[ QUOTE ] And speaking as someone who does a ton of multimedia development, the ability to test multi-platform compatibility on the same box would just rock. [/ QUOTE ] Just install GNU/Linux (Ubuntu for example) on your x86 box. If something runs on Linux it is trivial to port it over to macs. And it gives the added…
[ QUOTE ] My timeless experience with windows is that, if a program crashes, it locks up the whole operating system. [/ QUOTE ] What is your timeless Windows version? 98? ME? On Win2k you can just SHIFT-CTRL-ESC and kill the offending process. No program takes my entire computer down unless it's a hardware failure…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] And speaking as someone who does a ton of multimedia development, the ability to test multi-platform compatibility on the same box would just rock. [/ QUOTE ] Just install GNU/Linux (Ubuntu for example) on your x86 box. If something runs on Linux it is trivial to port it over to macs. And it gives the…
[ QUOTE ] here is one of the only pc laptop equvilants i have found... here and oh man what do you know its the same price. macs are not really that much more expensive than pcs anymore, you are actually getting what you pay for. its just thiner and lighter and with the aluminum case i bet it runs way cooler. my…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] And speaking as someone who does a ton of multimedia development, the ability to test multi-platform compatibility on the same box would just rock. [/ QUOTE ] Just install GNU/Linux (Ubuntu for example) on your x86 box. If something runs on Linux it is trivial to port it over to macs. And it…
[ QUOTE ] Apparently you havnt looked atall, www.alienware.com for example. The Mac has ATI x1600 graphics card that propably isnt very fast and thats why its so silent and cold, because it has no bloody performance. [/ QUOTE ] well specwise the x1600 is better than a 6800 go, unless a 6800 is too slow for you. i looked…
[ QUOTE ] It is true that XP seldomly crashes completely, but the bad thing is that crashed programms often take other processes down with them. The explorer (not the internet one but the desktop one) for example crashes very often alone or together with a application (it recovers quickly on its own though) [/ QUOTE ]…