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gdanmitchell wrote:
RustyBug wrote:
PC platform?
I don't disagree that you can get there from either side, having been on the PC side for a long time, and recently finding the Mac to my appeal. So, rather than debate the "which is better", the question can be shifted to "what's to gain for the switch".
I'm biased in that I have decades on the Mac side — though I've also used PCs and taught in labs that had both. But my point is that — obviously, just look around — that photographers can do everything they need to do on whichever platform they find themselves style="display:none;"> using or whichever they prefer.
Being biased, I could come up with lots of reasons why PC users would be better off on Mac, but PC users often feel that they could offer an equally compelling reason the other direction.
This. Never. Ends.
When I was in a position to tell people, from a professional standpoint, which system they should get and whether they should switch, I gave essentially this same answer: If you are comfortable with what you have, you don't need to switch. If you are a new user and you don't have a preference, consider what the people in your circle use, since you'll probably ask them for advice. (There are a few small exceptions where some particular specialized application that someone needs is only available for one platform. Though you can run Windows on Macs... ;-)
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It sure is. We see the same pointless, endless arguments about My Camera Is The Very Best Camera and You Are a Cretin If You Don't Agree. Meanwhile, there are excellent photographers using every one of these brands to make outstanding photography, and you cannot tell which brand was used when you look at their work.
Occasion, rare "switching" or adding an additional system can make sense in some cases, but for the most part folks are better of sticking with what they have, resisting the siren song of "switching," and focusing on photography rather than cameras.
jhapeman wrote:
There was a fairly large study done on this about ten years ago, I believe it was actually IBM Consulting of all organizations that did it, and the data was pretty unequivocal--Macs had a longer-term lower TCO for corporations that were able to use them, in large part due to lower support costs.
At my last corporate job we sold very highly-specialized software designed for mathematical analysis of risk in financial portfolios. It was 100% PC-only, however, I implemented an open standards policy at work as many of the developers and others wanted to use Macs. Just as you pointed out, when we developed our standards we specified various options for different user bases and just as you found, at the end of the day the prices are *very* similar for similar qualifications.
One of the reasons I engage in these threads is not that I ever expect to convince anyone that one is superior but more to act as a voice to balance some of the misinformation I commonly see spread, particularly against Apple and Macs (although there are Mac zealots as well, by the very nature of the smaller user base the PC zealots end up outnumbering them pretty heavily).
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Given the ten-years-ago time frame of that study, I think that it came up in some of our discussions at the time, too.
There are some issues in this world where zealotry is perhaps a good thing. But those things aren't operating systems or computer brands. ;-)...Show more →
If you like using a tool (camera, lens, computer, wrench, pen, sewing machine, knife, chisel, etc) ... use the snot out of it. 
If you don't like using it ... find something else that you do like using.
Then, use the snot out of that. 
Which is why I'm hesitant about the OP switching to PC, if he really likes the Mac. His question of change is rooted in $$$, not in working with what he likes to work in. Penny wise ... or jumping from the frying pan to the fire 
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