Sorry to help hijack this thread ... but

I have voted republican since 1982. I make my living developing and modifying Financial Software along with DBA work on SQL server. I switched to MACs in 2001 and have not looked back. With VM Fusion and Parallels, I run XP/windows 2000/Vista/Server 2003 on my MACs at the same time Mac OS X is cruising along. With numerous clients running different versions of the same financial software that requires different versions of programming software. I am able to have unlimited PC images for as many clients I need and can just switch between them as needed. If I was stuck with a PC I would run into ALL kinds of issues switching back and forth with the different software versions. I am able to VPN into a client's network on the PC side and keep my MAC off their network. If I had just a PC when I VPN into their network and they have items blocked, I would not be able to receive any personal/business e-mail. I can do all of that and still keep the main benefit of not having to run anti-virus on Mac Side and do not have to worry about opening the wrong e-mail or clicking on the wrong link!!!

In my home we have 3 Macbooks, One 17" G4 PowerBook, One 17" MacBook Pro, A new 20" iMac, Power Mac G5 running Leopard server, one G4 Cube running Panther Server, and one Dell Server (Purchased before OS-X was even released) running Server 2000. I have been married for 17 years and we have 3 kids, so I don't fit THAT category either.

 

attempting not to hi-jack but:
Mac guys- (seriously) I want to know what I would need and how to:

Run:
AutoCAD 2009
REVIT 2009
3DS MAX 2009
RHINO
Corel Graphics Suite X4 (yeah, I'm ***-backwards)

Current System:
Dell XPS 710
Vista
4GB ram
750 GB SATA
Pent. Intel Core2Duo 3.67 Ghz 6Mb
512 mb Nvidia Quadro FX 1700
SB X-Fi extreme
22" widescreen flatscreen

~1700

 

Ive had 4 Dells and 2 Macs
All the Dells eventually got viruses even with virus protection.

The first mac i had had anti virus but i didnt need it, the second mac i got i never even put anti virus on it and has been running fine for 2 years.

I have a 15inch widescreen mac book pro, think i paid 1700 for it

 

im in the same boat right now, i think i will be running windows vista and osx leopard on my computer soon. you can have both on a mac and switch between the two. so if you put it on a mac, and have the vista on it as well you can download windows programs to the vista, but not the mac, but you can switch between the two software

 

The debate of Mac for PC is always fun...the problem with PC's is not hardware.

BUT, you need all that hardware for a pc to run b/c the OS sucks so bad.

I used to build all my PC's, they too were tricked out, lots of this lots of that...didn't matter.

Now working for IBM...they offer Macs to the workers. What does that tell you?

 

haha. so IBM has an account with mac for their employees? thats hilarious.

 

anyone want to take guesses on my 3dmark06 score? im downloading it right now

dell inspiron 8600
dual booted xp/vista
160gb seagate ide hd
1.25gb ram
32mb nvidia geforce fx go5200
1.6ghz pentium m

my vista scores
processor 3.4
ram 4.1
graphics 2.0
gaming graphics 2.5
hard drive 4.7

 

Don't forget about VMWare Fusion or Parallels. I tried the Boot Camp thing on my MacBook, but having to re-start into the one I wanted was dumb. Fusion (the better of the two in my opinion) allows you to run Windows stuff from your Mac desktop, in a Windows environment.

Just my $0.02.

 

Ahh you guys and your fancy schmancy computers.
My AMD K6-2 running at 366Mhz with 64mb of ram still works perfect for web and email.

You just need to make em last, no need to waste money on the new stuff.

 

Who you callin fancy!?

I dont even know what "AMD K6-2 running at 366Mhz with 64mb of ram" means.

Sounds like you work with the Best Buy Geek Squad to me...that, and I'm retarded.

 

I like to keep my trucks and computers the same length of time.

No point being wasteful.

My PC was almost $3,000. when I bought it in 1998, you gotta make that chit last.

 

PC's suck. - Og

 

nevermind it wont even work ono my computer hahaha

 

dam Og, wish i could fit that kind of performance on my laptop

 

Actually, I'm running a desktop Mac Pro Quad. It's a monster. I'm so proud of it! - Og