point got across. If it didn't, then the previous paragraph outlined it
Either way, thanks for the experience. Hopefully we can agree to disagree on this one
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Oh and don't get me wrong. It's not like the Java and Mac crowd aren't full of the same types of people. I'm not trying to imply that. Zealotry spreads everywhere despite environment.
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The obvious caveat should be that if it's not Mac supported hardware then don't expect it to work. But in the instance of going to a OEM like Dell or Apple you will find many, many less hardware issues if any. There is no disputing that to anyone that has actually used a lot of computers over the past couple of decades and actually paid attention.
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Becaue now that oyu have it you'd prefer to "downgrade" back to a PC?
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peterchen wrote: Becaue now that oyu have it you'd prefer to "downgrade" back to a PC?
Nope, not a chance. Why do you think that?
Paul
A .NET developer who now drinks the Ruby and Cocoa Koolaid.
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Nice That's a great machine. I considered buying a MBP but opted for a Thinkpad instead because of the price.
Just don't drink the kool-aid
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I actually got the previous generation (late 2008 non unibody). A local computer store was dumping the $2499 model for $1499. I sprang for a 4GB memory upgrade at $60 on top of that. So far, I'm VERY happy dual-booting Leopard and Vista (for games).
Paul
A .NET developer who now drinks the Ruby and Cocoa Koolaid.
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Got my 5. I've never looked back since I went to Mac.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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another person, who belives the marketing stuff and thinks that an over-prized macintosh is really better... it has the same components, produced in the same country as any other PC.
i want to add that mac-boooks belong to high-end pc's so compare it to other high-end notebooks. it's generally true that the same company always makes sh*t low-end notebbooks and good mid-high end ones.
C#, ASPX, SQL, novice to NHibernate
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As several people have already stated, it's not just the hardware, but the software, the integration between software packages, and the support from the company that make a Mac worth the money. It just works -- and that is worth a lot of money to people.
Paul
A .NET developer who now drinks the Ruby and Cocoa Koolaid.
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Developing on MAC = installing a VMWare with windows = the same as not having a MAC...
And software integration in MAC way is not what i'd like. Do you know that a super program exist for navigation via MAC, and that the company cannot sell the SW, because MAC has to approve it? It smeells like a legal way of blackmailing... The marketing politics is what i dislike in MAC. Otherwise it may be good...but still, if 2 stuff can do the same (quality, support and almost everything), why buy the expensive one?
C#, ASPX, SQL, novice to NHibernate
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This is my second machine in about six years. I only upgraded because my old one broke and I wanted another one as quickly as possible. My old one had an 80 GB hard drive and 384 MB of RAM. It ran Windows XP, Visual Studio and Firefox relatively well. Since then, I've upgraded to an Acer M1640 with a 250 GB hard drive and 2 GB of memory. It runs everything my old machine used to, only on Windows Vista (soon to buy Windows 7)
Really, most people don't need a quad-core, 3.142 GHz processor with an 8 TB hard drive and some other vast amount of memory. As long as it gets the task done and I feel comfortable, I'll use it; I don't play games, and if the system requirements for an application require me to get a new computer, then I just won't buy the application. Chances are there's another application out there (or I can whip one up) which can perform the action I need to, with far less memory consumption
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I would have liked to see "Whenever the powers that be feel like doing it"
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This is more like when I add small priced items ($100 or less). But replacing the main components (CPU/mobo) is around every 2 years. Sometimes shorter sometimes longer.
My big interest for a future purchase are SSDs and blueray writers. I am waiting till I can get a 250GB SSD that nets over 150MB/s writes and costs less than $100 US. I am also waiting for a $100 blue ray writer with write once media that costs $1 / disk.
John
modified on Monday, March 9, 2009 3:12 PM
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And its variant "whenever the Powers That Be let me".
Software Zen: delete this;
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For most of my career, my desktop PC has merely been a glorified dumb terminus for developing on "real" computers.
Then and more recently (using .net) I only got to upgrade when the previous system died.
As for my home systems:
My most recent upgrade (January 2009) was because Fry's had a good deal on a Core 2 Quad.
The previous upgrade (summer 2005) was because the previous system had died.
I had built that system after WinXP came out (late 2001).
Prior to that, I had a system that I had built when I upgraded from Win3.11 to Win98se (because I wanted to use Photoshop).
I'm pretty sure that before that I was still using what had begun as a 486SX in 1992, along the way it got more RAM, HDDs, and an Overdrive chip.
My current system should still be sufficient if I choose to install Win7 when it comes out.
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My financial circumstances dictate that this is also the case for me.
My current system is about two years old and unfortunately the increase in energy prices and the recent cold weather have almost wiped out my 'new system pot'.
It therefore looks like, barring a catastrophic failure, this one is going to have to last at least 4 years, if not more.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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But that is a difficult question to answer because I have no schedule and I add items that are less than $100 frequently. At home I upgraded the main development box in late November because the price was right. With the help of live.com it was around $400 US for a 2.83GHz quad core Q9550 + 6GB of quality ddr2 memory + a quality motherboard (ASUS P5Q pro) + 650W ANTEC 80+ power supply. This upgrade is 1.5 to 3 times as fast (at building code) as the dual core machine it replaced and it consumes less power at idle and significantly less at full load.
John
modified on Monday, March 9, 2009 12:21 PM
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You r right, I have no schedule too. I upgrade the system when the price is good or say low.
I think servey has missing option : When Price is Low
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I'm currently doing a proof-of-concept, and was given a P3 with 384 MB RAM and 10 GB HD.
It's running fine . . .
That's because it's running Ubuntu Server 8.10.
So, imagine how it could be if most people ran Ubuntu and other Linuxes.
Upgrade because the old beast is just too tired do play any more - and not because you're forced to support the new market of the latest and greatest - which cannot run on your current system. And, Ubuntu (at least) allows you to image the setup on a USB flash drive - so cloning becomes rather easy (Did you hear that, Bill?)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"How do you find out if you're unwanted if everyone you try to ask tells you to stop bothering them and just go away?" - Balboos HaGadol
"It's a sad state of affairs, indeed, when you start reading my tag lines for some sort of enlightenment. Sadder still, if that's where you need to find it." - Balboos HaGadol
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Balboos wrote: So, imagine how it could be if most people ran Ubuntu and other Linuxes.
Nothing to imagine - until last year Linux was my primary dev environment. Linux needs fewer resources than Windows only if you install less functionality. A Linux desktop with features comparable to Windows will consume more resources than WIndows. We were running OpenSuse and it was visibly slower than Windows XP on the same hardware. Then I installed a bare-bones CentOS (without a graphic desktop environment) and accessed it from a Windows machine with putty - it ran like a charm.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Linux needs fewer resources than Windows only if you install less functionality. A Linux desktop with features comparable to Windows will consume more resources than WIndows.
Isn't that exactly the point? In general, who needs all of Windows' functionality? Each version contains additional layers of bloat. That you can bog down Linux? That's no surprise - why not? The point is how little is required to run pretty much every application that 'users' need.
What do developers need? Lots of extras - as noted by others, it also takes me days to load a fresh install. As a general case, software (often) doesn't even run the same on development systems. Haven't you ever said "Well, it works on my machine" ?
A substantial driving force behind the (major) developer upgrades is that the consumers are buying physical system/operating-system combination of ever increasing magnitude. Vista came out and so much software was broken - and then the dev's need a Vista-capable PC if they want to develope for Vista.
I don't see this particular scenario as part of Linux - perhaps due to the nature of open-source systems and applications: Allow - but do not mandate.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"How do you find out if you're unwanted if everyone you try to ask tells you to stop bothering them and just go away?" - Balboos HaGadol
"It's a sad state of affairs, indeed, when you start reading my tag lines for some sort of enlightenment. Sadder still, if that's where you need to find it." - Balboos HaGadol
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: A Linux desktop with features comparable to Windows will consume more resources than Windows.
I know this not to be true, both in servers and desktops, from extensive experience with both OSs (except Windows 7) for more than 10 years. Windows has always required more disk space and more RAM than GNU/Linux for similar environments and work loads.
Performance is far more difficult to compare but I can give some examples (e.g. 3D desktop, desktop responsiveness under heavy disk load, network transfers on gigabit ethernet, MySQL, Apache, GIMP) where GNU/Linux clearly outperforms Windows and some (e.g. ATI 3D OpenGL, OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird) Windows outperforms GNU/Linux.
Application and driver performance probably depends more on the amount of effort the developers put in optimizing it for a particular OS than on the OS performance itself, making performance comparisons more difficult and potentially misleading.
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PedroMC wrote: I know this not to be true
You know this not to be true, I know this to be true - to each his own
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