PC or Mac?

**Janszoon** · 03-30-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Haha, that's not what I meant.
People often **** up PC's. There's a lot that can go wrong, both with hard- and software. THAT's a thing Macs have in favor of PC's. You can't really **** them up by accident.

Haha, I beg to differ actually. I've had the misfortune of having to deal with fucked up Macs a couple of times in my career. Usually it was when I was freelancing. I'd get stuck with the computer no one else wanted.

s_k · 03-30-2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Haha, I beg to differ actually. I've had the misfortune of having to deal with fucked up Macs a couple of times in my career. Usually it was when I was freelancing. I'd get stuck with the computer no one else wanted.

Hardware errors are something else, obviously.

There's another problem I have with macs (and with any OS that's not Windows). Someone may help me with this. I like to use my computer fast. I don't mind starting photoshop and taking hours to make a picture look perfect, but when I just want to add some light to a picture, I want a program that starts fast (<2 secs) and has all the basic functions (rotate, resize, change canvas size, gamma, brightness, crop etc.). Back in the day we had Microsoft Photo Editor. This disappeared after office 2000 and I found photofiltre, which is just brilliant.

There seems to be no such program as photofiltre for both Mac and PC.
I need a simple image editor, no paint-style program, no photo-organizer, just this:

If anyone knows a program like this, I am ready to use Linux.
Because that is the main reason I don't. I just can't live without.

Burning Down · 03-30-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

It is. There's two things you should take in account
- Some software won't work with Windows 7. It's just too old. If you, like me, love Nero 6. Good luck. Nero 7 works though. It's not as good, but it works.
- Auto arrange cannot be turned off. Which is awful if you ask me. When you rename something, it automatically arranges your folder, forcing you to scroll back to the file you want to rename next. I am forced to use a batch renamer to rename quickly, as I can't just go F2, type name, press arrow, F2, type name, press arrow etc.

Oh yeah, I hate the new taskbar. It works a bit like the mac dock. It can be set to classic mode though and if you miss quick launch, there's a way to get that back, too.

Apart from that, it's fast and stable and the new search function (just type anything in the box you get when you press the windows key) is brilliant. Want notepad? Just press the windows key, type notepad, press enter, there it is. Want a particular file and know a part of the name? Just write 'letter to Stijn' and it will find it for you within seconds. Anything can be found and started by pressing the windows key and typing the name of the thing you want to find. It's really convenient.
What I also love is that when you grab a fullscreen window bar and drag , it it automatically stops being fullscreen. When you drag it back to the top of your screen, it will go fullscreen again. I thought this was rubbish at first but I miss it whenever I use an XP PC now

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Why?

I also love the Aero Snap feature (for those who don't know what it is: Windows Aero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). I'm often using two windows at once, especially when doing school work, so it's nice to have the windows sit nicely beside each other instead of having to switch between them all the time or resize them manually like with XP.

s_k · 03-30-2011, 07:32 PM

Oh that's what it does

. It sometimes happens to me unintended. Nice to know that.
I'm almost always having all my screens maximized (alt/tab ftw). I cannot stand when a screen is just a little bit smaller. You click the background when you don't want to so often. Another thing I don't like about macs: When I say maximize, maximize! Not just make it larger. I'm not made for that OS, you see?

RVCA · 03-30-2011, 11:17 PM

It's like the cereal aisle: you have the brand-name cereals that cost a pretty penny, and then you have the "alternate" cereals that cost perhaps 2/3 as much and taste exactly the same. Guess which kind of cereal the Mac is?

~~[MERIT]~~ · 03-30-2011, 11:21 PM

Google's Chrome OS has started shipping. Won't touch Windows or Mac, it basically a suped up Linux kernal.

CanwllCorfe · 03-30-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

It's like the cereal aisle: you have the brand-name cereals that cost a pretty penny, and then you have the "alternate" cereals that cost perhaps 2/3 as much and taste exactly the same. Guess which kind of cereal the Mac is?

Macs and average PCs aren't exactly the same, but I get your point. I do know Macs ARE PCs, but I'm referring to the OS. I don't know how to stick with your analogy and say what I'm trying to. It'd be like.. Cream of Wheat and Oatmeal?

Never mind.

I think, as a designer, I just prefer Macs. I had no idea there was a correlation until much later. The first time I used one I didn't like them. Not one bit. They were so foreign to me! Then eventually I came around and actually looked forward to using them. A bit later I found out about the designer/Mac thing and thought "well it all makes sense". I used to be angry at the fact that PCs could run far more applications than Macs. And as such, I figured I would always stick to PCs. But then I realized that all I really use is something to listen to music, something to surf the web, and then all the design programs. So I think they just fit perfectly with me. No excess hubbub. Just streamlined and smooth. Nice and smooooth.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 03-31-2011, 12:08 AM

RVCA · 03-31-2011, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Macs and average PCs aren't exactly the same, but I get your point. I do know Macs ARE PCs, but I'm referring to the OS. I don't know how to stick with your analogy and say what I'm trying to. It'd be like.. Cream of Wheat and Oatmeal?

Never mind.

I think, as a designer, I just prefer Macs. I had no idea there was a correlation until much later. The first time I used one I didn't like them. Not one bit. They were so foreign to me! Then eventually I came around and actually looked forward to using them. A bit later I found out about the designer/Mac thing and thought "well it all makes sense". I used to be angry at the fact that PCs could run far more applications than Macs. And as such, I figured I would always stick to PCs. But then I realized that all I really use is something to listen to music, something to surf the web, and then all the design programs. So I think they just fit perfectly with me. No excess hubbub. Just streamlined and smooth. Nice and smooooth.

Well, I'm curious, what specifically does your Mac do that your PC couldn't?

CanwllCorfe · 03-31-2011, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

Well, I'm curious, what specifically does your Mac do that your PC couldn't?

I didn't say Macs could do something that PCs couldn't. I even said that PCs can run more applications than a Mac. But I don't really use that many applications, as I said. So it's actually kind of perfect. My minimalistististist design aesthetic goes hand in hand with what I need. I actually thought the other day that I honestly could live with toast and butter and water. I'd be set.

This whole thing kind of reminds me of the long battle between niche and design fragrances. But to get into that would be pointless.

Wrong forum.

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03-30-2011, 07:32 PM	#34 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	Oh that's what it does . It sometimes happens to me unintended. Nice to know that. I'm almost always having all my screens maximized (alt/tab ftw). I cannot stand when a screen is just a little bit smaller. You click the background when you don't want to so often. Another thing I don't like about macs: When I say maximize, maximize! Not just make it larger. I'm not made for that OS, you see? __________________ Click here to see my collection

03-30-2011, 11:17 PM	#35 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	It's like the cereal aisle: you have the brand-name cereals that cost a pretty penny, and then you have the "alternate" cereals that cost perhaps 2/3 as much and taste exactly the same. Guess which kind of cereal the Mac is?

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