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    • Apple's Bountiful Revenues Are Bigger Than Ever [view article]
      To : User 119816

      See how flexible the "MAC" is when wanting to change video cards, it has only a few options available to it as opposed to the PC. This applies to just about every type of peripheral out there. I own a power mac and I cannot use any video card on the market, nor can i use any sound card, scanner, printer and the list goes on and on. The PC has alot more hardware options in each category available to it. For what is offered in the macintosh on a hardware basis, it is highly overpriced. Now the value you may see in OS x is a different story.

      Below is a quick and dirty reference to the limitations of video cards but it should make my point :


      Video card options for Mac Pro
      May 24, 2007

      As I’ve blogged about earlier, I am the proud owner of a Mac Pro. I love it. One thing I don’t love about it though, is the video card. My box came with the default nVidia 7300 GT and it’s a dog. I can draw polygons by hand faster than this thing.

      So I went to the Apple store and checked out what options I had for upgrading. Turns out there are three options, nVidia 7300 GT (the one I have), ATI X1900 XT and an nVidia Quadra FX 4500. This is a joke. The Quadra is of no use to me and costs a rediculous amount of money, so I’m left with the ATI X1900 XT. Thing is, this card is so old I wasn’t even able to find it in Swedens two largest online PC stores anymore. The closest thing is the successor, the X1950 XT. This card costs about $285 if you buy it for a PC. Guess what Apple charges for the X1900 XT here in Sweden? $550!

      Dear Apple. Please get a grip and start to offer some modern video card options for the Mac Pro. How about an nVidia 8600 GTS? It’s dirt cheap and still packs a punch. Just slap on your custom BIOS or whatever and get it out there!

      I have experienced this same situation with upgrading the Radeon Card in my Mac Pro, it costs 250.00 from ATI but the PC version is 99.00. The only difference is the programming of the EEPROM. So sir check your references you are wrong the mac is severely limited when looking for hardware options.       Apr 27 05:14 PM
    • Apple's Bountiful Revenues Are Bigger Than Ever [view article]
      Sorry I mean IE/Firefox in the browser quote for the PC Apr 27 12:18 PM
    • Apple's Bountiful Revenues Are Bigger Than Ever [view article]
      I own a MAC and a PC Desktop and Laptop. I agree with Fatcat, it is highly overkill to buy a mac just for the experience of it. The mac and it's browsers cannot handle the web as well as a PC with a combination of IE/Monster. The web is optimized for the PC. In addition, Apple makes a great product but alot of the mystique of the product is clouded by the excellent marketing machine that is behind the MAC. OS X is a pretty solid operating system but it does not offer the wide variety of software choices of Windows nor does it offer the flexibility of hardware. The MAC is still a niche machine. It is over priced considering the only difference between it and a PC is the BIOS chip. I appreciate the MAC but will always maintain a PC. I will not be brainwashed by the apple marketing machine. Apr 27 12:16 PM
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