Brookeroo
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I am in the process of building up my free lance photography business. I asked this question on Yahoo Answers photography board and got a resounding "no" on going towards Mac which is fine but it actually surprised me. I thought maybe redirecting my question somewhere a little more heavily pro photography influenced might give me a better gauge on what to consider. I went to school about 13 years ago for graphic design but that is the last that I've worked with Macintosh. Obviously Mac has improved significantly.
I have always had a love for photography but am only now looking to go pro. I'm having more people ask me to work for them since I upgraded my camera this year. Took classes in high school. Worked in a portrait studio for a couple of years.
I currently own an HP laptop that was top end when I bought it but it's about 5 years old now. I was looking at a Macbook Pro with Retina display. It does not have the DVD/CD Rom burner obviously but I found out that you can get them externally. I would obviously need that if I am going to sell my work. On yahoo answers they told me not to waste my money on the Mac that I can use to buy more camera equipment and just stick with Microsoft based equipment.
The other peice to this is that I have just recently upgraded my Photoshop to CS6 and Lightroom 5 however they are microsoft based so I will have to contact Adobe to allow me to switch over. Something I am willing to do if it is recommended to switch but I wasn't sure how much of a hassle that will be with Adobe. I have heard Adobe can be a pain in the rear with stuff like this.
What are your thoughts?
I am in the process of building up my free lance photography business. I asked this question on Yahoo Answers photography board and got a resounding "no" on going towards Mac which is fine but it actually surprised me. I thought maybe redirecting my question somewhere a little more heavily pro photography influenced might give me a better gauge on what to consider. I went to school about 13 years ago for graphic design but that is the last that I've worked with Macintosh. Obviously Mac has improved significantly.
I have always had a love for photography but am only now looking to go pro. I'm having more people ask me to work for them since I upgraded my camera this year. Took classes in high school. Worked in a portrait studio for a couple of years.
I currently own an HP laptop that was top end when I bought it but it's about 5 years old now. I was looking at a Macbook Pro with Retina display. It does not have the DVD/CD Rom burner obviously but I found out that you can get them externally. I would obviously need that if I am going to sell my work. On yahoo answers they told me not to waste my money on the Mac that I can use to buy more camera equipment and just stick with Microsoft based equipment.
The other peice to this is that I have just recently upgraded my Photoshop to CS6 and Lightroom 5 however they are microsoft based so I will have to contact Adobe to allow me to switch over. Something I am willing to do if it is recommended to switch but I wasn't sure how much of a hassle that will be with Adobe. I have heard Adobe can be a pain in the rear with stuff like this.
What are your thoughts?
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