I remember when I first got my Mac.
It was pretty exciting. 🙂
After years of using Windows, IÂ was excited to start digging into a number of exclusive Mac based apps. Most of them were for web development, as apps provided by Adobe and others came in both flavors.
However, I remembered a time when this wasn’t the case and Adobe was only for Apple!
Times have certainly changed, and while I didn’t think I would ever switch away from Apple, a collaboration of Adobe and Microsoft that looks like this video below, certainly challenges that viewpoint:
http://youtu.be/PlLR9ANGsOo
Impressive, isn’t it?
Sure, it’s a demo video ad that is suppose to move us—but that doesn’t change that fact that it is moving.
Will Adobe make these same apps and products on both platforms? I certainly hope so, but what if they don’t?
What if Windows 10—a unified OS across all devices—becomes the new standard for creatives?
Harrison Koch says
So I might not be who this article is targeting, being a lifelong Windows user in the creative field. Growing up, our school(s) always had Apple machines in the classrooms (where there were computers). But when I came home I wanted something that could do some serious gaming. I wanted something that I could overclock and upgrade at will. I wanted Windows with a 3DFX graphics card! Well, fast forward about 20 years, and little has changed. I still have a PC that I still overclock, with two nVidia graphics cards and I still routinely rebuild the machine every 9 months or so. I do website and graphic design, and I have never felt that Windows was in any way lacking in the creative software field. In fact with Applications like Maya and 3DS Max, among others, that it was more powerful in its offerings. Apple just never really had anything to lure me over. Sleek aluminum cases and expensive price tags really don’t do it for me. Raw power and configuration customization really do–and few will dispute that a custom Windows machine will win that area very readily.
Eric Dye says
Great feedback! Yes, Windows has gaming NAILED. And as for building your own rigs, it’s awesome if you know what you’re doing. If Windows can foster this kind of stuff and move past Apple with these kinds of creative application, Windows could easily bring some former users back over—including myself.