Mac versu PC,{snicker,snicker}

[Ron99]

Well, in the real world I don't think those small differences in processor speed would be noticeable. I was trying to find ones of mostly equal specs but it is difficult to find identical ones. I think the comparisons are pretty good.

I'm sure you can find refurbs of Windows machines too but do they come with full manufacturer backing and warranties as well?

Bluetooth is very useful for syncing to many devices and if you want to use a wireless mouse with it. Lot's of interesting gadgets are now incorporating bluetooth so i think it is a useful feature.

Firewire as well. File transfers to a firewire HD are way faster than USB2. I haven't done a comparison with eSATA but I suspect firewire is still faster. Mostly it is storage but I think plenty of cameras still have firewire as well.

[Doug]

Kind of had an idea what you guys were talking about but thought I better go check it out first.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Ron99

Well, in the real world I don't think those small differences in processor speed would be noticeable. I was trying to find ones of mostly equal specs but it is difficult to find identical ones. I think the comparisons are pretty good.

I'm sure you can find refurbs of Windows machines too but do they come with full manufacturer backing and warranties as well?

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yup they come with full warenties depending where you buy from.

as for speed differance in real world, I have a 2.53 (couldn't aford the 400.00 buck upgrade to the 2.66 last year ) but in playing with the identical computers one with a 2.2 and the other with a 2.5 depending what you did there was actualy quite a differance.. actualy surprised me. I do a lot of photo work with 12Mp raw files so between the two there was a 1.5 second difference in opening one picture, and some times when I tag a bunch and open them there was a minuit or two differance. during the actual editing the previews were noticably faster also. now if you are working with 3mp pictures in jpg format I don't know if you would see much differance.

I also noticed that a few other bigger programs I have open faster and run a bit smother, but it is mostly the real intensive stuff.. if you are just surfing Canreef and checking e-mail no you wouldn't see anything.

Steve