Why content Creators like mac

[fezz]

Hi I was wondering I have seen a lot of content creators in youtube and just in general using mac os rather than using microsoft i was just wondering why that was why is it that they prefere mac os over microsoft is there something special about it that they cannot do with the mac or is it just their preference?

[Ostwind]

Well I know where this is going

[Hodor]

Hi I was wondering I have seen a lot of content creators in youtube and just in general using mac os rather than using microsoft i was just wondering why that was why is it that they prefere mac os over microsoft is there something special about it that they cannot do with the mac or is it just their preference?

I can ask you the same thing for windows about content creation.

[fezz]

i was just wondering because i want to create a channel and edit videos i was getting ready to buy a rig but im not sure if i should buy a rig or a mac pro

[Taswell]

Well Do you even Tinker bro?  

Are you OK with not using Windows and Losing some software Along with that?

Are you Good with the Idea that your hardware is Extremely Locked down In terms of upgrade-ability and replacement parts? (essentially with the new Mac Pro)

 

 

If you say yes to all of these, feel free to go over to the dark side 

[H4X3R]

Because mac pros are a quick buy-and-set-up option. PC is definitely superior though.

[fezz]

haha thank you guys for your answers i now made the decision to build a new rig i have a macbook pro and a windows surface pro 3 and im trying out windows 10 technical preview and i am liking it so far and also you are right about the upgradeability of it thank you guys 

[hak4fun]

Macs have a few things running for them. 

• They just work. You plug it in, turn it on, and get to work.
• FinalCutpro is a awesome tool which you cannot get on windows
• They are built for content creators. its really as simple as that. When the macpro was built it was built for musicians, graphic designers, videographers, photographers. And by doing that, the software is tailored towards it, the hardware is tailored towards it.

Now that doesn't mean macs are the be all end all for content creation. Especially sense by building a PC you can choose the parts and the software that will work for you. You want to do video editing? Well lots of RAM, lots of cores, and lots of storage is what you are going to want. You want to do music stuff? You don't need dual xeons and 64GB of ram, and the highest end graphicscard. You doing gaming? Good singlecore performance, 8GB of RAM is usually enough, and a good graphicscard.

 

So this is what it comes down to. 

If you have the time to tailor your setup to do exactly what you need it to do. PC wins it all. Go build yourself a PC for most likely alot cheaper then the mac equivelent and it will be exactly what you need.

 

Don't time to tailor your system, and want something that you can plugin and have the tools you need? Well you will have to pay the premium for that. So I guess Mac will work for you better.

[dustySoda]

You want to do music stuff? You don't need dual xeons and 64GB of ram, and the highest end graphicscard.

 

 

What would be a good basis for a music making rig? Lots of storage and a good multi-core? Maybe a soundcard? But I think I'd just buy external hardware for that. I'm curious because i'm looking to build one in the future.

[hak4fun]

What would be a good basis for a music making rig? Lots of storage and a good multi-core? Maybe a soundcard? But I think I'd just buy external hardware for that. I'm curious because i'm looking to build one in the future.

I don't know much about music, but yeah. Good amount of fast storage, a good like i5 4460. Then yea I personally would go with a external DAC, amplifier, and such. addon soundcards are kinda useless. If you get a good motherboard, it almost always comes with a good ounboard soundcard.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Macs have a few things running for them.

• They just work. You plug it in, turn it on, and get to work.
• FinalCutpro is a awesome tool which you cannot get on windows
• They are built for content creators. its really as simple as that. When the macpro was built it was built for musicians, graphic designers, videographers, photographers. And by doing that, the software is tailored towards it, the hardware is tailored towards it.

Now that doesn't mean macs are the be all end all for content creation. Especially sense by building a PC you can choose the parts and the software that will work for you. You want to do video editing? Well lots of RAM, lots of cores, and lots of storage is what you are going to want. You want to do music stuff? You don't need dual xeons and 64GB of ram, and the highest end graphicscard. You doing gaming? Good singlecore performance, 8GB of RAM is usually enough, and a good graphicscard.

So this is what it comes down to.

If you have the time to tailor your setup to do exactly what you need it to do. PC wins it all. Go build yourself a PC for most likely alot cheaper then the mac equivelent and it will be exactly what you need.

Don't time to tailor your system, and want something that you can plugin and have the tools you need? Well you will have to pay the premium for that. So I guess Mac will work for you better.

I don't want to start an argument here, I'm legitimately curious about this.

What part of me pressing the power button on my PC and it turning on means it doesn't "just work"?

What part of any of the great multiplat editing software makes a Windows machine less useful?

What part of an i7 and AMD GPU in a mac makes it any more "built for content creation" than any other PC with an i7 and AMD GPU?

[hak4fun]

I don't want to start an argument here, I'm legitimately curious about this.

What part of me pressing the power button on my PC and it turning on means it doesn't "just work"?

What part of any of the great multiplat editing software makes a Windows machine less useful?

What part of an i7 and AMD GPU in a mac makes it any more "built for content creation" than any other PC with an i7 and AMD GPU?

I want to say one thing before I say anything else. I love PCs. And Macs seem kinda useless to me.

 

If you were to keep track of the amount of PCs coming in for repair for strange issues, compared to macs. There will be ALOT more PCs then macs. And I know, I know. There are more PCs then macs in the world. But there is still a huge gap.

 

Nothing really. But finalcut is what alot of people learn if they start out with a mac, so its hard for them to switch over.

[SadTech]

I don't mind macs.. I have never owned one and only used one a few times but the prices of them are OUTRAGEOUS! 

 

I guess I will never understand why enthusiasts will by a mac etc.. when they could take the crazy amount of money they spent on that and build a sick ass PC.

 

I swear though more then half the time people buy one to look cool and be a hipster.

[thekeemo]

Well in the early 90's there was no good alternative to macs because they legitmatly had better software but now final cut hasn't been up to date for ages

[Trik'Stari]

Well Do you even Tinker bro?  

Are you OK with not using Windows and Losing some software Along with that?

Are you Good with the Idea that your hardware is Extremely Locked down In terms of upgrade-ability and replacement parts? (essentially with the new Mac Pro)

 

 

If you say yes to all of these, feel free to go over to the dark side 

^this. and

[Kyuubixchidori]

Macs are just more reliable. and that's worth a lot in any serious business.

 

every machine being near identical makes life easier to. My display drivers just stopped working one day. windows gets currupted. it just happens. 

 

when you just want something to work, you get a mac. simple as that. 

[SSOB]

Well Do you even Tinker bro?  

Are you OK with not using Windows and Losing some software Along with that?

Are you Good with the Idea that your hardware is Extremely Locked down In terms of upgrade-ability and replacement parts? (essentially with the new Mac Pro)

 

 

If you say yes to all of these, feel free to go over to the dark side 

Wow what an amazing answer! 

 

Here's a real answer OP.

 

A lot of content creators use Mac's for two main reasons.

 

A. They are forced by their company infrastructure to use Mac's

B. They prefer the software experience.

 

I must say after having used OSX for a while I can really understand why people prefer it when creating content over windows. Some things just seem more logical such as the included software and the very tight integration of everything. The hardware is always optimized no matter what basically. Also I find some design choices a lot more compelling than windows such as the ''inverted'' scrolling that comes set like that by default, it just makes more sense.

 

In a ''regular'' windows-based PC there are a lot of benefits hardware wise such as much better upgradeabillity and the versatility. 

 

A great example of an area where the Mac is much much more advanced and superior to any windows based PC out there is High Resolution Scaling. When you're using 4K on a small screen on windows doing video creation the experience can be really bad as a lot of software isn't properly coded to scale good with 4K and even windows itself can't handle 4K nearly as good as a OSX based machine can. Of course with the introduction of windows 10 this problem should get solved but until then macs are superior in the high resolution department.

[SSOB]

Macs are just more reliable. and that's worth a lot in any serious business.

 

every machine being near identical makes life easier to. My display drivers just stopped working one day. windows gets currupted. it just happens. 

 

when you just want something to work, you get a mac. simple as that. 

This is not true at all. With the new OSX Yosemite there is a major bug (Sheperd) that's forcing you out of the OS because it has a GPU communication problem.

 

When configured correctly Windows is rock solid and is much more reliable than mac, especially in a server environment. 

[Kyuubixchidori]

This is not true at all. With the new OSX Yosemite there is a major bug (Sheperd) that's forcing you out of the OS because it has a GPU communication problem.

 

When configured correctly Windows is rock solid and is much more reliable than mac, especially in a server environment. 

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[Thony]

Because from all the YouTube money they made they were like: "Oh shit, im rich. No need to do reasonable decisions anymore. I'm gonna buy anything now."

PS. New title suggestion: "Prepare to fight"

[creativename]

Well let's get one thing cleared out.the base model for imacs are price competitive even against a custom machine. It's only when you require/want stronger hardware that macs start to become expensive.

[H4X3R]

Macs have a few things running for them. 

• They just work. You plug it in, turn it on, and get to work.
• FinalCutpro is a awesome tool which you cannot get on windows
• They are built for content creators. its really as simple as that. When the macpro was built it was built for musicians, graphic designers, videographers, photographers. And by doing that, the software is tailored towards it, the hardware is tailored towards it.

Now that doesn't mean macs are the be all end all for content creation. Especially sense by building a PC you can choose the parts and the software that will work for you. You want to do video editing? Well lots of RAM, lots of cores, and lots of storage is what you are going to want. You want to do music stuff? You don't need dual xeons and 64GB of ram, and the highest end graphicscard. You doing gaming? Good singlecore performance, 8GB of RAM is usually enough, and a good graphicscard.

 

So this is what it comes down to. 

If you have the time to tailor your setup to do exactly what you need it to do. PC wins it all. Go build yourself a PC for most likely alot cheaper then the mac equivelent and it will be exactly what you need.

 

Don't time to tailor your system, and want something that you can plugin and have the tools you need? Well you will have to pay the premium for that. So I guess Mac will work for you better.

U WOT?

1) Press the power button on a PC and it will work. You can also get prebuilt workstations from stores such as ibuypower, puget systems, etc.

2) SOOOOO many more software options for PC, mac just has very few going for it

3) WTF??!! U high or something? "They are built for content creators"...apple fanboy much? You can build a PC (or buy one prebuilt) with all the same specs, how is it "built for content creators"???

4) Depends on the music editing software

5) You can pay a premium for a prebuilt PC that is "plug-and-work / play" with the LATEST technology while the mac pro is already using outdated hardware.

 

 

Macs are just more reliable. and that's worth a lot in any serious business.

 

every machine being near identical makes life easier to. My display drivers just stopped working one day. windows gets currupted. it just happens. 

 

when you just want something to work, you get a mac. simple as that. 

 

[pinksnowmanshandle]

Because mac pros are a quick buy-and-set-up option. PC is definitely superior though.

 

Technically a Mac is a PC too, but frankly I don't care for Windows and would much rather use Linux or OS X.

[H4X3R]

Technically a Mac is a PC too, but frankly I don't care for Windows and would much rather use Linux or OS X.

Hackintosh?

[EpicGeekonFire]

Fact is that most content creators are mostly good at content creation, not so much computer hardware. They can easily buy a Mac and have it working in a few minutes, while building a PC may be a challenge for them.

 

That's mostly why.