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I’ve just recently ventured out and purchased a new MAC. The last one I owned was a year or so ago (a MacBook Pro). Anyway, the time was right and I don’t mind the Mac’s so I decided to venture out and get another one.My new Mac is much more powerful than my PC so I’ll be able to produce new Photoshop tutorials faster, as I’ll be able to render and upload videos quicker.
I’d love to hear what system you’re using whether Mac or PC.
So what do you use?
MAC
or
PC (any IBM compatible machine running Windows)
Tell us below in the comments box what you use and what you really like about it or maybe even what you don’t like about your system but maybe what you’d like to have as your dream system!
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January 22, 2010 6:29 am
I have been using PC and Mac as I went between different jobs over the last 29 years. Every time I was in a MAC workplace it felt like bliss! I now work for myself from home, and it is MAC all the way. I always say once you try a MAC you’ll never go back (to PC that is)! Cheryl
November 20, 2009 10:07 pm
Apologies for late submission – been away!
Began on Macs back in 1985 then had to change – because only PCs where I worked.
Just changed back to a MacBookPro with Cinema screen here and in Wales (where I occasionally live) I simply connect up to whichever large monitor I am at and I have a highend set-up all the time.
3.06Ghz 4GbRam 500HDD and 2×1Tbexternals CS4 / Aperture2/ FinalCutx4.
I would not ‘knock’ the PC platform and XPpro was the best ever. Vista has been problematic and I have no knowledge of system7.
It is great using the Mac again and I doubt very much that I will ever be persuaded to change.
July 27, 2009 5:11 pm
I use a MAC 2.6 Ghz , 4 Gig Ram Leopard etc. Had it about 6 months and would not readily go back to a PC. Old PC had a 3.6 GigHz chip plus 4 Gig DDR2 Ram.
1. No registry to a such to foul up – clutter and defragmenting.
2. No hard disc defragging needed.
3. RAM is used on what you are using at the time.
It the same sped now as 6 months ago – Ive checked.
Its so easy to load new software and remove it.
Oh yes – its very very quick.
Oh yes – anti virus is still NOT needed – see Mac Forums.
Downside is that its about twice the price than the equivalent PC, but the included software is not to bad for starters.
Im a convert to the Dark Side…
CS3 enthusiastic amateur photographer. Elements was brilliant and flew effortlessly.
Steve
UK -Manchester
June 11, 2009 5:00 pm
I’M a mac user for long time. My first one was Classic II with System 6.
May 7, 2009 10:09 am
When I was in design school we learned on Mac’s but I use a pc in my home studio. I have them built for me so that I get only what I want and lots of room for storing all those design files. I’ve had very few problems, most of which are easily resolved, accept when I need more memory. Love my 22″ monitor too . . .
May 6, 2009 11:48 pm
I was using windows since i was ten years old, but when i bought a MacBook Pro on december 2008 which cost me about 25OO$ (prices are much higher in morocco), i’m defenitely MAC using, although i still got PC.
Enjoy your new Mac Pro (Beauty outside, beast inside)
April 30, 2009 5:56 pm
I’m using pc
April 21, 2009 7:11 am
Dear, Shane & Mike
Adobe Certified Expert
I used to have Toshiba Labtop and now Iam using Dell Labtop with windows vista
I used to use Mac pc/s along time ago in my college, and I have seen the new Mac pc.
I think it’s cool
Thank You
April 19, 2009 4:50 am
I have a PC and a Mac Book Pro laptop. Of the two, I prefer the Mac because now I can have both on one machine. With my Mac I’m currently running XP Pro on my Mac which I believe is good since I use MS Office 2007 which I consider is the best product MS has launched. I use Excel extensively and all I have to do is reboot to Windows and thats that!
April 17, 2009 11:55 pm
I have recently switched to a Mac. Why ? because after two successive PCS (Acer XP and Toshiba Vista) I am done with the constant crashes and poor performance.
Sure it has not yet crashed on me (and that is worth a lot to me) BUT:
However, I am less than convinced with the Mac….
- I hate the fact that there is no workspace in the Mac, so when Photoshop is open, you can see all the windows open behind. I find it very distracting, and it means that many more steps to drag the window ove rthe desktop to cover everything up.
- I cannot believe there is no maximize button in the Mac so that a window expands to full screen!!!
- I work with 2 screens: on one screen I used to work with a simple windows explorer with my image thumbnails (impossible to recreate in Mac) I would then drag a thumbnail from that screen to my PS workspace to openb the image for editing. Impossible again to do in Mac. You need to drag to the icon in the dock- much less easy.
SO YES I like the Mac bcs it does not crash, but it falls short BIG TIME compared to Windows.
AM I THE ONLY ONE, OR ARE THE REST OF YOU TOO PROUD TO ADMIT ?????????????
Thanks for your feedback…
April 15, 2009 1:40 pm
I was a PC user for many years up until 18 months ago when I bought a Mac… I have to say I love it!!! I would now never own a PC again, it is Mac all the way for me. It is so much easier to operate than a PC and so much quicker. I {heart} my Mac
April 14, 2009 10:45 pm
I use a PC with Windows XP at home, a FUJITSU SIEMENS laptop and a PC with Vista platform at school.
April 14, 2009 6:38 pm
Have been a Mac user since their inception and would never use a PC – no ICC’s on PC’s and the graphics are no where near as good – and most important – never get viruses like the PC world have continuously.
MACS RULE AND ALWAYS WILL!!!!!
April 13, 2009 1:33 am
I use Macs, and have since 1989. In fact, just last year, in 2008, did my first Mac (the one I bought in 1989) finally give up the ghost.
Currently I use a Mac Pro with a 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processor and more than 1TB of storage. Pictures take up a LOT of space…
April 12, 2009 8:09 am
I use a Dell PC and a Dell laptop. The PC now has a Vista platform so several plug ins don’t work like my embroidery machine. For my family photos the PC is just fine, however I hear Mac is better for professional photography.
Valerie