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Apple is pulling me in.......!

Keep in mind that I AM NOT as computer savey as a lot of you folks are, so these questions mind be on the dumb side...

I currently run Windows XP and Explorer. I have tried several "brouser's" but haven't found one that suits my fancy yet.

Are you saying that I can run Safari on Windows XP?

And are you saying that I can switch over to a MAC OS and still run FS9 and whatever else??

Bill
 
There is a version of Safari that runs under Windows.

You will need a copy of XP installed on to a partition on the Mac to play any Windows based games. Really no way around that. I'm not sure what all games will work this way, there might be some that don't. I haven't found any non-game software that won't run on XP on my Mac.

Really, hardware-wise, current Macs are Intel PCs. Just running OSX by default.

The only ones I know for sure work, because I tried them, is the FSX demo and C&C 3. They both ran flawlessly. This was on a MacBook Pro laptop. I wasn't really interested in making it my game machine though. Just had to install a couple of things "just in case" I ever got bored somewhere. :mixedsmi:
 
Okay, let me make sure I understand this....

The selling point of a MAC is that it runs Windows, which it was designed to compete with, allowing you to run a different OS and browser, which you can now run under windows, so you can run a MAC, which allows you to run windows.....

:isadizzy::d

Actually, I think both platforms have their pluses and minuses and I think its great if you can use what works best for your mission.
 
A few select quotes from Tom's Hardware Guide:

Despite what Apple’s TV ads might want you to believe, Windows PCs remain the standard for personal computers. This isn’t about ignorance—it’s all about mainstream affordability and limitless extensibility.

Just last month, you could get a complete Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 with 3 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard disk, and Windows Vista Premium from the Dell Outlet for under $400.

When the $600 Apple Mac Mini only offers an anemic 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo with 1 GB of memory and 80 GB of storage, it’s hard to make the case for the “Apple Tax.”

Windows PCs remain one of the most technologically advanced platforms. Only Windows offers the constant evolution of new hardware and software. Want the latest Nvidia or AMD graphics card? Just plop it in. Want to activate the PhysX capabilities of your GeForce card? Just install new drivers.

While Apple is challenging consumers to make the switch away from the most popular operating system in the world, the Apple world is one of conformity. Once you decide to play in the Apple sandbox, you are stuck in the Apple sandbox.

I can’t buy a laptop with eSATA or an iMac with a Core 2 Quad or a monitor-less Mac with a Core 2 Duo and an Nvidia GPU.
 
When I went back to college, many years ago now, LOL, we used Macs for Commercial Art and Design, but this was in 95 so I don't remember much about them, but when they can compete with PC's power for power with comparable prices, I'll look into them, they seem to market the rich, well, anyone who makes over 800 dollars a month like myself that is, LOL :d
 
Getting a Mac laptop was an easier choice perhaps, knowing that upgrades are limited on all laptops anyway.

Still, I can boot into either OS. It does depend on what I am doing. And though I haven't price compared since I bought mine, they were the same price given the same features (remember, I'm talking laptop) and I just couldn't argue with the compactness, weight, and style. Not sure if LED backlights are the norm now or not on laptops, but at the time mine was new, and setting it down next to a Dell or HP or whatever, the screen image difference just blew me away.

My desktop is a PC. I built it, with a little help from txnetcop. :mixedsmi: My best, most reliable desktop yet.
 
You guys,

For me, when I lost my computer almost a year ago, and I went through battles with HP trying to get XP, and have suffered the loss of tons of data trying to load up XP on a vista HD, etc, etc, etc.. and going through the daily goofy things that vista does that XP never did, I lost my faith in MS. I have been looking for a good system.

Think about it.. I needed a computer that has XP on it, and Apple does, lol.. Second, I want a new OS that is good, dependable. One whose update service wont erase my HD's. I need something good, powerful, stable, up to the times..

The iPod really impressed me and this is why I am heading that way. I am not trying to get people to come with me.. Its my own journey that I thought I would share with you all.


man... 4 Terrabyte HD with an 8 core Mobo, lol... That is wild! WILD!!!!!
 
I went back in to check that the 32 gigs of RAM was for real. It is, lol.. The 'four terrabyte' HD isnt, as they use 4 HD's in succession, but the RAM is indeed maxxable to 32 gigs of DDR2 RAM.

Goodness....
 
hey_moe said:
Did ya order one or two of them one for upstairs and one for downstairs.
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In my make believe word "in my dreams" I've got one for each room.:costumes:

In reality I have to keep what I have till I turn 62 when I retire for "real". :costumes:

David
 
djscoo said:
lol...if you choose the most expensive option in every category you get a $28,000 ($30,000 w/ Texas sales tax) computer :costumes:
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Mine was pretty much up there to.. A Raid card shouldnt cost you $800.00. Alot of those prices seemed a bit inflated. But man, could you imagine the power of 8 gigs of DDR2 RAM memory? I still cant get over that.



Bill
 
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