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What would you choose from a productivity standpoint, a Mac? Or a PC? Both would be the same performance, but let's say you didn't need to worry about price. Just based on OS, and software availability. Curious to what you think.

 

Purely just out of curiosity. Not buying anything.

 

Productivity being photo/video editing, or content creation.

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Macs are PCs...

 

Are you talking about Windows?

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Macs are PCs...

 

Are you talking about Windows?

Basically Windows, or Mac OSX

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i would choose windows for its hardware and osx for operating system

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What would I choose?
PC.

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Windows because most things are compatible with it.

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What would you choose from a productivity standpoint, a Mac? Or a PC? Both would be the same performance, but let's say you didn't need to worry about price. Just based on OS, and software availability. Curious to what you think.

 

Purely just out of curiosity. Not buying anything.

 

Productivity being photo/video editing, or content creation.

People say macs are better for editing, but really not. 

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PC, possibly with apple OS (whatever the hell it's called) if you for some reason absolutely need it.

 

Why? Because a custom built PC will be far cheaper, and have far better hardware than anything apple actually makes.

 

Edit: Didn't realize the question.

 

Updated answer: Linux. Why? Because it's far more capable than windows or OSX, not to mention having more software, and the ability to run software from both windows and OSX

 

Also because of freeware, and the ability to alter software more easily. (think I'm wrong? Just ask yourself why the majority of the internet is run on Linux)

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PC, possibly with apple OS (whatever the hell it's called) if you for some reason absolutely need it.

 

Why? Because a custom built PC will be far cheaper, and have far better hardware than anything apple actually makes.

Regardless of price. It doesn't necessarily mean prebuilt, or built yourself. This is mostly a comparison for the OS's

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window is just full of bugs and it slows down badly soo badly with time.. OXS all the way for productivity!

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Most all video editing programs run on mac, but being able to build the pc helps a lot with performance with whatever you are doing. Mac for the compatibility. Windows for the performance.

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Updated answer: Linux. Why? Because it's far more capable than windows or OSX, not to mention having more software, and the ability to run software from both windows and OSX

If you're doing anything serious with computers, then you'll probably be using Linux.

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Windows with Hackintosh (if Hackintosh is not possible for you / you don't want to do it, then only windows).

 

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I'm still of the opinion that Windows is faster to navigate through because of its powerful, flexible UI and faster/disabled animations. Yes, OS X is more intuitive, but intuitiveness is not a factor when you know both OSes inside and out. 

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Windows with Hackintosh (if Hackintosh is not possible for you / you don't want to do it, then only windows).

 

Most all video editing programs run on mac, but being able to build the pc helps a lot with performance with whatever you are doing. Mac for the compatibility. Windows for the performance.

I agree..I think the hardware of a PC, and the OS of a Mac, make a great mix for productivity.

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Mac pro.

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- Albert Einstein

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Regardless of price. It doesn't necessarily mean prebuilt, or built yourself. This is mostly a comparison for the OS's

I edited my post

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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Also keep in mind that many who say OS X is faster than Windows are given a false impression due to HDDs/SDDs. 

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If you're using 1 screen, OS X. If you're using 2 screens or more, Windows 8.1

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