Ray Swindle wrote:
I am not going to talk about the technical pros and cons of PC/Mac, just want to reflect some empirical knowledge. My first home computer was an Apple IIe in 1983. Later I switched to Mac. At work, in technical fields, (maintenance and engineering) the organizations I worked for used PCs. I would draft my reports and white papers at work, then take them home to finish them on my Mac, especially when they required graphics. The engineering organizations had documentation sections to do formal reports. They used Macs, while everyone else used PCs. I remember my boss was working on a flow chart on his desk. He was using cut out symbols and manually putting together the flow chart for a presentation to our VP. I took his pencil sketch and made a copy, took the copy home and drew it up on my Mac, printed out on my laser printer and gave it to him the next morning. He asked me how I did that so quickly (he was still working on his). I told him I had to do it at home because we didn't have the technology to do it at work.
That was then, this is now. Things have changed. Macs have many pros over PCs, and PCs have some pros over Macs. Do you shoot Sony, Canon or Nikon? Your choice and use what you are comfortable with.
If it is merely the difference in "comfortable with" ... then, that may temper the expectation of a "better tool for creatives" a bit. It would then like trying on a different brand of shoes. Not so much a "better" shoe, just do I like wearing them.
Kinda reminds me of the Chuck Taylor Converse Hi-Tops. Back in the day, they were designed as a superior court shoe .. to a function. Today, folks wear them because they are fashionable, or comfortable to their liking. Not a lot of folks getting Converse for hard-core hoops these days ... that's ancient history. But, if you like 'em ... wear 'em.
Jun 13, 2022 at 05:50 PM
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