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| Thread ID: 123432 | 2012-02-24 04:05:00 | Minimum specs for 2nd-hand iMac? | caffy (2665) | Press F1 |
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| 1261124 | 2012-02-24 09:15:00 | He also said there were more options because of the right click with windows. Last time i checked mac had a right click... I'm also pretty sure the mac versions of the adobe software are identical when compared with windows. The exception of course is premiere, which for a while wasnt on mac. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1261125 | 2012-02-24 09:29:00 | I know a few graphic design companies that have switched over to PC, they found there are more features usable on the PC version. I also had a friend who did a graphic design course, at the course he had to use a Mac, when he got home he completed his projects on PC, found it was far better and easier to work with. He also said there were more options because of the right click with windows. Apparently while many of the options can be found/used using key combinations, there were some tools just not available using Mac. He was using Freehand, Photoshop and Illustrator mostly. Frankly, I don't know why some design houses still insist on using Macs, it seems to me there is nothing to gain by using them. Just my opinion.Well if your mate is still using freehand he is out of touch, probably the same reason he Is using windows. Currently work for a design house/ printer. We are run macs for design and a mixture o windows and Linux for rips. When you have many thousands of dollars investe in software you are not likely to change in a hurry. Some software in the tens of thousands and some mac only. And that is why design houses don't change. we have looked at changing over to windows but to be honest the price of a decent windows workstation isn't much cheaper then a mac. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1261126 | 2012-02-24 09:47:00 | we have looked at changing over to windows but to be honest the price of a decent windows workstation isn't much cheaper then a mac. You must be looking in the wrong place then |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1261127 | 2012-02-24 09:48:00 | Right, I am doing design atm and I use both windows and mac. Adobe on windows is MUCH nicer and all the keyboard shortcuts are easily reachable. The whole command/alt thing puts keys in awkward places. The way adobe handles graphics is much smoother on windows and the whole UI is MUCH MUCH nicer. The Mac version is no end of trouble and a right pain. Esp when using multiple windows/tabs or trying to zoom in and out of an image. Thats my opinion based on using both CS5 and 4 on win and mac. Windows wins hands down. If you must go mac, as all ready stated get something Intel. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1261128 | 2012-02-24 09:51:00 | You must be looking in the wrong place then No not at all. My employer isn't interested in home built or from a local computer shop that may or may not be there next year. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1261129 | 2012-02-24 12:42:00 | Well if your mate is still using freehand he is out of touch, probably the same reason he Is using windows. It was about 4-5 years ago he was doing his course (at a guess, maybe a bit longer), it was considered industry standard at the time and its what the design school was teaching, so no, he wasnt out of touch as you state. And the reason he used Windows then and still uses Windows now, is because he has brains. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1261130 | 2012-02-24 21:04:00 | Right, I am doing design atm and I use both windows and mac. Adobe on windows is MUCH nicer and all the keyboard shortcuts are easily reachable. The whole command/alt thing puts keys in awkward places. The way adobe handles graphics is much smoother on windows and the whole UI is MUCH MUCH nicer. The Mac version is no end of trouble and a right pain. Esp when using multiple windows/tabs or trying to zoom in and out of an image. Thats my opinion based on using both CS5 and 4 on win and mac. Windows wins hands down. If you must go mac, as all ready stated get something Intel. Surprisingly enough mac users like the mac shortcuts better and windows users like the windows ones. Wonder why? |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1261131 | 2012-02-24 21:13:00 | Surprisingly enough mac users like the mac shortcuts better and windows users like the windows ones. Wonder why? I do, please enlighten us. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1261132 | 2012-02-24 21:23:00 | c.images.memegenerator.net | icow (15313) | ||
| 1261133 | 2012-02-24 23:43:00 | Serious question, But, in order to stop trolling the OP, here is the minimum specs for Adobe CS5 for mac: Multicore Intel processor Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6 1GB of RAM - [B]If you upgrade this, remember, those all-in-one desktops use notebook RAM![/B 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices) 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 DVD-ROM drive QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis* |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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