[awcopus]

Another poll question. Apple has been encouraging consumers to switch from PCs to Macs. However, with the PowerMac languishing, are dedicated Mac users feeling the need to switch to PCs for Photoshop and video editing and other resource-intensive tasks? And, more to the point, would they in fact switch to nonMacs if Apple doesn't release an acceptable solution by the end of 2003?

[::maroma::]

What about "I will continue to buy and enjoy Macs, and I don't care about benchmark tests."

Oh, and to add my opinion, this pole sucks.

[MindFad]

*searches frantically for troll jpg* Bah, never mind.

[docholiday]

I think it's a good poll... however, I agree that the option "I don't care about benchmarks and will buy a mac because of other advantages" should have been included.

I have several PCs at home and if I need to do some hardcore rendering or other very Processor intensive tasks, I will use a P4-3ghz...

My main machine is a G4-733 Digital Audio and I am pretty happy with it. However, the day the new Powermacs (PPC970) are released, I will place an order.

[awcopus]

I have posted a poll prior to this one which indicates that well over 90% of respondents plan to never purchase another G4 Mac. They're just determined not to.

The point of this poll is to carry through that logic a bit and see what people will do if Apple fails to produce a nonG4 based Mac this year.
In other words, does the economic impact on Apple of failing to produce a desktop pro users are willing to buy this year go beyond lame desktop sales to that horrible place where Mac users actually jump ship for PCs?

In my experience, colleagues who make the investment in hybridizing their Mac setup take a completely different approach to all future upgrade decisions. Suddenly, they are faced with bang-for-buck decisions that are extremely compelling...they cannot ignore that for "so much less" they can invigorate their PC setup and leave their Mac to drift further behind. Letting in a single PC setup can be disastrous to a Mac setup; I'm witnessing this first-hand.



As a Mac FCP editor with a pure Mac setup, I am willfully insulated from decision making scenarios involving what I can get on the PC side for a couple of thousand dollars versus what I get on the Mac side for the same $. I love the Mac OS and refuse to leave it, and I let that "prime directive" predetermine that I don't sweat the dramatic value/performance advantages of a PC video-editing configuration. But many (if not most) pros don't have this luxury.

As for not including the "I don't care about benchmarks, I will buy a Mac because of other advantages", I think that answer obliviates the point of my poll. I am addressing people who DO care about performance because their money-making is tied to it.

I want to find out what people are going to DO about their performance issues on the Mac platform if they persist for this entire YEAR. THREE of the four answers give Mac devotees a chance to stick with the Mac platform, so I hardly think I've not provided an acceptable answer for people who love their Mac and won't leave it, like me.

If Apple's FCP4 and DVDSP2 run more quickly or as fast on my 933 compared with current versions, I'll be inclined to stay put. Otherwise, I may have to upgrade to the 1.25 dual, which is the value proposition at this point, given the likely release of a nonG4 Mac in the near future (fingers, toes, eyelashes and balls are all crossed) and my desire to have funds available to acquire it.

[Superchicken]

I'm gona get an iBook most likely, then in two or three years possibly get a low end 970 tower or iMac if they're in the iMacs by then. In the next year all I'm gona be doing is web design and note taking and that's all I need the computer for, I"m considering a power book but tha'ts kinda in the air.

[slider]

Again, what's the point? Apple does not make the processor. Apple would love to have the fastest chip on the block. And you know what? Apple is probably lossing some business to those that rely on fast machines for their bread and butter. Most importantly Apple knows this, you don't actually believe Apple is sitting on a fast chip do you?

[gururafiki]

at this point I dont think the speed gap is so bad that I would totally give up on apple. It is also impossible to look only at speed, as there is a lot of money that I would have to spend if I went to a pc for new software and such.