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Tim wrote:
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...picked up my Mac today...and despite all my thumbs, I sorta
figured
some of it out. Maybe.
Harry, I know some people that are Mac addicts. They wouldn't use
any
other system.
Software issues aside .... are there any claims or evidence that Mac
hardware is better ... more reliable .... longer lasting ... etc.
than
the typical CPUs and components used in PCs?
Eisboch
I don't see how that could be, as the main ingredients are pretty
much
the same quality, and depend more on price. If you buy certified
memory,
you are getting something that may be better than uncertified memory.
The drives are the same, the cpu's are the same, the ergonomics are a
lot different.
The CPU's are the same?
Just goes to show how ignorant I am about computers. Last I knew,
Apple
had their own CPU's.
Eisboch
Intel is now making Apple CPUs.
Well, isn't *that* special.

So, what's the difference between a Mac running Windows (I've read that
it
can) and a PC running Windows?

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When a mac runs windows, it's slow.

Even on an Intel Mac? I can see the slowness problem when running in a
"virtual window".


So far, I've only uploaded WinXP Pro onto my MacBook to run as a "virtual
machine." I'll be loading VISTA as a virtual machine, too.

After I uploaded XP, I let it go to the MS site and download all the
upgrades MS has released since the OS was issued.

Then I uploaded some user software and ran it.

I cannot perceive any speed differences so far between XP running as a
virtual machine or running as a native OS on a "PC." Word processing seems
to about the same, my Garmin mapsource seems to be the same, Quicken seems
to be the same. There probably is a difference with really heavy-duty
apps, maybe Photoshop, for example, but I won't be running that as an XP
app on my MacBook.

I was amazed that XP loaded itself onto my MacBook so easily and with only
the same "intervention" it takes to load it onto a new PC.

I have a buddy out in Utah who is a high-level Mac Tech. He used to live
and work in the DC area and was the consultant tech for the Mac graphics
systems at several of my clients' offices. He was convinced hell would
freeze over before I actually went out and bought a Mac. I called him
yesterday and told him to look out the window, but it was already frozen
over...with snow.

I wouldn't call using a Mac if you are used to a PC without frustration,
but that's part of the fun...sometimes.

I've never personally tried running Windows in a VM on any type of machine.
I could understand if it was slower though.