What makes the MAC better than IMB for graphic design?

Question

Would like to learn graphic design and have been advised MAC is best. Any simple explanation?

Answer 1

The simple explanation is that Macs are designed by designers and IBMs are designed by...well...less imaginative designers. The fact that so many computer companies have to make their hardware compatible with Windows limits their design options.

Macs, on the other hand, only need be compatible with their own Apple OS software, so there is much greater fluidity between hardware and software, and the interface thus becomes much more intuitive and evolved. The overall effect, from a user's perscpective, is somewhat akin to the difference between driving a Mercedes SL-Class Roadster and a Dodge Charger.

Overall I think that the main graphic design programs (QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, inDesign, etc.) run fairly compatibly on both formats. But the fact that most designers prefer Mac translates into a more satisfying experience for Mac designers than designers who use Windows.

With that said, you can produce quite competent graphic design work using Windows-based systems, and the quality of design between Mac and Windows seems to be merging rather than diverging.

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Answer 2

At the 'nuts and bolts' level (bits and bytes!) level there isn't much to separate Mac's from their PC cousins. Generally Mac's are easier to use and put less of a barrier between the user and the creative process.

If you wish to learn Graphics Design you need to find the tools that get your idea from your head onto a Web Page, or Print Media as effectively as possible. Macs are good at this but PCs are sometimes so much cheaper that you can't ignore the cost savings. In the commercial world the difference between a cheap PC and a well spec'd Mac is a couple of jobs.

All I can really say is it isn't black and white. Try to spend some time comparing the two systems yourself.

Answer 3

I have been a Mac user for twelve years and until my last purchase each Mac was capable of running my original programmes fully.
Today it has again improved using duel processors and as an operating system with a benign attitude for it's user there is nothing to beat it.
Alas the large sums of money needed to replace these oldies of mine is beyond my reach, but for you wanting to start with a new machine and new software there is no better machine to purchase anywhere.
Its thirty year old background had its roots in Atari where its original founder together with Wolsenec? put together an operating system that has remained unbeaten.
It was built from the ground up and was long in existence before IBM used Microsoft to front their aims at producing a personal computer, a PC.
PC as a name was widely used in the public domain by all different manufacturers of home computers as distinct from Main Frames used by industry. IBM, who was left behind for years after Apple started, patented the description PC.
It was Apple who invented the mouse and later the icons. They also used the terminology Window to describe the monitor's current display. All before IBM became involved.
So apart from its quality you can see you will be boarding the original treasure ship that the pirates partially plundered.
The story has been one of power (IBM) and money over right and wrong where today Mac has a small portion of the market.
Take away all the outlet ports invented by Mac and your IBM product would be left wallowing.

Answer 4

macintosh used to be regarded as better for graphics, but they have since started using intel processors, which means they are essentially normal PCs underneath. There is no advantage to graphic editing on a mac.