Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: swbsam
Your friend wants a mac - let him get a mac. A dell won't satisfy him if he likes the design of the hardware and software of a mac, and he'll just resent you for forcing him into a purchase he didn't want.
I'm multi-os myself, with 2 pcs and 3 macs - they all work well and, unless you're a "creative professional," it's really all about personal preference. If your friend is a designer/video editor, he absolutely should go with a mac, mainly because of the osx only apps
Yes, that's an important consideration. If you work faster/better under one OS than another, then you should stick to it. That's the case with my mom. She's been using Macs since I was very little. Technically she doesn't need the Mac OS (all she really needs are Illustrator and Photoshop), but she is not really a computer person and she needs the familiarity of a Mac.
What bothers me is when Mac fanboys go nuts with saying everyone should have a Mac and Windows gives you viruses and so on. It's just so not true. But fanboys of any kind annoy me.
What's very odd is that, while the adobe suite is available for Windows, it just seems to work better under OS X. Of course I'm stuck with CS3 on the pC under XP, maybe CS4 works better.
There's a heritage involved with a lot of occupations - it's hard to explain but our lead designer where I work swears by her mac, and she's no fanboy. It just works for her. The interns are forced to use illustrator under windows and consider it punishment.
I edit in Final Cut pro and am certified for it, but can also kick ass under Vegas and Premiere. I came from a pc background and you simply can't get a video editing gig with Premiere and Vegas on your resume - you need to know FCP (though Avid is still viable), it's really that simple.
But I'm a born tinkerer - you can't tinker with a mac! I love hacking/tweaking/upgrading playing with my PCs but I haven't done any serious work with it in years. I know I can, there are great apps out there for both platforms...
I'm ranting, but I'll end this mini-rant with a big thumbs up for Windows 7. I'm a beta tester and adore it, especially on my homebuilt media center. I'm glad that the mistakes made in vista were resolved and the positive emphasized.