mac - advantages/disadvantages for web design

[tiktoktik]

For my ict coursework i have to compare an imac to a normal desktop pc and recomment suitable software for web design and graphics. what could i write for advantages and disadvantages?

[mmillerwsd]

Hard to say really.. Adobe has gone to great lengths to make products like Photoshop and Dreamweaver the same on either platform.. Those would imho be the dominant tools for graphics and web design..

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by tiktoktik

what could i write for advantages and disadvantages?

What advantages and disadvantages have you encountered in your experience with Macs and Windows PCs?

[CharlieJ]

Mac for:
No viruses
Faster
Looks nicer/more professional
Easier to use
Photoshop runs better on a mac.
Mac OSX Server is extremely easy to use with Mac OSX
Reliability
xCode
Transmit

Windows for:
Hardware compatbililty

Windows Against:
Hundreds of viruses.
.DLL's
You have to click 'Accept' everytime you click anything (in vista)
Drivers
The interface
Slow
Buggy
Isn't a mac


Ahh, slating windows does relieve some stress... :P

[Natobasso]

I'd say macs are better for the graphic design side and pcs are better for the web design/dev side. For PC you've got all the free "Express" apps for Visual Studio, etc. Dreamweaver is $400 or so.

Not sure the best way to host a site locally on a mac, but if I had to choose, I'd probably just use the mac and a text editor like TextWrangler and ftp like Fetch or Transmit.

[Randy Singer]

Originally Posted by Natobasso

I'd say macs are better for the graphic design side and pcs are better for the web design/dev side. For PC you've got all the free "Express" apps for Visual Studio, etc. Dreamweaver is $400 or so.

There are far more WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) Web page creation programs for ordinary users for the Macintosh than there are for Windows.

RAPIDWEAVER ($49)
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/

FREEWAY EXPRESS ($79)
http://www.softpress.com/products/freewayexpressne.php

SHUTTERBUG ($40)
http://www.xtralean.com/SBOverview.html

SANDVOX ($49, $79 for the Pro version.) The Pro version includes stuff to help you create an e-commerce Web site.
http://www.karelia.com/

GOLDFISH 2.0 ($59.90 for the Professional edition, $39.90 Standard edition)
http://www.fishbeam.com/en/goldfish/

Apple's iWEB (part of the $79 iLife)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb/

JOOMLA! (free and open source)
http://joomla.en.softonic.com/mac
http://www.joomla.org/

KOMPOZER (free and open source)
Review page: http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9714054-12.html
Download page: http://kompozer.net/

[Natobasso]

Are they free?

[Randy Singer]

Originally Posted by Natobasso

Are they free?

Why, *yes*, if you read my post, you will find that some of them are indeed free.

My favorite is Kompozer, which is not just free, but is a very impressive application. It is more complex than these others. In fact, it is almost as powerful as a professional-level Web site creation tool.

Even better, there are several free tutorials to learn how to use the program, and it isn't hard to learn to use. You can easily migrate your existing Web site(s) to Kompozer because it doesn't use a proprietary format, it will simply open your HTML-based Web site.

http://kompozer.net/

FREE KompoZer tutorials:

- KompoZer User Guide
http://www.charlescooke.me.uk/web/kz-ug-home.htm

- How to Design and Publish Your Website with KompoZer
http://www.thesitewizard.com/getting...torial-1.shtml

- KompoZer Tutorial 2: How to Add Images, Change Fonts and Colours
Tutorial on designing and publishing your web pages with KompoZer, a free standalone WYSIWYG web editor.
http://www.thesitewizard.com/getting...utorial-2.shtm

- Other free KompoZer tutorials
http://www.thesitewizard.com/
Scroll down to KompoZer Tutorials

- KompoZer Video Tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...+tutorial&aq=f