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On November 28 2013 17:54 ishida66 wrote:
I'm looking for a new desktop for my girlfriend and she was thinking about buying an iMac, since she uses the pc mainly for drawing and digital media (adobes) and some low demanding games (not fb crap tho).
Like every Mac user, she alledged that it works better with those 3 programs, when compared to PC. SInce on this case the difference is solely the OS, is it still worth paying so much for a lower spec? I tried looking on other forums and mac users are so ridiculously bias that almost nothing can be considered.What you guys think?
Well, if you want OS X, what can you do?
Would you relearn how to accomplish everything you want to do on your PC with Linux to save on paying for a Windows license?
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On November 28 2013 18:18 Ropid wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2013 17:54 ishida66 wrote:
I'm looking for a new desktop for my girlfriend and she was thinking about buying an iMac, since she uses the pc mainly for drawing and digital media (adobes) and some low demanding games (not fb crap tho).
Like every Mac user, she alledged that it works better with those 3 programs, when compared to PC. SInce on this case the difference is solely the OS, is it still worth paying so much for a lower spec? I tried looking on other forums and mac users are so ridiculously bias that almost nothing can be considered.What you guys think? Well, if you want OS X, what can you do? Would you relearn how to accomplish everything you want to do on your PC with Linux to save on paying for a Windows license?
I'm mostly concerned about budget, she said that it would be no problem at all switching back to windows if the performance was the same. Her main problem would be a few hotkeys and maybe some fonts but nothing to die for.
Thing is, for the same value, the mac has a lower spec, but does the OS makes up for it? I know that osx is fantastic for C++ programming but that's not the case here.
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The iMac is an all-in-one... and I really don't think there are many that are on the level of an iMac.
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On November 28 2013 18:31 ishida66 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2013 18:18 Ropid wrote:On November 28 2013 17:54 ishida66 wrote:
I'm looking for a new desktop for my girlfriend and she was thinking about buying an iMac, since she uses the pc mainly for drawing and digital media (adobes) and some low demanding games (not fb crap tho).
Like every Mac user, she alledged that it works better with those 3 programs, when compared to PC. SInce on this case the difference is solely the OS, is it still worth paying so much for a lower spec? I tried looking on other forums and mac users are so ridiculously bias that almost nothing can be considered.What you guys think? Well, if you want OS X, what can you do? Would you relearn how to accomplish everything you want to do on your PC with Linux to save on paying for a Windows license? I'm mostly concerned about budget, she said that it would be no problem at all switching back to windows if the performance was the same. Her main problem would be a few hotkeys and maybe some fonts but nothing to die for. Thing is, for the same value, the mac has a lower spec, but does the OS makes up for it? I know that osx is fantastic for C++ programming but that's not the case here.
It's suspicious value if you don't really hate working on Windows, I feel. I really don't like that it's without SSD by default despite its price. It seems pretty expensive if you choose a model that's not using the Intel graphics, then take that Fusion Drive upgrade for adding a small SSD. I wouldn't worry about the CPU being weak.
I'm thinking if you want to buy the cheapest iMac model, working on a cheaper Windows PC with added SSD could be more fun if you don't care what's different about the OS X desktop compared to Windows. You could also add a second screen or something else that might be neat, and still stay below the iMac's price.
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Honestly, I don't see any reason to ever get an iMac anymore unless you 100% NEED OSX. You can get more performance for less money out of a laptop these days.
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Canada8160 Posts
On November 28 2013 11:18 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2013 06:45 Jer99 wrote:
Skype is taking an abnormal amount of CPU when I sign into it, at about 50%. After about an hour it goes down to ~1%, any idea why it takes up so much when I first sign in? It's a pretty terrible program - try clicking on the little house button near the top left and closing the advertisement there, etc. Microsoft really destroyed it. Ads everywhere that are a little too invasive for me, biased too (they are based somewhat on your personal information, and for example i get dozens of ads for xbox one and none for ps4) as soon as there is a viable, somewhat mainstream alternative, they'll lose a large percentage of their customers IMO. It just goes too far to force multiple ads with video and occasionally audio in a desktop program, update without asking at all to remove features and add stuff that you don't want, pop up stuff over your contacts list every 5 minutes asking you to buy things, and to top it off give all of your data to the NSA or whatever goes on behind the scenes since they centralized it oops [/rant]
Didn't help, it's still eating a massive amount of my cpu
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How long does an LCD conditioning program take to run? It has been running for quite some time now on my monitor, and I'm not sure whether it's supposed to stop automatically after a certain amount of time or I'm supposed to stop it manually.
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so I'm having issues with my mic where it captures what I hear, is it more likely that my headset has crossed wires or my sound card's mic jack is fucked up? I have disabled stereo mix disabled.............
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Netherlands6192 Posts
Okay so I may appear stupid here, but googling has yielded no answers. My C drive recently crashed and I have gotten a new one. Running BIOS and have selected the cd drive as first priorty (due to having the win7 disk in there), but I keep getting the 'Reboot and select proper boot device' error. The new drive has been recognised, so it is all connected properly. Any suggestions as to what may be causing it to not read the disk?
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On November 30 2013 21:44 draverjai wrote:
Okay so I may appear stupid here, but googling has yielded no answers. My C drive recently crashed and I have gotten a new one. Running BIOS and have selected the cd drive as first priorty (due to having the win7 disk in there), but I keep getting the 'Reboot and select proper boot device' error. The new drive has been recognised, so it is all connected properly. Any suggestions as to what may be causing it to not read the disk?
It's just empty. That's the message you get when the BIOS can't find an OS anywhere it looks.
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Netherlands6192 Posts
So how do I proceed? I have the win 7 disk in the disk drive, but how?
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There's some key you can press which will show a menu with the various drives in your computer. It's F12 for me. You then select the optical disc drive in that menu.
You can also go into the BIOS by pressing the Delete key or F1 or something, then see if you can find a similar boot menu somewhere in there. It's on the very last BIOS screen for me where there's also options like "save settings & reboot".
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Netherlands6192 Posts
Yeah, it is F11 for me. After various changes and forcing boot from cd rom, I have come to conclude either my Win7 copy is faulty or my cd rom isn't properly connected (which I don't think is actually the problem since the light comes on indicating it has recognized I have inserted a disk). I am probably just going to call in someone smarter than me to help me load Win7 on a memory stick and boot from that.
Alternatively, I have Win XP that I could probably load and upgrade from, but I have never done that before without a complete format.
ANYWAY. Next question. Before my former C drive died, I did a 'back-up and restore' back up. Does anyone know exactly what this backs up? If I go and use it to restore onto a new HDD, what will it have backed up? My settings and program files, my music, etc? In short, will it have backed up EVERYTHING on my old hdd? Conflicting answers from google...
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Well, it backed up what you configured it to back up. Pretty sure you choose what it does.
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On December 01 2013 18:53 dravernor wrote:
Yeah, it is F11 for me. After various changes and forcing boot from cd rom, I have come to conclude either my Win7 copy is faulty or my cd rom isn't properly connected (which I don't think is actually the problem since the light comes on indicating it has recognized I have inserted a disk). I am probably just going to call in someone smarter than me to help me load Win7 on a memory stick and boot from that.
Alternatively, I have Win XP that I could probably load and upgrade from, but I have never done that before without a complete format.
ANYWAY. Next question. Before my former C drive died, I did a 'back-up and restore' back up. Does anyone know exactly what this backs up? If I go and use it to restore onto a new HDD, what will it have backed up? My settings and program files, my music, etc? In short, will it have backed up EVERYTHING on my old hdd? Conflicting answers from google...
The default "backup" method is backing up everything on your C:/ drive, especially the "WINDOWS" folder.
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So I just ordered 2 * R9 270X and will use them in a crossfire setup. What I need help with is about PSU requirements.
I am currently using an OCZ fatal1ty 550Watt Psu. Which provides 450 Watts on dual 12v rails. Will that provide enough power? I ran the numbers on that PSU calculator site and it came in with 447 watts recommended. so just under. However a bit tech review on the card recommended a 700 Watt PSU for that setup.
I also have a 700 Watt Coolermaster Extreme Power plus that I have never used due to hearing bad things about it. Would that be OK if the OCZ is not up to task?
Finally if neither of those PSU's present a reliable option is THIS an ok replacement?
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hey guys a few questions, so i have my 144hz asus 24" monitor now and im playing cs:go but sometimes my FPS dip below 144 and it gets a bit laggy.. i feel like this shouldnt happend with my current pc (4670 + 660 2x4gb 1600 ram) but it does. im playing on low settings so my pc should be able to handle this?? would overclocking help?? could there be other factors i have to look at ?? im confused and dont really know what the bottleneck is
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United Kingdom20344 Posts
On December 01 2013 23:47 DarthPunk wrote:So I just ordered 2 * R9 270X and will use them in a crossfire setup. What I need help with is about PSU requirements. I am currently using an OCZ fatal1ty 550Watt Psu. Which provides 450 Watts on dual 12v rails. Will that provide enough power? I ran the numbers on that PSU calculator site and it came in with 447 watts recommended. so just under. However a bit tech review on the card recommended a 700 Watt PSU for that setup. I also have a 700 Watt Coolermaster Extreme Power plus that I have never used due to hearing bad things about it. Would that be OK if the OCZ is not up to task? Finally if neither of those PSU's present a reliable option is THIS an ok replacement?
What's your CPU? Are you running stuff stock?
On December 02 2013 00:59 KapsyL wrote:
hey guys a few questions, so i have my 144hz asus 24" monitor now and im playing cs:go but sometimes my FPS dip below 144 and it gets a bit laggy.. i feel like this shouldnt happend with my current pc (4670 + 660 2x4gb 1600 ram) but it does. im playing on low settings so my pc should be able to handle this?? would overclocking help?? could there be other factors i have to look at ?? im confused and dont really know what the bottleneck is
Do you have Vsync on?
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