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15 Dec 2009

Mac vs PC According to Varun Kannan

This little Indian kid named Varun on youtube is a pretty smart guy.  I like this kid’s way of reasoning when it comes to mac vs pc.  I love macs, but I’m not going to lie… I think they’re definitely way overpriced for what you get.  I’m not taking sides, as I’ve worked with both for years.  I actually just ordered a brand new desktop pc with an i7.  It has more memory in the video card alone than my current (7 year old) computer has snapped into it’s motherboard DIMMs.  Savings? $1000-1500 over the new incredible iMac 27″.  That’s a lot of cheddar that can get redirected into new photo gear for me.  Anyway, I’ll be sure to post a full review of my new setup once it arrives.

Amazingly, a lot of graphic design jobs you might find won’t always have you on a mac.  Make sure you know how to use both – otherwise you’re going to have to educate yourself pretty quick once you land that first design gig straight out of college.  That means knowing what the heck you’re doing in Windows XP and the all new Windows 7, as well as knowing OSX.  Thankfully the Adobe programs are pretty much identical whether you’re on a mac or a pc, with the exception of the alt/option key on your keyboard (it’s not rocket science).


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  • http://www.kenhurstphotography.com Ken Hurst

    True PCs cheaper. Just make sure you get one that can run OS X. :) Macs can run Windows & OS X legally.

    • http://arenacreative.com/ arenacreative

      In my case, there’s no reason for me to ever need or want to run OS X on my Windows machine – I can’t think of any mac software that I really can’t get for Windows. On the other hand, if I had a mac, I would need to run parallels just to have Windows open at all times, for those couple of windows apps I can’t go without (ie CushyStock) I’m also a pretty big PC gamer. When the day finally comes where I can get everything I need OS X to do, I won’t mind occasionally using bootcamp to run Windows for gaming purposes. But if I have to do that on a daily basis for programs I use in my daily workflow, that’s just going to be a pain.

  • http://www.datstruct.com Jenifer

    I also have used both the Mac and the PC and i find the PC far better in all the aspects except for the graphics. And its true, not only the Mac but lot of Apple’s products are overpriced. When i first started to use the Mac i was lost!! there was no Task bar, it was completely different, but the graphics were brilliant. All in all i would rather go for a PC with lot of features at lesser price than go for the overpriced Mac!! ;)