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Digital Photography 101 – The Windows Vs Mac Debate

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

One of the most hotly contested concepts in the world of digital photography is that of operating system superiority. Mac users claim that due to OS X’s ease of use and Apple’s eye for design, their systems are the best in the world for storing and editing digital photos. On the other side of the discussion, Windows users have long bandied about the assertion that PCs are more compatible, more universal, and thus more qualified to handle the workload of the digital arts community. So let’s take a look at the differences between these two industry giants.Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows has been the long time standard for business software like Outlook, Word and Excel. The majority of offices use PC’s with windows as this is mainly due to the lower cost of PC equipment and the compatibilit photography basics y of different systems working with windows. However when it comes to digital photography, using Windows gives you no clear advantage over any other operating system.Software like Adobe Photoshop run almost the same on Windows as a Mac and since Apple switched to using Intel processors now the hardware is almost the same as well. What are the advantages of using Windows? For starters, PCs are cheap, especially when compared to Macs. Much of the software available for OS X is also available for Windows and you can get a good PC that works well with photos for a lot less than an Mac with similar software. If cost is your bottom line, you should probably look into a Windows system.Apple MacIt’s hard to believe that just ten years ago, many industry analysts declared Apple “dead in the water.”.