Photoshop on Mac or Windows??

Enviro-mental · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 08:42 AM

Which do you prefer?

big bill · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 05:40 PM

Hi have never used a Mac been groomed on PC no doubt if I had used a Mac from the start it would be the reverse.I suppose it all depends on the personal choice of the individual ,I`m quite happy with the PC

Doggle Avaddit · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by big bill

Hi have never used a Mac been groomed on PC no doubt if I had used a Mac from the start it would be the reverse.I suppose it all depends on the personal choice of the individual ,I`m quite happy with the PC

I've lost count of the number of times I've heard Mac users say "I'd never go back to a PC". Funny, I've never heard a PC user say "I'd never go back to a Mac".

I'm a PC user, maybe I don't know what I'm missing.

Well, actually, my Laptop came with Vista. Its rubbish, though XP was great. Wish I'd got a Mac now.

acherontia · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 05:22 PM

Anyone using a computer for images professionally will most probably use a MAC.
Any college running image based courses will almost always (to my knowledge) use MAC based technology.
Any good commercial photographic studio will use MACs in conjunction with Hassleblads. All the images you see in catalogues/brochures etc etc have most likeley been PP'ed on a MAC.
I'm just about to migrate 'to the white side' myself.

Acher

PS - They're virtually virus free as well......

DaiTheDragon · #5 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 08:14 PM

If your asking which operating system Photoshop works best on then the answer the same. What is important when using Photoshop is the amount of ram you have whether it's a PC or Mac, the more the better.
I have been a Mac user for 7 years and have never used any antivirus, and I rarely switch it off.

Dai

rogpow · #6 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by acherontia

I'm just about to migrate 'to the white side' myself.

Acher

I knew you'd see sense one day Acher and join us on the "white side" despite your post a couple of months ago!

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Originally Posted by acherontia

Ther are those who say that a MAC is best for image work. OH has one + a notepad as his college only uses Macs.
Personally I can't be doing with them

Regarding the original question, apart from some different keyboard shortcuts Dai is right when he says Photoshop is the same on a Mac or PC - unlike Premiere Pro where Adobe have left out some features on the Mac version.

Roger

acherontia · #7 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rogpow

I knew you'd see sense one day Acher and join us on the "white side" despite your post a couple of months ago!

Originally Posted by acherontia

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Ther are those who say that a MAC is best for image work. OH has one + a notepad as his college only uses Macs.
Personally I can't be doing with them

Roger

OK sm...ss ! LOL ROFL

We all see sense in the end. I was merely and misguidedly consoling myself because I hadn't got one.
PC envy I suppose.

What a memory you have though ! You're not stalking me are you!?? LOL
Nice to know I'm doing the right thing going white......that is the general consensus of opinion?
It's more expensive but from what I can see it's a bit more reliable and it 's very cheap to up the RAM - and very easy.

And - they're so very neat in more ways than one.

Acher

Ukwildlifeo · #8 (**permalink**) 12-12-2009, 12:14 AM

Don't most Mac users us Aperture?

RichBrew · #9 (**permalink**) 13-12-2009, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon

I have been a Mac user for 7 years and have never used any antivirus, and I rarely switch it off.
Dai

I dumped my PC three years ago (one crash too many) and replaced it with an iMac.
A month ago I came across anti-virus software specifically for Apple computers. I installed and ran it, and in all the time I'd been online with it there were no infected items.
I'm with Dai, here. I always sleep the Mac when not in use.

RichBrew

acherontia · #10 (**permalink**) 14-12-2009, 10:34 AM

Good news for me - I'm getting OH's old MAC (with added RAM) this week but because of an insurance pay out I'll be able to go 'spon new' in about 3 weeks and get the same as his new one - an iMac 21.5" 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ,4GB(2x2GB) DDR3, 500GB HDD 8x Superdrive,GeForce 9400M Bluetooth & EDR Apple Keyboard & Magic Mouse AirPort Extreme, Mac OSX .etc etc (hops from foot to foot with excitement like a small child on Christmas Day as I don't often get a lot.)
Then he/we can use the older MAC as a bigger better display in the 'studio' (spare room) - much better than peering at a little LCD screen to check the quality.
Think I'll get a decent landscape lens as well.

Acher