Thread: Windows Server 2003 Vs. Mac OS X

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    Windows Server 2003 Vs. Mac OS X

    I am hoping to get a new pc to replace this one. Its a new Sony 3.0 GHz pc and i'm trying to decide if I should keep my current OS (Windows Server 2003) or if I should switch to Mac OS X on the new PC. Any and all comments welcome.
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    topic might as well read "night vs day"

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    I don't think you'll have much luck installing OS X on your Sony PC. It kinda requires a Mac.
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    i thought he meant he has a sony now and is getting a new one? But if you meant mac on the sony, its not going to happen.

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    I once compared Operating Systems to Politics:

    Windows - Republican Party
    Unix - Democratic Party
    Mac - Green Party

    Don't throw your vote away... Though it really depends on what exactly you'll be using your computer for... Can you enlighten us, perhaps?

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    Windows = Communism

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    Fascism would be more appropriate. Communism in an OS is like mandatory Napster, only more public file deletions.

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    They are fundementally different. At its core. Windows is a pc and uses a different set of machine instructions than a mac does. It uses more than likely x86 architecture - that's intel's CPU.
    Mac uses AMD or motorolla - if i'm correct. each IC. does their calculations a bit different. That is perhaps its most basic. unless of course your considering cherry OS . I suppose that is an alternative.
    Many pc vendors design their computers to "work best with windows", though I've never verified if this was true or not.
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    Well, I'm gonna use the OS for Graphic Design, Watching Anime, Programming/Game Design, 3D Modelling, and any other multimedia I forgot.
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    Go with Mac, then
    source: compsci textbooks, cboard.cprogramming.com, world wide web, common sense

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    i say pc

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    Mac people say that Mac's graphic quality surpasses PC's. But then PC people say that with the same price to get a Mac, they could get a PC with same graphics quality.
    I'd say I have no clue. But I still have the impression that Mac is better for graphic designing and the like. So do your own research.
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    yea im blinded by my antimac attitude. Try em both man.

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    Maybe i can dual boot the new computer or something. Give them both a test-drive.
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    Again. You can't install OS X on a PC, or Windows on a Mac. You'd have to buy one or the other.
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