I've used Macs and PC's and they're both good for working with images if
they have a high spec. Johns point about I.T support is really
important..... we don't have an I.T department and the entire museum use
Dell, Apple is beyond our I.T capabilities! I think it's wise for
compatibility reasons to consider what your organisation generally uses
in terms of hardware and software. Depends on how good your I.T support
is I guess!

I don't like Dell myself; they use cheap components that have caused me
problems in the past, so I bypassed I.T support and had my editing and
studio P.C's custom made according to my spec by pcspecialist.co.uk.
They're very good machines. They're quite old now so I hope to replace
them in the next few years and I'll go back to P.C Specialist again! I
plan to get one for our Picture librarian too because the graphics card
in the dell she has been given is not up to snuff!


Regards

Cassandra Parsons
Photographer

020 75639 575 / 572

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From: AHFAP, for image professionals in the UK cultural heritage sector
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carr, John
Sent: 12 December 2013 09:01
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Subject: Re: PC V MAC

We depend on Macs and have done for the last 10 years. With 2 g5 Power
macs  and a mac pro laptop for tethering blads & Nikons,  Time machine
is a superb back up facility Processing speed is faster than a pc, in my
opinion, and image software tends to be designed with the photog &
publishing in mind.
We initially had issues with our It Dept supporting the computers, not
that they need much support,  but they cam around to it - eventually!
The new power mac looks very quick, although the design does tend to
mimic a loo brush holder!

Good luck on your purchase

John


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On 12/12/2013 08:51, "Sweeney, Keith"
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Hi All,

I have a question for the group?

Trying to gauge your thoughts as too your feeling with regards to using
PC or Macs when working with files/editing processing images etc.

At the moment I use a PC desktop in the office Dell precision with a Mac
monitor.

We might have some money to spend, so just wondering if any one out
there is using or has experience of higher spec equipment they might
recommend or not for that matter.
Ultimately I want to use what ever gives me processor speed along with
monitor image quality.

Regards

Keith Sweeney.
Keith Sweeney
Photographer
National Museums Liverpool
Tel: 0151 478 4735
Fax: 0151 478 4770

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