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OTL_Photo · 07-11-2010, 10:02 PM

Count me in the minority then.

John,
About a month ago, my wife and I decided it was time to invest in a new computer for the home and studio. We homeschool our youngest son, and I'm opening up my own studio in the near future. I looked at a PC, but wasn't sold on win7, and the aged machine we were replacing had XP home on it.

Count me in the 'it just works' group as well. I am more than capable of building and outfitting a windows box, if I were so inclined, I've done it before, and I could do it again if I wanted to.

as for 'limited software', let's look at what my family and I do on the computer: Primary use is surfing the web/email, Basic word processing and spreadsheet usage, followed by media listening/watching. I'm going to be using it for post processing and file storage for the photo studio and that's about it.

OK then, Mac OS X includes a browser, email program, itunes and even a rudimentary photo editor.

To which I immediately added open office, so there's the word processing etc covered. cost free...

PHoto editing was the only area I would need to buy software, though there is Gimp available for that as well, also free.

The educational software community is firmly entrenched in the Mac world, and nearly all of the software we already had on hand was dual platform, Mac and Win.
SO, right out of the box, or nearly so (two program suites easily downloaded) we had a working computer whiich met all of our current or projected computing needs with near zero issues.

We didn't have to worry about drivers or compatability issues. Perhaps we paid a bit more than a similarly capable windows machine, but to my mind it is a relatively small expense. WHile there are Viruses which are aimed at the Mac OS, they're so few and far between we're comparatively immune vs the windows platforms. On a similar track I don't have to worry about teenagers downloading garbage from their social networking sites and whatnot. They 'can' do so of course, but .exe files just dont' seem to work well on OS X.

I now have a modern computer with ample storage and processor speed, a gorgeous display and very small desktop footprint, which is hands down better than the mini tower and large CRt it replaced, which was several generations old and showing its age in many ways.

07-11-2010, 10:02 PM	#7
OTL_Photo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 6	Count me in the minority then. John, About a month ago, my wife and I decided it was time to invest in a new computer for the home and studio. We homeschool our youngest son, and I'm opening up my own studio in the near future. I looked at a PC, but wasn't sold on win7, and the aged machine we were replacing had XP home on it. Count me in the 'it just works' group as well. I am more than capable of building and outfitting a windows box, if I were so inclined, I've done it before, and I could do it again if I wanted to. as for 'limited software', let's look at what my family and I do on the computer: Primary use is surfing the web/email, Basic word processing and spreadsheet usage, followed by media listening/watching. I'm going to be using it for post processing and file storage for the photo studio and that's about it. OK then, Mac OS X includes a browser, email program, itunes and even a rudimentary photo editor. To which I immediately added open office, so there's the word processing etc covered. cost free... PHoto editing was the only area I would need to buy software, though there is Gimp available for that as well, also free. The educational software community is firmly entrenched in the Mac world, and nearly all of the software we already had on hand was dual platform, Mac and Win. SO, right out of the box, or nearly so (two program suites easily downloaded) we had a working computer whiich met all of our current or projected computing needs with near zero issues. We didn't have to worry about drivers or compatability issues. Perhaps we paid a bit more than a similarly capable windows machine, but to my mind it is a relatively small expense. WHile there are Viruses which are aimed at the Mac OS, they're so few and far between we're comparatively immune vs the windows platforms. On a similar track I don't have to worry about teenagers downloading garbage from their social networking sites and whatnot. They 'can' do so of course, but .exe files just dont' seem to work well on OS X. I now have a modern computer with ample storage and processor speed, a gorgeous display and very small desktop footprint, which is hands down better than the mini tower and large CRt it replaced, which was several generations old and showing its age in many ways.