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    FWI-- the first graphics tests are in-- Windows on IntelMacs....

    http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/07/pcworldtest/index.php

    Seems like slightly above average performance with a couple of games. Not bad, but still not ready for AV production.
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    @clarkcontrol said:

    Running Windows on a mac is about the dumbest thing anyone could ever do with already overpriced hardware (IMHO, of course).

    What would be of REAL benefit is running OSX on a Windows machine. Of course, this actually makes sense only to the consumer and not Apple, so of course we'll never see THAT day.

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    Well, to what costumers - to those you want to begin the test this and that driver, this and that card in this and that slot, etc. This is just a matter of fact, if you have millions of choices the probability that it will not work is infinte. And buying quality hardware is definitely not the solution (besides not being more affordable) - it only makes things worse.
    OSX and Apple hardware together makes a lot of sense. It might not be the cheapest in the first place, but .... The dumbest and most expensive expenses I had for computers was a Windows/Linux PC - I prefer to concentrate on media and music. Or just try to run real-time video-fx in the quality CoreVideo allows - well, happy clustering of PCs and programming your own solution. [:)]
    I have been there - glad to left it behind [:)]

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    Well, to what costumers - to those you want to begin the test this and that driver, this and that card in this and that slot, etc. This is just a matter of fact, if you have millions of choices the probability that it will not work is infinte. And buying quality hardware is definitely not the solution (besides not being more affordable) - it only makes things worse.
    OSX and Apple hardware together makes a lot of sense. It might not be the cheapest in the first place, but ....

    You see this is logical and you'd think that it was accurate. However, just look at all the problems that Mac users are having on this forum with VI installation. Nothing is as straight forward as it appears.

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    @clarkcontrol said:

    What would be of REAL benefit is running OSX on a Windows machine. Of course, this actually makes sense only to the consumer and not Apple, so of course we'll never see THAT day.

    Clark

    If Apple manages to improve their market share they might well be forced to allow this under Monopoly legislation. I can see Dell making a very good case for it.

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    My mac functions - straight around the corner [:)]

    DG, were it not us about the apartheid in the forum and MAC vs Windows? This discussion a few weeks back - so this is obviously a Mac thread, I mean "Windows on Mac, right, I told you there, that PC users will come with their lame arguments and try to tell us what hardware to use. Congrats for filling in a stereotype! [:)]

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    @steff3 said:

    My mac functions - straight around the corner [:)]

    DG, were it not us about the apartheid in the forum and MAC vs Windows? This discussion a few weeks back - so this is obviously a Mac thread, I mean "Windows on Mac, right, I told you there, that PC users will come with their lame arguments and try to tell us what hardware to use. Congrats for filling in a stereotype! [:)]

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    Oh for goodness sake. I am a user of software. I currently use PCs. I used to use Macs. I may use Macs in the future. I am not brand blind. Grow up [8-)]

    DG

    PS This is Windows thread, can't you read? [:D]
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    @DG said:

    [However, just look at all the problems that Mac users are having on this forum with VI installation. Nothing is as straight forward as it appears.
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    What's that got to do with Macs Daryl? Huh? Apple didn't write VI software as far as I know.
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    @DG said:

    [However, just look at all the problems that Mac users are having on this forum with VI installation. Nothing is as straight forward as it appears.
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    What's that got to do with Macs Daryl? Huh? Apple didn't write VI software as far as I know.
    Paul all I was trying to say, and obviously not very clearly, was that the idea that all Macs are the same is just not true. If it was then software that must work back at VSL HQ on Macs would also work on all other Macs. I know that there are many more variables in the Windows world, but it is not true to say that a Mac works out of the box with all Mac software and a PC always has more problems.

    I don't see why everything has to turn into a "mine is best" argument as I just want to have informed discussions. If it turns out that MacIntel is the way to go for the next few years then I will have no hesitation in jumping ship. At the moment it looks as if Vista is the next big thing, so I shall wait and see.

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    @PaulR said:

    [quote=DG][However, just look at all the problems that Mac users are having on this forum with VI installation. Nothing is as straight forward as it appears.
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    I don't see why everything has to turn into a "mine is best" argument as I just want to have informed discussions. If it turns out that MacIntel is the way to go for the next few years then I will have no hesitation in jumping ship. At the moment it looks as if Vista is the next big thing, so I shall wait and see.
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    Daryl - to me it's never EVER been a question of mine is best. I could go out tomorrow and buy 1500 PC's and still have the same opinion about them. I've had 5 Dells including one laptop. They all crapped out. They're basically useless for audio work. So I use Macs - not because I have a hatred for PC's - but because they work and they are better. I wouldn't rely on waiting for Vista either because that's been cancelled until January 2007 and by that time who knows what will be next.
    The problems Mac users have had with VI installation has nothing whatsoever to do with Macs and their OS.
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    Daryl - to me it's never EVER been a question of mine is best. I could go out tomorrow and buy 1500 PC's and still have the same opinion about them. I've had 5 Dells including one laptop. They all crapped out. They're basically useless for audio work. So I use Macs - not because I have a hatred for PC's - but because they work and they are better. I wouldn't rely on waiting for Vista either because that's been cancelled until January 2007 and by that time who knows what will be next.
    The problems Mac users have had with VI installation has nothing whatsoever to do with Macs and their OS.

    I totally understand your viewpoint, it's just that I have no problem with any of my PCs yet I did with both my Macs, so from my experience PCs are better than Macs. What can I say.... [*-)]

    DG