Computersight -

In fact, Mac and PC is not quite accurate comparison – is a Mac, however, one company in particular, the result of controlled development, many of the PC rather chaotic hardware creations. Mac and PC, therefore, should be confronted rather see two different approaches and the results of this comparison, not a mere comparison of the two machine. It is the ideology of the Mac could see why it is a relatively carelessly computer type be held – the compatibility of hardware as well as software there is little, because the standards have been developed and tested only once by the manufacturer. PC world is on the other hand, the hardware and software incompatibility is quite a common problem. At the same time, we can not say that the PC would be the wrong approach – less control subject, here is more for innovation and lower prices.

Mac’s are known to have different hardware, but the difference is not nearly as large as often thought. The difference lies mainly in the PC from the motherboard and processor, the other is the smallest differences in the equipment or even the common PC. Often, the requirements for the PC, although Mac-specific in relation to the common hardware, such as suitable for only a few specific memories, and so forth.

In Mac processor is used in the Power PC, which is based on RISC architecture and is manufactured by Motorola earlier, but now the production has been taken over by IBM.
Some time ago, could still draw a strict line for Macintosh and PC-architecture between the processor – the first was based on the RISC-il, the second x86-l, or more generally – CISC-il. Their main difference between the processor behind the order idea technology – RISC reduced the number of commands, but they also had to modify longer. Could result in faster RISC commands to operate, but the RISC-I commands were also longer. In terms of the price was cheaper to produce RISC-processors, it has unfortunately not reflected in the price of real Macs.

Today, the RISC-ideology has taken over so much, as well as Intel and AMD processors, from a strict limit of architectural ideologies between the more we can not speak about.
The newest Mac G5 processors to bear the designation, it is the same taktsagedustel PC with comparable performance, what the quickest way, and unfortunately it’s been the slowest. Newer Macides is also a general rule, use two processors in one machine, and each of its memory usage here.