Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #43005
From: Glenn Ferguson <ferguson.design@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:31:04 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Re: [AE] iMac and AE
While it is certainly my opinion, I believe it is a well founded one.  I use PCs because price and choice are important to me, and while anything you can do on one you can do on the other, I find that OSX is superior in design, implementation, functionality, and usability.  Yet, I use PCs. 
 
I think the comparisons are proper.  Most people are not building home PCs or Hackintoshes.  I used to, but I have no time for it now and if I were going to spend the money that a PC workstation would cost, I would opt for a Mac instead.  But then, all of this is subjective opinion anyway, is it not?

Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE

Glenn, that’s purely your subjective opinion.

I really don’t get this fascination with the operating system. How much time are you chaps spending “outside” of the programs you are using to earn money?

I have a mixture of systems running Windows 7 & OSX, not because I prefer either of them but because certain software either runs better or doesn’t run at all under a certain OS. Horses for courses.

If you really have to compare systems then do it properly:

A home-build PC should be compared to a home-build Hackintosh. Here the prices are identical because the hardware is identical. Teddys’ 3930K i7 could just as easily run OSX.

A MacPro should be compared to a PC workstation from a “brand name” such as Dell/HP/Boxx etc. Here the Mac is (or was – who knows what the next MP will bring!) cheaper but has fewer video options, less RAM slots etc.

Elliot


Am 14/04/2012 02:49 schrieb "Glenn Ferguson" unter <ferguson.design@verizon.net>:

... you won't find a better operating system than OSX.

From: Stephen van Vuuren <mailto:stephen@sv2studios.com>  
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:59 PM
To: After Effects Mail List <mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv>  
Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE

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That's my point.  If price and choice are important to you, get a PC.  If support, warranty, and build quality is important to you, get a Mac.

My point is that you can’t compare “PC” vs. a “Mac”. Mac is a specific brand by a single company. “PC” refers to a broad huge spectrum of companies. In fact a “Mac” is a PC that runs OSX. Same CPU, RAM, motherboard etc. Just a bit of firmware in the EFI boot.
 
You can PCs with better support, warranty and build quality than a Mac, but it will cost the same or more than a Mac. There are ultra-high premium PCs with custom paint jobs, hand built components and white glove service, for a price.
 

stephen van vuuren
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