Hi just thought I would post on here after using the daughters new Mac for a week, this is only really a comparison on looks, general use and safari, and is hardly an in depth report.
The Mac is a 1.65mhz G4 powerbook with 1.5gig of memory running Leopard, the PC is an acer 800mhz with 1.25gig of memory running XP. both are laptops sitting next to each other on wi-fi
Looks: the mac is the better looking in its sleeker silver case this is continued with a nicely designed power supply, so 1 up to the mac
Use: the mac boots about four times quicker than the Acer, the Mac is a clean install where as the Acer is now 2 years old, so when new would have booted quicker than it does now, but still way behind the Mac. so 2 up to the Mac
Expandability: the mac has 2xUSB, 1xPCMA, 1x400+1x800 firewire, S video, modem port, gigabit ethernet, DVI and built in wi-fi
The Acer has 4xUSB 2xPCMA 1x400 firewire 100mbps ethernet, modem, S video, built in wi-fi serial and parallel ports.
If your in to video then the mac wins, if like me your not, then with 4 USB the PC wins. not sure how to score this, if I had the mac I would have to carry around a USB hub. so for me its one up for the PC
Screen: The Mac has a bigger screen but apart from that seems no better, the layout of icons to me is no better than the PC. so for me thats draw.
Browser: The Mac has Safari the PC IE7, in use practically no difference, with loading or displaying screens, I cannot see a reason to prefer one over the other except personal preference.
So at this stage the Mac is in front, but when it was bought was it worth the extra cash? I believe it was in the region of £1700 new in 2005, the Acer bought in the same year less than £400+£100 for a 1gig memory chip.
My own view after this limited use is that both this Mac and PC are good machines, and either would do what I want, but because of the price difference to me their is no contest. For my daughter its the opposite because of the superior photographic abilities of the Mac and worth the extra money.
Olley
The Mac is a 1.65mhz G4 powerbook with 1.5gig of memory running Leopard, the PC is an acer 800mhz with 1.25gig of memory running XP. both are laptops sitting next to each other on wi-fi
Looks: the mac is the better looking in its sleeker silver case this is continued with a nicely designed power supply, so 1 up to the mac
Use: the mac boots about four times quicker than the Acer, the Mac is a clean install where as the Acer is now 2 years old, so when new would have booted quicker than it does now, but still way behind the Mac. so 2 up to the Mac
Expandability: the mac has 2xUSB, 1xPCMA, 1x400+1x800 firewire, S video, modem port, gigabit ethernet, DVI and built in wi-fi
The Acer has 4xUSB 2xPCMA 1x400 firewire 100mbps ethernet, modem, S video, built in wi-fi serial and parallel ports.
If your in to video then the mac wins, if like me your not, then with 4 USB the PC wins. not sure how to score this, if I had the mac I would have to carry around a USB hub. so for me its one up for the PC
Screen: The Mac has a bigger screen but apart from that seems no better, the layout of icons to me is no better than the PC. so for me thats draw.
Browser: The Mac has Safari the PC IE7, in use practically no difference, with loading or displaying screens, I cannot see a reason to prefer one over the other except personal preference.
So at this stage the Mac is in front, but when it was bought was it worth the extra cash? I believe it was in the region of £1700 new in 2005, the Acer bought in the same year less than £400+£100 for a 1gig memory chip.
My own view after this limited use is that both this Mac and PC are good machines, and either would do what I want, but because of the price difference to me their is no contest. For my daughter its the opposite because of the superior photographic abilities of the Mac and worth the extra money.
Olley