Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by 746F7475 on Sunday March 05, 2017 @02:32PM
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>Gaming, VR, upcoming 3D
Am I missing something or does this seem like one thing? Or is there use case for VR that isn't gaming? And what is 'upcoming 3D' exactly?
>if workload X is too slow on the fastest mac, it may well still run on a windows machine
Can't argue with that, but what are such workloads if you are not game developer? Wouldn't cluster of Linux servers always be a better choice? Unless of course you are die hard Windows fan.
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by grub5000 on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:43PM
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I was thinking media editing/consumption (e.g. Video production, music making etc.). Presumably the Machine Learning GPU crowd get some use out of Windows machines too
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by rodgerd on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:25PM
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> Or is there use case for VR that isn't gaming?
Training and design.
I think you're discounting the performance aspect as well - if workload X is too slow on the fastest mac, it may well still run on a windows machine since they can be specced higher. Cost isn't a factor for everyone - sometimes you literally just need the fastest possible machine, in which case Windows can be it.