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Originally Posted by phenomshel
You can ask, but if you laugh at me, I'm going to smack you. The programs were Paint Shop Pro and Incredimail. At the time, (2006/2007?) I was doing a lot of graphics and email stationery creating. And don't even whisper about GIMP to me... it's about as far from PSP as you can get. (I don't like Photoshop either...).
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I never would disparage someone for something as esoteric as the OS that they run. For example, I have been working on learning Ruby on Rails, a programming language and framework for making web pages. I have had a few problems with it on my Windows machine (yes we are a .Net shop at work and I run Windows 7).
Rather than get help I get a lot of Windows sucks and Mac/Linux snobbery. Answers like if you have to use Windows run a Linux VM.. blah blah... yea, thanks that doesn't help me.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
BOb, I wanted to upgrade the hardware only, not the software.
Why upgrade the hardware?
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Ah... that makes perfect sense. But, I've got to say... as marking speak as it sounds, Windows 7 is fast, stable and secure (enough). I run it on a new machine I built at the office and I've had no problems with it. Granted it don't need to support any old hardware and such.
Anyone buying a new machine today that wants Windows and thinks they should get Windows XP, in my opinion is making a mistake. As you have found windows XP and @ 2002 software doesn't support or work will with a lot of new hardware these days.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i've never tried linux but i'm frequently tempted to. the thing that is stopping me so far is that i would need a dual-boot system, and still keep windows, because for 90% of the work i do is using Illustrator and Photoshop, with Illustrator being far far more important. it's a complex and very powerful app and i'm pretty sure there is not a linux equivalent that can equal it for my use. i can't decide whether it's really worth it to me to shut everything down when i finish working to switch over to linux for a few hours, particularly since often i continue to work in the evening, especially if i'm working on something for myself. |
I agree... you would be much better served by a Mac. My understanding is that is "the" platform for designers. That said, I am not that and can't compare and contrast the software.
Sometimes the software you want/need to run actually defines the OS you will use. For you that sounds the case... although there are Photoshop versions for the Mac I think. Although I have found that Adobe doesn't have favorable cross-grade prices... if I recall correctly there was no discount for my son when he went to Mac from PC and wanted to keep using Adobe Elements (photo catalog software I think that was the name) so it was either buy it again for Mac... or not. He decided to switch to iPhoto and I got him the 2009 upgrade to iLife... he is pretty happy with it.
As far as what I talk about at parties... what parties? I am too busy coding for fun.
BOb