Any PC users in here?
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- plusminusbox0
mac
- Stugoo0
I've done
pc > mac > pc > mac and am now about to migrate back to a PC.
i agree with the shortcuts, but think mac have some real nice features however these as a development tool pc wins for me.If Mac was a decent dev tool there would be a hash key on the keyboard. But its simple and a rock solid OS. I cant complain about that.
- zman0
I am a PC of shit user
- xcarlx0
i was a die hard mac user, but recently installed the windows 7 beta on boot camp on the old mac pro.
i have since found my self using windows 7 much more often. It just seems like CS3 works faster in Windows, and I find being more able to maximize windows allows you to ignore distractions and get more done.
- GeorgesII0
really jordy,
open photoshop,
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- stop using your mouse, only keyboard now,
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command + o, make it let say 300 dpi using only the keyboard,
you can't it only goes in the writable area
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let say you manage to open it,
now click command + s
use shift + s, choose the image format lets say jpg,
you can't,
you have to use your mousethis is where I fail to understand the lust for the mac OS, yes its shiny, but If I have to always use a mouse to do half of my work, i'm kinda lost
- some of us don't like using keyboardsribit
- its about speed, not keyboard,
do you prefer typing looking at the letters or learning to type?GeorgesII - nonsense you can tab to the file format and use ctrl + down arrowInfirm
- I don't know what your talking about, maybe you just never bothered enough to learn how OSX works. I just opened an image (Cmd + O), Made it a different DPI (Cmd + Option + I) , Use the tab keys and number pad to change the numbers and jump to different feilds, Now Save as (Cmd + Shift + S) Hit enter. Done. I would rather use the mouse along with the short cuts to save time. Have fun working with just the keyboard.syst_m
- Ah, got cut off. Well I just did it without the mouse. Why you would wanna do that IDK.syst_m
- Have fun using just your keyboard on a PC. Maybe you can run your spy-ware programs with your mouse too.syst_m
- xcarlx0
also, i do mostly 3d work...the options for osx are very limited in comparison.
- boobs0
PC? Does this look like a fucking Trailer Park? Do you think we're poor or some pitiful shit like that?
- dbloc0
go on...get!
- pr20
Yeah, i use one, but because i do video and video is almost exclusively on Macs nowdays i'm really considering switching. Has absolutely nothing to do with OS preference (actually since i'm more familiar with PCs i prefer Windows), it's just you gotta sometimes follow the sheep.
- utopian0
How many PC users still live at home with their mom?
- 3Ravdyk
- What, in here - or worldwide?detritus
- woldwide...utopian
- well, they only spent $650 on their pc, the question is, how many mac users do?xcarlx
- Im guessing a lot considering the cheapest decent mac is $2kxcarlx
- Generally mac user that can afford superior and more expensive computers can also afford rent & mortgages and are not slackers.utopian
- SteveJobs0
for designing, a mac may be better - i wouldn't know. but for developing, it's a horrible platform. the documentation for carbon/cocoa is very poor. there are rarely examples provided. api's are CONSTANTLY being deprecated. and worst of all, there aren't a lot of venues for support. there's like one or two good forums and an apple dev mailing list. if they can't help you, or choose not to respond, you're fucked. in addition, xcode is a horrible IDE. it would take some time to explain the problems, but for an operating system who's strength is supposedley it's intuitive interface, having to manually use the mouse to move between the Find and Replace textboxes in a Search/Replace dialog instead of just using a Tab key is ridiculous.
now, for watching movies, playing music or surfing the web, i can't complain. and i'm sure there are a ton of other useful fun tasks it can do well. like printing pretty pictures. i'm sure they made that a snap.
windows might not do everything right either, but if they know one thing it's development. visual studio is the perfect editor and msdn is chock full of examples of their api (most of which are still around from windows 95). and googling almost any api call will result in pages of results rather than a link or two.
i've written all this is to underline the point that inevitably gets made in every mac/pc discussion: it's (the computer) just a specialized tool and tools work better for some uses than others.
- skt0
i'm using a mac now in work. with windows 7 on it.
quite like it so far. except the anti aliased fonts.
- dskz0
I use political correctness sometimes.
- kmaier0
started on mac...
- utopian0
Apple = design, art, anything creative
PC = programming, accounting, anything with viruses