Man, I missed this OS
It has been almost two years since I got rid of my MacBook and got a windows laptop that I had been using for the majority of my photo/video editing. I have hated just about every second of using the Windows operating system. Last night, I went to Costco and got one of the newer model iMacs that they had for sale.
The new 27 inch iMacs were in sale for $300 off, so I decided it was time for me to get back to what I was used to and love. When I was learning all the different photo/video editing softwares, I was taught everything on a Mac, so it has been nice to get back to what I was used to.
There are many people out there that say that Apple products are overpriced, and that is true that they do cost more than other computers, but I have found that their convenience and reliability is well worth the extra price. I have never had my MacBook lock up on me, but every PC I have ever owned had issues wit it.
One thing I love about Apple is how easy it is to share things between their different products. All of their products run Apple's OS, so it is familiar across all devices. After I got my Windows laptop, I was pretty bummed that I couldn't airdrop pictures and files from my phone or iPad to my computer without going through a ton of different steps.
Each device is basically an extension of the other one. I have used my iPad as an extra screen for drawing or photo editing and all the edits transfer directly to the files on the computer. So to me, that type of seamless workflow is well worth the cost.
So far, I have only found one thing that I am not a fan of. The headphones jack is in kind of a stupid location and sometimes when I move the screen, or touch my cord to my speakers, it squeals pretty loud like the jack is grounded out to the metal on the computer. I am not sure if it is mainly because of the input jack's shape, but it can get annoying. Luckily it doesn't happen too often.
Now this keyboard is going to take some getting used to because it is a lot smaller than the one I am used to, plus the keys have a super small profile and dont really stick up at all. At first, I hated this keyboard and was going to just plug in my old desktop keyboard and use that, but then as I was messing with this keyboard and trying to figure things out, I noticed that it has a lot of different buttons to control media and other things on it. I can easily use it to switch between apps and there are so many different controls in it. So once I am used to the feel of this thing, it will help with workflow.
I just ordered some more RAM for it because it only came with 8GB. 8GB is a decent amount for normal use, but I wanted to make sure that I have plenty of RAM, so I ended up ordering an extra 32GB. I may buy another 32GB in the near future because this website is a lot cheaper than buying it directly from Apple. I got the 16GBx2, so I will have two extra slots that I can put the other two 16GB sticks if I do upgrade again.
Overall, I am very excited to be back to running a full suite of Apple products for my workflow. Photo editing is so much better on an iMac as compared to my laptop. The screen is a 5K screen and nothing beats Apple's color profile for their screens. One thing I have always loved about Apple is how their colors are always consistent. My desktop I had sucked for this and my photos didn't look the same on different devices.