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Hi folks,

Well i'm taking the plunge and switching to mac from pc, now i know my cs2 won't work on a mac (may be less than legitimate) but from what i've researched most other things will printers, camera etc.
I was just wondering if there is anything else i need to think of before i place the order.

Thanks in advance for any tips or info.
 
Moved to Mac about 10 months ago, no real drama's . Converted Photoshop over with help from Adobe UK customer service.

Printers work fine ( 3 Epson's including a 2880).

If you have external Hard drives formatted NTFS, Mac's will read them but not write to them as standard. You'll need a copy of Paragons NTFS for Mac , about £25 from the Apple store.

Wacom tablet plugged in and lit up no problems.

Pretty uneventful really
 
You may already be aware, but you can actually run your windows applications on a Mac by using virtual machine software such as Parallels or Vmware Fusion.

Personally I use Fusion and honestly can't fault it :)
 
I'll second the vote for Fusion, although I have yet to try the latest version of Parallels.

You shouldn't have too many problems, some Mac's are now shipping with Snow Leopard disks in the box, if yours doesn't then you can get one from Apple for £7.95.
 
i moved from XP to OSX, went through 3 Mac laptops, each of which failed about a month out of warranty... mad things like screens going, harddiscs failing etc

so i went back to PC's, and have had this laptop over 2 years now with no problems at all. it runs Windows 7 perfectly, and never crashes. my Macbook Pro is now just an MP3 station and nothing more.

macs are good and all, but 1: you pay astronomical amounts for just PC hardware, but people think it's worth more because it has an apple logo on it, 2: you think it'll outperform a PC when really they dont, and 3: you think you're more secure when actually you're not.

needless to say i wont be switching back to a mac for my main platform. maybe as a supplement, but Windows is a better operating environment if i'm honest.
 
Check out the tips thread (link in sig). CS2 passwords work on PC or MAC so if you have CS2 for PC you can just get the MAC disc and switch. On CS3/4 you just contact Adobe.....

Most hardware will work with the Mac, certainly most printers. Older scanners are often a problem but there is a tip for that. Ditto web cams.

You will get used to MacOS pretty quickly.
 
Good for you! ;)
 
recrudesce said:
macs are good and all, but 1: you pay astronomical amounts for just PC hardware, but people think it's worth more because it has an apple logo on it, 2: you think it'll outperform a PC when really they dont, and 3: you think you're more secure when actually you're not.
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recrudesce said:
macs are good and all, but 1: you pay astronomical amounts for just PC hardware, but people think it's worth more because it has an apple logo on it, 2: you think it'll outperform a PC when really they dont, and 3: you think you're more secure when actually you're not.
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Can we have one thread that doesn't get hijacked by a mac v PC debate? Macs are more secure in normal use and in normal use they tend to appear faster due to not having to run loads of utility software to protect you all the time and because the OS, most drivers and the hardware are written by one company they can get rid of certain levels of code. The hardware is virtually the same. I repair lots of machines for people due to virus and malware infestations. I very rarely ever see Mac malware and there have been NO actual virus problems on the Mac. They perform about the same but most of Windows problems are caused by incompatibilities between hardware and software plus bad drivers and malware attack. This is hardly surprising due to the company who writes the OS having no idea what it is running on. Windows and MacOS both do a job, they just do it differently.
 
cowasaki said:
Can we have one thread that doesn't get hijacked by a mac v PC debate? Macs are more secure in normal use and in normal use they tend to appear faster due to not having to run loads of utility software to protect you all the time and because the OS, most drivers and the hardware are written by one company they can get rid of certain levels of code. The hardware is virtually the same. I repair lots of machines for people due to virus and malware infestations. I very rarely ever see Mac malware and there have been NO actual virus problems on the Mac. They perform about the same but most of Windows problems are caused by incompatibilities between hardware and software plus bad drivers and malware attack. This is hardly surprising due to the company who writes the OS having no idea what it is running on. Windows and MacOS both do a job, they just do it differently.
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i've never seen any Mac have a performance increase over a PC... and i use both for my job, and maintain quite a large network which utilises both.

you dont see much Mac malware because a) people dont know where to look for it, and b) why bother going after such a small infection base when you can stick something onto the Windows OS and impact so many more ?

i hate it when people go "macs are more secure" and leave it at that. no one has really ever given any decent conclusive reason why. in recent white hat tests, it's always the Mac that goes down first (Safari is easier to exploit than IE).

there have been virus problems on the Mac, and there are as many hardware incompatibilities... they're just not noticed as much because they dont have the market share.

(also, the Air, which Apple took all the credit for, was actually designed and made that way by Intel.)

but as you said, not an apple vs pc debate - there is no debate when one side has no conclusive evidence :P
 
recrudesce said:
you dont see much Mac malware because a) people dont know where to look for it, and b) why bother going after such a small infection base when you can stick something onto the Windows OS and impact so many more ?
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Hence they're more secure (because of this, not that it is an inherently more secure platform)! Nobody said one is better and all the users of the other are stupid. I use both too. Macs have no real malware problem at this time, that might change at some point in the future. The biggest problem in recent times was small trojan horse package in a torrented copy of iWorks. Which affected very few people. I switched my home computer as have millions. I am a hardware and software person, I just prefer the Mac. Also by the way the Air was a joint venture (intel might have done more) but again who cares!
 
ah, so you're saying "more secure" as in the perceived way (due to the small market share).

gotcha.
 
recrudesce said:
ah, so you're saying "more secure" as in the perceived way (due to the small market share).

gotcha.
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No. as in the actual way, as in it is actually more secure, as in you are VASTLY less likely to be infected by anything at all. The reason is partially the smaller market share.

As a normal desktop user you are vastly less likely to be infected by anything at all FULL STOP.
 
yeah, but just because the chance of you getting infected is less, doesn't make the OS more secure on a coding level.

that's like saying a car from 1901 is safer than one from 2009... but only if you drive it a tenth of the time :P
 
recrudesce said:
yeah, but just because the chance of you getting infected is less, doesn't make the OS more secure on a coding level.

that's like saying a car from 1901 is safer than one from 2009... but only if you drive it a tenth of the time :P
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Well actually it isn't its more like saying driving on the isle of man is safer that driving in London. I have nothing to gain from either. I use both and I don't actually care if any individual has one or the other. I write tips and tutorials for BOTH Windows and Macs on this forum. It is a cleaner, easier to use, more secure OS for an individual to use. It feels zippier and there are less compatibility problems (less choice too). Windows has its advantages and Linux has other advantages. I have advised one person today that MacOS is not really for them. The reality is I don't actually care! I am just responding to points made. I actually was accused of being a Windows fanboy once!!!! Because I pointed out that a Mac user was actually talking £$%£$% about the OS before pointing out I actually run a MacOS web site.
 
I`m looking towards getting a Mac to run alongside a PC,the Mac would only be for photography stuff.

You two guys obviously both know your stuff,so could you offer me and the OP some advice please....:)

Rather than squabbling.......:D
 
fracster said:
I`m looking towards getting a Mac to run alongside a PC,the Mac would only be for photography stuff.

You two guys obviously both know your stuff,so could you offer me and the OP some advice please....:)

Rather than squabbling.......:D
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Sowwwy dad :lol:

Any advice you want you ask, if I think it will be useful to others as well I will make it into a "top tip" and add it to the top tips thread. If you are switching then most of the information that you need is already on the thread.

Just look in my sig for the link (I have made sure the sig appears on this post too)
 
I have to say i use both platforms because i have to for specific applications, but i like the mac as it seems a wizzier and more intuative and pleasant experience.
 
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