ArtBistro

 I fixed PC's for 20 years in the Navy. Now that I'm retired and run my own business, we run Mac. Actually, we run nine. 'Nuff said.

I just got a new mac book to replace the old one of two year. I love my mac, but disappointed that it only lasted two years. I my experience with mac is that their parts do not last and break easily. but the user experience is unbeatable.

 This discussion has raged for decades now. By the late 1980s desktop publishing had become a reality. Problems existed for both platforms. Macs have always cost more. PC's have always had faster CPUs. The reason Macs dominate graphic arts is based in typography. Macs have always handled text better thanks to Postscript fonts and this gave them an early lead. Over time people got used to the Mac as I have and I will only use Mac. Remember in the end these are just data files and today the platforms and software are very similar. At one time the company I worked for used PCs for all office duties, time clock, tracking but only a few for graphic production. This was because our customers used Macs. We had a saying " if the work comes in on a Mac you leave it on a Mac".

 i definitely prefer mac. i have a macbook pro and also a PC desktop. since i got the macbook pro the pc has been collecting dust

I've owned and used both for (too many) years. And taught graphics in both platforms... and had students blow up both platforms equally well.

With the porting of C+ code to the PC, Photoshop became a native PC program several years ago (much to the annoyance of the MAC-evangelists).

For the past several years, all my computers have been workstations, including my laptop which is an HP Mobile Workstation (nVidia Quadro graphics). My "desktop" is a Xeon-powered HP Workstation with dual DVI monitors (ATI Fire GL graphics) and 1.5tb hard drive space. My graphics cards alone typically cost more than most people's computers do!

For a sobering pause, consider that some time ago, those who "knew" always claimed that if you wanted to do computer graphics, there was only one computer system to use - the Amiga! The last time I saw an Amiga, it was pulling duty as a doorstop. As an artist, I will always use what works best for me that gets me the results I need. For the money spent, I'm happier with PCs at this point (apparently so is Apple, since they are also going Intel), but that may change as the situation changes. So long as my graphics tablet works (WACOM Intuos), I'm happy.

I think it does a terrible disservice for artists to get wrapped up in a marketing scheme defending one brand vs. another. Use what works for you. Calibrate your monitor(s), and get a good graphics card and tablet and produce!

I'm getting a MAC. I heard it's the best with Graphic Design programs. Although i'm more of a PC person all the Graphic Artist i've have met personally said MAC's are the greatest.

 This debate is one that has raged on for as long as I can remember.  I have owned both PCs and Macs going all the way back to the days of Commodore 64 and Tandy Computer and when Mac was Apple and displays were little and black and white.  PCs had DOS and Macs had icons.   As both systems matured I was told Macs were for graphics and PCs were for crunching numbers.  But now Macs have intel processors and Windows has icons.  Both machines are powerful and quick.  Both machine do a good job at whatever.   But as for which is better, well, have you ever meet a Mac owner who didn't praise his machine and gush about how easy it was to use.  Have you ever met anyone who had experience with both platforms who didn't prefer Macs.  Guess I am one of those people.  I love my Mac.