To Windows Or Not to Windows

[LivingInThePast 364]

No skill and no way to do anything! But I have rough sketch ideas on paper. Should I... A) Scan in my rough sketch ideas, post them here, and hope for the best B) Invest in Virtual PC and buy Windows. C)  No piracy talk!  Do it again and you will be smote by bunnies and duckies.  ~zel~ D) Buy a used PC just enough to run the needed software. As long as it has USB. And I also want my BATs nightlighted.

[Zelgadis 638]

I'd go with D.  But don't "buy" a used PC.  Find someone on Craigslist or something who is giving one away and get that one.

ISF

[crazychickensc12 84]

I have a PC and i say "Come to the Dark Side, We have Cookies" PC's have the software, MAC's have the hardware..in all seriousness though macs are a really good comp, and PCs are good also but almost any program can run on a PC, D sounds like a good idea to me!! Good luck with your choice and hey zel how have you been lately??

[Kakaze 0]

You forgot option E... Save your pennies and buy a new Intel Mac and run both OS X and Windows natively.

[Balrog 0]

"Come to the Dark Side, We have Cookies"quote>

Lol

I have an old windows computer and a new mac... i love the new mac because its fast, but i miss things that are only for windows

[BarbulaM1 38]

Yep the darkside has cookies, and the ability to upgrade a crappy PC. (and of course games). The current Intel Macs do not run modern Windows games to their fullest, agian due to their lackluster GPU (and inabilty to upgrade the iMac) that becomes a problem in the world of the PC. Word of advice, wait for maybe December for computers with DirectX10 Capable GPUs in them or wait till January/Feburary for Vista. Of coures this is for playing games and the world of Windows. Also depends on the amount of money you want to spend .

[bwatterud 7]

Originally posted by: Kakaze You forgot option E... Save your pennies and buy a new Intel Mac and run both OS X and Windows natively.quote>

Yeah, but you still need to buy windows. I am in this same delimma. Either B or D seem like good choices, but you could do A anyway, just for good measure.

[callagrafx 3]

You would still need to buy Windows if you bought a used PC, unless it was already installed (and I would bet it wouldn't have the original install disks)..and remember, why is someone selling a used PC? Mainly because it's obselete.

[giorgos69 52]

Originally posted by: LivingInThePast  Should I... A) Scan in my rough sketch ideas, post them here, and hope for the best quote>

Macs can scan???

[callagrafx 3]

Oh very funny...Mac's are the defacto standard equipment for the graphic design/media industry and have been for since the late 80's..Scanning on a Mac used to be the only way (unless you had access to a drum scanner) of getting raster images digitised. The industry standard software for photo editing is Adobe Photoshop, and was originally developed (as was all Adobe software) for Apple software and hardware.

Any scanner that works on your beige box will work on my titanium box

[bwatterud 7]

Or my white box (iMacs rool!!!)

[giorgos69 52]

or my dark blue (*****) box...

(HPs rock!)

[Kakaze 0]

Originally posted by: BarbulaM1 Yep the darkside has cookies, and the ability to upgrade a crappy PC. (and of course games). The current Intel Macs do not run modern Windows games to their fullest, agian due to their lackluster GPU (and inabilty to upgrade the iMac) that becomes a problem in the world of the PC. Word of advice, wait for maybe December for computers with DirectX10 Capable GPUs in them or wait till January/Feburary for Vista. Of coures this is for playing games and the world of Windows. Also depends on the amount of money you want to spend .quote>

The graphics card in the iMacs, while not the best on the market, should still be enough to run any current game at native resolution or near so with most settings medium to high - and it's definitely more than enough for SC4.

Also, iMacs run Windows games just as well as any other comparable computer runs Windows games. Considering how fast the technology is advancing, NO computer is ever going to be capable of running modern games to their fullest as there's always a faster processor or newer technology around the corner. The iMac should be enough for all but the most hardcore of gamers.

Originally posted by: bwatterud

Originally posted by: Kakaze You forgot option E... Save your pennies and buy a new Intel Mac and run both OS X and Windows natively.quote>

Yeah, but you still need to buy windows. I am in this same delimma. Either B or D seem like good choices, but you could do A anyway, just for good measure.quote>

You can always get a good deal on Windows. Some places let you buy OEM copies for under 100 bucks and all you have to do is spend 5 bucks and buy a ribbon cable or some other piece of hardware.

[owenluby 1]

I really want a Mac but there are so many sacrifices that have to be made...

[Kakaze 0]

Such as?

[bwatterud 7]

First off they cost a lot more (because they are better ). And there are a lot of programs that one might have that won't run on Macs (Games and such).

Neither of these are much of a problem anymore, since Intel Macs can run Windows natively, and Apple has been lowering prices recently.

[Nightshiver00 1]

Intel Macs FTW.

[Kakaze 0]

Originally posted by: bwatterud First off they cost a lot more (because they are better ). And there are a lot of programs that one might have that won't run on Macs (Games and such).

Neither of these are much of a problem anymore, since Intel Macs can run Windows natively, and Apple has been lowering prices recently.quote>

Apple has been lowering prices, but their computers have always been pretty competitively priced - except for the PowerBooks, those have always been a little on the expensive side, especially before the MacBook Pros were released. But seriously, I see "gamers" spending 3-4-5000 dollars on a computer and then complain that Macs are too expensive and it makes me wonder what's wrong with people. Hell, I was even planning on spending around 5k on a laptop a couple years ago - it was a Hypersonic PC Laptop with all the goodies and an automotive paintjob - then I came to my senses and realised I could've gotten the same computer for a hell of a lot less. But I was already waffling towards getting a Mac and, well, that's what I finally got. Still way cheaper than the 5k Hypersonic machine. And I'm so glad I have, like, no money right now or I'd be putting down for a MacPro...quad core Xeon starting at 2100 bucks! Hell yeah! EDIT:seriously...why is it that I can NEVER seem to get paragraphs to break?

[ididntdidit 0]

and because Steve Jobs (Owner and CEO of Mac computers) is constantly releasing products so as he likes to say, they are Obsolete (dont know if i spelled that right lol). I remember a case were my dad bought a mac then the next week they came out with the new model of it. Macs are the ultimate evolutionary device

[Kakaze 0]

Apple is not unique in that area.