I can't find a point about how it is better for photographers, I just found
messages saying Mac is easier to use and no virus. The so called photo
purpose built Mac seems too expensive for most photographers except the pro.
If you mean Mac is "clearly better for pro-photographers" then I will agree
with you, since I always hear people saying pro photographers use Mac. I'm
not a pro so I use PC :-)
C.H.Ling
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From: "SwissPace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Without getting into the MAC/PC dispute again Maybe I should have
> quantified that, for non technically minded photographers or those who
> just want to get on with photography then the mac is clearly a better
> choice. The main advantage to them is ease of use, My group wastes hours
> supporting our office users with their PC issues and they are usually
> silly issues, you don't get so many of those with mac users. I was not
> very impressed with the last two releases of osx, lion and mountain lion
> just didn't work for me and I didn't like the direction but now apple
> listened and they have announced a machine and an upgrade to the os
> targetted mainly at pro video users but with the side benefit of
> improving it for photographers. The improvement to multiple displays
> being for me of main interest
>
> Now if you are happy to dismantle your pc and swap cards cpu's,
> motherboards and add disks etc and generally like tinkering then you
> have the knowledge and the want to tinker a PC is fine (for me I have
> enough of the damn things during the day) but if you want to just buy a
> box plug it in and have the best performance for minimum fuss as most
> professional photographers do and then be able to order from a shop a
> new harddrive and simply plug it in and get the speed then thunderbolt
> trounces sata esata etc..
>
> I know its not for everyone but IF a photographer just starting out came
> and asked what machine should they buy, then be honest and neutral
> wouldn't you recommend to them a mac especially if they could wait until
> the fall when there will be a purpose built machine and os available,
> but even now there is no anti virus to worry about, there are some
> fantastic pro apps in aperture and final cut and even Logic Pro to
> handle their video and photographic needs as well as access to the adobe
> suite of tools, its easy to migrate to different hardware when necessary
> (yes you can clone a pc drive but its not as easy), the backups and more
> important recovery is very easy with no extra software required.
>
> I will say that its not the best for some BUT for Tina who admits to
> being non technical and wanting a machine with warranty etc.. then I
> honestly think that for her it would be worth moving to a mac, and even
> better if she could wait for the new mac pro and os maverick.
>
> BTW most of the PC slow downs we have been having at work have been due
> to anti virus programs the (other were attributed to some switches that
> kept soft rebooting)
>
> IanW
>
>
>
> On 11/06/2013 08:47, C.H.Ling wrote:
>> Sorry Ian, I just want to know how the mac is "clearly better for
>> photographers". I must have missed something, if so, I will consider to
>> switch even I have just upgraded my PC.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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