MAC vs PC

calebabudu · October 1st, 2008

Hello all.
There's one question thats been on my mind for a while. It is said that the graphics of a mac is far better than that of a PC. I figured mayb bcos the mac is running OSX environment.

Now a mac and a PC both with core2duo 2.6GHz, 4Gb ram, 512mb ATI card and BOTH running XP or vista,

WHICH ONE WOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE for 3D Applications like MAX, AE cs3 etc?

SandmanNinja · October 1st, 2008

I tend to avoid religious discussions...

STRAT · October 1st, 2008

yup, and politics

Macer · October 1st, 2008

Sounds like a question for the software vendors? Try emailing autodesk and adobe and asking what hardware runs their software the best!

Frosty · October 1st, 2008

I thought this topic died about 10 yrs ago.

The best graphics environment is the one you are most productive in. Try them all and decide for yourself.

AJLynn · October 1st, 2008

To run the Autodesk software on the Mac, you'd install Bootcamp and some version of Windows. This would make the Mac functionally almost the same as a Windows box with the same specs, and the performance would be as close as the current polling in North Carolina.

blowback · October 1st, 2008

Issue 107 of 3D world .... "visualisation pro systems"

they do some benchmark tests ...... in the end it's up 2 u

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calebabudu Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: nigeria Age: 27 Posts: 47 Name: caleb abudu	MAC vs PC Hello all. There's one question thats been on my mind for a while. It is said that the graphics of a mac is far better than that of a PC. I figured mayb bcos the mac is running OSX environment. Now a mac and a PC both with core2duo 2.6GHz, 4Gb ram, 512mb ATI card and BOTH running XP or vista, WHICH ONE WOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE for 3D Applications like MAX, AE cs3 etc?

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SandmanNinja Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,373 Name: Joel Callahan	Re: MAC vs PC I tend to avoid religious discussions... __________________ -SandmanNinja website

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: MAC vs PC yup, and politics __________________

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Macer Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cumbria, UK Age: 34 Posts: 183 Name: Mark Cronin	Re: MAC vs PC Sounds like a question for the software vendors? Try emailing autodesk and adobe and asking what hardware runs their software the best!

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Frosty Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Durham, NC Age: 35 Posts: 1,008 Name: Steve Shaw	Re: MAC vs PC I thought this topic died about 10 yrs ago. The best graphics environment is the one you are most productive in. Try them all and decide for yourself. __________________ Steve Shaw, M.Arch www.crucialperception.com

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AJLynn Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beantown Age: 29 Posts: 4,426 Name: Andrew Lynn	Re: MAC vs PC To run the Autodesk software on the Mac, you'd install Bootcamp and some version of Windows. This would make the Mac functionally almost the same as a Windows box with the same specs, and the performance would be as close as the current polling in North Carolina.

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blowback Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 557 Name: Christopher Kowal	Re: MAC vs PC Issue 107 of 3D world .... "visualisation pro systems" they do some benchmark tests ...... in the end it's up 2 u __________________ When we open the box, there is a 50% chance that the cat is alive and a 50% chance that the cat is dead

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