If you really can’t decide between which breed of computer to use, have you considered multi-booting using Boot Camp (included with Snow Leopard) or something else like the Chameleon Boot Loader? Alternatively, you can install OSX on a PC intended for a Windows/Linux install (a bit naughty – it contravenes Apple’s ToS) and switch between them either with a bootloader or by selecting different boot drives at startup. I can’t vouch for any of them as I don’t own a Mac. The increases in capacity are only just beginning to be exploited, but the only programs that are really taking advantage of multi-threading are high end video applications and games.Īs for retrieving files on an HFS partition from a Windows machine, there appear to be some driver programs available. Win7 64 runs fine on it, as does MS Office, all browsers, etc… The only applications it struggles with are recent games.Ĭlock speeds haven’t increased significantly in the four years since I bought my opteron, although the number of cores and the amount of cache on the processor dies has. I don’t see a new Windows PC being unable to run apps in four years.įor example, I have a 4 year old HTPC running WinXP on a dual-core Opteron 185 with 2GB of PC3200 RAM and an 8600GT (which isn’t 4 years old – it’s 2½). And, if you’ve been using Time Machine, when you start up your new Mac, you’ll be able to pull that machine image onto your new machine.Ī four year old Windows PC should be able to handle most modern applications. Stability-wise, you can’t do much better. If you think you’ll get a PC machine that’ll still run your programs in 4 years, all the best on that. I’ve seen people who still use their “Luxo” iMac, and someone who even still uses the Bondi Blue “original” iMac. I have a 5 year old PowerBook G4 that a family member still uses, and works just fine.
Regading TurboLister, have you looked for a comparable program for the Mac? And as regards your DVD burning problems, what was the issue? What kind of information were you trying to burn onto DVD?Ĥ years is the average lifespan for a lot of users, simply in the sense that they opt to get a newer machine at that point. If you were using iWork, for example, you could save those files as Office format to share with your associates.
Most any major program’s files are intercompatible – Office, Adobe, etc. Furthermore, with something like AppleCare, if you had those problems during the course of the 3 years it covers, you’d be able to that repaired or replaced.Īs for issues with sharing files with PC users, you don’t specify which programs files you tried to share. It sounds like your mac was the exception, with the logic board problems.
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