Intel; PC vs Mac

[NoobsWeStand]

Okay, so today my teacher said that you would at least need an i7, on a PC, to compare to an i5 on a Mac

 

I refuse to believe this is true.

Is their solid evidence against this? Like a cross platform benchmark on the same system running windows and mac osx?

 

 

Sorry for this mac rage, but my school is a complete apple fanboy

 

Thanks

[themaniac]

i don't know but i'd think they would run about the same

[brownninja97]

The biggest difference i find is that osx uses memory much better then windows however the i5 vs i7 pc mac think isnt true, take it from someone which has both

[Jerakl]

A processor is a processor. It'll be the same

[Jobbe03]

What mac? 

[AlwaysFSX]

Doesn't work like that. Efficiency of the OS does not dictate what performing CPU you'd need for comparable performance.

 

Utter BS.

[Zeke]

Seeing how all Macs but iMac 27 and Pro use lower-TDP CPUs, I'd say that's the other way around.

[Archangel1994]

Your teacher just made a statement that would even insult the intelligence of a pile of bricks.

[Rorgash]

a Mac cant compare to a PC, mostly because mac sucks and cant run 99.999999999999999% of the programs that exist, so he could use a imaginary i22 and it would still suck

[Woodypc]

So a apple computer with a 500W PSU would put out as much power as a windows PC with 1000W.

 

His logic is wrong you can not compare like that.

[tugadude4]

Just tell him he's stupid

[jezza39]

Okay, so today my teacher said that you would at least need an i7, on a PC, to compare to an i5 on a Mac

 

Probably an English, Art or Music teacher or other technologically inept faculty member

[Jerakl]

Your teacher just made a statement that would even insult the intelligence of a pile of bricks.

 

Seeing how all Macs but iMac 27 and Pro use laptop-grade CPUs, I'd say that's the other way around.

 

 

#Rekt

[PercySavageEG]

That has always question me, when you look at the specs of a Mac machine, you go: "how the hell is this going to be able to do anything? 1.4Ghz dual core and 2 gigs of ram with a mobile gpu, wtf apple?" and then some how, it seems to run better then if you were to have the same hardware but on a pc. Can anyone explain this?

[Rubenis]

Nope. Take benchmarks of the same CPU on Windows and Mac - they will show the same result.

 

Mac OS X advantage is the OS and its ability to use system resources, allthough latley Windows is coming much closer than it has ever been.

 

P.S. Do not let teacher use iDrugs. It is dangerous.

[AlwaysFSX]

a Mac cant compare to a PC, mostly because mac sucks and cant run 99.999999999999999% of the programs that exist, so he could use a imaginary i22 and it would still suck

Eh.... Not exactly a road you'd want to go down..

[Rorgash]

Eh.... Not exactly a road you'd want to go down..

its no problem, performance wise the mac is on the same level i guess, but not in utility but running benchmarks is not my main reason for having a computing device

[ricardo-reis]

One thing to understand between Mac (any of them) and an Intel PC with any (other than any MacOS) Operating System:

 

Apple controls the parts they put on each machine end to end. Their Operating System is developed to work with that software.

 

Any other OS, no matter what HW you fit on it, they'll have to adjust. Now think about the number of different brands producing different parts you can fit on a PC.

 

This could mean Macs are better than other PCs, but, is whatever you do on a PC ok to run on a Mac? Usually not.

[Woodypc]

Ohh guys I get it. The teacher is saying that Apple OS gives the i5 cpu hyper-threading more cache using Apple magic.

[Wano97]

That has always question me, when you look at the specs of a Mac machine, you go: "how the hell is this going to be able to do anything? 1.4Ghz dual core and 2 gigs of ram with a mobile gpu, wtf apple?" and then some how, it seems to run better then if you were to have the same hardware but on a pc. Can anyone explain this?

Because, for general use, you don't need a octa core i7 clocked at 3 GHz. It will perform just fine, unless you're going to do things such as editing, hence I mentioned 'General use' such as mails, browsing, ...

[tugadude4]

I think his teacher might have downloaded some ram online 

[Jerakl]

I think is teacher might have downloaded some ram online 

Definitely. Or maybe he downloaded some more CPU so his mac would perform better.

[NoobsWeStand]

Yeah, but the problem is that he is the IT person. He runs the school's server. I thought he should know some stuff about this

 

Also, your comments are golden.

I asked a different teacher, one that knows more about computers, and he totally blew off the other teacher

[Woodypc]

Yeah, but the problem is that he is the IT person. He runs the school's server. I thought he should know some stuff about this

 

Also, your comments are golden.

I asked a different teacher, one that knows more about computers, and he totally blew off the other teacher

I know many stupid so called "IT people/experts."

[DigitalHermit]

That has always question me, when you look at the specs of a Mac machine, you go: "how the hell is this going to be able to do anything? 1.4Ghz dual core and 2 gigs of ram with a mobile gpu, wtf apple?" and then some how, it seems to run better then if you were to have the same hardware but on a pc. Can anyone explain this?

 

Optimization... Apple has a very locked-down nature... They develop their software to work well with parts that they like and only the parts that they like... Unlike other OS where they need to take into consideration the near infinite permutations of parts that the OS needs to run on...