FLASH: OT Mac vs PC?

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OffTopic for Flash, but I figure someone on this list will have an opinion

on this...


As far as Mac's -VS- PC's go, why do most midi/and multimedia designers tend

to go for Mac's? what are the advantages of doing so?


  I could see that if you went out and bought some crap bundled PC or

referb, you will find yourself looking at bottlenecks all over the place

 especially for A/V production ), but if you build your own machine using

top of the line components, shouldn't it be comparable or even more suitable

than a Mac?  What about for standard workstation use, any advantages over

PC's?


I understand that NT and other Win platforms can be unstable, especially

when you have many other applications running, and I know many people hate

Microsoft because it's so domineering,  but I figure there has to be a more

valid reason for the conversion.    IMHO that NTServer and NTWorkstations,

if configured correctly on descent hardware, work seamlessly, at least at

the corps I've worked at.


I have a client that is considering scrapping all their PC's for Macs

because 2 workstations are running low on memory, which is an absurd and

unnecessary fix.  They do not run high end audio or multimedia applications,

just a few intranet apps and a few DB's. I figure since I've heard so much

hype about Macs I'd ask you guys what the benefits are before discouraging

my client on this venture.


What RDBMs are available for the Mac ( oracle, maybe access, but most

certainly not SQLserver )...

and

Is it easy to set up a Mac workstation on NTServer?  We will at least need

to use IIS for an ASP Intranet app ( I don't want to recode the whole damn

thing in perl or php), and I'm not about to play around with unix and chilli

extensions.  I'm sick to hell hearing about all these people going off and

buying 3rd party box then having it emulate a PC, why not go stick with what

you're trying to emulate?


What about printers?  Do you have to buy the Apple printer with the Apple

system, he he.. j/j....


Please help me to understand this Mac conversion frenzy...


Thank you.







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