insane Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Just wondering how to compare these. How are processor speeds related (PowerPC vs. Intel), how is RAM related, are the PowerPC chip speeds "slower" because Macs use it more efficeintly, etc? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossfire39 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Well I don;t have any specs, but really macs are mainly used for graphical stuff. I'de suggest a pc just for its versatillity. .:: RSC Product ::..:: 116 Combat ::..:: 1777 Overall ::..:: Biggest Single Drop Log Ever ::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyizcool Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 MACs don't need powerful processors because their OS doesn't force them to keep updating unlike a certain Windows company on PCs. Also note viruses are coded for PCs not MACs just because the majority of people still use PCs so you're safe from a lot of viruses on a MAC. I would say use MACs for graphics too and PCs for games and other customising things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Right, so another thing - are the PowerPC processors superior to Intel? I know the "speed" is less, but does that matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Right, so another thing - are the PowerPC processors superior to Intel? I know the "speed" is less, but does that matter? I really have no idea. I'm not sure what you mean, either. Do you want to know what runescape runs better on? Or (I'm not sure if you are) would you want to compare between a Mac running on the new intel chips and macs running on (older) powerpc chips? Or between 'normal' pc's and macs? Or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 MACs don't need powerful processors because their OS doesn't force them to keep updating not entirly true my PC chews less resources than a Mac. at most day to day tasks. ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Right, so another thing - are the PowerPC processors superior to Intel? I know the "speed" is less, but does that matter? I really have no idea. I'm not sure what you mean, either. Do you want to know what runescape runs better on? Or (I'm not sure if you are) would you want to compare between a Mac running on the new intel chips and macs running on (older) powerpc chips? Or between 'normal' pc's and macs? Or...? Kinda having to do with Mac moving to intel. I'm just curious, no practical matters here. Are they moving over *just* for Windows compatibilitty? And will the new Macs use two processors, or will MacOS run on Intel as well? And if MacOS does run on intel, will it run faster than on a PowerPC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Right, so another thing - are the PowerPC processors superior to Intel? I know the "speed" is less, but does that matter? I really have no idea. I'm not sure what you mean, either. Do you want to know what runescape runs better on? Or (I'm not sure if you are) would you want to compare between a Mac running on the new intel chips and macs running on (older) powerpc chips? Or between 'normal' pc's and macs? Or...? Kinda having to do with Mac moving to intel. I'm just curious, no practical matters here. Are they moving over *just* for Windows compatibilitty? And will the new Macs use two processors, or will MacOS run on Intel as well? And if MacOS does run on intel, will it run faster than on a PowerPC? Well... you won't be able to run MacOS on a normal Intel pc. As for speed comparisons, I could really not give you any info on that, though you may try to find stuff on sites like http://www.anandtech.com Basically, I think Apple is moving to Intel processors so they can lift up on the innovation Intel is doing (meaning, they won't have to do lots of the hardware innovation / speeding up of processors themselves), and it may cut costs and, as a result of that, prices (I don't know about that, though - it may not). The point is, for now MacOS will not run on your normal Intel pc, unless you use a cracked version (I believe one such version spread over the 'net a few months ago - the protection Apple put in place on the OS was not very good, apparently). I think they said you would be able to run Windows on a Mac, though I'm not sure about that. You should probably try finding some of the announcements and FAQs about it on apple.com and otherwise using Google - I doubt there are people here who have ordered the developer preview machines (which are rented out to developers so they can move their mac apps to the new processor architecture) and as such could give you any speed comparisons themselves. I don't believe Intel Macs have hit shelves yet, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krenbr Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 i have a laptop that i built and i dont run eiather on it i run linix not very many people run linix at all so it is safe from iruses as far as i know there is no virus for linix but i have a anti program just incase. But as far as mac vs pc pc wins with the amd 64 bit processor with the new 64bit windows version (more of an update really) Macs are used for movie editing by moste big compoanys but if you are looking for a gameing pc i would go with a windows xp home edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy316 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 All I know is I use my PC for gaming, and PC's are proved to be faster and easily say.. better for games then Macs, and not all can be used on a Mac =). For work.. Macs just seem more of a pain in the arse, I prefer Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Sigh... I think I know what you're asking so let's see if this will help. At the moment, the PowerPC chips process slower than Intel chips, but their processing is more efficient. So what you end up with is PCs processing information much faster than Macs, but because they don't process as effeciently, by the time everything the result comes, the chips have seemed to process at the same speed. So my Dell processes a lot faster than my iBook, but the time I'm waiting to have a program load or run efficiently is virtually the same. Despite above speculation, Steve Jobs has told us exactly why Apple is siwtching to Intel. Recently its become pretty clear that Intel's chips are developing much quicker than PowerPC chips and the future is much brighter for them. There is no reason to stay with PowerPC because Intel's chips are going to be a lot better than anything a PowerPC chip can offer very soon. Right now, PowerPC chips are no better or worse than Intel chips. They run differently but both perform the way they need to. Intel's future is a lot brighter than PowerPC's, and so Apple has decided to keep up. EDIT: I noticed you also asked about RAM. RAM is virtually the same in the computers. I can buy a RAM update and put it in either my PC or my Mac and get the same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherdeath Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 either way, if you ask me intels chips cost too much for my likes... theres others that offer better for cheaper :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 either way, if you ask me intels chips cost too much for my likes... theres others that offer better for cheaper :roll: If there were cheaper and better chips than Intel, I can guarantee that they would not be as widely used - nor would Apple have decided to adopt them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krenbr Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 i think hees talking about the amd 64 bit processores they are not as wideaqlly used but they are better and cheaper than intel you pay for the name of somthing not really its quality Examples: Alien ware good computers but there are ones 10x better than them for half the price you pay a goo d $1500 for the name alien ware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 i think hees talking about the amd 64 bit processores they are not as wideaqlly used but they are better and cheaper than intel you pay for the name of somthing not really its quality Examples: Alien ware good computers but there are ones 10x better than them for half the price you pay a goo d $1500 for the name alien ware Show me a computer 10 times better than an Alienware computer for half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Alien ware good computers but there are ones 10x better than them for half the price you pay a good $1500 for the name alien ware Show me a computer 10 times better than an Alienware computer for half the price. I belive he means building yourself, you can easily build an Alienware spec pc for half the price of an actual alienware pc. you can even buy a replica of the cases they use and no1 will ever know its not a real one. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Alien ware good computers but there are ones 10x better than them for half the price you pay a good $1500 for the name alien ware Show me a computer 10 times better than an Alienware computer for half the price. I belive he means building yourself, you can easily build an Alienware spec pc for half the price of an actual alienware pc. you can even buy a replica of the cases they use and no1 will ever know its not a real one. This is true. Everyone knows that self made PCs are often better and cheaper than the "name brand" PCs. But to find a computer that runs 10 times faster at half the cost? I would like to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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