Dear Marty, We've found that Macs - and we only have Macs in the exhibit department and photo studio - have built-in programs that are more user-friendly and faster for our needs, especially in registration. For instance, creating contact sheets of new accessions, etc. Our photographer, Ed Pollard, favors it because he believes Macs to have better compatibility with graphic programs and because keyboard shortcuts in photoshop are easier (for him at least) to use. We did have one photographer a few years ago without much Mac use, and despite that he preferred Macs as well: even though he was on a learning curve, he felt it the functionality for graphics overall was better.
If you have more specific questions, please feel free to call. Good luck! Molly ************************ Molly Hutton Marder Registrar, Chrysler Museum of Art 245 West Olney Road Norfolk, VA 23510-1509 phone 757.965.2030 / fax 757.664.6201 visit the website http://www.chrysler.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Stein, Marty Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:35 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Tricky question - is Mac "better" than PC? Hello, We are hoping that the wonderful members of mcn-l can help us with a question we are debating here in Houston. I hope this isn't a question that has been posed recently to the list and I've just missed it. We are currently involved in a project to convert out photo studio from film to digital. It's a very exciting project, but it has brought up an old question that I had hoped to avoid - the dreaded "Is Mac better for graphic applications than PC?" question. The MFAH is predominantly PC-based, with only a few Macs in our Graphics department. Our IT department would like to keep it this way, but a consultant has recommended that our new photo studio and imaging lab use Macs. Our current digital equipment is running on PCs and it seems to work just fine. Since we're making decisions about pretty expensive new equipment we want to make sure that we're not overlooking anything. Can anyone explain why Macs are better for graphics and digital imaging than PCs? Not just that graphic designers and photographers prefer Macs, but why they're different and better? This would be a great help and I would really appreciate it. Thanks! Marty Marcia (Marty) Stein Photographic Services Manager The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston PO Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826 Phone: (713) 639-7525 Fax: (713) 639-7557 Email: mstein at mfah.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
