Steve Reeves wrote:
I am actually looking to buy a new machine in the next month or two and I probably need to open my mind beyond Windows. My 2 key apps are Lightwave and PS. I have the software for both PC/Mac – would just need to transfer the licenses – not sure how much that would cost. Most of my other s/ware would have to change though.
I believe I paid around US $125 to upgrade to CS2 (something like that, I don’t remember exactly). I’m sure UK pricing is comparable.
You might want to look at Mac/OS X (10.4, aka "Tiger"). As a long-time Windows (NT and XP) user, and before that UNIX (and before that…), I was never much enchanted with earlier Mac OSs. I got a Mac G5 and OS X 10.1, and didn’t much like that, though I do like the 22" cinema display.
But with OS X 10.4, Apple has finally got it right. Using CS2 on my Mac is a pleasure, and it’s a pain when I have to switch back to CS2 on XP on my laptop, only a bit of which is due to the slower speed of the XP laptop. I’ll probably get a Mac laptop later this year.
Just my $.02, but I do have over 30 years user experience with many different OSs.
Tim Smith