8. Dell (Windows) Vs MAC as professional Photography workstation !! ??

[saahmadbulbul]

Hi

I want to choose and buy a working computer for semi-professional wedding photography and other semi-professional photography. Could you please advice me on this?


What about Dell Studio XPS 9000?

Dell claims that it is a great standalone multimedia system without monitor comes with Core i7 processor!

Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz Memory
500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing
1024MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT220

No Monitor included but I will be able to use my 5 month old 23” LCD Samsung Monitor.

Price Aus $ 1,899.00

Or

21.5-inch i-MAC: 3.06GHz ?
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1920 x 1080 resolution
4GB memory
1TB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256MB

Price Aus $ 1,999.00


Since my budge it not more than 2000 Aus $ please give you best professional advice. (It’s like choosing Nikon or Canon ). I have to deal with the software depending on what platform I have chosen.

Thanks

[jml79]

Both can be just as good. Do you have any experience with either windows or mac? Have you done a comparison of the available software and pros/cons of each system?

Both can run the full array of Adobe software which is the most common software but there are extras that only run on one or the other. Other than that the PC is a lot more powerful for your money but Macs have traditionally had much better and more accurate monitors and the colour management is usually much simpler and better. You would have to look for information on the particular mac you are looking at.

Sorry for the vagueness but both are capable machines.