Thanks Steve, I find what you say especially fascinating. I just wonder how far off is the new Leopard Mac? My current Mac Tiger has two internal 500 GB hard drives, one external 1000 GB (terabyte?) drive and room for one more 1000 GB drive. I really don't have to worry about "space" since I can always find some stuff to put back on tape. I have been reading comments about Vista. Most focused on Vista's requirement for room. I'll watch Verdi's video. A friend of a friend got Parallel & had trouble with it. When he contacted Apple, even though it was/is advertised on their site (in a sidebar), they claim it is not their "product" and wouldn't help him with it. That was a surprise to me and a bit disappointing.
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Hoboken, NJ 07030 www.RandyWickerReporting.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reasons people in general would buy a PC: > > Cost (I know its not an issue for you but its a large reason that the > PC isnt dying out significantly, and that most people I know dont even > look at a Mac before buying a PC) > > 3D gamers probably want better graphics cards than most Macs dont have > > Certain other specific hardware may not run on Mac > > They havent seen or dont like OS X, or they dont know that windows > works on Intel macs. > > They dont like Apple for some other reason, or there just doesnt seem > to be a Mac with the right spec for them available. > > For your needs it sounds like a Mac would be a great fit. Parallels > desktop will run things like Word very nicely, and if you needed > higher performance for video editing or games or something, then > Bootcamp works well. The Intel Macs are effectively at least 90% > standard PC hardware so the performance should be about the same as an > equivalently spec'd PC. Even Vista works mostly fine on the Macbooks, > just have to fiddle about with drivers a bit and it really helps if > you bung at least 2GB of RAM in whatever Mac you get. > > Did you ever see the demo Michael Verdi (I think) did of Parallels > feature where you can have Windows programs appear in windows as if > they were within OSX, with things like drag&drop working. Its wild and > really starts to blur the lines. > > Maybe a good idea to wait till Leopard comes out before buying a new > Mac, as I dont think it can be very far away now? Not that Leopard > seems to have any 'killer' must-have features from what Ive seen, but > inevitably software that needs Leopard will appear at some point. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "humancloner1997" <rhwicker@> > wrote: > > > > Daryl, you mention that you would also have "pc accessability" while > > working with flash. Would the new Mac with the Intel chip that can > > run Windows qualify as "pc accessability". > > I'm planning on buying a second computer. I considered a good pc but > > then decided the new Mac with the Intel chip would work just as > > well. I edit with iMovie but like programs like Microsoft Word in > > the PC. However, since switching to Mac, I view the PC as a slowly > > dying dinosaur. > > Is there any reason I should consider getting a top of the line pc > > instead of a new Intel Mac? Money is not an important > > consideration. I never worked with video on a PC because my old PC > > didn't have the strength. > > > > Randolfe (Randy) Wicker >
