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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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| 1261134 | 2012-02-25 09:00:00 | Because they are largely used to using the mac shortcuts... | icow (15313) | ||
| 1261135 | 2012-02-25 10:13:00 | Its totally personal preference. However older versions of Ps can be a bit rough around the edges but cs5 is exactly the same on mac as it is on windows. I have a 2007 intel core duo with 2gb of ram and it is totally capable of running ps and video editing. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1261136 | 2012-02-26 07:04:00 | Thanks for the responses - Will read through them now. But I caught a few questions about why I shouldn't just buy a PC version - valid point. However I'm well aware that most design work is done on a Mac, and the job ads I've looked at usually mention wanting a person with experience using a Mac.... |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 1261137 | 2012-02-26 07:15:00 | Have just read through them all - how interesting that quite a few of you recommend staying on a Windows and running Adobe on this! And I just got a new PC in October last year so probably wiser for me, for the time being, to stick with this machine and practice Adobe on it. I would imagine that later on if the situation comes to me having to use a Mac in my job, that it would be somewhat easy to relearn the short cuts etc? Thanks for your advice guys. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 1261138 | 2012-02-26 08:12:00 | There is not a huge difference between using adobe between the two operating systems. The few differences are quite trivial and will become habit quickly. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1261139 | 2012-02-26 10:05:00 | Indeed. Anyone competent at using some form of Windows shouldn't find using Mac OS very difficuilt. Sure there are some differences, but overall most things GUI-related are pretty similar really. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1261140 | 2012-02-26 10:27:00 | The shortcuts on mac and windows are the "same" eg ctrl + u is just cmd + u on mac and ctrl + shift + b is cmd + shift + b So no biggie there. All I know is today at least there is no benefit other than to your wallet when using PS on either win or mac. The days of design and apple are long gone. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1261141 | 2012-02-27 03:17:00 | Tell that to microsoft. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1261142 | 2012-02-27 03:28:00 | The days of design and apple are long gone... Um not at all. The amount of design software for mac surpasses that for windows. Although alot of big names are normally on both systems. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1261143 | 2012-02-27 03:42:00 | No, I think Microsoft know, tell Apple they no longer have a monopoly on it, then re-educate the business owners who insist only a Mac can do the job, and then re-educate (or fire) the tutors at design schools that insist students HAVE to use a Mac to do design work. While Photoshop may still be "industry standard" for design work, doing it on a Mac isn't. If you are job hunting, experience using a Mac would be a benefit, but having experience with photoshop, regardless of whatever OS you learn on, is essential. In my opinion. |
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