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The most ludicrous thing one could say is to say that mac users out
number pc users...in any forum...

Check the numbers of pc sales to mac...check out who is using mac or pc on this very forum...

Heck...lets do an informal survey right now...

Who is using mac compared to pc...

Anyone who responds to this post put PC or MAC at the begining of you subject line...

Not scientific but telling...

RD
 
I would like to see photoshop for Linux but I have always (21 years now) used a PC and probably always will.
 
Rob Duke said:
The most ludicrous thing one could say is to say that mac users out
number pc users...in any forum...

Check the numbers of pc sales to mac...check out who is using mac
or pc on this very forum...

Heck...lets do an informal survey right now...

Who is using mac compared to pc...

Anyone who responds to this post put PC or MAC at the begining of
you subject line...

Not scientific but telling...

RD
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b.p. said:
Rob Duke said:
The most ludicrous thing one could say is to say that mac users out
number pc users...in any forum...

Check the numbers of pc sales to mac...check out who is using mac
or pc on this very forum...

Heck...lets do an informal survey right now...

Who is using mac compared to pc...

Anyone who responds to this post put PC or MAC at the begining of
you subject line...

Not scientific but telling...

RD
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so, apparently pc is starting to out perform macs, but...

does anyone here able to give somewhwat objective comperason between G5 and a counter part in pc?
 
Initially, Mac spawned the GUI interface. As a consequence, apps such as Photoshop and Illustrator were written to compliment the Mac system.

I started with PC's as I was given an IBM 8088 by my network engineering brother. That started me on PCs.

Attended college and studied Information Technology. Progressed into graphical work on the PC and the Mac. Supported both when I worked for the largest gaming producer in the world.
We could fix problems on the phone with the PCs. Couldn't do much with the Macs.

When I took advanced Photoshop, my instructor was a Mac aficionado. The class required proficiency in the use of both OS's.

I used to chide my instructor when here beloved Mac crashed. And it did quite commonly. I'd say, "hey boss!, want me to do it on my PC and she'd go into a tizzy! :)
Cracked me up.

Today, they are both very, very similiar. Two friends of mine, long time MAC users recently switched over to PC without any withdrawel syndroms.
They both crash on occasion.

I prefer the PC because more software is available for it. Although much of that software is junk. That's the trick. Having knowledge of the tool and knowing what to feed it and what not to feed it.

Choose your poison. They'll both get the job done. The military runs PC CPU's in most of their most advanced weaponary systems. Of course that doesn't say much when they are hitting too many targets by mistake! :)
Rob Duke said:
The most ludicrous thing one could say is to say that mac users out
number pc users...in any forum...

Check the numbers of pc sales to mac...check out who is using mac
or pc on this very forum...

Heck...lets do an informal survey right now...

Who is using mac compared to pc...

Anyone who responds to this post put PC or MAC at the begining of
you subject line...

Not scientific but telling...

RD
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Rob Duke said:
The most ludicrous thing one could say is to say that mac users out
number pc users...in any forum...

Check the numbers of pc sales to mac...check out who is using mac
or pc on this very forum...

Heck...lets do an informal survey right now...

Who is using mac compared to pc...
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I used to use a pc but when i got serious about digital photography i switched to mac and have never looked back.
Walt Roycraft
Walt Roycraft Photography
http://www.portfolios.com/wrphoto
 
Laurentiu Todie said:
For speed, interface elegance, superior typography, color accuracy
and ease of HiFidelity separations.

Oh!.. and they look good too!

http://www.rit.edu/~survey03/menupage.html
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I use Macs and PCs with strict colour management policies. If I print the same image with an Eye One profile created by myself it prints IDENTICALLY on the PC and Mac.

There is no such thing in this day and age as superior colour from the Mac this is prehistoric thinking. The Mac has better design aesthetics and
software but is not superior to Windows regarding colour accuracy.

In fact if you know colour managment and work on the Mac the best thing you could do is switch off ColorSync as it often screws up certain colour management policies that Windows does not!

I will be purchasing a new PowerMac G5 as my main computer to replace my PC but at the end of the day they are number crunching machines which if set up correctly with colour management policies will provide identical results whether on a Mac or PC!

Regards

Steve Constable.
 
. . . it's probably not an 85%-15% ratio as it was in the good old days, but you will find the vast majority of ad agencies, designers, and pre-press houses to be significantly mac based. As these other pros are mostly mac, the photographers who work with them tend to be on the same system - especially those who are serious about their color management (IMHO the mac OS still out distances windows in this aspect)
 
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A front seat observation only.......

As Brent says, pro photographers who work in the commercial ad world are significantly Mac based. There maybe some variations from one part of the world to another but I'd guess in North America, that percentage would easily exceed 80%.

I work exclusively with ad agencies & design firms and can report that 100% of the photographers that I may compete with or personally know, is a Mac user. It also appears that all the agencies and design companies are Mac based for their design and creative departments, with PCs possibly being used to run the office side. I shoot with a Phase One digital back and my dealer, who's sold more than 300 of these units, has done fewer than 10 PC installations. This last point is interesting because I know Phase One software is written for the PC platform first, so other parts of the world maybe PC focused.

Why does this topic come up so often? Each side will always be biased; Nikon vs. Canon or BMW vs. Mercedes.....go take photos instead....a computer's just a tool.
Brent Watkins said:
. . . it's probably not an 85%-15% ratio as it was in the good old
days, but you will find the vast majority of ad agencies,
designers, and pre-press houses to be significantly mac based. As
these other pros are mostly mac, the photographers who work with
them tend to be on the same system - especially those who are
serious about their color management (IMHO the mac OS still out
distances windows in this aspect)
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Talking about backs, Leaf still doesn't have PC support....although they say it's coming.

I have to use both PCs and Macs on a daily basis, and in the end I agree with the fellow who said they both suck...but look how much less they suck now than they did a decade ago! I think both platforms are very strong at them moment. Both are very stable...now lets hope the software keeps up with the hardware.
 
PCs have been way faster than macs for a long time. Those AMD FX51 & Opteron CPUs eat dual G5s for breakfast:

Malta's largest offset printing/repro house has recently bought a top of the line Mac G5 after switching to PCs 3 years ago. They also have bought a desktop AMD FX51 based PC. The G5 has already been relegated for officework! Yes that AMD chip is THAT fast!

Cheaper & more configurable: you pay only for features you want; & you may get it how YOU want.

Ease of use: Win XP is much more "ergonomic to use" (read: faster to operate) than OSX. Much more intuitive.

Crashes? What crashes? We've been running AMD based systems for years at our studios..... without even one crash. Not even one.

Industry standard: besides more compatibility, here in southern Europe PCs have become the pro standard, pushing Macs out of the way. Even Mac die-hard have HAD to switch.

Not a nice situation for the Mac; but it's the harsh reality. In N. America the mac still rules 'cos of pig-headed tradition; rather than practical sense.

PC is the way to go, if you really wanna be honest & level-headed.

If you're a mac fan, then by all means go Mac. But don't give that S%!tT about speed/ease of use/value/etc.

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JF

http://www.jfphotostudio.com
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I'm with Jim in being grateful that both platforms seem to be maturing to the point where they're more usable than not. I'm ambidextrous at this point, using each pretty nearly equally. Two or three years ago you would have had to pry my Mac from my cold dead fingers, but Windows has come a very very LONG way since then. I still prefer Mac for my photograpic stuff, but the margin today is really really slim.
 
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