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 07/16/2007 03:27:29 PM · #1
Its new computer time...

Do I pay cash and get a nice pc (I know a decent amount about computers, so I know what to look for etc) or do I finally bite the bullet and finance a Mac g5, in light of the fact that Ill be using/learning on a Mac in school?
 07/16/2007 03:38:04 PM · #2
Great debate? What about:

Abortion vs Pro-Life?
Film vs Digital?
Nikon vs Canon?

Your question is nothing to debate. This is American. Where would we be without credit. Finance it and pay it off with student loans. Then spend the next 30 years paying $20 a month.

(I think I've just paid off my student loans after about 10 years.)
 07/16/2007 03:40:15 PM · #3
I have to agree that Mac G5 seems the way to go, but then you are spending the money or getting credit, not me :))

You know what you want, what you really, really want! So get it.
 07/16/2007 03:42:05 PM · #4
The debate isn't whether to finance or not, its Mac or PC.

MAC would put me on a whole new learning curve that I dont know if I feel like dealing with, not to mention the process of re-obtaining all the software that I have for my PC - including CS3 (whatever the highest priced one is)
 07/16/2007 03:44:59 PM · #5
Just a quick correction, Mac G5s are no longer manufactured or sold. You'll be getting a geniune "intel inside" Macintosh. Flipping fast and the best OS in the known universe (but you can still run windows if you insist).

No way to go wrong.
 07/16/2007 03:45:24 PM · #6
Ford, Canon, PC, Choice, Digital

OK... I've answered all those debates. Anymore?

Your software concerns are valid, unless ofcourse you want to run Windows (snicker) on your new Mac, which seems a bit counter productive.


07/16/2007 03:48:21 PM · #7
I guess Ill wait until school starts and see if I have any trouble translating Mac lessons to PC lessons.
 07/16/2007 03:49:30 PM · #8
Fotomann - you missed the biggest and most important one!!!!

COKE v. PEPSI!!!!
 07/16/2007 03:49:49 PM · #9
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
I guess Ill wait until school starts and see if I have any trouble translating Mac lessons to PC lessons.


I think that's going to depend more on the software that you'll be using rather than the platform they are running on.
 07/16/2007 03:50:05 PM · #10
Boxers or Breifs?
 07/16/2007 03:50:40 PM · #11
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
Fotomann - you missed the biggest and most important one!!!!

COKE v. PEPSI!!!!


Coke. Also coke in the coke vs. crystal meth debate.
 07/16/2007 03:50:51 PM · #12
Originally posted by idnic:
Boxers or Breifs?


Boxers or commando!
 07/16/2007 03:51:16 PM · #13
Originally posted by formerlee:
Originally posted by idnic:
Boxers or Breifs?


Boxers or commando!


Yes. :P
 07/16/2007 03:52:06 PM · #14
Originally posted by idnic:
Boxers or Breifs?


Boxer briefs or cammando :-)
 07/16/2007 03:58:48 PM · #15
Raw vs Jpeg!!!
 07/16/2007 04:04:09 PM · #16
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
I guess Ill wait until school starts and see if I have any trouble translating Mac lessons to PC lessons.


I think that's going to depend more on the software that you'll be using rather than the platform they are running on.


Ill be using Photoshop for sure, I know that much. I guess it will also just give me an opportunity to really try out a Mac, my experience with them is quite limited, so ill be able to compare my workflow on the lab mac to my home pc and see which I prefer.

But no matter what happens, i wont forget my roooootz.

Oh - and Meth totally wins over Coke, unless were in 1985 and any of us are in the brat pack.
 07/16/2007 04:08:47 PM · #17
Photoshop is pretty much the same on either a PC or a Mac.

Cindi vs. Judi :-D
 07/16/2007 04:10:43 PM · #18
Cheeseman v Firestarter/village burner!!
 07/16/2007 04:58:02 PM · #19
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Also coke in the coke vs. crystal meth debate.

... if the question is the fastest route to sudden death.
 07/16/2007 05:05:52 PM · #20
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Photoshop is pretty much the same on either a PC or a Mac.

Cindi vs. Judi :-D


Functionally, maybe. But nothing is the same on PC as it is on a Mac. ;-)

Once you go Mac you never go back!
 07/16/2007 05:17:32 PM · #21
you can pretty much run everything you want on a PC , on the mac you have to buy software dedicated to mac. accordingly i chose PC.
in photoshop the difference is on my Pc it takes about 8 sec to load up , on the mac about 2 so if you think that those 6 sec are worth the extra money go for it.

on another note, with the same amount you are about to spend on a mac, you can get a loaded PC.

that's just my 2 cents...
 07/16/2007 05:18:17 PM · #22
Originally posted by scarbrd:
nothing is the same on PC as it is on a Mac. ;-)


Well, can't say that about the cpu anymore...
 07/16/2007 05:23:44 PM · #23
Originally posted by zaflabout:
you can pretty much run everything you want on a PC , on the mac you have to buy software dedicated to mac. accordingly i chose PC.
in photoshop the difference is on my Pc it takes about 8 sec to load up , on the mac about 2 so if you think that those 6 sec are worth the extra money go for it.

on another note, with the same amount you are about to spend on a mac, you can get a loaded PC.

that's just my 2 cents...


Your software isn't dedicated to Windows?
 07/16/2007 05:25:03 PM · #24
window or linux depending , but for argument sakes window:)
 07/16/2007 05:26:09 PM · #25
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by scarbrd:
nothing is the same on PC as it is on a Mac. ;-)


Well, can't say that about the cpu anymore...


When has that ever mattered? Intel, AMD, Motorola,

I was speaking more to the user experience OS, security and stability.

Updated your virus list lately? ;-)

All in good fun!

Message edited by author 2007-07-16 17:26:52.
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