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<blockquote data-quote="AcidicDreams" data-source="post: 1748510" data-attributes="member: 558974">well he was actually close... a MAC IS a PC... it even has an intel proccessor and can run windows... this is a recent actually a very recent change. Before they used intel processors they had the powerPC processor and couldn&#039;t run windows.The basic reason for MAC &quot;supeirority&quot; is that the control over hardware production is much tighter and the MAC OS is supierior to Windows XP. Part of the reason MAC OS is better is because it is based on Linux and is much more stable than XP (which was a massive imporvment over previous versions and closes much of the gap with Mac OS). Yes a PC can do everything a Mac can but at a cheaper cost and it won&#039;t be as stable and likely not as optimized for your hardware.Now back to hardware. You can&#039;t produce MAC without Apple&#039;s help (maybe even their permission). Mac&#039;s have a much narrower variety of hardware and becuase of this the software is more stable and optimized. The reason for this is fewer variables for the programmer, who can program for a small set of (inset mac version of API&#039;s) which will work wonderfully for the narrow selection of hardware. When you program for a PC however your program is going to be run on a vast array of various hardware types, from different companies, which may have shoddy drivers or conflict issues with other hardware. So now you have to program for this huge array and try to make a more failsafe program.....anywho, I&#039;ll stick to my PC&#039;s... they are cheaper, I can build them myself and they are far more upgradable. Plus I play games and Mac&#039;s just don&#039;t cut it yet...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AcidicDreams, post: 1748510, member: 558974"] well he was actually close... a MAC [SIZE=14px]IS[/SIZE] a PC... it even has an intel proccessor and can run windows... this is a recent actually a very recent change. Before they used intel processors they had the powerPC processor and couldn't run windows. The basic reason for MAC "supeirority" is that the control over hardware production is much tighter and the MAC OS is supierior to Windows XP. Part of the reason MAC OS is better is because it is based on Linux and is much more stable than XP (which was a massive imporvment over previous versions and closes much of the gap with Mac OS). Yes a PC can do everything a Mac can but at a cheaper cost and it won't be as stable and likely not as optimized for your hardware. Now back to hardware. You can't produce MAC without Apple's help (maybe even their permission). Mac's have a much narrower variety of hardware and becuase of this the software is more stable and optimized. The reason for this is fewer variables for the programmer, who can program for a small set of (inset mac version of API's) which will work wonderfully for the narrow selection of hardware. When you program for a PC however your program is going to be run on a vast array of various hardware types, from different companies, which may have shoddy drivers or conflict issues with other hardware. So now you have to program for this huge array and try to make a more failsafe program..... anywho, I'll stick to my PC's... they are cheaper, I can build them myself and they are far more upgradable. Plus I play games and Mac's just don't cut it yet... [/QUOTE]

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