Editors and Macs

[Chiggles01]

Just generally curious here.

Why do most editors/Photo Manipulators use macs?  The only reason I could come up with is that they use Final Cut Pro, or that in some way Mac is better optimised for editing.

[ZacDaMan72]

Just generally curious here.

Why do most editors/Photo Manipulators use macs?  The only reason I could come up with is that they use Final Cut Pro, or that in some way Mac is better optimised for editing.

[Guest]

Some software works better in an OSX environment, not to mention that apple can ensure stability (for the most part, this has been going down the drain lately) because they have 100% control over the hardware you use with their software. That said, just building a hackintosh is the better option when going for editing in OSX.

[jaggysnake57]

adobe cc is better optimised for mac

[Heisenbleurgh]

I haven't used one enough to really notice any major differences and I honestly don't know enough of video editing or music production (another area where macs can be seen all the time) but I honestly think their marketing has been a big influence, they've always tried to appeal to the artist within through their design and marketing, Steve Jobs himself said countless times how passionate he was to bring together art and technology. I think all this lead to people associating artistic creation with mac.

[Prokart2000]

put osx on a pc

[Syntaxvgm]

It's mainly an industry bias rooted in the past with little reason now. BUT macs do come with great screens, and are easier for less advanced users. So there's that.

[Chiggles01]

wow thanks for so much info man!

[AMICLG]

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The display thing is kinda irrelevant as most pre-built computers don't come with a display just like a Mac Pro doesn't and it's not that hard to pick out a great display not to mention if your GPU has DP you can use an Apple display.

[Syntaxvgm]

The display thing is kinda irrelevant as most pre-built computers don't come with a display just like a Mac Pro doesn't and it's not that hard to pick out a great display not to mention if your GPU has DP you can use an Apple display.

I'd have to say as far as color accuracy goes, having done some work on Imacs, I was very impressed. But I still think that those think they need apple for content creation are mistaken. Even withthe font thing. In fact, they way macs render font IMO is horribly fucked up compared to TrueType, that's why I do web dev on windows.

[elecxonica]

Final Cut pro 7 and Logic Pro is pretty much why they're popular. That plus the fact most won't want to learn how to use Windows means they probably won't want to change now. Finally, there's the fact that most new people hear "OS X is great at editing" so they'll probably go with that as well. That's my take on it at least.

[mr moose]

It's a throwback from when apple was the only prebuilt manufacturer that supplied a half decent photo editing program with the computer.

Nowadays nearly everyone uses Photoshop so all you need is a decent monitor and half decent pc and your right to go.

[Sousuke]

It's a throwback from when apple was the only prebuilt manufacturer that supplied a half decent photo editing program with the computer.

Nowadays nearly everyone uses Photoshop so all you need is a decent monitor and half decent pc and your right to go.

 

Your correct, however when you've used Mac OS X For over a decade you stick with what you know and know how to use.

[mr moose]

Your correct, however when you've used Mac OS X For over a decade you stick with what you know and know how to use.

we are creatures of habit that's for sure.

[Unknown_Guy]

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In short I would say one is not buying Mac, but basically buying ecosystem and Macs have better ecosystem for certain areas.

 

And for those "I can build cheaper hackintosh" - in the end it might not be cheaper even if you technically get it like 30% cheaper. For people who does not build PCs wasting time on building one most likely will cost more as in that time he could have earned more by doing his work.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Hipsters....Hipsters everywhere..

[Unknown_Guy]

I'd have to say as far as color accuracy goes, having done some work on Imacs, I was very impressed. But I still think that those think they need apple for content creation are mistaken. Even withthe font thing. In fact, they way macs render font IMO is horribly fucked up compared to TrueType, that's why I do web dev on windows.

This remind me creating one website from my friends design:

he: where's the gradients?

me: what gradients?

On my dell laptops screen they looked white while on his MacBook there was light grey gradient

[-iSynthesis]

Theres some really nice programms on osx, but its probably because of the look of f.e. a mac pro (the silver one). Looks professional kind of

[NOZ]

One of the reasons is of course the way the os looks and feels. But also some great features like mission control (spaces). For produktivity a pc just isnt as hood as a mac. My old imac only got a dualcore and 4gigs of ram. It still can handle inDesign, photoshop, and illustrator at the same. Even 3D stuff with vray4c4d are no problem. There are quite expensive tho but my boss buys it so who cares