my reasons for moving away from apple

[hendosan]

Eh, while I've been using OSX for about 10 years, I wouldn't say it is currently more stable than a similarly-built PC. When system crashes happen it's usually a hardware fault of some kind, and any computer can be vulnerable to this.

The reason I prefer Macs is because the UI makes it a lot easier for me to multitask. Windows has come a long way and has a lot little UI features that emulate this functionality, but at the end of the day I find it easier to quickly jump between different documents and apps in OSX than in Windows. And while many people poo-poo the all-in-one designs of the iMac, I like the fact that the design of the computer itself is very clean and it requires a very small footprint on my desk.

I wouldn't hesitate to jump though if OSX became officially supported on standard PC hardware.

 

[Postmaster]

That´s interesting. I heard that a lot from guys that use Macs.
But whenever I asked them, to show me what they mean they failed to proof it.
It turned out, they just did not know their way around in Windows - especially what the left mouse button can do with just one or two clicks.

Frank

 

[Gary Huff]

The reason I prefer Macs is because the UI makes it a lot easier for me to multitask. Windows has come a long way and has a lot little UI features that emulate this functionality, but at the end of the day I find it easier to quickly jump between different documents and apps in OSX than in Windows.

This has left me scratching my head because it's almost exactly the same between the two for doing what you're describing. Unless you're talking solely about the multiple desktops functionality with Spaces (now Mission Control). Mine's turned off at the moment actually.

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

There is no functional difference between the systems once you are in the NLE.

I say that as a 12 year mac user who has just switched to Windows 7.

 

[hendosan]

This has left me scratching my head because it's almost exactly the same between the two for doing what you're describing. Unless you're talking solely about the multiple desktops functionality with Spaces (now Mission Control). Mine's turned off at the moment actually.

Not just multiple desktops and Exposé (which does help), but I'm talking more about how many apps don't maintain a windowed environment in OSX. Mind you my terminology is terrible so I don't know how to express myself verbally, but let me show an example:

The PSD exists only within the Windowed environment of the Photoshop app and it makes it difficult to switch between documents in different applications without alt-tabbing or clicking on the application on the bar at the bottom of the Windows UI. Okay so maybe alt-tabbing isn't all that difficult, but I find it clumsy when in Mac OS I can have this:

I have an Illustrator and Photoshop document open side by side and I can basically click from one item to the next. I even have a Finder window accessible right there, and clicking on any of these different applications doesn't obscure the other. Yes you can resize the application windows in Windows and then have everything tiled like I do in OSX, but then you scrunch the entire UI down for all those apps. In OSX the UI is only active when you select a document and it doesn't obscure your desktop or any documents stacked behind it, nor do the windows change size or position unless you move/resize them yourself.

 

[Gary Huff]

See, for me that gets in the way. More often than not, I'm annoyed by click on something I didn't intend, say like the DVXUser forum in the background. Plus, this setup is not very ideal on a single monitor system, so I'm assuming you have two monitors open? You can easily set up Windows like that on a multiple monitor system.

 

[hendosan]

I actually do have a 2 monitor setup, but most of the time I use it to just preview the timeline in my NLE and free up space on the main monitor - with high resolution screens (greater than 1920x1080) I've found it easier to just cram everything into one screen and use Mission Control to spill non-essential apps onto. And I never really have problems clicking on something I didn't intend to.

I would never try to say that how I work is preferable for everybody, but I really do like a tiled view of documents and Mac OS seems to accomodate me. Of course I JUST installed CS6 and it looks like everything is moving towards that single-window view, maybe I can get a refund on CS Cloud

 

[nosys70]

that is the clever marketing of Apple.
put the motherboard behind a big (at least 24 inches) screen and install it on a desk.
People will say , whoa, what a computer !, just because there is a big screen.
They have done that in my company. where everybody has a Dell laptop with an external screen (at best 17").
so guess what, every body says Macs are great, just because they have seen that big screen.
Guess what would be the result if they would have introduced Apple starting with small laptop ?
And guess why iPad sells like hot cakes, because itis basically an iphone with big screen.
And why Samsung is selling more smartphones than Apple, because they look like iphones with bigger screen.

 

[bimdas]

The PSD exists only within the Windowed environment of the Photoshop app and it makes it difficult to switch between documents in different applications without alt-tabbing or clicking on the application on the bar at the bottom of the Windows UI. Okay so maybe alt-tabbing isn't all that difficult, but I find it clumsy when in Mac OS I can have this:

For me it would become a bit hard to focus on the one job when the screen is full of different windows from different programs. What would be the purpose of needing an illustrator window open up next to a photoshop window? I know when I'm editing or photoshoping or using after effects, having another program window open at the same time makes things look clutterred and doesn't do anything to improve the workflow. Having a second monitor for bridge or explorer is all I need.

 

[Noel Evans]

Well.... to each his own. END

 

[David Jimerson]

Not just multiple desktops and Exposé (which does help), but I'm talking more about how many apps don't maintain a windowed environment in OSX. Mind you my terminology is terrible so I don't know how to express myself verbally, but let me show an example:

The PSD exists only within the Windowed environment of the Photoshop app and it makes it difficult to switch between documents in different applications without alt-tabbing or clicking on the application on the bar at the bottom of the Windows UI. Okay so maybe alt-tabbing isn't all that difficult, but I find it clumsy when in Mac OS I can have this:

I have an Illustrator and Photoshop document open side by side and I can basically click from one item to the next. I even have a Finder window accessible right there, and clicking on any of these different applications doesn't obscure the other. Yes you can resize the application windows in Windows and then have everything tiled like I do in OSX, but then you scrunch the entire UI down for all those apps. In OSX the UI is only active when you select a document and it doesn't obscure your desktop or any documents stacked behind it, nor do the windows change size or position unless you move/resize them yourself.

Just for clarification: you can do that in Windows.

EDIT: Sorry, Noel.