Macs vs. PCs? - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

12/13/2004 11:41:48 AM · #2

why would they frustrate you , give me one example

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

12/13/2004 11:42:51 AM · #3

My personal system is a mac, used mostly for photography, but I have a house full of PCs running Windows and Linux for other less interesting purposes.

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

12/13/2004 11:47:06 AM · #4

Originally posted by TLL061:

why would they frustrate you , give me one example

Susceptibility to virus and adware attacks. Even if you are careful they are hard to avoid right now.

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

12/13/2004 11:47:16 AM · #5

More likely than not DPChallenge users would follow the greater statistics and the majority of them would use PC.

If you're asking people what they personally use, PC for me.

giega

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

12/13/2004 11:49:02 AM · #6

I use personal computer. ;-)

Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon

12/13/2004 11:49:26 AM · #7

I would guess about 10-20% Mac users on this site, including myself. I have no data to support that, though, it's just a hunch.

moswyn

Canon EOS-7D

12/13/2004 11:51:06 AM · #8

I've used a mac at work and a PC at home... Really, they're very similar IMO. I mean, ok, sometimes your PC gets a bug, but our macs at work did an awful lot of freezing up. It seems like macs are easier to network (or it could be that we had a Rose-Hulman grad who did the networking at work as opposed to us goofballs trying to figure it out at our house!) But the programs seem to work the same basic way, aside from where the X is to close a window :)

bod

12/13/2004 11:52:17 AM · #9

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

Susceptibility to virus and adware attacks. Even if you are careful they are hard to avoid right now.

So you're really talking about MacOS vs Windows?
Please don't lump Linux PC users in with that other lot ; )

GoldBerry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

12/13/2004 11:55:25 AM · #10

For engineering music a Mac is preferred and I always thought that was true for design work as well, but I met a bunch of design big-wigs last week who told me they only use PC's.

But a Mac is just soooo much sexier than a PC, I'd own one if for no other reason.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

12/13/2004 12:07:08 PM · #11

Hey, my daughter started this thread at school (get back to work Andrea!). ;-)

I think her comment is motivated by a few things: Her school is 75% PC, but like many schools, the PCs tend to be a few years old, and in general, not optimally maintained. Her school does have a Mac lab, but the Macs there are still OS9 based and not very satisfying to use either.

At home, we are a full Mac shop, three networked Panther-machines, fully loaded and a dream for photos, music, and video (plus all the other stuff). She's frustrated because she's never experienced a fully functional Windows machine and has probably picked up my pro-Mac bias over the years (unintentional, I assure you).

;-)

Travis99

Canon EOS-5D

12/13/2004 12:26:42 PM · #12

Mac is way to expensive, you can get the same features on a PC for half the price.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/13/2004 12:28:48 PM · #13

Originally posted by Travis99:

Mac is way to expensive, you can get the same features on a PC for half the price.

That's what the PC manufacturers would like you to believe. It's just not true.

colda

Nikon D800

12/13/2004 12:30:54 PM · #14

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by Travis99:
Mac is way to expensive, you can get the same features on a PC for half the price.

That's what the PC manufacturers would like you to believe. It's just not true.

Oh it is, you just have to install Linux :)

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

12/13/2004 02:00:21 PM · #15

Originally posted by bod:

Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Susceptibility to virus and adware attacks. Even if you are careful they are hard to avoid right now.

So you're really talking about MacOS vs Windows?
Please don't lump Linux PC users in with that other lot ; )

Yes! I should have clarified that Windows on Intel (PC) based systems is where I have the virus adware frustrations. And it's not just inexperienced users that encounter these problems.

smartypants

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

12/13/2004 04:13:16 PM · #16

At school, the PCs were just replaced with newer ones, and in my opinion are just as ugly, slow, frustrating, and user-unfriendly.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/13/2004 04:18:23 PM · #17

Originally posted by TLL061:

why would they frustrate you , give me one example

Networking, getting the sound card to work, anything involving changing any settings ...

Personally, I'm no big fan of Mac OS X either ... I mostly use Mac OS 9.2 and Windows 2000 Pro, but most of my work is in publishing/graphics and those are the most stable.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/13/2004 04:20:35 PM · #18

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Personally, I'm no big fan of Mac OS X either ... I mostly use Mac OS 9.2 and Windows 2000 Pro, but most of my work is in publishing/graphics and those are the most stable.

We switched the whole office from OS 9 to OS X several months ago precisely because it's more stable. We haven't had a single crash since on 15 computers.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/13/2004 04:27:17 PM · #19

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Personally, I'm no big fan of Mac OS X either ... I mostly use Mac OS 9.2 and Windows 2000 Pro, but most of my work is in publishing/graphics and those are the most stable.

We switched the whole office from OS 9 to OS X several months ago precisely because it's more stable. We haven't had a single crash since on 15 computers.

I'm concerned with the stability of the programs I use and the usefulness of the PostScript output I get. I get plenty of freeze-ups with OS X, such that I can't even Force-Quit like they promise, and my G4 was thoughtfully redesigned to remove the reset button and the keyboard power key so there's no way to do a "soft reboot" -- I have more than once been forced to just yank out the power cord.

Not at all saying my situation is typical, and for music/video I'd go with OS X. My first typesetting work was on actual UNIX via a dumb terminal, so I know it's stable ...

dwoolridge

12/13/2004 04:30:15 PM · #20

plus, under osx you have quicksilver which is sublime

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

12/13/2004 04:33:51 PM · #21

I use a PC, hand-built and upgraded as often as I can.

I also have a backup PC, also hand built.

Use XP Pro and find it fine...use DVI and LCD monitor with optical mouse and wireless keyboard. Epson scanner and printer.

No freeze-ups or crashes...none of the dreaded blue screens.