GB007 Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 Hello all I'm new here and this is my first question. At the moment I use Adobe Photography plan £9.98 per month which is not a great expense I know. Trouble is I might use the software once or twice a month as I'm a novice so not really getting my moneys worth. In my slow approach in using this software I am starting to feel quite at home with it but also feel I'm giving my money away for what I get out of it. I would also like to use Illustrator but that pushes the cost way past what I would pay for my low usage. I could be wrong but felt Photoshop and Lightroom worked better running on my Mac OS and slower if installed on my Windows 10. (Boot camp + i7cpu Dell Laptop) If I was to buy Affinity Designer and may be in time Affinity Photo would they be better installed on Mac OS or Windows 10 or do they perform the same on either? Thanks for any advice. Quote
Staff Lee D Posted June 27, 2019 Staff Posted June 27, 2019 The licence that comes with the Affinity apps isn't cross platform, if you wanted to use the apps on both macOS and Windows you would need to purchase a version for each OS. We do have free 10 day trials of Designer and Photo available for macOS and Windows from our site at the bottom of each product page. GB007 1 Quote
GB007 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Posted July 1, 2019 I was not asking if it was cross platform and know I would need to purchase a version for each OS . That was not my question. I was asking will the software run BETTER on Mac OS or Windows OS or make no difference which I install on? I can't make up my mind if I should buy/install on my Mac Machines or my Window Machines. I don't need to run on both, it's one or the other but which is the question? Quote
Staff Lee D Posted July 1, 2019 Staff Posted July 1, 2019 Which do you feel more comfortable using Mac or Windows and which has the better spec? Both versions have most of the same features, a few small differences are due to the OS. If you have a compatible Mac you can enable Metal compute which helps with performance as Windows doesn't have options for graphics acceleration yet. Quote
firstdefence Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 47 minutes ago, GB007 said: I was not asking if it was cross platform and know I would need to purchase a version for each OS . That was not my question. There are more people read a post than just you, so giving more info, it helps others that do not know that licences are not cross-platform. On 6/26/2019 at 5:01 PM, GB007 said: Mac OS and slower if installed on my Windows 10. (Boot camp + i7cpu Dell Laptop) Your message is a bit vague so can you add more detail, do you have Hackintosh on a Dell with a bootcamp windows 10 or do you have a PC/Laptop and a Mac computer? also, which Mac OS X do you have? On 6/26/2019 at 5:01 PM, GB007 said: If I was to buy Affinity Designer and may be in time Affinity Photo would they be better installed on Mac OS or Windows 10 or do they perform the same on either? If you have separate computers, give comparative specs. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Alfred Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 36 minutes ago, GB007 said: I was not asking if it was cross platform and know I would need to purchase a version for each OS . That was not my question. That wasn’t clear from your OP, where you asked: On 6/26/2019 at 5:01 PM, GB007 said: If I was to buy Affinity Designer and may be in time Affinity Photo would they be better installed on Mac OS or Windows 10 or do they perform the same on either? You made it sound ask though you thought you could purchase a licence and then decide later which platform you were going to use. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
GB007 Posted July 17, 2019 Author Posted July 17, 2019 Sorry for not being more clearer in my question. Thanks for your help guys Alfred 1 Quote
v_kyr Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/1/2019 at 9:14 AM, GB007 said: I was asking will the software run BETTER on Mac OS or Windows OS or make no difference which I install on? I can't make up my mind if I should buy/install on my Mac Machines or my Window Machines. I don't need to run on both, it's one or the other but which is the question? In my experience the short answer for various reasons is Mac here, even I tend to use both OS daily. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
Brad Brighton Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/1/2019 at 12:14 AM, GB007 said: I was asking will the software run BETTER on Mac OS or Windows OS or make no difference which I install on? As others have pointed out, details that are not yet available matter in terms of "in your specific case" but in the general case, I think you can assume macOS might get a little more performance love earlier than Windows. Case in point: Serif and their cooperation with Apple regarding Metal acceleration (and regardless of Apple's participation, the more complex environment for GPU compute support on the Windows side). Quote https://bmb.photos | Focus: The unexpected, the abstract, the extreme on screen, paper, & other physical output. Tools: macOS (Primary: Ventura, MBP2018), Canon (Primary: 5D3), iPhone (Primary: 14PM), Nikon Film Scanners, Epson Printers
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