

There, a photographer just gave you permission to use a PC for editing photos. Why put a kink in your workflow and go away from what you know? You may want to give it a try and determine for yourself, especially if it is time to invest in a new computer, but if things are going fine for you with editing your photos on a PC then my recommendation is to stick with what you know. Maybe you are curious about if it really is better than the PC. You may be seriously tempted to get a Mac just because you hear so much about it from the photography community. You are probably hearing constantly about doing photo editing on Mac. You Mac users may be interested in the end of the article where I provide recommendations on which hardware upgrades are actually worth the money to make sure it can do a good job editing photos. In fact, you may be a Mac user because you are a photographer, and that is great. If you are a Mac user, I doubt you are tempted to switch to a PC because you are a photographer. Really this article is mostly for the PC user who are into photography. OK, so bottom line is that either can work fine, but you have to spend the money to get the hardware you need.

It depends! I hate it when photographers do that to me. While a Mac is considered a personal computer, it is not a "PC" in the specific sense that it doesn't run Microsoft Windows.If you like this article, pin it on Pinterest! PC is still an abbreviation for personal computer at times, however, in most cases it is referring to the IBM-compatible type of computer. By this definition, a Mac computer is not a PC, as it is not IBM-compatible. Today, when PC is used to talk about a computer, it usually is referring to an IBM-compatible computer. From that point on, the PC became a reference to IBM-compatible computers. However, when IBM introduced their first computer in August 1981, model number 5150, the term PC became something more specific. A Mac is designed for personal use and is a computer, so that makes it is a PC. By this definition, a Mac computer is a PC. Computers used in the home or the office are considered personal computers. Originally, PC was an abbreviation for "Personal Computer." In this context, any computer designed for personal use by a person can be considered a PC or a personal computer. The term PC has taken on two meanings in the realm of computers, and while they are related, they have exclusive definitions.
