Why do these damn Dell PC's keep getting faster?!

[RacerX]

by boi
racerX likes the mac through and through.

I don't think so.

Of the 17 computers I currently have, 4 are PCs, 3 are SGIs, 2 are Suns, and 8 are Apples. How can you get more broad a computing environment than I have? Sure doesn't look like Macs through and through to me.



As for your where did that come from? comments, hmm... the quotes that I posted. I take great care in addressing sections of people's posts specifically so that there can be little chance of where did that come from? being asked. (quick hint: part of the answer was quoted in the quotes you took of my post ).

I may not be a web designer, but for some reason my pages all look good in just about every browser I have tried (and as you can most likely guess, there are very few on any platform that I can't test my pages on). I guess that (like dricci said) may have something to do with HTML standards (I avoid MS-HTML completely). But hey, your the professional (who doesn't want people to view his content ). From what I've seen, you should only need to make your pages W3C compliant for them to work great in OmniWeb. Shouldn't you be doing that anyway?

[[Scizo]]

Having just purchased my very first mac, (after using pc's for a decade or so), i must say that i'm very happy with it's speed...

I'm running Mac OS 10.1.4 on it, and besides from starting up apps, it's running very smoothly.

It's a B/W G3 400 Rev 1, 384 mb. ram...
I know the Rev. 1. ****s but as i said i was/am a pc user, and therefore knew nothing about mac hardware.

I had to replace the original ATA66 cable with an oridinary ATA33 cable to avoid the disc corruption bug in Rev 1. and still the speed is acceptable.. (compared to my 900mhz Athlon thunderbird)

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally posted by RacerX
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for PC users. Quake III running at 2,600 frames per second would just make all the difference in the world (your average theatre film runs at 32 frames per second, just for reference).

Actually it's 24 fps.

[boi]

my "where did that come from?" was more directed towards these comments:

"My computing (and browser for that matter) choices are not governed by the masses (as it sounds like yours are). "

"I have the cool features I want, less of the annoying ones that I don't, and live a very happy life (which it doesn't sound like you can say the same). "


anyway, concerning MS-HTML: style sheets are not MS-HTML. neither is Javascript. Omniweb supports neither (well, very little of each) and it's pretty frustrating.

none of this is the point of the thread. i just mentioned that gateway has a 2ghz machine for less than $1000, so it'd be nice to see Apple step up their game so my great OS and great Apps will run nice and speedy

[RacerX]

boi's request for clarification
my "where did that come from?" was more directed towards these comments:

RacerX: My computing (and browser for that matter) choices are not governed by the masses (as it sounds like yours are).

Specifically, this refers to this comment: IE on windows runs SO quick. admit it... PCs have mac users beat when it comes to browser wars. I consider this to be opinion (as to the quality of browsing with PCs) and your reference to browser wars shows that your considerations are governed by the masses. Seems very straight forward and simple to me, I'm not quite sure where you had a problem understanding it.

Lets try the next comment and see how that one turns out.

RacerX: I have the cool features I want, less of the annoying ones that I don't, and live a very happy life (which it doesn't sound like you can say the same).

I was simply pointing out that I am happy with my choice of platform and browser. You on the other hand seem to be very critical of my choice, which no one has ever made you use. And as pointed out above and re-enforced by your statement i like the speed and browsing of the PC and prefer the mac's hardware and OS, one would have to believe that you long for something better. A longing of that nature can only mean that you are neither happy on a PC or a Mac, therefore you must not be happy.

Would you like me to brake down any other posts in this much detail?

anyway, concerning MS-HTML: style sheets are not MS-HTML. neither is Javascript. Omniweb supports neither (well, very little of each) and it's pretty frustrating.

Again, you attacked my use of OmniWeb (trying to tell me that IE on Windows would be better), but I do not have a problem with how OmniWeb works for me. And again (which you seem to be missing), OmniWeb has features which I can not find on any other browser on any other platform. It is a completely enjoyable experience for me (that even a cheep PC can not match).

none of this is the point of the thread. i just mentioned that gateway has a 2ghz machine for less than $1000, so it'd be nice to see Apple step up their game so my great OS and great Apps will run nice and speedy

Yes, but you never responded to the questionnaire I provided in response to your MHz is speed statement. It surely is very much to the point of this thread.

[RacerX]

pointed out by ElDiabloConCaca (only the second time in this thread)
Actually it's 24 fps.

I'm not sure why I was thinking 32, it has been quite a few years since I worked as a projectionist.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Hehe... I was just nitpicking and being annoying. It's one of those days.

At any rate, I'm enjoying this thread without really participating in it at all... keep up the GREAT arguments, RacerX!

[Winblows]

its funny, because upgrading computers has become an addiction to some people.. although all they do is check email.. they justify it by telling people they can do all sorts of magic on it when they are strictly a home user only ... i could still use a se/30 and not use it to its full potential

i jus had an arguement with a religious pc user.. apparently his computer is better than my blue dalmation g3 imac, but its funny, cause im the first person he calls when he has problems .. im not saying macs dont have problems ever, but almost always do i talk to mac people and they figure out problems on their own, and thats prolly the biggest difference, the people ... im glad apple is not the monopoly that microsoft is.. sometimes its better to know something that others dont