Marty- It's all about the business model. Apple designs it products for a certain user, both consumer and professional. Creative pros will reap the benefits of that. The new monitor on the MacBook Pro is one good example, without talking about anything under the hood.
Also, Unix servers as well as industry-standard production tools such as Xinet FullPress, color management, or high-end image capture, will interface better with Macs. -Jeff Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Sep 8, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Stein, Marty wrote: > Hello, > > We are hoping that the wonderful members of mcn-l can help us with a > question we are debating here in Houston. I hope this isn't a > question > that has been posed recently to the list and I've just missed it. > > We are currently involved in a project to convert out photo studio > from > film to digital. It's a very exciting project, but it has brought > up an > old question that I had hoped to avoid - the dreaded "Is Mac better > for > graphic applications than PC?" question. > > The MFAH is predominantly PC-based, with only a few Macs in our > Graphics > department. Our IT department would like to keep it this way, but a > consultant has recommended that our new photo studio and imaging > lab use > Macs. Our current digital equipment is running on PCs and it seems to > work just fine. Since we're making decisions about pretty > expensive new > equipment we want to make sure that we're not overlooking anything. > > Can anyone explain why Macs are better for graphics and digital > imaging > than PCs? Not just that graphic designers and photographers prefer > Macs, but why they're different and better? This would be a great > help > and I would really appreciate it. > > Thanks! > > Marty > > Marcia (Marty) Stein > Photographic Services Manager > The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston > PO Box 6826 > Houston, Texas 77265-6826 > > Phone: (713) 639-7525 > Fax: (713) 639-7557 > Email: mstein at mfah.org > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
