Aqua-Soft ForumsI was just curious as to who on this site actually owns OS X? And, to start the battle, which do you prefer?
Who actually has OS X?
I have access to, there is one here at home, it is from my cousin. For the few times I have used it, it is pretty cool.
i own an iMac with OS X 10.2.2 Jaguar. i don't know which i prefer or if i prefer one or the other. they're both good for what they're good for. sort of an ambiguous comment but they both have their strengths and weaknesses. the most obvious strenghts of OS X is that the OS architecture is simpler (there's not a bunch of dlls, no buried files in multiple places, easier install and uninstall of apps, no fighting with finding the right drivers, more intuitive, etc.) and it is obviously better in the area of graphics while its obvious weakness is that it doesn't support as many peripherals and is more expensive. this aside from the fact that it depends on what you use a computer for. if you play games, MacOS X is obviously not the right choice for you. if you're interested in digital photography, MacOS X (or just a mac) is your only choice in my opinion. if you like to surf, they're both great (chimera on the mac all the way). customizability is greater on windows but you can customize mac os x pretty good as well. all that to say that OS X and XP are quite comparable and both are very good and stable OS's with a wide range of peripheral support. you just need to decide what your wallet can handle (although i just bought an old iMac for around $300 and installed OS X on it...not having to spend all that much) and what you use a computer for. and just a side note, i have never crashed OS X but have had XP crash several times (but none since the latest service pack update).
but to add something, i think OS X has nicer/sharper/smoother graphics on screen. it just overall looks nicer. plus i like the way things are layed out better and the fact that i don't have to fight with it to get apps and peripherals to play nice. it has true plug-and-play (provided the peripherals are supported) and cleaner architecture. something that i think windows fails miserably at (i find i have to fight and fiddle with windows a lot more to get stuff to work, whether it be software or hardware).
I will very soon when I get my powerbook. I'll get back to ya then 
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i dont own one, but definitely will, first thing when the greens go with the flow.. I use my roomate's mac all the time.. 
see, for games i prefer the pc but for everything else i prefer the OSX.. hell its SO PERFECT...(im talking about the OS so aint nobody fall on me with a comparison of an atholon 402934GHZ to a G4).
3D is doing much much better on a pc than on a mac SO FAR (not talking about SGi or Linux) as much as i puke from my ass when i use its interface at work, where windows is with its classic interface........
Originally posted by judge@Nov 21 2002, 09:36 PMApple should include this site in their 'Switch' campaign.
TRUE. :D
it just shows how many people including myself switch or wanna switch ever since they were exposed to the GUI of the mac.
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WITNESS PERFECTION
I've got a PC (Athlon 1.1Ghz 640MB) running WinXP and an old iMac (350Mhz G3 192MB) running OS X 10.2.1.
I have to confess that I hardly use the Mac. Sounds strange since I've devoted hundreds of hours writing software for the PC to emulate the look and feel of the Mac. It's mostly because I spend all my time in VB writing code that I don't use the Mac that much.
I own 3 working Mac's(2 more in the garage somewhere), but only one can run OS X.
As for PC's, I have 3 also...all of them running WinXp or 2K.
As for preference...If I had a faster Mac, I'd say OS X by a long shot.
Originally posted by judge@Nov 21 2002, 09:36 PMI've three Apples in my time ( ][+, Mac Plus, 7100). I'm not using any at the moment. $300 huh? Maybe if I ask my wife nicely she'll get me one for Xmas. What spec is it for running Jaguar?
yeah...it's old but it runs OS X. it's the original bondi iMac 233MHz and i got it on eBay. it came with a bunch of software preloaded as well. i added RAM (288MB) and upgraded to OS X.2. it runs great although not the fastest it's much better than windows with that speed chip. plus i have cable modem so i don't notice major wait times.
Originally posted by Duckie@Nov 21 2002, 11:09 PMI own 3 working Mac's(2 more in the garage somewhere), but only one can run OS X.
As for PC's, I have 3 also...all of them running WinXp or 2K.
As for preference...If I had a faster Mac, I'd say OS X by a long shot.
my roomate reminds me of that..
he has 6 computers (all linked to a one 19" display)
1 blue and white G3 400mhz 256ram osx 10.2 and 2 other macs, though not used anymore (6800).
linux box
HP pc with poor specs + winME
and another unknown pc.
outside his room there is this 486dx 2 and a P1 90mhz.. damn..
yes. We are all nerds. but cool nerds.
GOKU.
p.s. dont be affraid of me, im really not a nerd
pretty much what jef said lol, I own a mac with Jaguar on it 10.2.2 and its nice and all but i pick the pc any day over it, until here are games and more 
;) stuff for the mac, the pc just over takes it 
i have a mac with osx, powermac g3 blue and white upgraded to a g4 450. i must say that i myself not being big into games prefer the mac, this thing is quite amazing, recently two people, quite avid pc users at that who used to bash macs came over to my house cuz they needed somethign to edit video for government class on so i let em use my mac. they throughout the experience said things like "wow its so easy" and stuff like that about imovie, i myself not using imovie up till then was impressed myself. i think though as far as the mac pc debate goes it comes down to what you want to use your computer for, im more into graphics and such then games so i havent booted my 1.1ghz athlon in about a week or two except to burn a CD. i use the mac full time and such cuz its just so darn easy and fun. weather its true for anyone else i know it is for me, one thing thats nice about jaguar is it fits into my life, the iapps are a marvel and just simplify things, something XP never did for me. so i think it comes down to prefrence and such but myself prefer X, ill like it more when i hopefully upgrade in january
I've got an eMac with 10.2.2 on it that I use all the time here at home. I also have a P3 700 w/256 MB Geforce 2 MX400 64mb and a WinTVGo TV Tuner. I use my PC for games and watching TV and the odd DVD. Both machines have CD-RW and DVD but the Emac has a combo drive whereas the PC has two separate drives.
I do everything else on my eMac.
I do wish there was a decent DVD player on Mac OS X. Apple DVD Player is ok but it does not support BOB deinterlacing so the interlaced DVD titles look like crap on my eMac.
I also wish there were OS X drivers for the ATI USB TV Tuner because with that and a USB 5.1 sound card, I'd be all set and would not need my PC anymore.
Games? I'd get an Xbox for that.
I'm going to get the following soon:
-Router/firewall to share internet between my eMac and PC and share files/printer (see below)
-USB 5.1 Soundcard for my eMac
-256 MB more ram
-USB printer with driver support in Jaguar
-possibly a firewire DVD burner to share between my eMac and PC.
BTW, is there a way to get an internal Superdrive after the fact for my eMac?
LOL...one thing's for sure.....you certainly can (correction, you can afford about a thousand of them 
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Siddharth
well the ibooks are cheap and great...
Summary
• Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25GHz w/167MHz system bus
• 2.0GB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 4 DIMMs
• 120GB Ultra ATA drive
• Optical 1 - Apple SuperDrive
• Optical 2 - Combo Drive (DVD/CD-RW)
• NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium dual-display w/128MB DDR
• 56K internal modem
• Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English
• Mac OS - U.S. English
Promotion Savings
-$260.00
Subtotal $4,339.00
That's from Apple's online store.
Too rich for my blood, seeing as one can, if one likes, put together a comparable dual Athlon based system for about half that price.
Also, if one adds the smalled Apple displat to the unit, the 17" LCD, that adds another $1000 to the total.
So we're talking ~$5,400!
Yeeeeeeeeeee!
Latah,
Grusic
Oh, I forgot to mention since I can't/wont buy a PowerMac G4 right now, I did get some Apple Pro Speakers from my wife as a gift.
After I hacked them a bit, they work just fine on a PC. They look and sound great too!
W00 w00!
Peace,
Grusic
bolero or nexus or binary... one of you has an ibook right? How do you like it? I am planning on getting one too. I have a few questions, though. IF thou canst reveal thyself, I would like to PM you with them.
What irony,
I have a copy of MacOSX 10.1, but I have not a Mac to install it. Till now, I did'nt seen a real OSX (10.0-10.2) in action, but my Windows are verry similar with it. I strongly like this system, but I haven't seen yet 'live'.
It's a peak of irony, isn't it?
