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On 2023-09-30 17:39:44 +0000, RabidPedagog said:
> On 2023-09-30 10:26 a.m., sms wrote:
>> On 9/30/2023 6:05 AM, RabidPedagog wrote:
>>> I see more potential from the Mx processors than I do from the x86-64
>>> platform. Some might not mind the fact that they need twice the amount
>>> of RAM, a much bigger battery and powerful fans to get the same kind of
>>> performance, but I do. I don`t see myself buying another PC once this
>>> one becomes obsolete.
>>
>> The Mx processors are excellent in performance/watt. Alas, many
>> commercial, industrial, educational, medical, business, and engineering
>> software programs are x86 only. Running them in a virtual machine, or
>> via remote access, is not a great solution.
>>
>> From University of Colorado (most universities have similar warnings):
>> "Many engineering applications only develop versions that are available
>> on the Windows operating system. Students with Mac computers can access
>> these applications by leveraging our remote access tools."
science-6>.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps if the Mac gains more market share, like 20-25% then this
>> situation will change. In 4Q22 Macs hit a peak of 17.2% after being as
>> low as 10.2% in 1Q21. But now it`s fallen to 13.3%
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>>
>>
>> Right now I`m on a project where we really want one of of our
>> sub-contractors to use Solidworks but he uses a Macbook and can`t run
>> it. So he`s using some other 3D modeling program which is not nearly as
>> capable, even though in the past he used Solidworks.
>
> Yeah, during my time in the ZephyrusG14 forum on Reddit, there were
> quite a few threads of people who bought the machine over the MacBook
> they really wanted simply because their university program required
> x86-specific software. There`s even a guy selling his MacBook Air M2 on
> eBay, not too far from where I live, most likely because he quickly
> realized that as fantastic as the machine is, there just isn`t as much
> software for the Mac as there is for the PC.
The fact that there is "more" Windoze software doesn`t mean anything
when 95% of it is just useless drivel. :-
With the exception of some games and some specific / custom work or
school apps, you can get every app the average user needs on the Mac.
> Even in the early 2000s, I was fixing up an old man`s Pentium 3, and I
> learned that he was a Mac die-hard since it was released. When I
> inquired why he finally went for a PC, I learned that the guy loved
> walking into a computer store and buying random programs, but that
> there was less and less for the Mac (which was true at the time).
There were tons of "random apps" easily obtainable, often for free, on
magazine cover disks / discs. I got a free copy of ColorIt! from a
magazine cover disk and I used that as a Photoshop replacement for many
years (it didn`t have all the fancy "features" as Photoshop evolved,
but was much easier to use and did everything I needed it to).
> Meanwhile, I find that the Mac equivalents of programs I use on the PC
> are actually nicer.
That`s because the MacOS itself is much "nicer" to use (although Apple
keeps trying to negate that with more and more unnecessary gimmickry).
Windoze is just a continual kludge and mess, not to mention all the
malware issues.
Most people use Windoze for one or two reasons:
1. Work / school forces them to use it.
2. Because Windoze PCs appear to be cheaper when
solely look at the price tag in-store.
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