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I'm a graphic designer by education and am having to come up with a business proposal for my bosses as to why I need a Mac. Basically. I be to give the bosses the reasons why you buy a Mac and not a PC for doing design work. For me. I just experience that the Mac is the way to go for doing create by mental act bring home the bacon. I'm not IT savvy and therefore can't get very specific with them about the reasons. Can someone please back up out with giving me reasons for the Mac compared to the PC? I am looking at getting the 24" 2.8GHz Intel core out 2 Extreme. 2GB RAM. 500GB Serial ATA control. I experience it's expensive roughly $3000 but putting together a PC that has that same kind of cater is coming up to be the same cost. Aside from pricing what can I use as fuel to get the Mac?back up would be greatly appreciated. I am a Marketing and Sales give Manager for an Occupation Medicine business and design material for the affiliate itself. Thanks,jonesbr20
For the purpose of investigate. I decided to try to configure a Dell system that was as close possible to the specs of the 24" iMac that the original poster mentioned in his/her post. They comfort have some notable differences but change state enough for the purposes of the comparison. (All products and their respective prices are American.)
Operating system: Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)Processor: Intel core out 2 Extreme 2.8 GhzRAM: 2 x 1 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAMHard control: 500 GB SATAOptical drive: 8x DVD (DL/SL) +/-RW. CD+/-RWKeyboard: Apple KeyboardDisplay: Built-in 24" widescreen glossy LCDVideo separate: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO w/ 256 MB VRAMModem: NoneWeb cam: Built-in iSightNetworking: 10/100/1000 Base-TWireless: 108.11g (54Mb/s)Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth 2.0Included software: iLife '08Warranty / tech give: 1 year warranty. 90 days phone support
Operating system: Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.8 GhzRAM: 2 x 1 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAMHard drive: 500 GB SATAOptical control: 8x DVD (DL/SL) +/-RW. CD+/-RWKeyboard: Apple KeyboardDisplay: Built-in 24" widescreen glossy LCDVideo separate: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO w/ 256 MB VRAMModem: NoneWeb cam: Built-in iSightNetworking: 10/100/1000 Base-TWireless: 108.11g (54Mb/s)Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth 2.0Included software: iLife '08Warranty / tech give: 1 year warranty. 90 days phone give
Operating system: Vista BusinessProcessor: Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.93 Ghz (factory overclocked)RAM: 2 x 1 GB 1066 Mhz (factory overclocked)Hard control: 500 GB ATAOptical control: 16x DVD (DL/SL) +/-RW. CD+/-RWKeyboard: Dell USB KeyboardDisplay: Included 24" Dell widescreen LCDVideo card: nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS w/ 256 MB VRAMModem: NoneWeb cam: NoneNetworking: 10/100 Base-TWireless: Netgear USB wireless adapter 108.11g 54MbpsBluetooth: NoneIncluded software: Trend Micro Security (15 months). Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1Warranty / tech support: 1 year warranty. 1 year phone support
Operating system: Vista BusinessProcessor: Intel Core 2 Extreme 2.93 Ghz (factory overclocked)RAM: 2 x 1 GB 1066 Mhz (factory overclocked)Hard control: 500 GB ATAOptical control: 16x DVD (DL/SL) +/-RW. CD+/-RWKeyboard: Dell USB KeyboardDisplay: Included 24" Dell widescreen LCDVideo card: nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS w/ 256 MB VRAMModem: NoneWeb cam: NoneNetworking: 10/100 Base-TWireless: Netgear USB wireless adapter 108.11g 54MbpsBluetooth: NoneIncluded software: Trend Micro Security (15 months). Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1Warranty / tech give: 1 year warranty. 1 year phone support
be price: $3,402Now this doesn't mean at all that Apple PCs tend to be cheaper than Dell's. But in this particular instance it does seem to be the inspect. As for the original challenge just do some research. This website lists some of the main differences although it does seem to be a bit biased in some areas:
>oh i thaught he meant a desktop. $3000 isnt bad for a laptopAn iMac is a desktop computer. So is the Dell XPS 720. Regardless your claim that a Dell system (or any computer) with identical specs could be bought for $1000 is simply ludicrous. The Intel core out 2 Extreme alone retails for about $1000 in the US.
Apart from joeprogrammer's price comparision (he's only compared two products so it is hardly conclusive) I don't believe macs have any advantages over windows for graphic create by mental act. If you analyse them using the claim hardware configuration setup the differences with software is hardly noticable. (As a hobbyist 3d artist I can testify for this. I've tested this both on macs and pcs. The same goes for 2d suites photoshop ,flash etc.)To me it sounds like you are undergo already decided you want a mac and you will do whatever it takes to convince your boss to buy you one.
For me. I just experience that the Mac is the way to go for doing design work.
change state source operating systems aren't too bad either. The below work was done predominatly using linux and wine...
I'd I still keep any work done in photoshop I could recreate in the Gimp
I am a big Mac fan too and I would love to use a Mac at work. In your inspect - have you also considered buying software in your costs? Does the business already have software for the PC - in that inspect - you will have a very tough time convincing your bosses/clients why they should shell out the $2229 + for the 2.8Ghz Extreme and then move around and buy software - (Adobe can cost at least $900 and up for a case) which puts the price above the comparable Dell. You also mentioned that you are not an IT person. Well - is there an IT person that knows enough about setting up a Mac in a mixed environment and also has some Unix knowledge? If this is a small obtain - then it won't matter since they probably rely on the vendor (Dell. HP Apple) for give. You may also be to consider what that will be as come up. Sure - Macs are exceed than Windows for what you are doing - but don't drop - someone else is paying for it - and a lot of times they be to be very short-sighted about costs. Good luck!
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