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<blockquote data-quote="funfortehfun" data-source="post: 114342" data-attributes="member: 12573">While I do agree that Windows 7/8 is much inferior to Mac OSX, I do not agree that a Mac = faster computer. It all depends on the internal hardware. Many people pay cheap for a Windows computer and expect it to run fast, and then jump their pricepoint exponentially and say &quot;it's much faster&quot; without comparing anything. For example, BackdoorHippie - the fast boot speeds are because there is probably an SSD inside your computer (Hybrid Drive on Apple PCs). For example:[MEDIA=youtube]rCuCojp3Dck[/MEDIA]Obviously, the SSD drive MBP is lightning quick, while the hard drive MBP lags behind.Although, I will make a final argument - the only time where I consider an OS to be faster than others is Linux. Virtually impossible to crash, rock-stable, your performance goes the farthest. Quite unfortunate that there isn't Photoshop for it (I think there is under Wine).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="funfortehfun, post: 114342, member: 12573"] While I do agree that Windows 7/8 is much inferior to Mac OSX, I do [I]not[/I] agree that a Mac = faster computer. It all depends on the internal hardware. Many people pay cheap for a Windows computer and expect it to run fast, and then jump their pricepoint exponentially and say "it's much faster" without comparing anything. For example, BackdoorHippie - the fast boot speeds are because there is probably an SSD inside your computer (Hybrid Drive on Apple PCs). For example: [MEDIA=youtube]rCuCojp3Dck[/MEDIA] Obviously, the SSD drive MBP is lightning quick, while the hard drive MBP lags behind. Although, I will make a final argument - the only time where I consider an OS to be faster than others is Linux. Virtually impossible to crash, rock-stable, your performance goes the farthest. Quite unfortunate that there isn't Photoshop for it (I think there is under Wine). [/QUOTE]

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