Leopard Graphics update?

[neiltc13]

Just like a gaming PC, a Mac is not an all-in-one solution. A gaming PC plays games great but is so-so in some other production applications. The Mac is the opposite.

That being said it would be great if a GeForce card was standard.

If we're talking movie production, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking 3D production, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking connections, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking word processing, it's a tie.

Just which "production applications" is an iMac better at than a machine you can buy from Alienware or Dell or Rock or somewhere else right now for the same money?

 

[TallManNY]

Just which "production applications" is an iMac better at than a machine you can buy from Alienware or Dell or Rock or somewhere else right now for the same money?

iMac is better at running OSX and the iLife suite of apps. That makes running all production applications easier. Also gives you functionality (like Time Machine) that either doesn't exist or is cumbersome on PCs.

But, yes, if the software in PC world existed, the hardware would be up for the task. Ugly and large, but technically able to handle the load just as easily and probably easier.

 

[MrT8064]

i did have a flickering 20inch iMac alu, it still flickers a little, but the problem has been 75% fixed by this graphics update

WELL DONE APPLE!!

 

[MascisMan]

If we're talking movie production, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking 3D production, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking connections, the gaming PC wins. If we're talking word processing, it's a tie.

Just which "production applications" is an iMac better at than a machine you can buy from Alienware or Dell or Rock or somewhere else right now for the same money?

First of all I never said "iMac" I said "Macs", referring to OSX.
Furthermore I said a PC is so-so in "some other apps" not "all other apps".

From my personal experience, music production apps run better on Macs than PC's. Probably because Macs are generally more stable.

A great gaming PC with a great videocard doesn't help jack when mixing down or mastering music. What helps is OS stability.

Expanding on this, "better", is an opinionated term. You are arguing hardware advantages and I am talking software advantages. A built gaming PC is irrelevant if the software it is running is poor (not saying all PC software is poor, Mac has poor software too).

You mentioned word processing. Many people prefer iWork to MS Office. Just because Office is a corporate standard doesnt make it a "better" product.

 

[trainguy77]

Just which "production applications" is an iMac better at than a machine you can buy from Alienware or Dell or Rock or somewhere else right now for the same money?

Well if we are talking for the same money. Video etc, ANYTHING CPU intensive the mac will win for the same amount of money. Trick out a Dell with the same CPU as the mac pro. Same amount of RAM, comparable GPU etc. You will find real fast that the Mac Pro will beat down the Dell of equal price.

Now gaming wise yes the PCs are cheaper i will admit that.

 

[nickf]

That would be because if you spend the kind of money that you have to to get an iMac you really should expect a lot better. I could build a gaming PC for far less which has a graphics card which blows the rubbish in the iMacs away.

Yeah, you could build a gaming PC for far less than an iMac, but it'd be a big plastic box that'd sound like a jet taking off, and with cheap components that'd probably start failing after a year or so. It wouldn't run OS X either, of course, so you'd have fun with viruses and associated scumware, plus you wouldn't get Apple's wonderful bundled software.