Dell Mini 9 Hacintosh vs 12" Powerbook G4 Aluminum A1104

[jimjimthehumanbin]

hairyshitter - apart from loving that name i also agree with your point. but apple is the porsche of the computer world. their stuff just looks like you can do work faster. i use both pc and mac and linux. they're just a tool for getting what you need done at the end of the day. 

[hairyshitter]

@jimjimthehumanbin

I use all three systems myself, apple I specifically use for video editing/post processing, windows I use for general tasks, diagnostics, data logging, patching and play, linux is used for general tasks, file serving (FreeNAS), web serving (apache) and as a media centre (XBMC), and the best thing is now they can all co-exist and share files and resources with each other, I'd say use the best tool for the best.

[hairyshitter]

The only negative I have to say about apple is hardware cost, essentially you are buying PC hardware at a heavy mark-up, I could understand before when they used PowerPC hardware, but the price doesn't justify the cost of components and chassy, you might argue R&D for the chassy design but as for the hardware its all pretty much standard equipment, maybe a 30-50% mark-up but some of the systems are well over the double mark for the same hardware.

[macuse2008]

my 12" PB boots leopard alot faster than that...hard drive speed also plays into it. Plus, OSX wasn't meant to run on a screen THAT small...i thought the 12" was small sheesh

[gunthermeyer]

Why does the hacintosh load faster than the original Macintosh computer ? I like Apple's operating system but hate their computers.

[Chintendoeddman]

@gunthermeyer Well the Netbook has a faster processor, more ram, and most importantly, an SSD drive.

[chumays]

dude i got a 12¨powerbook g4 867 mhz. 1.12 ram and is not as slow as this one.

[hairyshitter]

@chumays

What version of OSX are you running, Tiger is considerably faster then Leopard on PowerPC architecture, plus the Dell has a Solid State Disk installed.

[chumays]

@hairyshitter

youre right dude its tiger, well now i know why it boots faster thanks, guess im sticking to tiger but really wanted to try gamesalad. n n

[lovecrycrystal]

I think the boot time difference is based on the ssd

[hairyshitter]

@lovecrycrystal

The SSD has an impact on the loading times, but I think the kernel for Leopard and above have been optimised for Intel over PowerPC architecture. If Tiger was running on both machines then results might be different.

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

lol that hackintosh beat that G4... yay intel CPU's

[hairyshitter]

The powerbook is still a fairly capable computer for doing video editing and other tasks. The main thing wrong with apple is they charge too much for their hardware which is of a fairly standard specification.

[Naousaios26]

Wasn't expecting anything more from the powerbook, still pretty neat looking computer!