This topic never fails to flame up from time to time on every graphic forum I’ve attended. Somebody asks a simple question, and then thing rapidly escalate to a mud slinging match.
Tim — check out Stradock software (
http://www.stardock.com/ ) for coo windows desktop customization tools like WindowBlinds.
Now, to the real question at hand:
I use both platforms for work, but only use PCs at home. Why don’t switch to just one? Because neither platform is perfect. Let’s do awa with the ancient stereotypes — Macs are not divine, and PCs are no crash prone.
Macs are beautifully designed machines, inside and out. As desig professionals, we have no choice but to admire technology created b people with actual design talent and not just somebody who knows how t use CAD.
However, Macs do have their share of technical difficulties. Speakin from experience, they do crash (*gasp*), and can crash multiple times day when under heavy load of design applications. They also have a poo track record with new models, which can come with all sorts factory an design flaws (heat-warped 12" powerbook, anyone?). If you don’t believ me, hang around an Apple users’ forum for a day. They also have a unacceptably short factory warranty. In addition, Apple’s proprietar "evil empire" does not allow consumers to build their own Macs, an allows only minimal upgradeability options. In my opinion, thes factors hold many PC users back from switching to a Mac, and keep Appl in its 5% of the computer market share.
What is the best thing for me about a PC? I can build my own! Anyway want it, and cheaper (and usually better) than Dell, IBM, or HP. At th moment, PCs are also ahead in terms performance — given a choic between an Athlon 64FX and a dual G5, I would take the Athlon withou thinking twice about it.
"But doesn’t Windows crash??" You bet. But I can count on one hand al the times my XP Pro machine had crashed last year. (BTW, as of thi morning, this same machine has been on for over three weeks now, doin raw data recovery on a 200GB hard drive, while also running the C suite, mp3 player, internet explorer, email and other offic applications. No crashes).
But I had to put up with XP’s gaudy default interface, and I have to b more knowledgeable about my OS and my hardware than the average Ma user. To me, that is an acceptable price to pay for brand independence But it does not have to be for everyone. In a perfect world, th consumers would be able to purchase affordable and reliable computer with acceptable factory warranties, great performance, upgradeability and aesthetics. We are not there yet.
Here, we are all people with a common interest, using the sam applications to do our work. As far as design goes, there is nothin you can create on a Mac that can’t be created on a PC, and vice versa At the end of the day, it boils down to your talent and your knowledg of the application. All the rest is personal preference. Live with it
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