Mac or Windows for Photo editing?

Mac

texkam wrote in post #18243063
After you upgrade, you can take that old laptop and install Linux on it, giving you a machine you can use to surf the Internet with zero percent chance of getting a Windows virus.

A Mac has zero percent chance of getting a Windows virus, and Windows has zero percent chance of getting a Mac virus.

There is a chance of a Linux laptop getting a Linux virus though

the hulk wrote in post #18243302
Is it possible to calibrate and profiling a Mac monitor?

No problem calibrating and profiling a Mac monitor. Personally, I use an i1 Display 2 and the free DisplayCAL3 to do mine.

whiteflyer wrote in post #18243342
A Mac has zero percent chance of getting a Windows virus, and Windows has zero percent chance of getting a Mac virus.

There is a chance of a Linux laptop getting a Linux virus though

And how many Mac or Linux viruses are there compared with Windows viruses?

go4saket wrote in post #18242995
Thanks a lot for the suggestions guys but what I missed in my post was that I have to buy a 15" laptop and not a desktop for the time being...

I did some research and some websites suggested Asus ZenBook for Windows... Is this the one that I should opt for or some thing else?

Above is the current topic of the thread, brand vs. brand holy wars should be avoided.


I have heard very good things about the Asus, and I like some of the Lenovo laptops as well.

whiteflyer wrote in post #18243345
No problem calibrating and profiling a Mac monitor. Personally, I use an i1 Display 2 and the free DisplayCAL3 to do mine.

Me too. Mac and i1 Display and no issues. Xrite is an industry standard in colour calibration.

The point of my Linux recommendation is that the OP will have an existing Windows machine. Installing MacOs on it is not a legal option. Linux is a free, legal option, and is the least vulnerable of the three OS mentioned, to viruses. And provided you don't need to run any specialized, proprietary software, it's a great way to get extra life out of an older machine. My old, formerly Vista, Toshiba laptop, running Firefox, LibreOffice, Dropbox, etc, is as fast and responsive as my wife's newer Windows machine running the same with twice the ram.

Asus and Lenovo would be my brand choices for new, as well.

When talk about Window and Mac, there are only 2 things that come to my mind since I was in college till now more than 10 years, my mind always stuck with the sentence, "Window good for gaming, Mac good for editing" . But in the end both is OK, your skill is more important.

texkam wrote in post #18243894
Installing MacOs on it is not a legal option.

It's not illegal. At worst, it's a license breech. Apple's unlikely to go after anyone who installs OS X on a computer for their own, personal use.

In my opinion, the best thing to edit on is a Windows PC. It's big, so your editing system isn't squished onto a smaller screen, resulting in you having a lot more space to edit on.

Laptop wise, i'd go for a Mac. My partner has a Macbook and I am incredibly jealous! The speed that it responds to is incredible and the photos always look perfect.

sophiehurstphotography wrote in post #18253168
In my opinion, the best thing to edit on is a Windows PC. It's big, so your editing system isn't squished onto a smaller screen, resulting in you having a lot more space to edit on.

A 27" iMac isn't exactly small. How big a screen do you actually need?

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sophiehurstphotography wrote in post #18253168
In my opinion, the best thing to edit on is a Windows PC. It's big, so your editing system isn't squished onto a smaller screen, resulting in you having a lot more space to edit on.

I don't understand what you are saying here. It seems as if you infer that there is a correlation between monitor sizes and operating systems, which is not the case at all. You can get very tiny useless monitors for Macs, and you can get little tiny useless monitors for PCs. You can also get nice big monitors for Macs, and you can get nice big monitors for PCs. Your statement, quoted above, seems to contradict this. Would you care to elaborate upon what you meant?

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sophiehurstphotography wrote in post #18253168
In my opinion, the best thing to edit on is a Windows PC. It's big, so your editing system isn't squished onto a smaller screen, resulting in you having a lot more space to edit on.

Laptop wise, i'd go for a Mac. My partner has a Macbook and I am incredibly jealous! The speed that it responds to is incredible and the photos always look perfect.

I too am confused on what you are trying to say but I can say that size isn't everything, resolution plays a large part in the monitor. I'd take a 1440p 24" over a 1080p 30" monitor anyday.

Even a macbook pro connected through hdmi to an off brand monitor would be good and crispy for photo editing. Windows 10 also makes it a little easier to do photo editing but the simplicity of a mac will always beat it however prices have me switched to a windows.

Apresto wrote in post #18253774
Even a macbook pro connected through hdmi to an off brand monitor would be good and crispy for photo editing. Windows 10 also makes it a little easier to do photo editing but the simplicity of a mac will always beat it however prices have me switched to a windows.

I had a macbook pro connected to and NEC monitor at one time. It worked well.