Granted the Mac is not perfect but at times getting a font loaded and working in Windows can be hellish at times. I have to say I agree with you!!!
Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?
It still got the job done and it was cheaper. I still have to utilize the PC for database, instant multiple image reductions for websites and complex vector art. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not created Access for Macs, Lion has kicked off FreeHand a vector base program and not updated Illustrator to handle complex vector files with multiple compound paths. Also, I cannot find an easy way on the Mac to quickly reduce multiple large image files for websites.
I guess it just depends what you want when you want! I LOVE that!! So I adapt and utilize the 2 platforms to get my job done efficiently and on schedule!
Batch process with Photoshop. Oh BTW, Did I tell you my mother ran over my Dell long story and it is a little bent in two, but I replaced the screen and it still kicks butt! That is hilarious! Jools, thank you for sharing. I left it in there and the windows were broken out. The truck was towed to a lot where it sat in the rain for days. When I realized where my ipod was, I figured it was gone for good. I found it submerged in water in the floorboard, and I took it home, letting it dry out for a week.
I still used it for a year or two after that incident. Sometimes products can be extremely resilient! Then again, we get along just fine now, which gives me hope for the future! I take it on myself to let me students know that both systems work because no one else will do it.
Wow thank you soooo much!!! James George. I never could decide to fully commit to one and dump the other. Finally by the time Windows 7 came around, I made my decision. I would go with Windows Windows 8 Metro nonsense is causing me to question that decision. Windows is better about the things that are most important to me. Software variety, hardware variety, and backwards compatibility.
Apple (Mac) vs Windows (PC) For Graphic Artists, Design and General Users
In these categories, Windows is absolutely a world ahead of OS X. Some of my favorite software is not available for OS X. Plain and simple. The humble tablet PC has been around for probably a dozen years. Apple crippled those things on purpose to keep them from competing with Macbooks. People are trying to force them with styli the size of fingers. Software for ipads is toy stuff. Only good for web work. With a tablet PC, you work with the same software you use on your main workstation. Finally, backwards compatibility.
This one is should be the subject of class action lawsuits against Apple. For inexperienced people looking to buy their first PC, I advise to get a Mac for that reason alone. For experienced people looking for maximum productivity, a PC is the answer. Another popular argument for Mac fans is that PCs crash. The very last thing I would tolerate is a problematic computer.
Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?
I would never tolerate it. I have a PC and a tablet PC. My son has a PC and a tablet PC. My wife has a PC. We are all artists. Other Mac arguments tend to be nonsense or fanboy stuff. Some people like Macs purely because they are sheeple, following what others do. Macs are cools. PCs are nerdy. I actually agree with that one.
Heck, I know a beautiful thing when I see one. Cars, people, landscapes, machines too. And I think OS X is also beautiful. Neither of these have a rival on the PC.
There are always indicators that allow you to see images and to know what the computer is doing. With Windows, I use a 3rd party software called Mystic Thumbs to basically give me some quicklook functionality.
What you design affects the Mac you should buy
With Windows, you can hold control and roll the scroll wheel to dynamically change the size of thumbs in a window from tiny to very large. With Mystic Thumbs, you will see those files nice and large. You can change the view of thumbs, but not as nicely as Windows does it. Also, Windows naturally allows you to blow up the size of Folders, and the folders are slightly open. This allows you to peek into the folders without actually opening them!
So, roll the scroll wheel on a window full of folders to enlarge them and see the contents of the folders without opening them. Quicklook, press spacebar to blow up a thumb to very big is likewise awesome.
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The winner is? Search is better on OS X and faster I think. Metro on Windows is a thing to be disabled as quickly as possible if you use your PC for work. Imagine that. Great article! I have always viewed Macs as the go-to for design because of its usability and its history in the world of computing, and your article enhanced my vision.
I myself am currently a PC user, but I learned the basics of typography on a Macintosh when I was younger, so I essentially understand the premise of both platforms. Although I myself am not currently working in interior design, I am a technology student, and I know that I will need to be capable of cross-using platforms at my will. Luckily, I do have the background of extensive use on both platforms.
Controls and restrictions that the agency applies to all PCs makes use of Adobe software as painful as having a tooth extracted.