Macintosh/Apple computers have long been touted as the best machines for artistic people. Many photographers swear by their Macs. But the vast majority of amateur photographers seem to work with PCs. While Macs are geared towards media applications the are more expensive, require different software, and operate differently than a PC running Windows (including crashing less). PCs are familiar to many, software is easy to find, and are less expensive. So what is the big deal? Why do so many photographers rush to switch to Mac and then stay with Mac? Recently, Microsoft basically handed the business of almost every professional photographer to Apple with a great big bow on top when they release the much relived Vista operating system. As Windows XP machines are replaced photographers are flocking to Mac so they can avoid Vista preloaded on a machine. To avoid repurchasing software they have happily discovered that software exists for the Mac that allows them to run both the Apple operating system (OS X) and Windows on the Mac. Photographers are snapping up full versions of Windows XP before they are all gone to load onto Macs.

Where do you stand on the Mac vs PC debate? Are you moving to Mac? Are you already there? Are you a die hard PC fan?

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