Thiking of going Mac
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I would buy an Apple computer but I'd have to buy most of my software all over again. Not because it won't run on an Intel Mac, but because most companies won't allow you to transfer a license from your PC to Mac.
That sucks the big one.
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I hear ya - I have the full CS4 master for PC - and have to start fresh over, will keep my PC and gravitate sketchup over to the mac
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Mac bites the wallet too hard anyways...
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Macs are very nice, streamlined and trendy. I've never heard a bad thing about the hardware/OS from anyone who has one.
But...
You'll just need to join the legions of others watching software get released for the PC and asking, "When will the Mac version be available?"
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you can always have Windows installed on your Mac hardware. to be honest, I didn't boot on Windows for quite some time. for most of the software a virtual machine running Windows is enough.
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Although my main machine is a mac, and I certainly speak out for mac when I feel thay are being slagged,I also advise long time PC users to stay PC.
The systems are different and you will probably find the mac quite frustrating for a while, particularly if you use keyboard commands.
I guess my question is: Why are you considering the move, is it that you are really unhappy with the PC, or is all the Mac hype reaching you?
Also although you can run windows on the intel mac, for me it means (for instance) that the $99 dollar twighlight needs $80 Parallels, and $400 dollar windows. -
my reasons for considering a mac are as follows:
-no it's not because of the commercials
-need a new system and figured I would consider mac
-on a short term contract with a company and it is a ALL mac office
-want sketchup to work with some rendering before I switch
-I have on my desk the hard-drives from 6 dead pc's so I need to strip off data
-tired of constantly troubleshooting windowsso any mac/sketchup/rendering software folks want to share thier experience
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@kxi system said:
Mac bites the wallet too hard anyways...
Here we go again.
What a load of utter nonsense!I use a Mac and I also use a PC, but I'll always turn the Mac on in preference to the PC, because the way workflow is managed, is far more efficient. I'm also flabbergasted by the amount of security updates Microsoft keep chucking at me (and then I have to wait for ages until I can turn the damn thing off, while it installs 1 of umpteen updates.
FWIW, I've just finished a visualisation for a client, which was done entirely with QCad, SketchUp, Keynote and iMovie. All in all the software has been mainly free (apart from QCad, which cost me £13 and Keynote, which came as a bundle as "iWork", which was about £25 or something like that). The bundled iLife apps are incredible- for what they offer.
I'm really looking forward to purchasing the Twilight renderer- which is probably the only disadvantage I can see, and one that used to be the other way round, waiting for the developers to port from Windows to Mac.
regards,
Tom
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thanks Tom
Workfl;ow is my main concern, not only for Sketchup but for my web productivity, I manege an number of sites and it can be overwhelming
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Spaces is pretty powerful. There is a similar type of function in Ubuntu as well, but you can have different windows from different apps open and fly between open windows and apps- much more powerful than the dock system in windows (xp). You could for example, if you were managing websites, have an open space for each site, photoshop open in one, illustrator in another- keep everything neat and tidy. Shortcuts can also be added in each window, allowing files to be moved around very fast. Also ther are spring loaded windows- something I really miss in XP- no need for copy and paste (although that is there too).
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