Read the long answer to go through reasons to pick one over the other, but really neither has a huge advantage and I think it makes the most sense to stick with what you know.Ĭheck out the last two sections of this article for help in the specifications of what you need in a computer (PC or Mac) for a good photo editing experience. If that's you, it is time to invest in a newer computer. Maybe you are still using the computer you had before you started into photography, and it isn't up to the challenge. Whether Mac or PC, I know how seriously frustrating it is to try and edit photos on a computer that doesn’t have enough power. Instead of switching platforms from PC to Mac, your photography will improve much more by investing in lenses (check out my article recommending a “nifty fifty” lens as the second thing a beginner should buy), other equipment, and training (check out Jim and Darin’s awesome training courses at ). There, a photographer just gave you permission to use a PC for editing photos. Why put a kink in your workflow and go away from what you know?

You may want to give it a try and determine for yourself, especially if it is time to invest in a new computer, but if things are going fine for you with editing your photos on a PC then my recommendation is to stick with what you know. Maybe you are curious about if it really is better than the PC. You may be seriously tempted to get a Mac just because you hear so much about it from the photography community. You are probably hearing constantly about doing photo editing on Mac. You Mac users may be interested in the end of the article where I provide recommendations on which hardware upgrades are actually worth the money to make sure it can do a good job editing photos. In fact, you may be a Mac user because you are a photographer, and that is great. If you are a Mac user, I doubt you are tempted to switch to a PC because you are a photographer. Really this article is mostly for the PC user who are into photography. OK, so bottom line is that either can work fine, but you have to spend the money to get the hardware you need. It depends! I hate it when photographers do that to me. If you like this article, pin it on Pinterest!

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