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  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the imput!

    Part of the money for it is financed by my boss, who doesn’t know about computers, but is strictly a Mac fanatic. My hands are not entirely tied, but we argued a lot and I do feel kinda conditioned to go for a Mac.
    Also, my current PC failed since the first year I bought it and it’s been a pain since 2010. I am willing to try the Mac wonders I hear everywhere. lol

  • bad4ubad4u Posts: 684
    edited August 2014

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  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    arcady said:
    4. You can run windows on it. This might seem silly... but you can boot into OSX or Windows if you buy yourself a copy of Windows. But then... there is 'hackintosh' which is a reskinning of Linux I think made to run OSX software...

    Wait, I missed this. So I can run Windows on a Mac??
    Sounds like something I want!

  • StorypilotStorypilot Posts: 1,676
    edited December 1969

    Hellboy said:
    arcady said:
    4. You can run windows on it. This might seem silly... but you can boot into OSX or Windows if you buy yourself a copy of Windows. But then... there is 'hackintosh' which is a reskinning of Linux I think made to run OSX software...

    Wait, I missed this. So I can run Windows on a Mac??
    Sounds like something I want!

    Yep, if you want. I have both on mine.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461

  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    Oh that's nice! That would please both my boss and me :)

  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,590
    edited December 1969

    Just to check their not trying to sell you last year's model!

    What's the part number of that i5?

  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    prixat said:
    Just to check their not trying to sell you last year's model!

    What's the part number of that i5?

    On the Mac? I have no idea... lol
    The paper just said that, Its all chinese to me.

  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,498
    edited December 1969

    Fauvist said:
    I've always owned a Mac at home, and always had to use a PC at work. I would never buy a PC. I've never had a problem with a Mac. I've never had to have one fixed or serviced. I've never had to call Apple with a question. I've never had one virus. The Mac has never chrashed. The Mac freezes, maybe once a year. Almost all the software I use has a Mac version. It's an absolute pleasure using a Mac. It's a beautiful machine, and a beautiful interface. If I had to make a choice between a Mac, and a PC that was twice as fast and half the price, I would, without question, buy the Mac.
    +1
  • nemesis10nemesis10 Posts: 3,500
    edited December 1969

    A little overview of the many ways to run Windows on a mac: http://www.macworld.com/article/1164817/the_best_way_to_run_windows_on_your_mac.html

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,251
    edited July 2014

    keep in mind if you use the boot camp option; which IMHO is the fastest and most stable method of using Windows on the mac (since it's not virtualizing anything, you are booting straight into windows and running it native) you are limited as to which version of Windows will allowed to be installed on your computer depending on your current Mac OS (which can't be downgraded past any version that your computer came boxed with)

    With Leopard (OS 10.7), Snow Leopard (OS 10.8) or Mavericks (OS 10.9) you may only install Windows 7 or 8 (any version 32/64 bit) unless you have a previous version of windows grandfathered in from a previous install (e.g. you had Vista home or XP installed with a mac that shipped with OS 10.6 and you did those installs on OS 10.6). If you try to install Vista or XP on a new computer with boot camp the installer will stop and prevent you from using it.

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  • DAZ_SpookyDAZ_Spooky Posts: 3,100
    edited December 1969

    Hellboy, are you planning on rendering on this or just doing 2d graphics like Photoshop?

  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    DAZ_Spooky said:
    Hellboy, are you planning on rendering on this or just doing 2d graphics like Photoshop?

    Everything. Rendering too. This would be the only machine I'd had for everything.

  • DAZ_SpookyDAZ_Spooky Posts: 3,100
    edited July 2014

    Hellboy said:
    DAZ_Spooky said:
    Hellboy, are you planning on rendering on this or just doing 2d graphics like Photoshop?

    Everything. Rendering too. This would be the only machine I'd had for everything.
    Then you really, really want the i7 of those two computers. Unless you really prefer rendering significantly slower, especially once Lux gets their OpenCL rendering working better, but even without Lux.

    This is not about Windows versus Macs but the relative power of the machines. The Mac hardware specs you showed are not even in the same League as the Windows machine.

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  • DAZ_SpookyDAZ_Spooky Posts: 3,100
    edited July 2014

    DAZ_Spooky said:
    Hellboy said:
    DAZ_Spooky said:
    Hellboy, are you planning on rendering on this or just doing 2d graphics like Photoshop?

    Everything. Rendering too. This would be the only machine I'd had for everything.


    Then you really, really want the i7 of those two computers. Unless you really prefer rendering significantly slower, especially once Lux gets their OpenCL rendering working better, but even without Lux.

    This is not about Windows versus Macs but the relative power of the machines. The Mac hardware specs you showed are not even in the same League as the Windows machine.

    Note this is the iMac that is the closest to the equivalent of the Windows Machine you showed. It is a 27"

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  • SotoSoto Posts: 1,440
    edited December 1969

    DAZ_Spooky said:
    This is not about Windows versus Macs but the relative power of the machines. The Mac hardware specs you showed are not even in the same League as the Windows machine.

    That is exactly what I needed to know, Thank you!

    Thanks for bothering but just in case, how much of a difference would I expect comparing the Mac with my current old machine?

    Pentium Dual Core CPU E5400 2.70 GHZ
    Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset
    12 RAM

    The 27 Mac image is very helpful too. Thank you!

  • DAZ_SpookyDAZ_Spooky Posts: 3,100
    edited December 1969

    Hellboy said:
    DAZ_Spooky said:
    This is not about Windows versus Macs but the relative power of the machines. The Mac hardware specs you showed are not even in the same League as the Windows machine.

    That is exactly what I needed to know, Thank you!

    Thanks for bothering but just in case, how much of a difference would I expect comparing the Mac with my current old machine?

    Pentium Dual Core CPU E5400 2.70 GHZ
    Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset
    12 RAM

    The 27 Mac image is very helpful too. Thank you!The iMac you listed "should" be roughly twice as fast as the old machine and as much as 4 times as fast as that machine rendering.

    The Windows machine will be no less than 3 times as fast, and 4 times as fast is probable, with render speeds 6-12 times as fast as your old machine. (Like I said that 21" iMac, spec wise, is not in the same league.)

    The iMac I posted will likely be 3 times as fast as your old machine, maybe 3.5 times as fast, render speeds being close to the Windows machine but probably in the 5-10 times as fast as your old machine for render time.

    The reason for the difference between normal use and Render use is you (The operator) are no faster than you were with the old computer :) so you won't be fully taking advantage of all those extra threads. If that makes sense.

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