On 4/1/2014 12:07 PM, Boating All Out wrote:
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Ahh. The point was not whether what you do with a computer could be done
faster on a more powerful computer with a modern OS. As I stated several
times, I have no idea what you do with a computer beyond running some
weather app and a "jukebox." I mentioned video transcoding because it is
a good test of the OS, the app, and the hardware. There are any number
of other apps that run faster on modern gear.
Apparently what you do doesn't put much stress on your computer setups,
and since you have lots of time to wait, procedures that run faster are
not important to you.
I don't do "video transcoding" and never will.
OTOH I'm a gamer.
Macintosh just doesn't cut it.
Windows does.
I've done video transcoding on both a Vista computer and a Win 7 (both
64 bit) computer. Yeah, depending on the video it can take 20 or 30
minutes to complete but how often do I do it? Not very.
I've never tried it on my iMac but it wouldn't perform like Harry's. He
tricks his computers out with max RAM and the "best" of everything.
Mere mortals like me that use computers for common, everyday stuff don't
do that.
As for Mac versus PCs ... I like 'em both. The iMac gets very little
use though. For my purposes and judgement it is of excellent quality,
fast enough but I really have to ask myself if it's 2 or 3 times better
than the Win 7 HP laptop or Vista HP laptop that I use in terms of
price. I don't think so. It still reminds me of an overgrown, pricy
version of my wife's iPhone.
I also don't wear size 36x32 pants.