Mac users?

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:25 pm

i know but i dont care, its fun to show off to friends (and trick the teachers into thinking your doing something productive

) I was offered a MacbookPro the other day but i decided i didnt want it, macs good and all but i already have a pc and laptop, i dont need another

edit: plus i dont wanna possibly ruin the psp by installing a real version of mac (os 7.5) on it

Post by **Niode** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:40 pm

like those games you got for free?

Post by **fastbilly1** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:58 pm

But how many Mac users have Final Cut Pro? I mean a $1400 program is not something they just throw in. Dont get me wrong it is the best way to do multicam HD editing - avid fell short on that, but I think that example is alittle extreme.

Post by **Koopin_Krackerz** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:56 am

fastbilly1 wrote:But how many Mac users have Final Cut Pro? I mean a $1400 program is not something they just throw in. Dont get me wrong it is the best way to do multicam HD editing - avid fell short on that, but I think that example is alittle extreme.

My old high school got a demo Macbook Pro that had Final Cut Pro on it. They gave it to me to see how quickly I could learn how to create and edit a movie with out any previous knowledge and if it was user friendly the program was. It's a very nice and fairly simple, takes a few hours to figure out everything, but I wouldn't spend $1400 on it unless you need all the extra stuff it has.

Post by **nickfil** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:17 pm

Koopin_Krackerz wrote:
fastbilly1 wrote:But how many Mac users have Final Cut Pro? I mean a $1400 program is not something they just throw in. Dont get me wrong it is the best way to do multicam HD editing - avid fell short on that, but I think that example is alittle extreme.
My old high school got a demo Macbook Pro that had Final Cut Pro on it. They gave it to me to see how quickly I could learn how to create and edit a movie with out any previous knowledge and if it was user friendly the program was. It's a very nice and fairly simple, takes a few hours to figure out everything, but I wouldn't spend $1400 on it unless you need all the extra stuff it has.

its been a long time since i ever bought software. Its so readily available on the net and honestly, 1400? really? I'm not even remotely in their demographic for that so its not like i'm stealing. right? guys? right?... heh.

i've been a mac user since the powerpc G5. Kinda a half mac user before that- A G4 in the studio and a pc at home. Although you can't really game on it, and there are many disadvantages to it, i find they handle photoshop really well. My last Pc actually caught fire.

Post by **Niode** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:41 pm

You don't need final cut pro, I was just using that as an example. Every mac that comes with iLife suite (IE every-single mac that is bought brand new) can edit video off a video camera, and make a professional looking DVD to boot. (my computer illiterate auntie uses a mac and she made us a DVD with pictures and full video of her house in Australia when she came over 6 month ago, so I know it's possible). I just meant that most professionals will use that software rather than the iLife stuff.

Post by **Koopin_Krackerz** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:19 pm

Yeah, the price tag was too high for me to recommend to the school and for what the school wanted (just a fairly basic video editing program) iMovie that comes with all Macs is what they should go with. I did suggest pirating Final Cut Pro, I found a copy within a few searches online, but not surprisingly a private school with a honor code wasn't to keen on that.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:22 pm

just got mac osx leopard on my pc (kalyway install), friend convinced me to do it (but i did keep vista on a partition) and im happy w/ it, just for school work though as thats what my school uses and that way its easier to keep track of things.

Post by **Daniel Primed** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:49 pm

I'll probably be migrating to a Mac once my laptop has run its course. I'm on Windows XP and don't want to downgrade to Vista and my current XP disc is an OEM, made only for my machine.

While I do enjoy design, to be fair, design can be equally as good on either platform IMO. There are subtle advantages in using a Mac for design (such as colour and font rendering) which have aready been said but really it comes down to two things:

1) Designers like the aesthetically pleasing interface and design
2) Macs are more shortcut orientated OS' which make design work faster and are hence used in industry

The software is the same basically. Overall though Macs are of course more savvy on the creative stuff with the suites and software that comes installed etc.