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Originally Posted by pilotbob
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.
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oh, no worries, all adobe's products are available for mac. but... you have to drop a LOT of dosh on them, after already shelling out for very pricey hardware.
i would be very happy to have a mac, but they're far too expensive for me, especially since i would also have to buy the adobe suite for mac, and that costs a FORTUNE. plus it's possible (although i haven't checked) that there is some software i use which doesn't have a mac equivalent, although now i imagine that's much less likely. i always have custom-built pcs, and i can switch out single components as necessary so i almost never buy a whole new machine at once. i did last year and it cost me about 600€, for a really good machine, fast proc, lots of ram, huge hd... for an equivalent from mac i would have had to spend at least twice that, or more.
macs are fairly standard for designers, but i'm a webdesigner, so i write code as well. in webdesign i'd say it's a more even split, there are lots of webdesigners who work on pcs, if only for easier compability with their developpers, who are almost all on pcs.
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As far as what I talk about at parties... what parties? I am too busy coding for fun.
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(i do go to parties, but i've been known to talk about code etc. at them. and recently i've been known to talk about ebooks at them.
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