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Hi, I'm a pro artist. I've been an Apple zombie for a long time. Since like 2000 when I finally retired my beloved Amiga. Windows does everything the "wrong" w
by egypturnash 10y ago
Hi, I'm a pro artist.
I've been an Apple zombie for a long time. Since like 2000 when I finally retired my beloved Amiga. Windows does everything the "wrong" way from the perspective of my habits. Yet I would be using a Surface 4 for most of my art nowadays if not for the fact that Adobe Illustrator, my main tool, doesn't talk to the Surface's NTrig stylus properly. So I'm still hauling around a four-year-old Air and a Wacom tablet. I have been ready to give Apple money for a new machine to do my work on for about a year now and they haven't put out anything that's worth bothering with for me.
And when's the last time Apple updated their super-high-end desktop machines for the Serious Major Power Users?
They've been focusing on phones and tablets, and that leaves the segment of the market whose work is "using Serious Art Power Tools" unserved.
Unless Apple's announcement tomorrow has something in it like "oh hey we finally decided to build a tablet that can run desktop apps" I'm probably gonna be pretty meh about it. And the rumors all point to "new Pro lappy with a touch panel instead of the f-keys", which is about as exciting to me as a lukewarm glass of milk.
I do not pretend to speak for all artists. Just for myself.
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- avtar 10y agoI don't think I'll be getting a Surface anytime soon but I'm curious, what sort of Illustrator/Surface NTrig stylus issues would one encounter?
- egypturnash 10y agoIt drops about the first half-second of every stroke when you're using the pencil or brush tools, and completely loses some very short, quick lines. Which is a problem for someone like me who's been trained to draw with a lot of quick, confident strokes.