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Photos by Glenn Derene MAC VS PC What is your take on the Mac vs. PC debate? It seems like Mac has had the advantage in the photo industry for some years now, is this still the case? And, which one is most reliable in microstock production?
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| | I definitely use Mac. 
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| | I definitely use a PC I have to admit I haven't used a mac for photo editing, but I have used a mac for general use. I have a laptop mac that is a travel computer, music player, around the house computer. And then my work station - for editing pictures and ... working, is a PC. I bought the mac to try out the mac OS and to see what all the 'hype' was about. I can't say I'm convinced. Maybe I am missing something but I really don't see what the advantage is. If you have $2000 to spend on a machine, you will get a faster machine with a PC, have more hardware options, and be able to upgrade to a wider variety of products in the future. I haven't had any hardware issues, bugs or other problems.... so PC it is for me.... although I am always up for a good debate. |
| | Yeah, me too. I started off as a PC guy, and invested a lot of money into buying them for staff. Over a year ago, we changed over to Macs, took a lot more investing.. but, definitely worth it!! These days I've got Four Quad Core Power Macs.. Two Macbook Pro with 4 Gb for shooting on-location. Xserve
Dual Core Rack version, Xraid maxed out with 14 x 500gb Hard Drives
giving us a total of 7tb Storage. We use Raid 05 on one partitions with
on disk in spare. Its tricky, handling 39MP files it takes some pretty serious hardware to keep productivity high. http://www.arcurs.com/gear-i-regret-buying-and-things-i-really-love - PCs are on my list of things I regret buying.
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| | Crickey Yuri, that's a lot of gear! My needs are far more modest. I worked in IT support for 10 years, so I know my way around PCs and servers. When I first got together with my wife and she said she wanted a Mac, I told her no because I wouldn't be able to support it and fix any problems. I didn't hold out long, eventually caving in and buying her a second-hand Mac on eBay. It came completely blank but with the original installation discs. Confident I could find all the answers I needed online, I set aside half a day to install and configure the thing. About 25 minutes later I had an operational computer, on the network, Adobe suite installed, and all peripherals installed and operational. Mac aren't kidding when they say 'it just works'! With zero prior knowledge of the Mac OS, I'd installed everything from scratch without even needing to lookup anything online. I also had a happy wife and a new found appreciation for Apple and what they create. Unlike Tyler, I've always experienced problems with PCs, though a lot of this might stem from the fact that I'm the go-to guy for computer problems among my family and friends. I'm writing this from my last ever PC. I will replace my Dell Windows XP laptop with a MacBook in February. For me, the extra cost of an Apple solution isn't an issue compared to the ease of use, reliability and intelligent design in a Mac. I've been supporting my PC and my wife's MacBook simultaneously for two years now and with that experience in mind, there is no doubt that I will benefit greatly from switching to Mac. Apple products make me understand why there are brand fans. They're obviously not flawless, but it's so far ahead of what Microsoft and Dell/IBM/Toshiba/HP are doing that I wish Apple all the success in the world. Unless you have staff or are a high volume producer, microstock is a 'relatively' forgiving trade in terms of computer reliability. Problems just set you back - there's not the same cost of downtime like there is in other time-sensitive businesses. Still, any lost time is a lost opportunity to make money, so reliability is worth paying extra, and in my opinion, Apple delivers a much higher level of reliability. And a quick tip for those looking at buying either Mac or PC: memory (RAM) is the golden key. Dollar for dollar, it makes the biggest speed difference to the computer, particularly processing photos. Always get as much of it as you can possibly afford. It pays for itself very quickly in the amount of time it saves waiting for the computer. |
| | Good tip! I wish I wasn't so limited in RAM upgrade on the Macbook Pro. Although, somebody sent me this link. Apparently, its now possible to upgrade to 6gb on all aluminium or black bezelled Macbook Pros. And a quick tip for those looking at buying either Mac or PC: memory (RAM) is the golden key. Dollar for dollar, it makes the biggest speed difference to the computer, particularly processing photos. Always get as much of it as you can possibly afford. It pays for itself very quickly in the amount of time it saves waiting for the computer. |
| | And a quick tip for those looking at buying either Mac or PC: memory (RAM) is the golden key. Dollar for dollar, it makes the biggest speed difference to the computer, particularly processing photos. Always get as much of it as you can possibly afford. It pays for itself very quickly in the amount of time it saves waiting for the computer. Thanks for the insight !
Question... Do both a PC and a MAC operate about the same with the same amount of RAM, or id one or the other more efficient with the same amount of avaliable RAM, ie if I buy a MAC with 1gb of RAM will it perform similar to a PC with 2gb etc ? Thanks again for your help. |
| | Thanks for the insight !
Question... Do both a PC and a MAC operate about the same with the same amount of RAM, or id one or the other more efficient with the same amount of avaliable RAM, ie if I buy a MAC with 1gb of RAM will it perform similar to a PC with 2gb etc ? Thanks again for your help. Not sure, though, would recommend maxing out on RAM regardless of which platform. You can never have enough. Somebody told me yesterday that PCs on 64-bit platforms can have unlimited amounts of RAM.. i wasn't completely sure what that means, though? ;) |
| | All the newspapers here where I live use macs and I grew up using macs I have both pc and mac but prefer the mac for my photo and video touch up work. Photoshop of course is mandatory. And I also use Lightroom as well as Aperture. |
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| | I'd still go for the PC which gives me more vesatility and easier parts. 
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| | I use a PC, parts are cheap and I'm able to smash on plenty of photos running Photoshop and Lightroom at the same time with a 64 bit dual core and 4 gigs of ram. I think it just comes down to how much are you willing to spend. PCs give a better bang for the buck, but I'm not denying that a Mac is a nice machine. With windows 7 coming around the corner it will be the answer to those that hated Vista. |
| | i came from a pc and now on a mac, all i got to say is that i do not miss any of the little pop up ads that always bug you to update the anti virus. As for a mac, the iMac is really the best bang for your buck. |
| | So which one should I get? |
| | the iMac just got even better. they released a new one today. check their site. that was really great.
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