the seat of your pants.
Does it really matter how many electrons can be forced across a silicon chip in a millisecond ? I want to see response times for a host of applications, from office productivity to games, complete with feedback from actual humans who have used the app on a given machine/OS. Speed is *not* everything, but I'd like to spend less time waiting for various icons to stop spinning and my apps to load. I'll leave the server stuff to the sys admins (yes, detailed metrics are important in that domain - no question) : I just want to read that buying a new Power Mac or iMac is going to have a tangible benefit for me in terms of the applications I use.
Just my ten bahts worth.
I agree that the 'stock' 1GHz eMac is fine as is, although I can relate to people who chose to overclock their machines in search of more grunt. I dont think of the eMac as a games machine, but I couldnt resist installing a demo of the last version of UT just to see an application work the machine (1GHz, 1GB RAM, stock video card) hard. To my amazement, the demo was quite playable - well done, Apple.
Cmon, BJ - CleverMonkey didnt say that he was *personally* unwilling to port the app to OS X, only that we needed to be aware that most companies have to look beyond initial demand when making a porting decision. If CM is the *only* Mac person in the company, how the hell are they supposed to support the thing in a cost-effective manner ? Whether we like it or not, the business world remains very PC-centric : having to look for an *additional* skillset on top of Java ($$) just isnt in the wish list of many IT managers.
The 'new' Apple is doing a great job, but it cant hope to change the PC stranglehold overnight.
and.NET vs Java, and Mac vs PC, and Ford vs FM and all the other utterly *nonsensical* little arguments we seem to find ourselves embroiled in ! Why are 'intelligent' humans repeatedly sucked into marketing-inspired stoushes regarding the *one true technology* ? Religious wars are hilarious, and our friend has clearly gone looking for a flaming, but we've accomodated him to a tee.
For what its worth, here is my take on it (laugh if you must) : both MS and Apple build products which have pros and cons : its up to each of us to weigh those up, sift the reality from the marketing hype and make a choice.
Personally, my desire to play games like HL2 means that a PC sits near my Mac, but a desire to access a truly powerful command-line environment means that the majority of my *work* is spread between my iBook and the desktop G4. At this point in time, I dont believe that there is a *single* perfect all-round OS for every application, and thats probably a good thing. We need to embrace diversity : use what works, and leave the remainder for someone else to tinker with.
Finally, a thought for Apple : you've wooed many of us across with the strong Unix core and aggressive pricing - time to capitalise on that and get more developers pushing out product for the Mac. The glossy sheen of Aqua will only ever be as impressive as the range of apps available for the 'average' user, and thats one area where Windoze retains a huge stranglehold.
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the seat of your pants. Does it really matter how many electrons can be forced across a silicon chip in a millisecond ? I want to see response times for a host of applications, from office productivity to games, complete with feedback from actual humans who have used the app on a given machine/OS. Speed is *not* everything, but I'd like to spend less time waiting for various icons to stop spinning and my apps to load. I'll leave the server stuff to the sys admins (yes, detailed metrics are important in that domain - no question) : I just want to read that buying a new Power Mac or iMac is going to have a tangible benefit for me in terms of the applications I use. Just my ten bahts worth.
I agree that the 'stock' 1GHz eMac is fine as is, although I can relate to people who chose to overclock their machines in search of more grunt. I dont think of the eMac as a games machine, but I couldnt resist installing a demo of the last version of UT just to see an application work the machine (1GHz, 1GB RAM, stock video card) hard. To my amazement, the demo was quite playable - well done, Apple.
Cmon, BJ - CleverMonkey didnt say that he was *personally* unwilling to port the app to OS X, only that we needed to be aware that most companies have to look beyond initial demand when making a porting decision. If CM is the *only* Mac person in the company, how the hell are they supposed to support the thing in a cost-effective manner ? Whether we like it or not, the business world remains very PC-centric : having to look for an *additional* skillset on top of Java ($$) just isnt in the wish list of many IT managers. The 'new' Apple is doing a great job, but it cant hope to change the PC stranglehold overnight.
and .NET vs Java, and Mac vs PC, and Ford vs FM and all the other utterly *nonsensical* little arguments we seem to find ourselves embroiled in ! Why are 'intelligent' humans repeatedly sucked into marketing-inspired stoushes regarding the *one true technology* ? Religious wars are hilarious, and our friend has clearly gone looking for a flaming, but we've accomodated him to a tee.
For what its worth, here is my take on it (laugh if you must) : both MS and Apple build products which have pros and cons : its up to each of us to weigh those up, sift the reality from the marketing hype and make a choice.
Personally, my desire to play games like HL2 means that a PC sits near my Mac, but a desire to access a truly powerful command-line environment means that the majority of my *work* is spread between my iBook and the desktop G4. At this point in time, I dont believe that there is a *single* perfect all-round OS for every application, and thats probably a good thing. We need to embrace diversity : use what works, and leave the remainder for someone else to tinker with.
Finally, a thought for Apple : you've wooed many of us across with the strong Unix core and aggressive pricing - time to capitalise on that and get more developers pushing out product for the Mac. The glossy sheen of Aqua will only ever be as impressive as the range of apps available for the 'average' user, and thats one area where Windoze retains a huge stranglehold.