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<blockquote data-quote="Calijoefornia" data-source="post: 946547" data-attributes="member: 111178"><p>As a fellow photographer (although I am amateur) I can relate to your woes as far as turnaround goes. In my opinion, there is two things you should consider with a switch:</p><p></p><p>1. the OS X version of Photoshop has a somewhat different GUI than the Windows version. Not much different, but it does work the way other Mac software works, instead of being a window with the taskbar on top, the OS X taskbar changes when you are in Photoshop and it has all your normal taskbar functions. Just a very small difference, but it takes a little getting used to.</p><p></p><p>2. Photoshop (and other Adobe software) runs 50 times better on a Mac. I use the entire Adobe suite to some extent, and all the software runs almost flawlessly on my machine. The same software was sluggish and choppy on my previous Windows computer.</p><p></p><p>So, as far as productivity is concerned, I do believe Mac to be your best option of the two. I don't know if anyone else has covered this, but here's a general idea on some Windows programs and their comparable versions on a Mac:</p><p></p><p>Internet Explorer-->Safari (there's other ones too, but this one is stock)</p><p>MS Outlook-->Mail (much simpler to use, in every way)</p><p>Word-->Pages</p><p>Excel-->Numbers</p><p>Powerpoint-->Keynote (Pages, Numbers and Keynote are all part of iWork which is $79)</p><p>Basic photo management is best handled with iPhoto in my opinion</p><p>iTunes is a solid music management program (and wouldn't you know, it works better on a Mac!)</p><p>IM programs-->iChat</p><p></p><p>I'm sure you know most of this already, but it never hurts to drop the information again!</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to you and your new Mac. For whatever it's worth, my previous macbook (which my girlfriend uses now) is over 2 years old and has never crashed. I've never had any hardware or software failure at all. Never a virus or anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calijoefornia, post: 946547, member: 111178"] As a fellow photographer (although I am amateur) I can relate to your woes as far as turnaround goes. In my opinion, there is two things you should consider with a switch: 1. the OS X version of Photoshop has a somewhat different GUI than the Windows version. Not much different, but it does work the way other Mac software works, instead of being a window with the taskbar on top, the OS X taskbar changes when you are in Photoshop and it has all your normal taskbar functions. Just a very small difference, but it takes a little getting used to. 2. Photoshop (and other Adobe software) runs 50 times better on a Mac. I use the entire Adobe suite to some extent, and all the software runs almost flawlessly on my machine. The same software was sluggish and choppy on my previous Windows computer. So, as far as productivity is concerned, I do believe Mac to be your best option of the two. I don't know if anyone else has covered this, but here's a general idea on some Windows programs and their comparable versions on a Mac: Internet Explorer-->Safari (there's other ones too, but this one is stock) MS Outlook-->Mail (much simpler to use, in every way) Word-->Pages Excel-->Numbers Powerpoint-->Keynote (Pages, Numbers and Keynote are all part of iWork which is $79) Basic photo management is best handled with iPhoto in my opinion iTunes is a solid music management program (and wouldn't you know, it works better on a Mac!) IM programs-->iChat I'm sure you know most of this already, but it never hurts to drop the information again! Best of luck to you and your new Mac. For whatever it's worth, my previous macbook (which my girlfriend uses now) is over 2 years old and has never crashed. I've never had any hardware or software failure at all. Never a virus or anything. [/QUOTE]
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