Anyone recently made the move from a Mac to a PC?
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release a $3500 mac pro and I'll be the first in line to buy it, but imac isn't cutting it any longer and there are few options.
and I agree completely btw.
what may I ask do you run photoshop/illutrator on? Both?
I am running CS5 Photoshop/Illustrator for web stuff (as well as Photoshop/Nikon Capture NX2/some other software for 24 megapixel photo editing which is the most taxing thing on the hardware I do) on Win7 x64 with a Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz, 8GB RAM and 2x10k RPM hard drives in RAID 1. The only thing my box is weak on is video since I don't do any gaming. Have two low end Radeons for four 1920x1200 displays. Built it a year and a half ago for maybe $1500 - rock solid with decent data redundancy and plenty fast. I can't imagine what is out there now in a similar price range.
I think the guy you quoted was being sarcastic. Reread his last sentence.
Not sure why you need a mac for that. Maybe apple has brainwashed you with all the hype? I have been PC since windows 98 and from what everyone tells me the only people who need or use a mac are video editing people and some printing companies.
Ahh that's better.
I don't need a mac for it at all, however I simply prefer OSX by a long shot. I don't know if I prefer it however at the expense of speed in the interim.
Cost isn't an issue however something that 'just works' is (THUS- retail box win 7 OR mac pro w/ OSX - not a hackintosh "oh shit 10.6.4 just broke my vid card drivers" debacle.
I run creative suite on both platforms. A full-sized mouse and keyboard feels better for drawing paths around objects etc., and I don’t have a desktop mac.
Shouldn’t the new mac pro be out in 3-4 months tops? If you look at the release dates historically, this seems like a sure deal.
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I realize its tough to kill the itch when you are dying for a new machine. However, you’ll probably be kicking yourself when the new kick-ass mac pro finally arrives a few months after you buy a PC.
Let’s face it. You want the Mac Pro. :rasta:
Quoted for truth. Now consider my proposition: If your income relates directly to your velocity, don't you want to learn to ride the rocket go-cart? Even if it takes longer to learn, and is more complicated than what you're used to driving, won't it be worth it for the time you save at the end of the day?
Something that "just works" is the way to go. I've gotta believe most business configured desktops (from Dell for instance) work fine out of the box. Only problem with Windows seems to be when OEMs load too much bullshit software on them.
I've set up several Dell Latitudes (their business line of laptop with no bullshit software bundled) and they have always been ready to go out of the box. My wife has one. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad that was ready to go out of the box with Win7. Maybe I just dont know because I've never been an Apple person, but I just can't imagine Apple being that much less hassle than a clean Win7 install... windows has really improved lately IMO, i used to have to reformat my win2k/xp installs pretty frequently to keep them running well, Ive been running win7 since it came out and its running just about like it did on day 1, impressive compared to what i was used to.
I probably wont built my next desktop since my experience with the new Win7 business laptops has been so good. Probably will just get a Dell Optiplex or something like that.
I have a win7 desktop on steroids, a vista laptop and recently got a MBP. I'm not driving the MBP like I do the desktop but in comparison to my vista LP the MBP kicks fucking ass.
I absolutely cannot stand touching a windows laptop anymore, fucking douchebag machines.
I absolutely cannot stand touching a windows laptop anymore, fucking douchebag machines.
After being in the PC sales and hardware repair business for years and knowing all Windows operating systems up to XP like the back of my hand, I can honestly say without a fucking doubt in my mind that ever since I made the hesitant switch to Mac in 2008, my computer life has NEVER been this easy, thrilling, or rewarding as it is now.
- Most people don't realize that OS X is backed by a powerful UNIX core just like Linux.
- Applications on OS X are packaged in the application itself. Meaning, you don't have to install or uninstall programs. You simply download the DMG file (like EXE in Windows), open it and then drag the application into your applications folder (or wherever you want it). If you want to remove the program from your computer, just delete the application.
- Spotlight allows you to quickly open anything on your computer (files, applications, folders, etc) extremely fast and results are in real time as you're typing. No manually searching through folders and waiting on Windows search to find files. It even allows useful wild cards and keywords to be even more precise. Productivity will shoot through the roof once you master spotlight. (A .MAC account will let you do this same thing on any mac computer in your network. Fucking amazing.)
- Viruses and other bad shit are virtually non-existent.
- Simplified networking. Setup any network in 2 clicks, literally.
- Quick look, spring loaded folders and dock file stacking are three amazing file system features in OS X. Again, will boost your productivity hugely.
- If you own an iPhone or iPad, you can synch just about everything data wise so all your Apple devices are exact duplicates. You can even do it wireless with a jailbroken iPhone/iPad.
- Apple makes their hardware and software so you know everything is going to click at all times. As someone said earlier, "it just works."
- The multi-touch pad on the Macbooks is just awesome. You have the ability to zoom, scroll, rotate, open, close, launch expose, hide all windows, go back and forward in any browser, go to the next email or last email in Mail, and more ALL with one hand and the touch pad. The same goes for the new Apple mouse (not all these features, but a lot).
- Contrary to popular belief, there is right click on a mac. The design of the mouse on the Macs and the pad on the Macbooks creates the illusion of a single click.
- I haven't needed or desired to open Windows applications in OS X but it's really easy with BootCamp or even better: VMWare Fusion where you can run Windows as a window within OS X.
Also, I haven't really messed with Windows 7 but I hear it's eons better than previous Windows operating systems so I wouldn't doubt if some of the many features I listed above are incorporated within Windows 7.
- Most people don't realize that OS X is backed by a powerful UNIX core just like Linux.
- Applications on OS X are packaged in the application itself. Meaning, you don't have to install or uninstall programs. You simply download the DMG file (like EXE in Windows), open it and then drag the application into your applications folder (or wherever you want it). If you want to remove the program from your computer, just delete the application.
- Spotlight allows you to quickly open anything on your computer (files, applications, folders, etc) extremely fast and results are in real time as you're typing. No manually searching through folders and waiting on Windows search to find files. It even allows useful wild cards and keywords to be even more precise. Productivity will shoot through the roof once you master spotlight. (A .MAC account will let you do this same thing on any mac computer in your network. Fucking amazing.)
- Viruses and other bad shit are virtually non-existent.
- Simplified networking. Setup any network in 2 clicks, literally.
- Quick look, spring loaded folders and dock file stacking are three amazing file system features in OS X. Again, will boost your productivity hugely.
- If you own an iPhone or iPad, you can synch just about everything data wise so all your Apple devices are exact duplicates. You can even do it wireless with a jailbroken iPhone/iPad.
- Apple makes their hardware and software so you know everything is going to click at all times. As someone said earlier, "it just works."
- The multi-touch pad on the Macbooks is just awesome. You have the ability to zoom, scroll, rotate, open, close, launch expose, hide all windows, go back and forward in any browser, go to the next email or last email in Mail, and more ALL with one hand and the touch pad. The same goes for the new Apple mouse (not all these features, but a lot).
- Contrary to popular belief, there is right click on a mac. The design of the mouse on the Macs and the pad on the Macbooks creates the illusion of a single click.
- I haven't needed or desired to open Windows applications in OS X but it's really easy with BootCamp or even better: VMWare Fusion where you can run Windows as a window within OS X.
Also, I haven't really messed with Windows 7 but I hear it's eons better than previous Windows operating systems so I wouldn't doubt if some of the many features I listed above are incorporated within Windows 7.
its not fucking quoted for truth
which is REALLY closer to the go-cart, the mac or the windows box? I'm talking in all aspects.
uhhwhat?
it seems to me like everyone else here has opinions on why one closed platform is better than another, and you seem to want to keep using closed software, too, so if linux is for some reason is not an option, then you should ask them, this is /thread for me.