Winn

I have been working on Mac’s for a long time but before that i used a PC for everything. I have recently been working on a PC for .NET development and thought i would not enjoy myself at all. I kept my mind open and tried to stay neutral. After working on the PC for 2 weeks I thought it was time to review and compare my Mac vs my PC. At work i am running an iMac 2.4 with 4 Gig’s of ram, on start up with nothing but the basics booting up it will run at about 500 to 600 MB’s of RAM used. My Windows Vista computer, after i took all the pre-loaded crap off and edited what services start it will boot at about 480 to 500 MB’s of RAM used. To throw anoher computer in the mix i have a Windows 2003 server that will boot at about 100 MB’s of RAM used.

I have no real results out of this but it’s something to keep in mind, why will my Vista computer boot at about the same as my Mac? Does my Mac really work better or does it just look as it works better by hiding processes and running background applications.

I think it all comes down to getting a computer with as much RAM as you can fit in it and a good processor.

For now, i will use both as needed… But you never know…