Thread: iMac?

Originally Posted by Demon Parasite

Apple does the same, putting 32 bit versions on computers with less than 3 GB of RAM, and 64 bit on ones with more.

Apples has one version of OSX. There is more of a difference than how much RAM it can use. OSX is 64 bit, ALWAYS. It has a backwards compatibility layer to run 32-bit programs, but the OS is 64.

Windows is either 64 or 32, but the 64 bit version has no backwards compatibility layer, so it's not the OS that you have to watch, it's buying new software.

If you're refering to the botnet that broke out in April, Apple fixed that security hole a few days after it was discovered. There have been thousands of Mac viruses written, currently, not one of them is a threat, the security holes that they took advantage of have all been fixed.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Apples has one version of OSX. There is more of a difference than how much RAM it can use. OSX is 64 bit, ALWAYS. It has a backwards compatibility layer to run 32-bit programs, but the OS is 64.

Windows is either 64 or 32, but the 64 bit version has no backwards compatibility layer, so it's not the OS that you have to watch, it's buying new software.

Every program that I have used on Windows has a 64 bit version, it isn't a problem. There is no need for a backwards compatibility layer.

Yes, that's exactly the problem there is a 64 bit version, it's not the same program. You know what version of the OS you are running, most people don't.

I got an iMac early this year, and it has been such a great purchase - especially for someone like me, who does a lot of programming and computer-geek stuff. It's also great, though, for any normal computer user. I have no regrets whatsoever about my switch.

I actually went through a slow upgrade towards awesomeness: I first used Windows XP, then installed Ubuntu, then bought a Mac. But seriously. Compare it to any other OS and it wins.

(I'm a Mac fanboy, if you can't tell.)

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Apples has one version of OSX. There is more of a difference than how much RAM it can use. OSX is 64 bit, ALWAYS. It has a backwards compatibility layer to run 32-bit programs, but the OS is 64.

I hear this backwards-compatibility will end with Snow Leopard, however.. getting rid of all of the PowerPC remains I guess

No, they just aren't supporting PPC anymore, your 32 bit programs like Photoshop will still run.