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Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison
An anonymous reader writes "Rob Galbraith posted a comparison among two Macs and two PCs. Both a high-end Mac and PC are included with somewhat surprising results given the number of Mac zealots who will claim otherwise... optimized for PC, Mac support second, Photoshop is faster, yada, yada, yada."
Thought it said digital pornography comparison. I've never clicked on a Slashdot story so fast in my life!
"BSD: Free as in speech. Linux: Free as in beer. Windows 10: Free as in herpes." --Man On Pink Corner in #52607549.
Sure they appear to be slow, but that's because they're so fast that time slows down as a result of general relativity. Yeah that's it. I can't believe that you mindless Pee Cee thugs didn't know that.
Morons.
--Steve Jobs
Mac zealot here, wanted to know where the PC zealots were. I also bumped into the VAX/VMS zealots as well, they were hanging with the System V zealots, who were, in turn also hanging out with the BSD zealots.
I don't care what computer you use, why should you care what I use? Ahhh, PC zealot. In case you must know, i have a PowerBook G4, an RDI Powerlite, and a Sun Ultra Workstation.
Have the slashdot editors just decided to post only repeats in some kind of sarcastic, like, thing?
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
"Not to mention the GIMP looks horrible on every OS due to the gtk widgets whereas photoshop is native to every OS it runs on and looks like a professional program."
Funny, I thought GiMP ran natively on Linux. You know, it runs natively on Windows, too.
Oh well, at least GTK-based programs look better than your livejournal site. Christ, buy a shift key man.
Of course doing those tests in Photoshop will take longer than all day, so ...
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
Macs are sooo warm, fuzzy, and cute! Who needs raw performance when your Mac can make SUCH a fashion statement. Take that Micheal Dell!
and articles stating that if I had a Mac I'd be smarter and make more money [com.com]
Obviously rubbish, but if you were smarter and had more money you would have a Mac ; )
But right now things are different. OSX is sweet, my powerbook g4 at 400mhz might not sound like a powerhouse but it's sexy.
I know how you feel, I can't wait to get my G4 home! I slide it out of it's tight, soft case and fondle the latch, it springs open in anticipation of what's to come...
Then, I caress the power button and wait for it to warm up (my lap is getting pretty warm as well!) After a bit of coming to life, I can login and get some real productivity happening. Have to be careful to do it on a flat, hard surface though, after a while the heat in my lap gets too much and i can't stand it any longer.
Yessir, can't get enough!
Another poster mentioned some of them and I'll mention a couple more: Cisco, Nintendo (you've heard of the GameCube right) and Sony's next Playstation will have a PowerPC.
Don't forget TiVo. Your TiVo has a PowerPC chip in it.
But what this article doesn't really go into is why some people prefer the Mac over the PC in photography.
Yes, I agree 100%. The best endorsement for the Mac is to say, proudly, "Yes! Macs are slower than PC's! And millions of people use them instead of PC's anyway!"
It actually kind of reminds me of that old joke. She says, "You're drunk." He says, "Yes, but you're ugly, and tomorrow I will be sober."
The PC says to the Mac, "You're slow." The Mac says, "Yes, but you're running Windows, and tomorrow I will be faster."
I write in my journal
In short, take a power4, lop off core #2, reduce the amount of L2 cache, add an altivec execution unit, change the bus interface and make it on a smaller (.13 rather than .18) process, and eh voila, PowerPC 970
And will I need a soldering iron or do you think I'll manage with some tape, a conductive ink pen and a sharp knife...?
RMN
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