Jim,
I agree with Seth that the Mac-versus-PC decision should probably be
made mostly by considerations other than Flash development.
If you are using the laptop primarily in a work environment, one
major consideration should be what your collaborators are using. For
example, in a mixed platform environment all fonts must be
cross-platform (this has been a headache in nearly EVERY
cross-platform project I've participated in). File type recognition
is different between platforms, so that Macs sometimes don't
recognize PC-generated files (though there are simple work-arounds,
it's time-consuming and annoying). Another huge consideration is what
software you will be using. Is it all cross-platform? Who will be
buying the licenses for new software, and will it make a difference
if they have to buy licenses for two platforms rather than one?
Another issue is testing, especially if you need to test on browsers.
If you go with Mac, you'll want easy access to a PC for testing on PC
browsers. On the other hand, testing on Macs is important but is
usually secondary to testing on PC's, just because of how the market works.
What platform are you on now? Does it matter whether you can transfer
your existing software to the new machine?
As far as Flash files themselves, I don't think you'll have
significant trouble opening PC- or Mac-generated fla's
cross-platform, aside from missing fonts.
Marc Hoffman
Poison Dart Frog Media
At 09:16 AM 6/20/2007, you wrote:
I'd say your choice of Mac vs. PC should go well beyond which is
better for flash development considering there are major differences
between the two.
I'd like to challenge the rest of the people on the list not to get
into a PC vs Mac fanboy debate and keep this particular discussion
to flash development on the two OSs.
My only anecdotal evidence is that my wife works for a prominent
interactive agency that does a ton of flash development. their
entire flash team uses Macs.
Jim Robson wrote:
Questions for those of you who have done Flash development on both
platforms:
What are the pros and cons of Flash development on Mac vs PC? Which
platform would you recommend?
My laptop is in need of replacement, and my employer generally gives
us a choice of IBM (lenovo) or Mac.
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