I know people with "crazy fast" PCs that feel slow to me... compared to my G3/500 with 512mb of ram, even my G3/450 with 256mb of ram is faster than some people's Semprons at like 3GHz with like 512mb of ram or whatever.
I've found that one of the reasons Macintosh hardware lasts longer is that for a long time, Macintosh Software has actually been lighter than its Windows counterparts - the fact that we don't have to worry much about malware, or for the most part, maintenance, seems to have a huge effect on the overall speed of the system.
Naturally, my P3/933 was also faster than the specific other PC I'm referring to, but I don't have malware protection on my own machines, nor do I usually install games or much other than the minimum set of apps I need to get by - which seems to have a big difference in Windows. (Whereas I've got every other app in the land installed on my iMac - and not a single one of them have slowed the system down.
So... it may or may not be som ething inherent in the design of either system - I happen to think it is, just that Mac OS X sucks ever-so-slightly less than Windows, at least in my experience.
I know a lot of really smart people who keep their systems clean, and their Windows boxes could very well be faster than the other one I'm thinking of.
I might be able to go on - but shouldn't.
BTW, does Vista have any improvements in overall stability/reliability and speed, as far as how long an install lasts?
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I've found that one of the reasons Macintosh hardware lasts longer is that for a long time, Macintosh Software has actually been lighter than its Windows counterparts - the fact that we don't have to worry much about malware, or for the most part, maintenance, seems to have a huge effect on the overall speed of the system.
Naturally, my P3/933 was also faster than the specific other PC I'm referring to, but I don't have malware protection on my own machines, nor do I usually install games or much other than the minimum set of apps I need to get by - which seems to have a big difference in Windows. (Whereas I've got every other app in the land installed on my iMac - and not a single one of them have slowed the system down.
So... it may or may not be som ething inherent in the design of either system - I happen to think it is, just that Mac OS X sucks ever-so-slightly less than Windows, at least in my experience.
I know a lot of really smart people who keep their systems clean, and their Windows boxes could very well be faster than the other one I'm thinking of.
I might be able to go on - but shouldn't.
BTW, does Vista have any improvements in overall stability/reliability and speed, as far as how long an install lasts?
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