MacOS is also made for day to day use but Apple focuses a lot on creativity. Yes, there are few versions which target enterprises, but deep-down windows are meant for personal use. Still today, Windows want you to use your PC and a personal computer. When Microsoft first developed Windows, they said that it’s an OS for people who want to use computers in their homes. The smaller firms which don’t have the budget to create a plugin for both OS, satisfies themselves with a plugin for MacBook owners only.īack in the 1980s, computers were quite expensive and only rich people could afford them for personal use. So, they generally first launch their plugin for MacBook owners and then for Windows. There are a variety of Photoshop plugins for Windows but lesser when compared to macOSĪlmost, all plugin manufacturers know that majority of their potential customers use MacBook. If you go for a 15″ model, you can buy a small car at that price. MacBook is notoriously expensive and everyone cannot afford it. Windows laptops are a lot cheaper and you can get one at $200. Photoshop subscription remains same for both OS but machine price varies. My MacBook never ever got frozen in 2 years. Thanks to the Auto Save feature in Photoshop not all of my work got lost In the past one year, my computer got hanged 7 times when I was using Photoshop. Whole world knows that Windows is less stable than macOS and Photoshop cannot escape. This is why you have more keyboard shortcuts available on a MacBook. So, MacBook has one extra button that windows don’t have and Adobe utilized it for keyboard shortcuts.

MacBook has “Command” and “Control” button. This button does not do any task in Photoshop Windows has “windows” button which MacBook does not have. The movement is not smooth which is not designer-friendly.īoth Windows and MacBook have equal features

MacBook lags a bit when you zoom in and move your image. We all zoom in a lot in Photoshop and Windows work smoothly with zoomed in images I include this point because this is a vital part. The ability to click anywhere on the touchpad is the best thing that anyone can have. MacBook force touchpad works seamlessly with Photoshop. None of Window’s laptop has force touchpad technology which is a big loss. But it’ll be 2-3 seconds more, not 30-40 seconds. I don’t see a big difference in speed when compared with MacBook.īut some calculation intensive functions like refine edge tool, liquify tool takes a bit more on MacBook.

I must say that 5-6 is good amount of time given that Photoshop is quite a big software I used three different versions of Photoshop and all of them loaded within 5-6 seconds. I honestly feel that Photoshop takes a lot more time to startup Both desktops are almost same except that iMac 2015 has SSD, but iMac 2015 takes 1/3 rd of time to boot up when compared to iMac 2013. If you want to test, then test the speed of iMac 2013 with iMac 2015. The SSD drives are much faster than SATA drives. The reason is that my Dell has SATA hard drive and MacBook has SSD. You might be wondering that my Dell has 1 TB space then why did it lose against my MacBook’s 256 GB. I still have my MacBook in my drawer and I can use it whenever I want.īefore I proceed, I would like to tell you the configurations of my current windows PC and MacBook Pro 2015 with retina display. The reason I switched to Windows that I do a lot of other stuff for my other businesses and Windows integrate better with my requirements.

Related: How to Optimize the Performance of Photoshop If you’re thinking that I switched from MacBook to Windows because I think Photoshop is better for Windows than macOS then you are wrong. I used it for 2 years before the MacBook and then from the past 1 year till today. Although, I did not use the Windows for 3 continuous years. Many times people ask them that which one is better for Photoshop – MacBook or Windows? They know that I have used Photoshop for 2 years on my MacBook and around 3 years on Windows.

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