Build a computer or buy an iMac

MaxxuM wrote in post #11346376
Companies LOVE single points of contact for support. If your monitor goes bad, you call Apple. If Final Cut has a bug, you call Apple. If you media server fails, you call Apple. None of the software people blaming the hardware people and so on. When a studio is spending a million dollars a day on production, Apple makes a whole lota sense. It's the same with Avid. Avid solutions cost just as much or more than Apple's do. But, for some reason no one says a word about them. Hummm, very curious indeed.

If that logic were correct, then Windows would not be dominating the corporate world as they do not make PCs.

I don't care, honestly and I am trying to say it doesn't matter what you get. People want to turn this into some kind of religious war, and it is just computers. You load up the software you need on the hardware you need and go to work. If your shop uses Final Cut, then of course windows does not make sense. If your shop uses Premeire or Avid, then it doesn't much matter.

I still maintain that RISC was a primary reason for Apple's early market lead in graphics. If you used Photoshop on a Mac in those days, it was always faster than the equivalent PC. That's not true since the switch to Intel. I

tkbslc wrote in post #11346421
If that logic were correct, then Windows would not be dominating the corporate world as they do not make PCs.

I don't care, honestly and I am trying to say it doesn't matter what you get. People want to turn this into some kind of religious war, and it is just computers. You load up the software you need on the hardware you need and go to work. If your shop uses Final Cut, then of course windows does not make sense. If your shop uses Premeire or Avid, then it doesn't much matter.

I still maintain that RISC was a primary reason for Apple's early market lead in graphics. If you used Photoshop on a Mac in those days, it was always faster than the equivalent PC. That's not true since the switch to Intel. I

I think you mean Microsoft, not Windows.

Job's and Gate's are two very bright guys that went totally different directions. I think both are very happy with where things are right now. I think we, as customers, are fortunate they 'war' against each other. It's given us two very good platforms.

Vive la différence!

MaxxuM wrote in post #11346512
I think you mean Microsoft, not Windows.

Job's and Gate's are two very bright guys that went totally different directions. I think both are very happy with where things are right now. I think we, as customers, are fortunate they 'war' against each other. It's given us two very good platforms.

Vive la différence!

Their direction is money money money.

Our direction is buy buy buy

tkbslc wrote in post #11346191
And Sony Vegas is only Windows. There are many choices for both.

Yes, but there are Mac-specific apps and Windows-specific apps and my view is the software you use should drive your computer hardware decisions. You can run Windows apps on Macs easier than you can run Mac apps on Win PCs (unless you have the right mobo).

Yes, I misread that. My apologies.