Well, I agreed with your previous post but differ with you on this one. I have a new Windows 7 system on the bench being prepped for a customer. It has (at this time) 16 programs installed, (with AV software) including some in memory and still is only using 800MB of physical memory. (out of the 3GB available) Good hardware will win every time so long as you have at least 2GB of memory on a 32-bit system.
As for (the MAC) there being no alternative for video and graphics editing, that's flat wrong. Maybe you have tried to compare a MAC with a substandard PC. I build a lot of video and audio editing systems and there isn't a MAC available at any cost that can beat most of my systems. For graphcs/video compiling/ripping there is no comparison. As I mentioned in another post a packaging company is using their PCs for the heavy duty work that their MACs (which cost over twice as much and are newer), can't do as quickly.
I apologize, I shouldn't have made it seem as though my math was any more than a simple representation of how each OS manages its resources. My point was that on a Mac you generally don't have as many security-related processes active the entire time that you're using it, which means that there are more resources at the disposal of whatever program that you're running. This is exactly why I say that there is no other option when it comes to digital editing..
I do recognize that PC's are just as capable (if not more considering the hardware is easier to upgrade), but you have to choose at that point; Do I A) keep this computer off the internet, B) Put forth an insanely strict security policy, C) put a ton of money into hardware to make it extremely fast and still able run the security needed, D) just buy a Mac and be done with it.
If it were me? The mac would already be bought.
The problem with PCs is that there is so much crap out there that can give PCs a bad name. The edge Apple has is that they control everything.
But with the PCs I can configure a system for the job at hand, everything is customized.
The problem with PC's is that a majority of their users are idiots that have no idea what they're doing. To make it better they generally blame all the crap that they tear up on Windows, when in reality it was their clicking on every pr0n site google came up with that caused the pop-ups and fake antivirus they see all day long.
On the other side of the coin Mac fans start having problems and immediately blame themselves because they think that their computer can do no wrong.
Somewhere in the middle the truth exists. OS' can be problematic (Vista being a resource hog/Snow Leopard crashing and freezing), but 98% of the issues that we hear about are all caused by the user.
One thing is for sure, I never deactivated the 2 finger on the trackpad.
I'm using the 2 finger trackpad and the right click fonction on my logitech MX revolution mouse without any driver for the mouse.
You're mistaken. When you first plugged in your mouse the drivers automatically install, which is why it "just worked." It's also exactly why I asked if your built-in trackpad had the right-click functionality straight out of the box.
All I have to say is I am not a computer nerd. I do what I need to do, download music, watch and make movies, and surf the hell out of the web. I dont car what anyone says... Macs are easier to live with for these tasks. Faster, more secure, and trouble free. Others may NEED a PC for other operations but for the average computer savy Joe, I think Mac's the way to go.
Hey that rhymed! lol
You're absolutely right, as long as you recognize why Macs are more secure is not because the OS is more advanced in any way (quite the contrary), rather that people don't want to attack 1 computer when they can attack 9.
If you were to test both side by side? PC's are infinitely more secure than a Mac. It's part of Microsoft's actual effort in keeping people secure rather than just relying on no one caring.
