[IxDA Discuss] What's the best Computer for Designers?

[Nasir Barday]

Adobe can actually switch your license from Windows to Mac (and vice versa),
according to this blog post from an Adobe person:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/01/yes_cs3_can_be.html

Not sure if it's free, but certainly should make the switch easier.

Hoping and praying for Mac OS X to run (legally) on a Thinkpad ...
- Nasir


On 9/4/07, Todd Zaki Warfel <lists at toddwarfel.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 11:22 PM, Dante Murphy wrote:
>
> > [...] Macs are expensive.
>
> That argument hasn't been true for years. Mac minis start under $600.
> You can pick one up and use your existing mouse, keyboard, and
> monitor. That's what I've done for my parents (last Christmas). Want
> everything, iMacs start at $1199. And you can pick up Mac notebooks
> just over $1k.
>
> Now you can try and argue "But I can get a Dell laptop for $600." Uh,
> huh. Anyone ever really done that? You start at $600 and by the time
> you add software, some ram, a decent HD, you're over $1200. It's
> happened to nearly every friend and family member I know that's
> purchased a Dell. And then 3 months in, they have to reformat the HD
> and reinstall everything.
>
> Either way, cost is relative. Macs and PCs are typically within a
> couple hundred bucks of each other. Sometimes Macs are higher,
> sometimes PCs are higher.
>
> > Now do I want to lay out considerably more cash to get a Mac just
> > to learn the platform?  Will I be suitably impressed such that I
> > start shelling out even more cash to buy the Mac versions of CS3,
> > Omnigraffle, etc.?  I can't say it won't happen, but there's a
> > significant ROI to consider.
>
> OmniGraffle comes free with the MacBook Pros. CS3? Well, if you have
> the Windows version, you can install Windows on your Mac using
> Parallels ($79) or Bootcamp (free). Then install all your Windows
> software under that if you'd like. This way you'll have the best of
> both worlds. You'll get to learn and appreciate the Mac platform at
> almost no cost.
>
> > I've never felt that the platform on which I run my tools has
> > constrained my ability to design.
>
> And you probably won't until you experience something else. If what
> you have works for you, and works well, then there's probably no
> reason to switch. But once you experience a Mac, as Christopher said,
> you wonder what took you so long.
>
> When people ask me what they'll regret when going to a Mac, my
> response is always the same - Just that you didn't do it sooner.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Todd Zaki Warfel
> President, Design Researcher
> Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully.
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