Posted by NiXHex on October 11, 1998 at 23:00:28:
In Reply to: Re: G3/366MHz for $2999 posted by Crashed on October 09, 1998 at 20:36:26:
faster.. heh.. that is a relative term alright.
guess what boys and girls, I hate to be the one to burst your bubbles but...
YOU CANNOT COMPARE THE SPEED OF A MAC AGAINST THAT OF A PC.
Why you ask? Allow me to elaborate.
PCs and Macs are different as night and day. The Hardware is different, the OS's are VERY different (with the exception of Linux)
and of course, lets not forget, how equivalent programs on each system are CODED DIFFERENTLY.
And being so different from each other, its not fair nor accurate to compare the two except in relative terms.
Stating something like "Macs are faster than PCs" is simply not true.
It may be your opinion, but that really doesn't mean a thing.
If you prefer a Mac, of course you will say its faster.
The same goes for PCs.
You can't compare an apple to an orange, and you can't compare a Mac to a PC.
Me, I find a PC works better for me, because it has the features I want and use, and a "comparable" (and I use the term loosely here)
just does not perform as well, IN MY OPINION.
It could very well be that the programs I use on my PC are better adapted to the hardware on which its run than the same program on a Mac, or a million other variables.
In the end, it really doesn't matter. Use what works best for you, and let it be.
I really don't think we should be trying to force our beliefs and preferences on others.
If you disagree with me, please do so in a coherent manner.
Any stupid replies only prove what I as is closer to the truth than anything ya'll can come up with.
Oh, by the way, I don't want to hear anything about benchmarks proving what I say is false, because cross-platform benchmarks are fundementally decieving.
Its all relative, people. That means its in the eye of the beholder, for all those who don't seem to know what I mean.