Any PC users in here?
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- utopian0
Five Reasons Why Designers Developers are Switching to Mac
- era4O40
primarily PC, but Mac for testing and skilled in both.
- BattleAxe0
pc desktop mac book
- El_Montr00
- you buy your computer because of games? Grow up, child. This is the nerdiest argument you could possibly make.iCanHazQBN
- make.iCanHazQBN
- gracias...El_Montr0
- hahahaspraycan
- alicetheblue0
been with mac since the classic -
now finding for web have to get a PC for testing
- GeorgesII0
anyways, knowing two OS or more is always a plus on your CV.
- SORRY, DON'T KNOW OF ANY DESIGN OR ADVERTISING FIRMS HIRING PC USERS...utopian
- Im pretty sure they hire people who can get the job done, not if they are mac or pc fanboys.steven_segal
- utopian0
PC users are people to®
- deathboy0
ive been workign on both platforms for a long time. pc was killing before mac went intel on performance. now its definitely closer performance wise. mac is a ram hog and is slower in most areas. may be minimal in some, larger in others. theyre getting better though. however when it comes down to it looking at vista vs leopard on similiar hardware i find better performance from a pc (pc has more thrid party options too which i love) at half the cost. pc u do have more options and more configurations so knwoledge is necessary, well its really commons sense stuff, but still. oh and i have no idea how bad vista sucked originally i upgraded when sp2 emerged and it is solid. the only trouble was i had to flash my mobo for the upgrade and it made my bootup time slower with the patch.
- but i guess it really depends on your knowledge base. do u want to work for youre comp or it work 4 udeathboy
- oh and no my coworkers are mac fanboys that believe u can only be called a creative with a macdeathboy
- majority rules so ill stick with my mac for work. who knows maybe someday it will be better and then ill knowdeathboy
- Cptn_Uncanny0
I've been a happy PC user for years but made the switch to Mac because windows was getting in the way of my work. To unstable of an environment for me. Never thought I would do that, was a PC fan, but the OS on the Mac makes life much easier... Hey, whatever works.
- hilchev0
I use mac os, win and ubuntu.
Dev and graphics on mac
Websites on Win
Ubuntu for deploy and servers
Don't play games.
- Projectile0
i work in-house, and a web based company... so kinda have to use a pc. there's no mac IT guy, and i'll be fecked if i'm gonna spend days trying to figure out why I cant see any printers..
and for home, I refuse to spend £2,200 on a fast machine, when a £800 pc has the same spec.. and can take games... and you can find cracked software... and your geek mates can help you with problems..
- GeorgesII0
@ utopian
A considerable number of my friends (designers) have made the switch to PC recently. I'm curious, is that something any of you are experiencing??********* Mac fanboys stay out of this, i'm not trying to start that boring ol' war again ;) **********
- hilchev0
heh, yeah,when I read it now it seems like I could also have added my status and what types of girls I like etc. :D
- mydo0
2 hours, only 10 responses. i would say that's pretty low.
wonder what the platform stats for qbn are?jagara: in response to your original post, i'd say people i know seem to be switching to mac. friends, who traditionally had PC's at work, pc's at home, got iphones and ipods and decided to get a macbook to complete the look.
it also helps that i've you've been using a cheap shit PC and switch to mac the difference is amazing. but that's because you can't buy shit macs (new)!
- MrT0
Good graphic designers don't use PCs.
It's the law.p.s.
If you really compare (and care) about small percentage gains in the processing speed of applying 16 consecutive Photoshop filters to a 2GB image, then you should buy a PC.- ozzy's are think thats the lawclimbatree
- bewhahahah thick* like me
climbatree - they are, I'm English.MrT
- El_Montr00
@ ICanHazQBN: I got both mac an pc...mac for working and PC for gaming. Thank you, asshole...
- ckentish0
started a new contract today and i have a pc laptop - had to take it in cause they didnt have the set up required... i got a load of abuse for being a creative and using a PC laptop... fuksake - what is wrong with mac users. they weren't complaining when they saw what i produced... i use both and i am more interested in the results not the object/status symbol... its tool! fuk im sick of these debates now
- airey0
good designers do good design. the god damned tool is fucking irrelevant. if some fucker uses and amiga with a green screen yet somehow makes the best design anyone's ever seen then that's that.
to think the tool makes you better is so much shite. use whatever you prefer. whatever software you prefer. jam crayons up your arse and bark like a dog for all it matters.
i'v got a top of the range mac, all the latest software, 13gb of ram and create complete design-shit. real bottom level crap. so i know what i'm talking about.