AuntyEthel post=18.74474.837056 said:
I've used both Macs and PCs extensively, and I can say that Macs are the most overrated machines on the planet. People who say that editing movies, Photoshop and such are easier on Macs are talking out their asses, as thats basically just what Apple says in their adverts. Their interface is not more user friendly (again, a myth put forward by Apple), hardly anything works on it, they aren't noticeably faster and they do bloody crash. In fact, I found the Mac crashed more than my PC. Actually, my PC crashes once in a blue moon, so everyone complaining that their PC crashes all the time should get it checked out.
QFE!
I have been using Photoshop on my PC for many, many years, and it has never once been a problem. In fact, for a good number of months during the Intel transition, Photoshop was significantly better on the PC than on a Mac. As for sound editing, Mac's have ProTools, PCs have Nuendo and SADiE (Bothe better), video FinalCut vs. Sony Vegas and Avid.
As for the interface: Macs generally have one way of doing a task, while PCs are more flexible. Putting all your application shortcuts and open windows on the same, moving, hidden tray makes it a lot more difficult to find things than the Windows taskbar. Maximize windows by dragging, but they're never really maximized. One thing in windows that I instinctively do is: To close a window, I blindly move my mouse up to the screen corner and click, because the top right pixel is counted as part of the close button. I know it's little, but a bunch of little things can add up to a lot.
On the topic of crashing: I use macs in the recording studio very frequently, and in my experience, they certainly crash more often than my PC. The mac minis used for the sound analysis program need to be restarted nearly every time I come into the studio, and the pro-tools machines freeze so often, "Beach ball of doom" is an incredibly common phrase around the studio.
On the topic of Hacking/viruses: Yes, PCs do have more Viruses. Because they have so much more marketshare, and are not closed platform. However, as soon as you download a good antivirus program, that point is moot. As far as remote hacking, in a recent competition, hackers went at Vista SP1, Mac OS 10.5, and Linux (Can't remember which distro). As expected, Linux won. Surprisingly, though, Mac OS fell in hours, while it took 2 days of competition to crack Vista SP1.
Oh, and I like Vista. I've been using it since release, and now have it installed on all 3 of my computers. On modern hardware, the performance differences between it and XP are insignificant, and the added little features make it a lot easier to use. On the surface, it looks like not a lot has changed, but when you dig deeper, it makes things much easier to take care of. (I just wish it has a find/replace on the Registry.)
