burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Oh, bull poop.

I’ve used both platforms since the early 1980s. Each has advantages and drawbacks. But there’s a reason IBM has installed hundreds of thousands of Macs...

https://www.jamf.com/resources/press-releases/ibm-announces-research-showing-mac-enables-greater-productivity-and-employee-satisfaction-at-ibm/

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

Then what platform/OS are you running?

Dossile

You brought back a lot of memories. I’m not a computer professional. I’d forgotten about buying a large tower from Compaq, Dell, HP, Gateway or a local vendor and then eventually upgrading the computer with individual components, taking off the back and adding RAM here and another graphics card there, a new hard drive, a new mouse. Not to mention periodically entering DOS commands and erasing the hard drive, entering the startup mode and re entering all my programs again because they no longer interfaced quickly with the new DOS or Windows version. Oh those wonderful floppy discs. Learning my way around a PC and DOS/Windows was fun and made me feel pretty smart. Now I’m happy to pay my IT guy to service my PC system at work. We spend a lot of money on computers and servers. They need to work, and they generally do. But it frequently takes IT to make it happen. I was tired of similar hassles for home and hobby where I was IT, so I moved to MAC for personal use over a decade ago and am very happy with the decision.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Interesting article. And current, dated November 12, 2019.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

Agreed. This sentence from the article speaks volumes: "IBM also found that only 5% of Mac users called the help desk for assistance, compared to 40% of PC users."

no12mo

WOW! CompUSA! That brings back memories. We had a CompUSA in Salem, NH on the way home from my commute from work. I used to stop there at least once a week just to bask in the excitement of the place. They had everything computer. Need a vid card? Yeah, they had that in spades. HD? Yup that too. SW in a box that you can fondle and read all the things it did, you name it.

Ah, memories. Apple Computer? It may come down to what kind of photo SW you want to run and and if it is ONLY available for use in an Apple. The invincibility of an Apple is a myth. It's just that Apple is not ubiquitous enough to be of interest to the criminal element to make hacking the Apple worth their while.

Al

danbir1 Loc: North Potomac, MD

I never liked Apple products, they are too costly and not superior to a lot of good quality PC's AND smart phones, but then again, if you want to spend the extra money, go ahead and do it and be happy.

richandtd Loc: Virginia

A year ago I was on the fence sipping the apple juice and thinking of a Mac Pro but settled on a custom built PC by Puget Systems which is almost as expensive as the Mac Pro but a quite fast photo processing machine.

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burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

True enough.

I run Windows 10 on Parallels Desktop on an iMac, when I need PC-only software. I've used that approach for over a decade. In the 1980s through 2008, I had a Mac AND a PC in my office at work. But then I needed to hit the road, produce content on a Mac, and demonstrate proprietary software with a PC. Parallels on a MacBook Pro let me do it all with one computer.

I use Apple's Final Cut Pro X video editing software, which is phenomenal, now, after a long re-development cycle. It runs only on Macs. And honestly, I'd rather use the Mac for everything else I can, too, except for database development in FileMaker Pro (A product from an Apple subsidiary that runs more flexibly on Windows than on Macs, but is easier to develop on the Mac!).

DaVinci Resolve is a good alternative video editor that runs on Macs and Windows PCs. Premiere Pro? It still lags a bit on the Mac, and I don't like the Adobe AV workflow. Avid? Great stuff, but I don't need it. My son in film school might, at some point.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

I agree, these subjects bring out the fans boys and pom pom dancers.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

WOW !!!! just 5 pages, whats wrong here. Where are all the HOGGERS ?
Regardless of your preference of puters, this is a good video offering.
Me, I use both. Every morning I use my iPad Pro to read the daily post. I use DELL desktops to do business. And oh yes, I had a MAC Book Pro that most MAC fanboys would kill for.
Apple appeals to the 'fashion conscience' minded people and they know this and cater to this.
I like their products and have been considering getting another MACBOOK Pro. but for the cost and performance delivery ? Hell no. I look at the refurbs and this was my focus since hopefully the problems were fixed. Still to much. I AM NOT A FAN BOY FOR ANY BRAND INCLUDING CAMERAS, OK.
Both brands work, that is it ! period. You like Fords, you over there, you like Chevy's, you over there, you like Dodges. Hey you over there, you like Honda's. Let us all just enjoy the variety we have for us.
GOD please bless you all and HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Bruce.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

This polarization towards either Macs or PCs is seriously interesting. I have had a view for a long time that Mac users were people who couldn't hack the slightly greater intricacies of a PC. People who basically didn't have the brain power to use a PC (on which you can do far more things than you can on a Mac). These thoughts came about because I lost a number of PC customers over to Macs. And why I thought this was because most of these customers were people who were lacking in brainpower. I would explain something to them (when they still had the PC), they would nod their head sagely but I found on my next visit that they obviously hadn't understood anything I had told them. Then later I would find they had bought a Mac.
Unfortunately amongst my friends I have a few whose brainpower is not in doubt and they also prefer Macs.
So bottom line is that I now think it is something to do with the way a person thinks that makes some minds cotton on to the logic of a Mac whereas others handle a PC better. Left hemisphere brain verse right hemisphere brain or something. I would love to know what this difference is as would everybody in marketing. I do know that one of the differences is that a Mac user is usually more fervent in his/her defence of their Mac use so knowing this I have to confess to pushing their buttons occasionally and maybe this is one of the differences showing up in me.
My wife is a very good graphics designer (for 40 years) and she has been a PC user for all her design life where computers have been a part of it. She thinks Macs are so weird and would never change.
So what are the basic differences between a Mac and PC user ? Also interestingly is that preferring an iphone to all others does not show across the Mac v PC boundaries because a lot of PC users prefer using an iphone. Probably one of the main reasons why I prefer Android to iphone is Apples stance towards repairs and the cost of ownership. But that's me (and Louis Rossman although he makes his income because of Apples stance).

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

This is a very good and intelligent reply. I had an iPHONE provided by my employer and gave it back. To the average Joe user out there they serve them fine.
It is all about personal preference to what ever some one is used to.
To me me being a now retired tech who deal with both platforms, I just do not care about all the BS fan boy stuff. I like both but I have seen this observation about the MAC users in general reflecting back to what you noted. To me, what ever works for some one is good.
Apple makes the whole device as opposed to Windows which is just installed on what ever device you chose to to buy. That is the big difference.
You can chose what you want to get with a Windows based device.
It gets fun doesn't it ?
bruce

JackB

My guess here is that those that do not like Apple, have never owned their stock. Also, can you complain about the price of a Mac when some are paying $3-6K for a camera?