Comments on: Why I, designer, do not use Mac

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:09:22 +0000

I’ve been designing on PC since 94. I even wear shirts to announce it.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/willijay/works/10149211-i-design-i-do-not-mac

By: Dino

Dino — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:06:23 +0000

I’m 17 and I prefer using Windows too. Dreamweaver is not that expensive and its only thing you need while developing websites (I’m using it for 5 years now). I once tried MAC and its not that great to develop.

By: pat

pat — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:53:35 +0000

I am a mac user but I would never use a mac in my job where I have to be productive. I use both Mac & Windows but for real work Macs just cant’ compete. In a business having a nice look & design does not matter. Productivity does

By: Diamond

Diamond — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:30:17 +0000

Ok, I’m not a graphich designer geek as many of you are here, although I love to hang out with designers, dogs, bikers, and any other creature who is not living or working due to some global IT environmental standards just because someone said that its good for him. This disscusion is a matter of taste guys, so, I’m supporting you, dear blogger, in your non/Mac practical theory.
For other Mac or PC geeks, here is somethig for your convicting (Omg) enjoyment – I am a designer too, and I draw with hands, on the paper, without technology.
And as for the lovely bossing lady sighing arround..thanks for letting out of this application, the benefit of helping 12 guys in the office during their overloaded business schedule even just by making a coffee when they need it most is larger than the crapy Mac.

By: seven

seven — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:06:01 +0000

LOL we do use Macs. Daemon does not.

By: blueberry

blueberry — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:45:02 +0000

Well…

I was going to apply for the office manager position sdvertised on Posao.hr, but now I’m having second thoughts.

12 guys and a dog, that sounded oh so inviting. Considering the fact I like geeks a lot and dogs even more, and wouldn’t mind having a chance to boss someone around from time to time, we sounded like a match made in heaven.

Until I read you didn’t use Macs… (insert the sound of a lovely young female gasping and fainting)… And so our would-be-fairytale ended before it even had a chance to begin.

Sigh.
Life is cruel.

By: Jeffrey Treichel

Jeffrey Treichel — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:13:28 +0000

Everyone is telling me to get Mac, and the only thing stopping me is this issue: Excel shortcuts. Any hard-core PC user of Excel who has switched to a Mac will tell you that “it just DOESN’T work”. No time time to retrain myself with all these spreadsheets and modelling I need to do NOW!

I totally see your photoshop issue as my excel issue.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:24:49 +0000

@rewz: yea, MacOS looks awesome, and I think it renders at higher framerate than Windows. When there is some animation in the system (some popup window opens, or you change volume and you get that central box in the middle of the screen) the fade-in and fade-out of those things is SUPER DUPER EXTRA SMOOTH. It’s like whole OS runs at 60FPS while Windows run at max 30.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:22:32 +0000

Well, yea, resistance is futile, and shortcuts can be changed =)

But I still think it is silly that each little App has a whole top bar reserved for menu. For example, fire up Calculator, and some other small App, like video player. Let’s say they are in the middle of the screen. To change something in both of them you need to click them on the screen (to make them active) then go up to the menu, then go back down to activate another one, then go back up to it’s menu. In Windows you can do that while mentally staying in the little box where that application is. No need to move up<->down numerous times.

By: rewz

rewz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:30:19 +0000

window docking to the left and right is also painfully simple on windows. 30 inch screen, slap a window left, slap a window right, work. as far as i know, macos doesnt have that, ubuntu has something similar, but it just doesnt work as good (issues with dual screen setups). i personally work on ubuntu at work, but some stuff is just killing me. i love my drive letters. and seamless windows folder sharing. it just doesnt work as seamless on ubuntu. and from what ive seen, same goes for macos. :-/
but i would be an asshole if i didnt admit that macos looks bloody beautiful and windows ui designers could learn a thing or two about how some things should look like. but thats it, just look, not function.

By: Tomo

Tomo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:20:56 +0000

I agree about the shortcut key layout. Its not ergonomical.

However, you are wrong about most of the other stuff. It is imho unacceptabl. to have apps that do not even have a menu as is often the case with windows apps. Macs menu is more consistent, predictable and way batter conserning Fits law, as you can slam the cursor to the top of the screen and not aim painfuly.

Anyway, resistance is futile. :))

By: Daemon

Daemon — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:37:37 +0000

a) these are WINDOWS shortcuts. It has Control all the way to the left.

b) Yes that App could be nice. My point is that default OS is a bit … hm … noobish =)

For more about efficiency, read this:

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/9/2616204/the-condescending-ui

By: RLuka

RLuka — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:19:51 +0000

a) http://media.smashingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/shortcuts3.jpg

b) lion supports full screen or you can use this app: http://manytricks.com/moom/

c) Tastes are different, although I think it’s a matter of habit.

c/p “Mac is done to be beautiful, not efficient”
Oh how wrong are you.
One of the big reasons I love Macs is that they get out of the way, so to speak, so that I can get to work. Focusing on how using technology makes my life easier.