PC or MAC for Designing Websites ?

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Post August 29th, 2008, 3:01 pm

My question is and im sure a topic like this has been opend in the past, but im just wondering if you use a mac or a pc for your webdesign work, and if you use a mac, please let us know why and if you use a PC also let us know why.

I use a PC and have been for over 15 years now, started with PC back in the DOS days so im use to the platform and programming capabilities in terms of open source some what now with XP, i did use Mac's in art school and well, it was to simple for me, although the graphics and OS interface is much cleaner and crisper, i just cannot use a mac, to simple for me.

How about you guys?
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Post August 29th, 2008, 3:10 pm

I sold Macs before I really knew what they were. Was pretty good at it too. I think I was one of two sales guys that knew what they were. I too use PC's. Mac's just baffle me. So does Linux for that matter.
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Post August 29th, 2008, 3:39 pm

ya i never got into linux but did try it out for a bit, nothing to rave about hehe
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Post August 29th, 2008, 4:09 pm

If I wasn't a gamer and had the money I would buy a Mac,
If I wasn't a gamer (wine-hq works, but not all the time) and wasn't photographer/designer (gimp may be good but it's not the professional tool to use and means nothing on a resume), I would just use linux.

So currently I run a windows environment, with a second HDD with Ubuntu on it.
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Post August 31st, 2008, 11:12 am

Windows for me ... just always been on it ... I have worked on a mac a few times in class, but it wasn't something that interested me very much ... I have never gotten into any type of unix/linux system, so I don't know what they are like ...
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Post September 1st, 2008, 6:21 am

I use a windows because its what I have always had I have never tried a mac or linux but is someone would make an OS that didn't crash just because you open 2 programs at once I would use that.
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Post September 1st, 2008, 9:18 am

I use Mac (OS X) and PC (Vista/XP) almost interchangeable on a daily basis. I'd love to be all mac based since the OS rarely crashes, things really are plug and play (never have driver issues) and the OS isn't bloated and resource hungry (OS 10.5 uses about 4% of my system resources where vista frequently uses upwards of 30%). On top of that OSX is a fully threaded 64bit OS so things like Photoshop and Cinema 4D run much faster on a mac with similar specs to my pc.

Unfortunately the Flash development environment has been very unstable on Mac's until CS3 so my current employer has been reluctant to upgrade to Apple hardware.

Since I don't do any .NET or SQL the Mac is a very nice system that doesn't get in the way of me doing my day to day job.
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Post September 1st, 2008, 1:15 pm

Windows! But only because I have never really had the extra funds to allocate to a Mac.

I don't see anything wrong with either - as long as you know how to utilize the tools available.
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Post September 1st, 2008, 7:23 pm

I use Windows because that's the only browser I know how to use. Never really got into anything else.

Well, I've used Macs many times at school and no matter how badly I tried to crash one, I never succeeded :(
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Post September 1st, 2008, 7:41 pm

I use PC mainly because I've always had a PC or two. I've tried Mac but I can't afford one at the moment. I've tried linux but that requires quite a bit of knowledge before you use it.
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Post September 1st, 2008, 9:25 pm

i think just the fact that mac's mouse has one button is something i never got use to, have they changed this, do macs now have a mouse with multiple buttons?
I have a logitech G7 that has 5 buttons on the mouse and i use all the buttons, and a mac for what i know has one, so hmmmmmm
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Post September 1st, 2008, 9:57 pm

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I sold Macs before I really knew what they were. Was pretty good at it too. I think I was one of two sales guys that knew what they were. I too use PC's. Mac's just baffle me. So does Linux for that matter.

And the whole thing... lol I think that kind of contradicts each other... unless all the others were so ignorant on Macs that they didn't knew what Macs were entirely while you new it was a computer... or what do you mean? Maybe I'm just being a little too critical here :scratchhead:
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Post September 2nd, 2008, 9:57 am

littlephoenix wrote:
i think just the fact that mac's mouse has one button is something i never got use to, have they changed this, do macs now have a mouse with multiple buttons?
I have a logitech G7 that has 5 buttons on the mouse and i use all the buttons, and a mac for what i know has one, so hmmmmmm


Yes the mighty mouse has 2 buttons and a scroll, but you can connect any USB mouse to a mac just like you can a PC
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Post September 2nd, 2008, 12:26 pm

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littlephoenix wrote:
i think just the fact that mac's mouse has one button is something i never got use to, have they changed this, do macs now have a mouse with multiple buttons?
I have a logitech G7 that has 5 buttons on the mouse and i use all the buttons, and a mac for what i know has one, so hmmmmmm


Yes the mighty mouse has 2 buttons and a scroll, but you can connect any USB mouse to a mac just like you can a PC


Also, they work just as well if not better because you can program each key. Much like you can in most linux distros.
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Post September 2nd, 2008, 3:19 pm

I use a PC, because that's all I own.
But, if I were to get a mac, I would use that (or not).

I think, actually, I would just stick to PC, because I use Microsoft Expression Web 2, (which is pc only) as well as some other's which are for both OS's. So, its really a hard decision for me.

But, lets go with PC.
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