Best to Edit - Apple Mac or Windows PC?

Both systems will work fine and edit photos. PCs aren't limited to mobile (laptop) components so can be significantly faster than macs, although this will be seen more when batch processing and that's a cup of tea job for either machine.
 
There are a few photo apps/programs that are Windows or Mac specific, so if the user wants to run those then that would be a deciding factor as well. For example, if the user is into his HDR and wants to run 'Aurora HDR' then he has to use a Mac. Of course there are Windows HDR programs or Add-ons but if it is a specific one he wants to use then decision made.
 
I use a dell pc (that I have upgraded myself ) for my main editing work a similar mac pro was more than I could afford
When I'm away from home I use a macbook pro with retina screen at the time that I bought it was the best tool for the job with an excellent battery life slim and light and I really like the screen
Both do the same job running lightroom and photoshop cc :)
 
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The colour balance on the apple monitor at work is awful. Our last designer who was using Macs 20 years ago shunned the Mac Pro in favour of a PC with two Dell ultrasharp monitors. Current designer loves it. Recent rebranding looks great on the Mac display, colourwise. Awful on everybody elses!
 
afasoas said:
The colour balance on the apple monitor at work is awful. Our last designer who was using Macs 20 years ago shunned the Mac Pro in favour of a PC with two Dell ultrasharp monitors. Current designer loves it. Recent rebranding looks great on the Mac display, colourwise. Awful on everybody elses!
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Sounds like it'd be easier just to calibrate the monitor on your Mac.

And of course you could plug those Dells into a Mac if you wanted to as well.
 
Jayst84 said:
Sounds like it'd be easier just to calibrate the monitor on your Mac.

And of course you could plug those Dells into a Mac if you wanted to as well.
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Lol, it's not my Mac!! :)
I've mentioned display calibration to the designer and she's not really interested! ...besides which, as a company, we don't really support Apple products.
 
afasoas said:
The colour balance on the apple monitor at work is awful. Our last designer who was using Macs 20 years ago shunned the Mac Pro in favour of a PC with two Dell ultrasharp monitors. Current designer loves it. Recent rebranding looks great on the Mac display, colourwise. Awful on everybody elses!
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I had the same problem and I've just come from a PC to an iMac (native CCT of around 7000K). Although I love the the GUI and much prefer it than Windows, I'm very disappointed with the display and the lack of the hardware controls allowing a more accurate calibration as opposed to simply altering the GPU's LUT to hit the colour target, which for me meant that I lost around 1.3 millions colours out of the sRGB gamut.
 
Very true but then with all these things there is always something better if you have more money to throw at it
 
Brazo said:
To be fair the iMac 5k is a lovely screen strapped to a weedy computer. All the 'money' is in the screen not the attached 'pc'.

That said there isn't a current Mac top end or otherwise that can compete with even a moderately specced desktop pc.
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In terms of benchmarks you're right - for me, I came from a PC to an iMac and im fairly happy with it since its more than fast enough for my needs in terms of photo editing plus its looks quite nice! That said im disappointed with the display but can live with it for the time being.
On the other hand if I wanted a gaming PC I wouldnt even dream of looking at an imac system, i'd build my own like I used to many years ago.
 
Brazo said:
To be fair the iMac 5k is a lovely screen strapped to a weedy computer. All the 'money' is in the screen not the attached 'pc'.

That said there isn't a current Mac top end or otherwise that can compete with even a moderately specced desktop pc.
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do LG still supply apple with panels?

4k monitors from them are only £380. even if they're not LG they're nothing special as far as i know.

e: ifixit 5k teardown step 5 suggests might still be LG: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+27-Inch+Retina+5K+Display+Teardown/30260
 
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Much of a muchness, do I prefer Photoshop on OSX or Windows?

I find the MAC easier to use, it seems to be a little quicker despite being similar specs to my Windows PC but really it makes little difference to me.
 
neil_g said:
do LG still supply apple with panels?

4k monitors from them are only £380. even if they're not LG they're nothing special as far as i know.

e: ifixit 5k teardown step 5 suggests might still be LG: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+27-Inch+Retina+5K+Display+Teardown/30260
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I have no idea who supply's the screens but the 5k iMac is a lovely screen, when you price up the components squeezed into the back of the screen they don't amount to much compared with the retail price, if your saying the screen isn't expensive then that's a lot of apple tax ;-)
 
Brazo said:
I have no idea who supply's the screens but the 5k iMac is a lovely screen, when you price up the components squeezed into the back of the screen they don't amount to much compared with the retail price, if your saying the screen isn't expensive then that's a lot of apple tax ;-)
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bar the case i dont think apple have any "special" parts to be honest (logic board excluded). all parts are easily sourced elsewhere/in other hardware.
 
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bar the case i dont think apple have any "special" parts to be honest (logic board excluded). all parts are easily sourced elsewhere/in other hardware.
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Plenty of logic boards on ebay!
 
2 years ago at my work we had the same debate when ordering PCs for the graphic designers. The PCs won out in the end due to cost.

They both use the same Intel harwdare but you pay extra for the Apple OS, cool case and design. I prefer PC from the sheer range of bespoke case and options you get, and the fact you can game in 4k too. Can any apple product do that? So with the advent of better graphics card integration across all of Adobe's products I think the more upgradeable and cost effective PC wins if you're using the Adobe suite.
 
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