OK, I have heard for many years Mac is supposedly superior for most graphics/photo applications/processing, hence why a lot of designers use them, and why our Univeristy installed a Mac lab (but 90% of the rest of campus is all Windows).
As an elective to finish my Biomed degree, I chose to do Digital Photo processing, for obvious reasons, besides having worked as a photographer for 10 years (need an easy subject for summer class!) - gain more tips and tricks.
We have to use Mac for all the presentations - Quicktime .mov's of the photos etc, besides using PS.
Now, I have only been using it for a while, but I am failing to see where the Mac is superior to Windows in ANY way in terms of photo processing. Everything the Mac does, my Windows laptop does (and faster) - from file imports to processing, I cannot for the life of me find a single appreciable advantage to the Mac AT ALL. Our lecturer/tutor is a dedicated Windows guy too (and a HIGHLY successful commercial photog), and he too sees no superiority at all.
As such, I decided not to use the Mac lab at all, and do all assignment work on the windows laptop and convert the presentations to .mov (yes, I have all the software to do it).
I must be missing something, because after I became accustomed to the Mac quirks compared to Windows, I see NIL advantages to workflow, output, input, colour, speed...
Why is it Mac is popular with graphic artists? It's a GENUINE, non-inflammatory question, as I am VERY open to learn (despite what I have said about Apple before
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I must say I also do not understand the design rational to the Mac - it is quirky. USB slot hidden UNDER the keyboard, where 99.9% of USB sticks WON'T fit without an extension cable, monitor/computer on/off switches hidden in an obscure spot (and so "sleek/slimline" you don't find them half the time), and a VERY VERY slow mouse (yes, I adjusted the settings as high as possible).
I guess I just prefer agricultural to chic
What you are used to I am sure, but I found myself pulling out my laptop 95% of the time, and using the compatible software instead.