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Why do creative people prefer using a Mac over a Windows? This includes film editing, music, graphic designs etc. What advantages do a Mac have over Windows?
Answer
Mac software is much better for video and music than Windows software. According to an SCRI study, Final Cut Pro users make up 49% of the US professional video editing market, with Avid Media Composer users at a distant second place 22%.
Also, the Mac system is much easier to navigate and to use key-combinations to do work than Windows. The result is more work can be produced in less time.
In the early days of personal computer design, there were two major competitors: IBM and Apple. You can surely guess that IBM was most focused on conservative business offices, while Apple was focused on publishing, photography, video editing, and graphic design. All of these were fields ignored by IBM.
Another important consideration is that the Mac hardware actually produces better images on screen. Anyone who looks closely at a Mac screen next to a PC screen can see this. All those hackintoshes lack Quartz Extreme and Core image. Apple screens have higher pixel density than other brands (see link below--comparison should be for same size screen). This makes for sharper images with better color tone. My pro photo magazines have toolbox charts for each pro photographer who is featured. As I catalog their preferences for one year, I find 85% use Mac.
Are you asking this to get negative opinions about creative people who use Mac OS or to find the real reason? If you are not involved in some "creative" field, why ask? If you are, and want to make a decision, do it based on your own eyes and testing in person at a computer shop. Imagine buying an expensive camera based only on others opinions. Hands-on testing tells you more than others opinions.
Mac software is much better for video and music than Windows software. According to an SCRI study, Final Cut Pro users make up 49% of the US professional video editing market, with Avid Media Composer users at a distant second place 22%.
Also, the Mac system is much easier to navigate and to use key-combinations to do work than Windows. The result is more work can be produced in less time.
In the early days of personal computer design, there were two major competitors: IBM and Apple. You can surely guess that IBM was most focused on conservative business offices, while Apple was focused on publishing, photography, video editing, and graphic design. All of these were fields ignored by IBM.
Another important consideration is that the Mac hardware actually produces better images on screen. Anyone who looks closely at a Mac screen next to a PC screen can see this. All those hackintoshes lack Quartz Extreme and Core image. Apple screens have higher pixel density than other brands (see link below--comparison should be for same size screen). This makes for sharper images with better color tone. My pro photo magazines have toolbox charts for each pro photographer who is featured. As I catalog their preferences for one year, I find 85% use Mac.
Are you asking this to get negative opinions about creative people who use Mac OS or to find the real reason? If you are not involved in some "creative" field, why ask? If you are, and want to make a decision, do it based on your own eyes and testing in person at a computer shop. Imagine buying an expensive camera based only on others opinions. Hands-on testing tells you more than others opinions.
Is the RootsMagic genealogy program designed only for PC use or will it also work with a Mac computer?
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Does it require Windows software?
Answer
RootsMagic is a Windows program and will not run natively on a Mac. However many Mac users run RootsMagic using Windows emulators on their Mac. A Windows emulator lets you run Windows and Windows programs on your Mac. Probably the most popular emulators are Parallels and Fusion which will let you run RootsMagic in a Windows window at the same time as your Mac programs (no having to reboot). http://support.rootsmagic.com/KB/a21/will-rootsmagic-run-on-a-mac-apple.aspx
The following either are specifically for Mac or have versions for a Mac.
Family Tree Maker for Mac â Itâs Back
April 28, 2010 by admin ⢠Leave a Comment
Ancestry.com has officially announced today that they are bringing Family Tree Maker 2010 to Mac OS X. Yes, Family Tree Maker is going to once again grace Appleâs Macintosh lineup, only this time the OS is Unix-based and Family Tree Maker is not being published by Broderbund. Itâs been over a decade since a version of Family Tree Maker built specifically for the Mac has graced our hard drives. I would like to pretend shock and surprise, but I was tipped off to this prior to today. I will admit I was only slightly skeptical, due to Ancestry.comâs Tree-to-Go software for the iPhone/iPad. All that can be said for now is that it will be available later this year and itâll be built on the functionality of Family Tree Maker 2010. http://www.macgenealogy.org/tag/family-tâ¦
What is Reunion?
Reunion is a genealogy software program â a "family tree program" â for the Macintosh.
Reunion received the highest rating for genealogy software in MacWorld, MacAddict, and Mac Home Journal magazines. Reunion also received a MacWorld Editor's Choice award.
Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family â your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form â people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.
Reunion makes it easy to publish your family tree information â even if you want to share it on the Web or carry it on your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can automatically create common genealogy reports, charts, and forms, as well as birthday calendars, mailing lists, questionnaires, indexes, and other lists. Reunion even creates slideshows, calculates relationships, ages, life expectancies, and statistics.
Reunion also creates large, graphic tree charts allowing complete on-screen editing of boxes, lines, fonts, and colors. Wall charts for family reunions are one of its specialties
http://www.leisterpro.com/doc/whatisreunâ¦
Legacy Family Tree {7.4.0.45]
For those of you that prefer to use a Mac or who have friends that can't use Legacy because they use the Mac there is now some good news. This version has been successfully loaded onto an iMac running Snow Leopard operating system 10.6 using the Wine windows emulator version 1.1.44. It appears to work perfectly. The only requirement needed is to change the default path for the web browser to look for internet explorer within the Wine set up. http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2010/06/legacy-family-tree-update-available-74045.html
Read about other genealogy software for the Mac here: http://www.macgenealogy.org/
RootsMagic is a Windows program and will not run natively on a Mac. However many Mac users run RootsMagic using Windows emulators on their Mac. A Windows emulator lets you run Windows and Windows programs on your Mac. Probably the most popular emulators are Parallels and Fusion which will let you run RootsMagic in a Windows window at the same time as your Mac programs (no having to reboot). http://support.rootsmagic.com/KB/a21/will-rootsmagic-run-on-a-mac-apple.aspx
The following either are specifically for Mac or have versions for a Mac.
Family Tree Maker for Mac â Itâs Back
April 28, 2010 by admin ⢠Leave a Comment
Ancestry.com has officially announced today that they are bringing Family Tree Maker 2010 to Mac OS X. Yes, Family Tree Maker is going to once again grace Appleâs Macintosh lineup, only this time the OS is Unix-based and Family Tree Maker is not being published by Broderbund. Itâs been over a decade since a version of Family Tree Maker built specifically for the Mac has graced our hard drives. I would like to pretend shock and surprise, but I was tipped off to this prior to today. I will admit I was only slightly skeptical, due to Ancestry.comâs Tree-to-Go software for the iPhone/iPad. All that can be said for now is that it will be available later this year and itâll be built on the functionality of Family Tree Maker 2010. http://www.macgenealogy.org/tag/family-tâ¦
What is Reunion?
Reunion is a genealogy software program â a "family tree program" â for the Macintosh.
Reunion received the highest rating for genealogy software in MacWorld, MacAddict, and Mac Home Journal magazines. Reunion also received a MacWorld Editor's Choice award.
Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family â your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form â people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.
Reunion makes it easy to publish your family tree information â even if you want to share it on the Web or carry it on your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can automatically create common genealogy reports, charts, and forms, as well as birthday calendars, mailing lists, questionnaires, indexes, and other lists. Reunion even creates slideshows, calculates relationships, ages, life expectancies, and statistics.
Reunion also creates large, graphic tree charts allowing complete on-screen editing of boxes, lines, fonts, and colors. Wall charts for family reunions are one of its specialties
http://www.leisterpro.com/doc/whatisreunâ¦
Legacy Family Tree {7.4.0.45]
For those of you that prefer to use a Mac or who have friends that can't use Legacy because they use the Mac there is now some good news. This version has been successfully loaded onto an iMac running Snow Leopard operating system 10.6 using the Wine windows emulator version 1.1.44. It appears to work perfectly. The only requirement needed is to change the default path for the web browser to look for internet explorer within the Wine set up. http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2010/06/legacy-family-tree-update-available-74045.html
Read about other genealogy software for the Mac here: http://www.macgenealogy.org/
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