Re: Mac vs PC
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- GollumX
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- Doesn't Adobe allow you to install on two PC's anyway? If using it at work I believe the license allows you to install a copy on your home PC as well.
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- Brad Baker
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GollumX wrote:
Doesn't Adobe allow you to install on two PC's anyway? If using it at work I believe the license allows you to install a copy on your home PC as well.AFAIK the license keys are different on Mac and PC
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Roland Deschain wrote:
I would think that any online connection ought to be using a firewall. OSX has a built in one if I recall correctly, I'm not sure if it is enabled by default.
Yes there is a built in firewall - no its not set on by default. The advice about using it is conflicting - some say do some say don't bother - I'm no expert - just saying that I've never used it & so far had no reason to even think about it (but you did make me there just for a second!
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xyzulu wrote:
Roland Deschain wrote:Keep in mind that if you switch from a pc to a mac you will have to re-purchase all of the software that you use.
Not always
For eg, Adobe: You can contact them and obtain in some cases a Mac license for software you previously purchased for PC. This is a fact.. I am sure some other companies will also allow this.. after all, you are not breaking the license, merely just changing the OS it runs on.
That is very informative xyzulu! Thank you for that valuble information!
mas wrote:Roland Deschain wrote:
I would think that any online connection ought to be using a firewall. OSX has a built in one if I recall correctly, I'm not sure if it is enabled by default.
Yes there is a built in firewall - no its not set on by default. The advice about using it is conflicting - some say do some say don't bother - I'm no expert - just saying that I've never used it & so far had no reason to even think about it (but you did make me there just for a second! )
I just googled "should I use a firewall on a mac" and it seems that one likely should be using a firewall on a Mac too:
www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.htmlDon't Play with Fire
The firewall that comes with the Mac is a good and robust tool and will protect you from many things, and you should have it turned on all the time. Just because we can handcraft rules does not mean that we should. If we get it wrong, we could stop our computer from functioning and create security holes. In this article, we're going to play with the firewall, learn a few things about our Mac, and then just let the System Preferences take care of things (in most cases).
In my experience with Windoz boxes, I DO NOT RECOMMEND the Norton Firewall or security suite. It just uses up too much resources and in my humble opinion is a pig of a program. ZoneAlarm is the firewall of choice here. How this relates to a Mac I can only guess that Norton is a pig on a Mac too. When I eventually do get a Mac, I will indeed have a firewall enabled at all times.
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- Roland Fischer
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dannykilla wrote:
what are they like for games thou?
Here are some game benchmarks for the new MacBook Pros: http://barefeats.com/rosa03.html
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Perhaps our long lost good pal Dave G! will weigh in on this topic as he is a Mac user that recently purchased a PC just for gaming.
My understanding is that the problem with Mac's and gaming is less to do with hardware and more to do with the limited amount of games out there for Mac's - quite often, when gamer ARE ported to Mac (which many are not), one must wait a long time, such as 1 - 2 years. Not everyone has the patience for that. On top of that, as understand it, trying to run virtual Windows on a Mac for gaming results in sub-par performance. Keep in mind that I do not have first hand experience with this and am relying on info that I have read/ heard.
I just built a wicked fast PC last Christmas, the parts cost me about $1,400. To replace this with an equivalent Mac would cost about a couple thousand dollars more, ouch. - The member formerly known as Roland Deschain
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- Roland Fischer
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Roland Deschain wrote:
My understanding is that the problem with Mac's and gaming is less to do with hardware and more to do with the limited amount of games out there for Mac's - quite often, when gamer ARE ported to Mac (which many are not), one must wait a long time, such as 1 - 2 years.
You are right. For hardcore gamers who need the latest graphics power a dedicated PC is needed. With all the problems like noise because of millions of fans to cool the graphics card and high price.
Modern virtual machines have direct access to the computer hardware (Parallels at least promises that in version 3). And then there is always the choice to use Boot Camp and decide which system to us at system startup.
But you are right. A Mac is not a dedicated gaming computer, but the high end Macs are definitely better suited as most of the office PCs.
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- Alexandre Redwood
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Ifter years of work on macs, i kneel for my pc!!!
If you only want to design things, get a Mac. But if you want to do everything take an pc.
If good configured you do not need firewalls etc. And if you got a problem with a Pc, ctrl-alt-del solves it most of the time.
Once had troubles with a mac, couldn't even boot the thing anymore.
So to say it once more. Get a 30" big ass Dell (or samsung) LCD, and a e6600 (mabe q6600) pc, with 4 gigs of mem and a 8800GTX. Man oh man... that's nasty - Walk withouth rythm, and you won't attract the worm.
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