Shock! I thought a Mac was the only computer for doing creative things?
I’ve been designing on a PC since I started, with no intention of switching. Let the pointless arguing begin!
Shock! I thought a Mac was the only computer for doing creative things?
I’ve been designing on a PC since I started, with no intention of switching. Let the pointless arguing begin!
Lets join hands and create a world which respects the PC for delivering, at a fraction of the cost, design and computing power!
I disagree. It’s just not the same.
Yes, The Windows platform can deliver an experience that is capable for Designers. That being said, I just hate how the Windows OS gets in my way and hinders my productivity and workflow. I find myself wanting to beat a Microsoft employee senseless when I use Windows.
I love Macs. Personally, I think they are worth the extra cost, and they pay for the difference (and then some) over time. My $10,000 Mac Pro paid for itself in about a month with my photography, 3D, Editing, and Animation work.
But if you like Windows, then keep using Windows.
It is such a beautiful world these days … you can instal Mac OS on a PC and get the cheap more powerful PC to not have to hassle the windows bad things, and only deal with the bad things in Mac OS
I wasn’t aware that PC had software that would simulate ‘iron on’ letters. Ever heard of the typographic term ‘baseline’?
20+ years. PC ALL the way. One of my favourite statements made on this topic: “I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don’t use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.” ~Charlie Brooker – The Guardian UK
I use them both every day, have both on my desk, one takes half the clicks to do the same thing, one has a certain flair I think can best be described as elegance, the other is not elegant in any way, I have to go in and “mess” with it.
I have owned many of both platforms. When it has come time to discard them, one platform was still running perfectly- in every single case, I felt bad- but technology had passed them by. I did keep one of these around to run a very good flatbed scanner whose manufacturer decided not to support a new operating system. I bought that one in ’95, it still runs perfectly and talks nicely with the newest one. The other platform computers all turned into paperweights, kept around in some disemboweled form or another as parts, power supplies, fans etc. were ripped out.. to stick into the new machines os those parts failed…. which is worth more- which do you suppose is better made? Which had a better return on investment??
I can do the same thing on both, I just much prefer doing it on the elegant one.
Blind loyalty is a funny thing, can make people latch onto things & people that don’t deserve it, make them prejudiced against those that do. But that is all it is…
I use both. My Mac crashes just as much as my Windows computer. True Windows 7 isn’t as easy to navigate as a Mac but I found there is more hidden functionality than on a Mac. Maybe I don’t know the shell of the Mac as well (which may be the case) but I know my way around the Windows computer. I guess my argument isn’t for either side. Both computers are easy to design on. The design shouldn’t come from the computer anyway but from the mind of the creator. With a great design in mind a Mac or a Windows based computer will create the same outcome. Both run the Adobe software equally well in my opinion. Out of the box, both computers needed work to get them to function the way I wanted them to. Both computers now give me little to no problem running the tasks that I need or creating my design ideas.