Mac VS PC HELP HELP HELP!!!!?

Question

Hi there so im fourteen and i design websites and make intros and begin really honest i make alllloooottt of money....Sorry if i come across stuck up or anything or cocky....So what i want to know is ....ive been using a mac for the past three years and really like it im on my second one its a macbook 13" 2011 model..i gave my 2010 model to my dad since he had to leave the country for work and before you say it he is in a pretty good job at the moment but when he had no work i would always help out "money wise" but now im looking to upgrade and im stuck at a cross roads for a computer i want to know which i should choose and i also do a small bit of gaming its either a mac pro http://www.apple.com/macpro/ the 12 core one or this computer http://www.communitytechsolutions.com/gaming-systems/ac130/ or if you have any suggestions ..im willing to go to $2800 and no more..Thanks :) AND YES I AM WILLING TO SWITCH AND I DONT HAVE MY HEART SET ON MAC IT WAS JUST BACK A FEW YEARS AGO I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST COMPUTER EVER AND IF THERES ANY OTHER PCS YOU THINK I SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT PLEASE ANSWER AND I Would also be interested in hackintosh or windows on mac

Answer 1

Build your own computer. It is a thousand times more powerful, AND costs less then buying it prebuilt

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f255/want-to-build-a-new-intel-or-amd-system-revised-2012-and-updated-regularly-448272.html

Answer 2

It would be a better choice if you assemble your computer, especially since you are able to build it for your specific application at a lower cost. Also, a 12-core processor wouldn't make any significant difference when gaming. It is all about the GPU. A quad core CPU (such as the Core i7) is all that is really needed along with a minimum of 8 GB of RAM. You could trade the cost of a really expensive CPU for something like a GTX 670 (better price to performance ratio) or 680. If you are going for the 670, try going for an over clocked model with an extended PCB, since you will achieve performance that is close to a GTX 680 at a $100 less. Web design doesn't require a lot of resources. Lastly, the Mac Pro seems more suited for server applications, especially with it's 2 Xeon processors and ECC RAM (built in error correction, but slower than non-ECC). It wouldn't perform as well graphically and is a definite overkill for web development. Have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4PDoy-mi0A&feature=plcp

Answer 3

I think you're on the right path, it's a really fast PC, should be cheaper than Alienware, and you'll have a lot of processing power, especially if any of your apps can use CUDA or AVX. Just make sure all the software you use on your Mac have have Windows equivalents.



I don't recommend Hackintosh. Not only is illegal, it's just way too incompatible. Anyway you might also consider a Mac laptop if you often meet customers.



I don't know about that PC company, especially when they misspell RAID... I like that they mention brand names of most parts. Check BBB, blogs, warranty, etc. The only thing I don't like is that I think those motherboards don't support the latest Ivy Bridge (those CPUs aren't that much faster, but can use faster RAM). Maybe you might wait till they use newer motherboards and Windows 8. Upgrade from 7 is cheap but not free.

Answer 4

circulate with a mac laptop. the recent OS X "Leopard" can do way better than vista anyhow, and there are video games obtainable for mac. Oct. twenty 6th i'm making plans on determining to purchase the recent iMac for $1199 if it comes pre put in wth leopard. anyhow, a mac is plenty extra solid than a computer, i exploit them the two interior an identical day (macs in school, my laptop at homestead) and that i like mac because of the fact the OS isn't a POS. homestead windows freezes each and all the time and continuously is at risk of viruses which may even destroy your no longer trouble-free stress. Mac's are based on the unix OS, a unmarried kernel working device, which makes them plenty much less susceptible. in case you think of roughly it, mac is a extra suitable purchase than laptop, effective it fee slightly better than a computer, yet interior the top it could additionally out. purchase a webcam, anti virus, probable spend money repairing stupid blunders on your laptop, upload some desent utility and you probable spent better than that on a computer, once you have merely offered a mac. And the OS will take a pair of day to examine if that, it relatively is plenty much less complicated to function than a computer. And apple has a help menu interior the menu bar that has laptop to Mac translations (all courses=macintosh hd, etc.)

Answer 5

awww man...i thought i was making more money by selling pirated software...

by the way... mac pro...hardly anything happen to them...