Comments on: Upgrade to Intel Mac Pro or Go PC? http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/ Independent Filmmaker, Final Cut Pro Editor, Producer, Multimedia Mind Open for the Public Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: T.W. Day http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-23935 T.W. Day Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:07:04 +0000 http://fcproducer.com/?p=839#comment-23935 For longevity and support, I'd go PC. I use a Mac at my job (school) and a PC professionally. You can run OSX on a PC (since they are both Intel machines now) but the cost advantage of building your own machine over buying a price-jacked-up Mac is a no-brainer. A decent IT guy can install OSX on any PC, run XP or Win7 on the side and save the school buckets of cash. Apple price-gouges schools to death and most creative software (except for the Apple stuff) comes in multiple OS flavors, so you either become an Apple zombie or learn how to use the computers that 93% of the world uses. For longevity and support, I’d go PC. I use a Mac at my job (school) and a PC professionally. You can run OSX on a PC (since they are both Intel machines now) but the cost advantage of building your own machine over buying a price-jacked-up Mac is a no-brainer. A decent IT guy can install OSX on any PC, run XP or Win7 on the side and save the school buckets of cash.

Apple price-gouges schools to death and most creative software (except for the Apple stuff) comes in multiple OS flavors, so you either become an Apple zombie or learn how to use the computers that 93% of the world uses.

]]> By: Rob http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-22996 Rob Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:55:53 +0000 http://fcproducer.com/?p=839#comment-22996 I bought a Mac Pro Duel G5 some five years ago strictly for video editing. That piece of hardware is the best designed and built computer I have ever owned. The quality of the design, fit and function reminds me of the military avionics hardware I worked on as a tech in the USAF. But Apple has little compunction about moving on and not worrying about backward compatibility. I recently bought a year old Intel Mac Pro used from a friend. Boy was I surprised to discover that my Apple Cinema display would not plug into it. (It's the one with the fat clear plastic bezel.) I had to buy a $99 adapter to use it. Since the Intel Macs run Windows in Parallels or VMWare, I'm considering getting rid of my PC and just using the Intel Mac for everything. I already dropped Office for OpenOffice so I don't have much attachment to Microsoft applications. I do need to run some Windows-only apps ... but they're not from MS. What do you think ... is Windows running on a Mac good enough for everything? Peace, Rob:-] I bought a Mac Pro Duel G5 some five years ago strictly for video editing. That piece of hardware is the best designed and built computer I have ever owned. The quality of the design, fit and function reminds me of the military avionics hardware I worked on as a tech in the USAF.

But Apple has little compunction about moving on and not worrying about backward compatibility. I recently bought a year old Intel Mac Pro used from a friend. Boy was I surprised to discover that my Apple Cinema display would not plug into it. (It’s the one with the fat clear plastic bezel.) I had to buy a $99 adapter to use it.

Since the Intel Macs run Windows in Parallels or VMWare, I’m considering getting rid of my PC and just using the Intel Mac for everything. I already dropped Office for OpenOffice so I don’t have much attachment to Microsoft applications. I do need to run some Windows-only apps … but they’re not from MS.

What do you think … is Windows running on a Mac good enough for everything?

Peace,

Rob:-]

]]> By: sean http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-22994 sean Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:38:57 +0000 http://fcproducer.com/?p=839#comment-22994 no. i wouldn't want a PC as a paper weight. the cost differential isn't that wide anymore, so there isn't a business reason left for passing on a mac setup. no. i wouldn’t want a PC as a paper weight. the cost differential isn’t that wide anymore, so there isn’t a business reason left for passing on a mac setup.

]]> By: nini http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-22993 nini Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:09:06 +0000 http://fcproducer.com/?p=839#comment-22993 Mac, Mac, Mac. Are they kidding, lose the tech, go with the macs. All they have to do is call some creative service businesses, why go PC? We got work to do, no time to spend fixing bugs and trying network programs in PC world. Mac, Mac, Mac.
Are they kidding, lose the tech, go with the macs. All they have to do is call some creative service businesses, why go PC? We got work to do, no time to spend fixing bugs and trying network programs in PC world.

]]> By: Jared http://fcproducer.com/2008/10/upgrade-to-intel-mac-pro-or-go-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-22992 Jared Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://fcproducer.com/?p=839#comment-22992 You're right Andy, Mac networking is really not hard at all. The only problems I've had with Mac networking is making them print to network printers, but even then, I've still been able to make them work. I'm a PC guy all the way, but for something like this project they need Macs... period. They can hire me out to come in and take care of their Mac networking! I'll do it for $100 an hour YO. ;-) You’re right Andy, Mac networking is really not hard at all. The only problems I’ve had with Mac networking is making them print to network printers, but even then, I’ve still been able to make them work. I’m a PC guy all the way, but for something like this project they need Macs… period.

They can hire me out to come in and take care of their Mac networking! I’ll do it for $100 an hour YO. ;-)

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