Re: PC VS Mac Platforms
First off I would like to say these debates are always fun. I go through this debate at least every 6 months with our IT department as to why we have to use Macs instead of PC's and have another one coming up tomorrow. I would like to throw my 2 cents in here on this debate and also ask a few questions to start some more discussion on this topic. Just as a little background I work for a large publishing company that specializes in Offset printing and working with designers that believe they know about the Printing industry.
Reading through some of the posts I see some indicating that PC's are much cheaper than Mac's. Has anyone ever spec'd out the cost of a Mac vs a PC? The comparable Dell is about $1500 more. I have ran tests of our processes on both a standard Mac Pro and what our IT Dept considers to be a comparable Dell and the Mac blows the Dell away.
I also saw a couple of posts indicating that the color management was the same between the Mac and PC. Does anyone on this forum do true color management? When I say true color management I am talking about color profiling your monitors and proofing devices to your presses. If you do this than what you see on your monitor is what is going to come out of your proofing device and your press will be able to match it with little to no make ready. We have people that attend color conferences every year and the top professionals in this field work exclusively with the Mac Platform. Both the users and the developers. Microsoft is trying to develop their own color management which is totally going in the opposite direction of what is industry standard for over 10 years. Windows color management systems also can not load calibration curves from monitor profiles.
If the PC is truly a superior product for file design why do most major teaching and printing facilities use the Mac platform? I find very few designers that are designing for the print industry that are using PC’s.
I do however agree that if a file is properly designed it should work with any platform. The problem is that most people don’t take the time to learn how to properly set up a file and then always blame the other person.
Sorry for the ramble but it would be interesting to know if anyone is doing true color management on the PC.
First off I would like to say these debates are always fun. I go through this debate at least every 6 months with our IT department as to why we have to use Macs instead of PC's and have another one coming up tomorrow. I would like to throw my 2 cents in here on this debate and also ask a few questions to start some more discussion on this topic. Just as a little background I work for a large publishing company that specializes in Offset printing and working with designers that believe they know about the Printing industry.
Reading through some of the posts I see some indicating that PC's are much cheaper than Mac's. Has anyone ever spec'd out the cost of a Mac vs a PC? The comparable Dell is about $1500 more. I have ran tests of our processes on both a standard Mac Pro and what our IT Dept considers to be a comparable Dell and the Mac blows the Dell away.
I also saw a couple of posts indicating that the color management was the same between the Mac and PC. Does anyone on this forum do true color management? When I say true color management I am talking about color profiling your monitors and proofing devices to your presses. If you do this than what you see on your monitor is what is going to come out of your proofing device and your press will be able to match it with little to no make ready. We have people that attend color conferences every year and the top professionals in this field work exclusively with the Mac Platform. Both the users and the developers. Microsoft is trying to develop their own color management which is totally going in the opposite direction of what is industry standard for over 10 years. Windows color management systems also can not load calibration curves from monitor profiles.
If the PC is truly a superior product for file design why do most major teaching and printing facilities use the Mac platform? I find very few designers that are designing for the print industry that are using PC’s.
I do however agree that if a file is properly designed it should work with any platform. The problem is that most people don’t take the time to learn how to properly set up a file and then always blame the other person.
Sorry for the ramble but it would be interesting to know if anyone is doing true color management on the PC.