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Michael · 01-05-2008, 10:02 AM

A few years back I made a conscious decision to turn to a PC, and now there is no turning back at least for a while. Years ago PC's were just business computers and now the are much more. Besides there is certain adobe software that doesn't work on a Mac. I believe they just got After Effect and Premiere and Adobe On Location doesn't work on a Mac I don't believe if you shoot video. I really wanted to get into motion graphics and learn After Effects that is why I made my initial switch.

While I was in school I found Maya rather daunting in my 3d modeling class and wanted to use 3DS Max, so I had to move to PC for that reason as well. Certainly the initial argument was that Mac's handled graphics better than PC's, and that was true 15 years ago, however there is little to no difference now. Viruses are concern for some, personally my design PC is never hooked to the internet, I don't do anything on it except design and get updates for my software.

I have a Presario with 3 gig and a 512 Nvidia GeForce Graphics card with a 22 inch Gateway HD monitor, accompanied by a 17 flat screen for duel monitoring. Now this works for me fine and there is never a hickup or slow down. All together I believe I spent roughly 1500 US for everything. My point is you can stack up a pretty awesome work station that is fully functional for a fraction of the cost. Besides with the cost of the CS3 Masters Suite who couldn't use the extra cash.

01-05-2008, 10:02 AM	#21
Michael Intern Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Posts: 20	PC for Me A few years back I made a conscious decision to turn to a PC, and now there is no turning back at least for a while. Years ago PC's were just business computers and now the are much more. Besides there is certain adobe software that doesn't work on a Mac. I believe they just got After Effect and Premiere and Adobe On Location doesn't work on a Mac I don't believe if you shoot video. I really wanted to get into motion graphics and learn After Effects that is why I made my initial switch. While I was in school I found Maya rather daunting in my 3d modeling class and wanted to use 3DS Max, so I had to move to PC for that reason as well. Certainly the initial argument was that Mac's handled graphics better than PC's, and that was true 15 years ago, however there is little to no difference now. Viruses are concern for some, personally my design PC is never hooked to the internet, I don't do anything on it except design and get updates for my software. I have a Presario with 3 gig and a 512 Nvidia GeForce Graphics card with a 22 inch Gateway HD monitor, accompanied by a 17 flat screen for duel monitoring. Now this works for me fine and there is never a hickup or slow down. All together I believe I spent roughly 1500 US for everything. My point is you can stack up a pretty awesome work station that is fully functional for a fraction of the cost. Besides with the cost of the CS3 Masters Suite who couldn't use the extra cash.