So I finally gave in and switched to Mac. After about 15 years on Windows (and the occasional encounter with the Penguins), I got myself an iMac, mainly because it’s nice, portable and supposedly artist friendly. Also, I’m not happy with the direction Microsoft is heading with Windows Vista. Don’t even get me started on all the Windows annoyances and “security”.
But I do question whether I made the right choice.
Now don’t get me wrong: I love this machine. It’s probably the most solid computer I’ve ever used. As they say, “it just works”. The only problem is: I don’t.
The utter lack of graphics software such as Photoshop, After Effects (and various plug-ins) and Maya in versions that actually run at half-decent speeds on this Intel machine is absolutely ridiculous. And that on a system that supposedly caters to artist’s needs? Pah!
Needless to say, installing Boot Camp was the first thing I did after realizing the dearth of graphics software on OS X Intel, since switching applications doesn’t make any sense for the sole benefit of running them in the oh so pretty Mac OS.
My solution for now: OS X has reduced itself to a fancy system for web-browsing and neat drop shadows. It’s gray Windows for everything else…
Just sad.
