Do Macs really handle PS better?
Baydream wrote: Macs have enjoyed that edge in part because they use separate processors for video and audio from the main processor, providing more speed. You would notice that when a Mac went into screen saver mode, the main CPU was idle. Not so with the PC. Now with PCs running Windows 7, the 3 GB "cap" on RAM has been lifted.New laptops are being sold at reasonable prices with 6 and 8GB at 1/3 the price of a Mac.
Macs are also build on the Unix Kernel (more stable). Also it can only use a small range of hardware (which adds to cost but also increases stability).
Windows 7 is the only windows OS to get close to mac with stability. So these days it's more a personal choice of what you want.
Baydream wrote: My other concern with the Mac is the Steve Jobs has been the driver behind Apple and iPhone for years. With his health issues, what will the future hold for Apple?
I think if Steve Jobs went for whatever reason Apple stock would drop a bit, then they'd get another "face" out there. Once people got use to that it would be fine. The board that backs up Steve Jobs can easily take over the running of the company. In fact they already run the company, it's just Steve Jobs that has final say... which is why certain abilities aren't allowed into the iPhone that would make it rock more...
IMHO after a small stock dip, Apple would actually get better. Finally the iPhone would get FLASH.
[/quote]Good point. I worked for a company that had a "spat" with IBM over "big iron" so they shifted entirely to Unisys (Burroughs). It left them hurting for technical staff until they merged with an IBM shop. Flash would make the iPhone better but the personal policy of Mr. Jobs stands in the way just as it did for some many programs in the early Apple days.
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Stealthy Ninja wrote:
Paul F wrote: So pretty much PCs now a days can handle photoshop the same as a mac can. If the PC is running Windows 7.
Pretty much so, yeah.
If you know how to keep your PC running clean (don't visit dangerous sites, no dangerous/illegal downloads, virus protection, and use a registry cleaner regularly), you won't have slow PS whatsoever. I don't.
Yasko wrote:
Stealthy Ninja wrote:
Paul F wrote: So pretty much PCs now a days can handle photoshop the same as a mac can. If the PC is running Windows 7.
Pretty much so, yeah.
If you know how to keep your PC running clean (don't visit dangerous sites, no dangerous/illegal downloads, virus protection, and use a registry cleaner regularly), you won't have slow PS whatsoever. I don't.
Do all that.. or buy a mac.
LOL just had to get a dig in.
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