Hey now, after effects and premiere are available for Mac. In fact, I'm pretty sure if you run Vegas through either Crossover Mac, or Darwine, it will work on the Mac as well. You can probably tell I'm a Mac guy. I have been for about two years now, and I've never touched windows since, except when my dad and mom has problems with their pc's, but I've switched them, so it dowsn't matter anymore. FCP rocks!

I love my Mac Pro. I love OS X. I love FCP.

But PC's are nice too, and Adobe Production Suite is, well, sweet.

But wait! Mac's have that now too!

It depends what kind of project we're talking about. On most things I prefer PC. They're just better/more cost efficient, and you can build your own to get exactly what you need. The only reason I'm going to get a Mac is because I'm too much of a wimp to switch over to avid for good. So really the only things I like Mac for are a few programs- Final Cut, DVD studio pro (I think this is only on mac), and garage band.

now i finally have a door stop. i duaL botting that pc of mine and its better than my mac aright!

im a IBM ***** all the way , sorry but mac too i dont know im just not used to it i mean one mouse botten , what is that sigh , although i guess it is a good computer for projects pc solitare distracts me way to much

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Originally posted by wenceslao:
one mouse botten , what is that

Apple switched over to a multi-button mouse about two years ago.

The mighty mouse sucks though. You can get an awesome Windows/Mac mouse like the Logitech gaming series though. Those are sweet.

I use the Logitech G5 gaming mouse. It is sweet. It's like a mighty mouse, but more responsive, comfortable, AND it has 1 more button!! (Having switched to using the desktop-reveal feature of Expose assigned to that extra button, I cannot go back to the mighty mouse)

Did you end up having to get that shareware program? MouseSteer or something like that? To run the extra buttons. Mine is the MX518 and for some reason the drivers don't support the extra buttons.

It doesn't work the way it does with a PC... The forward and back arrows on the right side don't go forwards and backwards (I just use mouse gestures!). Instead, I have one set to all windows and one set to desktop. Then I have the scroll wheel click set to Dashboard. The mouse sensitivity buttons (very nice to have when color correcting) both work normally.

I love Expose.

well PC is the 'wife' and mac is the extra marital affair............. :P

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Originally posted by b4bad:
well PC is the 'wife' and mac is the extra marital affair............. :P

wow nicely said , i think that statement sums up the whole disscution , its like a revelation man

You can dual boot on PC also.

Also you can get far greater performance on a PC for a much lower price. The only thing special about mac is FCP and I don't really care for that program.

I like Sony Vegas so I choose the PC.

Ive never really been that strongly for or against either Macs or PCs...I interchange between both regularly and don't find that noticeable of a difference. They're both just tools. I don't really enjoy video editing that much so the whole FCP issue doesn't effect me.

I will say that I am very fed up with Windows-based viruses, but on the other hand my paradoxical non-conformism will not allow me to own or carry around a Macbook.

I doubt this will help resolve anything, but here's my two cents (or 20 cents, because this might end up a longer post than I thought):

Let me preface by saying that I'm not such a fan of Macs, or Apple in general. I gladly use a PC at home because I feel I can get more out of it for less cost than I could ever for a Mac. HOWEVER, I have used Macs and FCP at work for years, and am as comfortable with that as I am with Premiere on PC (haven't learned Avid yet).

That being said, my opinion is this: "A good craftsman never blames his tools." (In this case, "tools" being the software, not specifically the platform)

The differences between FCP and Premiere (or any major Windows-based NLE) are so miniscule, that it really doesn't matter what you use. It's all a matter or preference. If you swear off one platform as being unusable or inadequate, than perhaps the fault doesn't lie with your software.

There are other things to consider as well, aside from cost of the systems. Avid is still (I believe) considered to be the norm for studio films, although FCP is certainly making strides on its own. Then again, Avid can be used on either platform. Personally, I find PCs easier to upgrade (important for video editing) and overall more versatile, although Macs are generally better (in my opinion) for running specific tasks (for example, having a system that was only used for editing).

A small, semi-related pet-peeve though; The Mac commercials are a joke, portraying Macs as some sort of unfreezeable, virus-proof, realm of creativity that PCs cannot compete with. I get it, it's supposed to be clever marketing, but I've used Macs enough to know that they have plenty of problems as well, and I'm not just talking about thir refusal to put a physical "eject" button on the tower. Personally, I'd rather have a PC completely lock up on me (which, by the way, hasn't happened in years), than have to stare at that cursed "pinwheel" for an hour without being able to "force quit," eventually having to power off the computer and lose my recent work. At least with the PC I'll know why there was an error... but I digress... That's more a statement on my feelings for Macs, and unrelated to the FCP software itself, which, as I said before, is prety much the same as anything the PC offers.

Again though, For editing, one platform isn't really faster or better than the other. Use what you want.


Now gaming on the other hand...

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