4 Reasons Why I Switched to Mac! [Digital Artist]

The new M1 Pro and M1 Max Macbook pros have been released and I KNEW it was time to switch. I have been using a Macbook air for a significant portion of my work as a Digital Artist/ Designer and it has been a huge help to my workflow. The only thing I needed to make the full switch was a little bit more power...
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[@Nikoruisu]

i'm an artist but also a gamer i have no other choice other than pc 😅

[@OrangeDragonofDusk]

Same, I need a pc for 3D modeling and powerful graphics as well. Macs don’t have the potential for this

[@gerardopadilla2666]

Well if you don't care about battery and power consumption, then any laptop with a dedicated GPU could give you similar if not superior performance depending on your activity and software. Don't sweat it, I'm afraid Josh is too excited with his new toy, which I understand, but it is still a laptop, not magic.

[@wavypeso]

I got apple products for all my art but got a PC for just gaming ha

[@hyperfoxartist9]

im an artist and gamer as well, and i got a macbook air recently, and it has made my pc pretty useless, because my pc is old and slow now (i literally only use it for gaming now, and even that is getting hard), and because of my travel plans in the future i have to upgrade to a laptop for gaming. i plan to have a beefy windows laptop for gaming, and my macbook air for carrying with me, as it weighs half as much the windows laptop i want. and using my ipad+apple pencil with my macbook while traveling just cannot be beaten.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Then you will start losing jobs as your faster competition doesn't play games.

[@KadinSketch]

I recently watched a lot of your videos to get a sense of what Art KZbin is like (thinking about joining the club), and recently you expressed that you felt inconsistent in your channel and that it was hurting you. I can't argue with analytics, but I never really felt the inconsistency. Your channel functions like a maven, pointing new artists to useful information, tutorials, ideas to consider, and tech (like in this video), and pitfalls to avoid. That can look like you're doing a dozen different types of content, but behind it all is one guy acting as a torchbearer to light up the path.

[@whitneywilson7556]

That’s the kindest comment I’ve read in years 😭

[@SparkyTheInvincible]

Funny thing is I’m not even an artist, I’m a musician/music producer but all of these points you brought up are still really relevant. I definitely want to get a MacBook Pro someday but its really hard to justify when I have a $2000-$3000k PC that slams through most tasks I throw at it. Definitely more justifiable for someone like you who’s time is more important. Your art is your source of income so any boost in productivity is worth it I’d imagine. Maybe if I ever get to a position like you I’ll pull the trigger and buy myself one! :)

[@raf.nogueira]

I have a Macbook Pro M1 from 2020, and I'm migrating to a PC gaming, I think ARM is great but not be able to run Linux distros and bootcamp without the need of paying parallels is stupid. And "Portability". At this point we a insane number of gaming laptops that are super competent in any task, way better that any Macbook. Just not the battery

[@cactustree505]

@sparkycat something that makes me happy with switching from PC to MAC is that I've saved so much money in the long run. It comes with free full blown powerful software--no more subscriptions and you get free upgrades. As a writer, publisher, artist and musician-I could not be happier. Plus free security with frequent upgrades --ditto on OS upgrades

[@D0x1511af]

@@cactustree505 macbook is obsolete machine if your SSD died...everything cost you money more

[@dplj4428]

@@D0x1511af that is definitely scary on the M series devices.

[@Muthukaviyarasan]

Mac for work - Windows for gaming 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KidNamePorto]

as a mac user i agree

[@zemansk7888]

I can totally relate. As grow older you tend to shift to simplicity. Paying more for something that works. I guess because time is more precious as you age

[@KuttyJoe]

Not really. I think its a personality thing. I definitely appreciate things that just work, but not at the expense of giving up something that I need. Of course if I could have my cake and eat it too then I'm all for it.

[@AdamDuffArt]

No way! I was just about to do a “why I switched to an M1 Mac Mini” video (from my built PC) Well that’s kind of hilarious but I do see a “Ergojosh Fanboy” accusation coming my way soon

[@fuin4597]

It's ok Adam duff fanboys will come to your aid no problemo

[@Truestratusx]

Do your video man. It will be your perspective. Eff what others think. You have your own fanbase. People wanna hear your reasons. Do it. 👍🏾

[@travisoconnor2719]

do you think 8gb ram is enough or 16 for photoshop work?

[@marcokelly8773]

You got the m1 mac mini as well? That's funny. I got an M1 mac mini and I love it.

[@weescamp]

It would be very interesting to hear your views and opinions on the M1 Mac Mini Adam. Edit: This obviously did not work out well as in a later video Adam clearly has a MacBook Pro in the background.

[@joshualogan84]

I mostly draw on my Ipad in Procreate. I've been contemplating a Macbook just to be able to move around more. My PC is not a beef cake either. This video was encouraging.

[@Rainjojo]

As someone who’s an artist and a gamer with a windows 10, I actually just work with what I have even if it’s not suited for art work, it still gets the job done. Nothing to special about it, but I don’t like how slow it will go compared to a Mac

[@Cannaday]

I recently bought a M1 MacBook Air and I run Unreal Engine on mines with no problem. Glad you made the switch. Apple’s ecosystems is really smooth and fluid

[@miketreadwell3640]

I'm honestly happy to see an art channel talking about using this new laptop, thank you for this video! 🙌🔥

[@woopitywoo]

Such beautiful artwork at the end!

[@sopirposer6162]

I agree to that "Nothing is Perfect" It will always come's down to what are your needs on the piece of tech / things you're going to buy. And how it will benefit you in a long run 🤙

[@makasii]

just got my MBP14 M1Max last week and wooooow, I struggled a lot in video editing, postponing all my video projects constantly as it was a nightmare with the 2019 model. But now. Holly Molly, that thing is SMOOTH! and Streaming finally works with M1 directly when using a Fuji cam as a webcam. PLUS, the sound quality of that beast, stunning, especially while watching your video :-D super bass, super clear, crisp image... and last but not least, the design feels really nice in the hand. I travel a lot (change hotel in average every 5 nights since 2015) a reliable machine is a MUST, and I think Apple finally did precisely this.

[@kikiv1775]

Honestly you make some really good points! But as someone who's also a gamer? I think having a PC is good for home use, and having a Macbook Pro is good for on the go use. It's the best of both worlds, and if the games you mostly play are ported to mac? Well it works in my favor as well.

[@tonyburzio4107]

"Get back to work"

[@user-yj6si8pp6d]

You can play in cloud services on mac

[@brokencreationlordmegatrol3037]

@@user-yj6si8pp6d ehhhhhh id rather nooooooot

[@gamingvibe9698]

Well that's Honestly True. I would definitely go with both in My case... Being a Graphics Designer working on the MAC is super awesome, and bring a Gamer as well I think A MAC doesnt stand a chance to a Highly built Gaming system.. I game a lot on PC so will definitely have a Highly built custom PC for Gaming.

[@LukiGames0]

You can also buy mac and xbox for games. Its cheaper than gaming rig these days.

[@estycki]

I only switched to Macbook 10 years ago because it was the "cool" thing to have when you're a designer and you show up at the office with one, it seemed to me like just a silly statement. But to this day I will sit back and remember spending entire weekends trying to clean a virus out of my PC, or it just freezing up (ctrl+alt+delete 100x a day), the random windows updates, the ports that just never worked, restore to previous restore point, finding device drivers?! It still baffles me that those problems completely disappeared. I assumed PCs are doing better now but it sounds to me like if I switched back I would be spending more time fixing things again. I'm going to wait until the power up the iMacs. I'm tired of trying to draw on a tablet and it pushes the keyboard and monitor so far away, and then staring down at the screen. And since everything is done from home these days, I would like a good built in webcam (laptops can't have decent webcams since the lid is so thin).

[@MrBlueberry33]

people always compare apple to windows, iphone to android, but never compare the same price points. You 100% had a cheap sub $1000 PC and compared it your $3000 mac, its absurd.

[@estycki]

@@MrBlueberry33 You're right that you must compare price points, but I bought a Macbook Air in 2012, it was probably closer to $1000 in US dollars. I was using it up until this year. It was smooth sailing for 10 years with that little guy. I think the previous PC I was using I had purchased for CAD$500 at a Costco and had done minor upgrades to it, lasted me through university at least (4 years). Was it a cheapo PC, absolutely, but my "gamer" friends were laughing at me this year, claiming they could build me a powerful PC for $500 that would equal the operating power of my new mac studio, when that was not my experience at that price point. When I tried to get a quote from an IT colleague this year for a custom PC that would equal the operating power of the mac studio, it was around the same price (not including cost of his labour), and it would have been MASSIVE.

[@asimian8500]

If money is no object, I completely agree that the Mac is a great platform. I still prefer to pay the Apple Tax for iPads as the drawing experience as well as the apps (Procreate and Art Studio Pro) are second to none. The PC is a great platform. It's cost effective and if you can build your own PC it's even better. Now, not everyone can do this, but with a PC you can easily extend its life it by adding a new, bigger SSD, storage, and memory. With an Apple laptop or an iMac expanding it can be difficult or impossible. With Apple laptops, expanding memory or the SSD is near impossible. Apple wants you to pay the Apple Tax, buy new products, and isn't consumer friendly.

[@weescamp]

Plus the one thing no-one seems to have mentioned. Repairs, you cannot do anything with the Macbooks if something fails. A PC can swap out components and screens as and when. With Apple you are at the mercy of "genius" bars.

[@asimian8500]

@@weescamp I agree. Apple doesn’t support repairs other than authorized $$$$ channels. They are one of the chief proponents of hardware as a service and opposed to end user and 3rd party servicing. Apple: You will own nothing and be happy.

[@weescamp]

@@asimian8500 Ugh software/hardware as a service. The bane of modern computers!

[@KyngD469]

Do you prefer procreate or art studio pro

[@asimian8500]

@@KyngD469 they’re reasonably priced and you should have both. Art Studio is more like Photoshop which I prefer for digital painting. The brush engine is excellent and i prefer the Art Studio brushes to Procreate. For sheer features Procreate is incredible. You can’t go wrong with either. I use both of them. If you do Manga or comics nothing beats iPad Clip Studio Pro. The downside is that it is subscription based at $24 US Dollars per year. It’s basically the desk top app and insanely powerful.

[@lizbecker1677]

The only computer I will ever purchase is a Mac. I've used PCs at work and learned to appreciate them, but there's nothing like the feel of a Mac. Now that I've decided to pursue video editing and digital art full-time, I can't live without my MacBook Pro. Thanks for this review. I was drooling over your new Mac, and I'm putting one on my Xmas wish list! Hope you get many years of enjoyment from using it.

[@spencergoth1cgutz205]

This is really great to hear as someone who just bought an iMac, my windows laptop was basically giving up, super loud fans etc. and taking forever to load things, I want a big display and don’t need to take it with my since I do all my art and speedpainting recording on my iPad anyways but for managing a small sticker and print shop or editing videos or might even streaming i just need something that is reliable

[@strawmelody]

do you think an iMac is a better option than a MacBook Pro m2? I've been interested on buying a Mac/apple device for organization, studying, editing and a little gaming but I thought about starting with digital drawing so im not sure what to go for :c also do you know the name of the program this man's using at min 6:50? I thought you could buy procrate on computer systems but its only for iPads

[@An.Unsought.Thought]

5:00 Well to be fair there is actually a setting in Windows where you can suspend updates for 35 days. Then every 35 days you can click the same option. Its a bit more work but at least when you know you are doing something important, like a project or portfolio piece(in my case) you can pause the updates so that doesn't happen.. You could literally make every 35 days your "update everything" day if you wanted to. Where you update windows, then all your drivers, etc.. (after video): Honestly, I'm never going to get an Apple product. They are way too limiting and take away control from the user. If something goes wrong its much more complicated to fix. Apple stores won't even fix them unless its something easy and even then they will charge a ridiculous amount (everything they do is to get you to just go and buy a new device.. they don't even make their computer plans public so that there aren't a whole lot of small shops out there that can reasonably fix the device. All most will do is replace a screen if it gets cracked). Not to mention this is the company that was caught rolling out updates to older devices to purposefully slow them down just so Apple users would feel the necessity of dishing out another large amount of cash just to get a faster device. You may be planning on keeping that laptop for 5 years but I guess we'll see what happens. At least with a PC you know the parts you are currently using will likely go down in price over time. So in a couple years you could replace one part with an identical part for not too bad of a price. By the time a repair may be necessary it may even be that you are able to upgrade for a reasonable price anyway. But add on top of that that you can't really game on them... honestly if you are going to get a laptop it shouldn't cost more than 2 grand anyway. I got an asus ROG for that price and have been able to game at least mid graphics settings at 60 fps, 3D model / render, use any art program without any problems and have been doing so for the last 5 years now. A 2 grand laptop now should be able to get you even better than that. (and keep in mind I am hesitant to recommend a laptop at all, portability is great but if you want the best bang for your buck its always going to be a computer tower.

[@sketchydenki8010]

If u are into productivity work then mac is superior, but for normal ppl windows is way too better

[@katielaine28]

@@sketchydenki8010 ‘normal people’ what does that mean? People constantly cite productivity as A mac superiority and then give no reasons

[@sketchydenki8010]

@@katielaine28 welp ppl who uses pc or Mac casually, not the for the professional productivity task like video editing, programing etc , I will call them Normal ppl, I am not here to argue over which one is better I have used both. Windows are really really good for gaming , casual uses and web surfing, and Mac are really good when you work on one specific productivity profession it's just better, and I am saying this because my 2013 macbook air which stopped working few months ago used better and faster in video editing and using drawing application than my current asus rog, it's just Mac ecosystem is way cleaner ,safer and feel better to use. In the end it depends on personal choices I just gave my own opinion

[@fkknsikk]

@@katielaine28 That's because there is no real reason other than "because they like it" which is fine but don't lie and say there aren't better alternatives for less money. The interface is nearly identical anyway what could they possibly be talking about that magically made them more productive? Did they actually start finishing more projects faster? Surely nothing that requires graphics acceleration because I'm nearly guaranteed to be more productive than someone using a computer with no dedicated gpu considering some brushes and tools hardly work without it.

[@TheItchybutthole]

As a software developer almost everything I do on my mac is simple. I just install things and they work. They always work. The terminal is powerful and I don't have to worry about cmd or using powershell. Powershell always suggesting to visit a link for a new improved version of powershell and then have that one tell there's another one lol. Windows still has screens that looked like they shipped with windows 98. Spotlight search is something windows will apparently NEVER catch up on for some reason. There's no blue screen of death on my mac. They are ridiculously expensive but my experience with Apple products has been that if it breaks under warranty they will most likely give me a replacement. People only hate mac because of the price. It's the same thing with android. It's so annoying tbh. I could tune a cheap car and turn it into a race car that can wipe the floor with a Ferrari but maybe I just want a Ferrari. Lastly macs hold retail value so well!

[@ggilly5573]

AHH your making me even more glad i got my M1 Air 👏👏 its just so good!!! Great work as always

[@wesleybrown6974]

I like your personality and the way you do reviews. Thank you!

[@TonyJeffers]

Ended up grabbing an M1 MacBook pro earlier today glad to hear some of the pros and cons before it arrives.

[@MrB_Chamberlain]

A windows update has NEVER, ever erased all my work. People mention this all the time, and I just can't relate or even imagine how this would work. I have a Macbook pro 2019 for work and a Dell laptop for personal use and gaming. I honestly love them both. And with both, what they do well, they do exceptionally well, and what they do poorly, is akin to train-wrecks. Also, most of the things you mention not working on you PC seems to me as a motherboard issue which can be easy and fairly inexpensive to fix, good luck fixing your motherboard on your Macbook, let me know how many loans you have to take out to fix that. PS. you mentioned portability... is you Razor laptop not portable? It is a windows machine, is it not?

[@EwanLim]

I think it is definitely his motherboard. My experience with Mac and PC is that everything changed and starts to “just works” when I stopped using intel on both Mac and pc. Not sure why. I used to hate pc, switched to Mac and although it works better, things still doesn’t work sometimes but that is due to the “adobe experience”. When I got an AMD PC build and was like, “so this is what a PC is suppose to be like”. Everything just works and adobe products rarely does adobe things. I got the M1 MacBook and it was soooo much better, lesser things disconnecting compared to their intel boards and aside from ram memory leaks while using adobe products, adobe runs great (the arm versions). Still have to drop cash to get things to work though (stuff like loopback). It was at this point of time that I realized that I should never trust intel. At the end of the day, a PC and a Mac just works and people need to find out why. It could be as simple as a bad motherboard or intel.

[@Quiana642]

I thought the same thing. I work fixing computers and Windows updates never erased any of my work. Normally I turn back on my computer after the update and my apps are still open. Sounds like you might need to change your motherboard. I also like using my Samsung Tablet as my second monitor. That's like the best thing ever, so I can see why you would want to use your MAC and iPad. It's awesome

[@MrB_Chamberlain]

@@EwanLim I agree. The new M1 and the next batch that's out now is really pushing tech to a place I think we all can be excited about. I do have to mention though... the whole Just works should really be... It just works - with certain things! Anyone who has tried to customise or game or try to use certain software will know that Mac loves to work for some things, not so much for others.

[@NateIsLame]

Razer laptops’ performance nosedives on battery power dawg

[@Rainjojo]

my windows is pretty shit and had 64 gb worth of storage that somehow weren’t available. I need storage for my adobe programs and possibly to play things like sims and genshin which a windows for now can’t offer me

[@Areorn]

I love your videos you always help me focus on art :>

[@xialyra]

As a Windows user and now a Mac one, I totally agree with everything Josh had said omg

[@duartee.4798]

Man... do you know those moments when u instantly connect to a KZbinr/channel, because you feel it in your gut, that the guy speaks your language..?? I subscribed with like 3mins in, to this video. Thanks very much for the video. I'll check a couple of more out, before I msg u sgain, man ;). Cheers from Portugal

[@AniStylus]

It's great to hear your opinion!

[@suntuch52]

Just set "SLEEP" to "NEVER" in POWER & SLEEP menu when you want to backup or do anything. Just simple as that.

[@sarcasm2k]

Yeah shockingly easy fixes to a lot of these issues, but he does seem to have had a faulty motherboard or something, with stuff disconnecting and discs not getting disconnected etc

[@KamMcKinnon]

Love your channel bro 💪🏽 Huge help to my set up at home 🔥

[@highbot710]

came in here scoffing at the title && now I'm wanting to try a macbook omg. Thank you for sharing a digital artist perspective, so helpful.

[@I-ScarletHeart-I]

That artwork from the outro is beautiful Josh! Paired with that music it reminds me a lot about the statues from the game Gris. I wonder if that was your inspiration for it

[@ziggyzaggyshaggy8312]

Omg this has been a joy to watch. I've ordered this laptop to (not as powerful as yours) in the hopes to do alot of the same stuff you are doing (minus the streaming lol) . Really can't wait to begin learning animation and just having a smoother drawing experience 🎉

[@anaz0143]

Did you learn animation? I got my machine recently and wanted to learn animation so it would be great if I have some advice. Thanks in advance😊

[@unaninated]

@@anaz0143 this is my art acount, yeah I've learnt animation now. In the middle of making a short. to make it easy for myself I try to take advantage of 2d and 3d

[@mv7666]

Cool!! man, nice to hear how you explain, and all with class.

[@deepN73]

The background monitor screen is DOPE!!! Awesome background

[@greaterthan9000]

Thank you for explaining your workaround for the Tartarus on the Mac!!

[@KoriandrOfTheStars]

FOUR REASONS WHY I SWITCHED TO MAC "Reasons 1-4 is because I can afford it haha brokies" -Josh 💀 JOSH IM JUST PLAYIN 🤣

[@DiamondDead]

Mac is nothing but overpriced hipster garbage. you got more control over your rig with a PC. end of story.

[@sayansengupta1990]

@@DiamondDead It was. But things are changing with the new processors. And it's coming from a PC guy with a huge ass tower.

[@mstinas21]

I worked with PC for 20 years I used to be a PC gamer in my younger days before I had my daughter… but once my old job gave me my iPad Pro, my IMac and my my MacBook Pro I just couldn’t go back to PCs…pcs became non efficient to me now. And it’s not a hipster thing…I couldn’t even afford all the Apple stuff I got as gifts from my old bosses and I still couldn’t afford it unless I saved all year for one. But I’m so great full they gave me all my Apple gear.

[@ViolaGMidi]

@@DiamondDead this statemen may be true before 2020.

[@heldersimoes1124]

The aesthetics of your videos do so Good to my Soul

[@halidramzan2803]

That artwork at the end. Beautiful. 👌♥️

[@LifeofhOfficial]

This video is so helpful. I was actually using windows almost my entire life and planning to switch to apple ecosystem. I actually wanna learn after effects and some 3D probably and I ordered the m1 Max 16in. I hope that it will work really well. Just wondering, what are the apps, tools and tips you can recommend me since I'm switching from Windows to mac os. Would love to hear your response. Thank you so much man. Keep creating great content like this.

[@dilaranuraslan2173]

I might get bonked in the head for saying this but... I hate macOS so I love laptops who have Windows. Even though they sound like airplanes when the fan starts.

[@ArthropodSpidey]

Have you learned how to use it properly? Most people who hate it have no idea how to use it.

[@POPDATA]

@@ArthropodSpideyexactly

[@daddytheketchum]

@@ArthropodSpidey not exactly

[@-xnnybimb-9398]

Just get a good windows laptop to deal with fans, windows is very diverse so there’s a lot of different generalizations that can be made that aren’t true. Mac is Mac and its standardized, so it’s the only one you can generalize.

[@dampc5241]

I didn’t like Mac OS at first too, but after I got into it, I think that Mac OS is awesome, the UI is simple and the sysstem is easy to use

[@AtomLabX]

About 17:16 - Blender is already native on Apple M1 chips, when you go to the website, click on the drop menu, and choose the Apple version. And DO NOT install it through steam, because steam doesn't install the M1 Apple Blender.

[@becc12able]

Im an advocate of using tools to make you happy and makes sense. Im a pc and android user, but I cannot deny that the Ipad, especially the pro models, are really good and worth the money, and I was able to make both tech work for my work flow and needs.

[@mohammedalmamun7093]

I think a better comparison would be the surface laptop studio vs that macbook, makes a lot more sense

[@ChaoticButterfly]

Or a Wacom Mobile Studio Pro.

[@utubekullanicisi]

No, actually the Razer Blade makes a lot of sense (which he also made comparisons to in the video) than the Surface Laptop Studio in terms of the performance

[@mohammedalmamun7093]

@@utubekullanicisi possibly in terms of performance but that isn't everything, there are other aspects to consider. anyway I never said the razor is a bad comparison or that it doesn't make sense. I just think for a head to head in an illustrators pov, in my opinion the surface laptop studio is a better contender

[@gerardopadilla2666]

@@mohammedalmamun7093 Less ports, an i5 at $1.5k, actually harder to get in and replace parts, a low-end GPU barely equal to the M1 Max at the top configuration, at a price several times higher what would get you a decent one, not EMR, etc. Why is it a better contender if it fails at almost everything a Windows PC stands for? When Apple is both the budget and the performance option that should tell you something. If you like the aesthetics or something specific of the build and money is not a problem however, then yes it could be an option, it just isn't competing against anything in any field IMO. If you don't need a powerful GPU something like a Galaxy Book Pro 360 will get you similar performance at way less price (to get the i7 Studio you need to go up to $2k, meanwhile you max out the Galaxy book at 1.5-6k or less with frequent sales, that's including other features like storage), including EMR digitizer and pen. You could actually combo a 360 and a Tab S or a Macbook Air and iPad Air at the same starting price as the Surface Studio, getting better processors in each case and two screen set ups everywhere, and that's an M1 included for the Apple combo and 2 pen for the Galaxy one! Plus the Alder lake versions of the Book should release early next year if waiting is an option. Microsoft chose not to bother (even if they were partnered with Intel to make Alder Lake and Windows 11 work, shows how much they pride their job there...) even tho they could've perfectly delay it a little bit more and just released a Tiger Lake product at the end of its lifetime, and the end of the 4-core era altogether (and again not at a competitive price on top of it...), and doubt they'll do a refresh any time soon. If you need a GPU then there's tons of other options to choose from, even if you need pen functionality. Say an Acer ConceptD7 Ezel which is kinda what the Surface Studio copied gets you a lot more actually "Pro" configurations at the same price, including beefier GPUs, EMR pen (don't get the ConcepD3 tho, that's AES, at that price point the Galaxy is much better), more ports, 4k screen, etc.

[@mohammedalmamun7093]

@@gerardopadilla2666I'm no pc expert but from what I saw in Brad Colbows review, from an illustrators standpoint against the macbook, it stands up pretttty well so yeah go look at that if you're interested. Also from my experience with a surface laptop, ive never had any issues relating to updates or some other stuff that was mentioned in this video. And anyway, relax man no need for all that, it was just my opinion.

[@AtomLabX]

Amazing, you always inspire me to do a similar video, for me I went with the 8TB 14" and spec out everything else to max, I think I should make a video like that just explaining my work when my machine gets here!

[@AtomLabX]

If you can watch my video as well, when I do it, that would be awesome! love you man and loved how you grew, used to watch you since 32K subs!

[@roennaphoenix3466]

that outro!!! was beautiful!!!

[@Subllama]

i use an imac and a macbook pro 2017 and i love them. I think its important that we all use the things necessary for us. I'm a university student and I know it will help me with my future years of studying and last a long time. I wish I would have waited to get the new mac books but I have had mine since i was 16. I'm thankful for the products I have been able to buy myself

[@DustinDAmour]

I actually did the opposite this year. I migrated from a late 2013 12-core Mac Pro maxed out on memory (128 GB) and dual D700's to a Threadripper Pro workstation that has double the memory and better performing multicore and a Nvidia RTX 3090. I still use my Mac Pro for general purpose, remoting into work and Apple eco system stuff. The TRP workstation was purpose built and I'm thinking of installing Deep Freeze by Faronics to keep the system files clean from the junk Windows ends up accumulating that causes all the driver & system issues.

[@sandrahildebrand4283]

It would be fantastic if you could give us an idea of what level of 3D work is done well with your setup. I’m not a 3D artist, but would like to tinker a little. Looking at 16” M1 Max 10/24, 32G, 1T.

[@skjoldgames]

Universal Control is going to be a game changer for my workflow. I hope Apple doesn't abandon it. We've been waiting for eight months now.

[@ArthropodSpidey]

Subscribed. Good video brother.

[@carlianarojas1437]

I’ve been doing art on mi iPad for 3 years now, and recently I got a MacBook since I’m a musician and macs are well known for running music programs and such, and when I integrated it to my art flow it’s been astronomical experience, sadly I don’t own an iPhone currently so posting my art online is a little tedious but that’s coming in soon

[@Damoch.]

Because of this video I started making my own drawing videos, thank you!

[@jakelawrence1086]

I have been using Mac's for the over a decade because my day job is a UI/UX designer and it's just what everyone uses. However I used to buil my own PC's. I have always found that Mac's suck with Wacom tablets they have always been laggy and just not as good as a windows machine. That includes a few years back when I was given a top spec G5 at work(the one that looked like a bin) that cost about £5k and it was tbh a complete waste of money. I have just been sent a brand new M1 chip MacBook about 2 weeks back which I've only actually turned on once to register and install stuff so haven't tried it out yet, I've heard they are good so maybe this will convince me. But people always seem to say Mac's are better but when you ask them what windows machine they were using they'll show you a £400 del, well of course the Mac is better it cost £2500! Saying all that I've not actually plugged in my Wacom tablet since I got an iPad pro last year.

[@alfeacruz3670]

have you tried the M1 MBA with the wacom tablet? is it laggy?

[@HamedAlgabbani]

Your voice is really really good to watch and listen to! Idk know how to explain it.. maybe do audio books :) also your channel and your content is really good.. just add more B Role footage and make sure you use the right settings on you camera to fix the white balance and the over exposed parts.. best of luck bro 🙏🏼💜

[@benikeler]

Love the vid!! I totally agree with all of your points. I'm 3D artist so I'll stick to the PC for a bit but I love the M1 tech, and I'm excited to see how it changes the industry. Glad you found a tool that suits you!

[@mstinas21]

I agree with u completely josh.

[@ryanjm]

FYI: ejections on Mac fail sometimes too, but it is usually clear why (some app is using one of the drives).

[@w0mblemania]

True, but it's much less common. It's usually when the Finder has borked, which often means a system restart.

[@tonyburzio4107]

It's easy to restart the finder.

[@w0mblemania]

@@tonyburzio4107 Restarting the Finder doesn't always work in recent macOS releases... it often leaves other processes hanging, requiring a restart.

[@poppy7325]

You can just easy set you windows pc to not update, I did it several years ago and it has never been an issue since. I totally get the other benefits, the portability would be really nice to have

[@asamird]

on windows 10/11 you can't.

[@poppy7325]

@@asamird I've had Windows 10 for many years. You most definitely can turn off automatic updates

[@asamird]

@@poppy7325 well I just can pause it for 7 days on my widows 10 home version but I can’t turn if off

[@neolordie]

you should definitely make your updates regularly

[@chill3808]

Yes, the window upgrades Omg 🤦🏻‍♀️ totally agree!

[@invinciblefeelings1439]

Waiting for M1 Pro and M1 Max Mac Mini, that would be insane.. Hopefully insanely faster as well..

[@TechMaestro01]

Great to see a fellow Tartarus user. You should consider making a video on it, if you haven’t already.

[@sebastianm.6669]

What I don't like about apple products is that they don't care too much about "right to repair". It seems to me like they make it extra hard for us to for example change the battery on your phone by using 5 different types of screws for every model. But Macs do have their pros to: quiet airflow, no tower... but I'm a windows veteran after all these years, transition would be taxing

[@marcteleki2801]

Nice video thanks.

[@cammiluna]

I remember those old android reboots!!! As for Macs, the only thing really keeping me from switching was that some of the programs I use are Windows-only. I switched to ipad for drawing though, and I'll never look back!

[@JayGrapherTh]

Its a 20min video so i might have missed it but I think the biggest thing is the "how" to switch systems. you talked about a note to people that there will be a small learning curve to switch and learn how to use a Mac. I felt you are able to make the switch more easily because you also slowly use apple products like the Ipad for a long time, and maybe Iphone, to apple watch and the last component is the Mac. I suppose starting from scratch for an artist, which would the benefit most when starting? drawing from the Ipad and later get a Mac, or get a Mac and get the other apple products?

[@jeromesalgado4295]

I use tartarus v2 everyday on my windows pc. I use iphone and ipad but the only problem is i can't switch to a macbook for my main device because i can't live without that keyboard. It really speeds up my workflow 50%. Thank you so much for the tip Josh. Now i can fully switch to apple devices.

[@tiaraanderson]

Ever since I got my MacBook I found myself rarely using my PC for such a long time 🤷🏽‍♀️ I was starting to feel bad it wasn’t even plugged in. (This is only Bc I stopped pc gaming tho) Great video ☝🏽✨

[@briansmith3578]

Have you run into any issues with your Cintiq and touch recognition? I recently switched to Mac as well and have a 32" Cintiq. The touch functionality was fine on Windows, but runs like garbage on Mac, frequently misinterpreting rotations as zooms or scrolls, etc, with lots of lag as well. Been trying to troubleshoot the install but not many people have the larger form factor cintiqs.

[@bramblequeen7599]

What Razor Tartarus are you using? I bought on once, but the one I got wasn’t compatible with my mac (I believe it was the latest version). How is the compatibility with all the keys?

[@SR-vp8nd]

Just a side note to anybody with a similar workflow as me. I sold my M1 macbook pro and bought a windows laptop, because if you use 3d as reference or ever want to get into 3d, Mac aint it. No graphics card, so keep that in mind. The Mac was smooth for straight illustration work though.

[@imprecisstudio]

That's false. New Macs have similar GPU power to 3080, but Metal & ARM are not fully supported. Once developers fully translate them, it will outperform any Windows laptop. It's already better when the software is optimised for it.

[@gerardopadilla2666]

@@imprecisstudio Eh... Sure, because native Mac games clearly tell you they have similar power to a 3080, it's just "arm isn't supported" for productivity...

[@SR-vp8nd]

@@imprecisstudio "Once fully developed", notice how M1's still not there yet. Please don't let fanboyism prevent you from having the sufficient equipment needed for your workflow. All of Josh's points are true, I just added a specific situation in which Mac is less convenient.

[@LillenArt2]

When support for Windows 10 ends, I think I'm switching my main drive to Linux and having a Windows specific secondary drive. Neither Microsoft nor Apple are working for me. I hope I can get my tablet and programs to work. I'm willing to learn if that means I have more control over my devices again.

[@dermond]

I'm on Linux for 2/3 months (Ubuntu) and works for me

[@Cyanbuns]

Im sure the prices have skyrocketed, but after building my entire pc setup for under $1.5k a few years ago, I could never justify spending over $2000 on any computer, not even to mention the two absolute monsters on the table here Just felt completely lost halfway through the video, but at least the ipad still works great as a budget starter for drawing

[@halesbellss]

I am not a pro by any means but I was using a windows 7 laptop in high school before 2014 when I was given a MacBook Air by my grandparents. I recently bought the Pro and I’m fully happy with the apple ecosystem because I can use pdf, zip, and more for school. I can’t justify using windows for basic files. My stuff works so much better on mac than fighting with a windows computer.

[@Digagz390]

Its not the tool that matters,but it is about how you know to use your tool.

[@cecilroberts1971]

Used to think like that.....I'm a Mac user

[@Digagz390]

@@cecilroberts1971 I'll give it a try

[@xinsuru]

If I was just now getting into digital art would you think it'd be better to transition to a Mac "now" before I get too accustomed? I'd been using my gaming rig but found that space isnt made with drawing in mind 😅.

[@AtomLabX]

Going back to watch this video after almost half a year later. I agree with one thing, and I always talk about that, and say that in public, apple stuff, just WORK! I'm in my late 20's and I do not have time to try to fix things or change, or tinker, and even though I'm a tech persona and I love all of that. But just like you said, I have a certain thing that I want do, every day, and I want to do it right, and I want it to work, none stop, and I don't have time or care for anything else. The Mac I got in case someone wonders. I got the 16" MacBook Pro 64Gb of ram M1 Max 32 core GPU and 8TB of storage, so I don't have to use external hard drives anymore. Yeah, I got the fully spec version. That was my plan since the start, but I didn't know that I would do it, with the 16", because I thought I'll end up getting the 14" instead.

[@AAA_Trash]

I would love to see your workspace without the big pc tower, and how you moved over the connections from the pc to the MacBook.

[@w0mblemania]

I'm a long-term Mac user (going back to Mac SE). They have their flaws, but they get the job done reliably. For those people (rightly) concerned about price, you have to factor in _efficiency_. i.e. how much money the device will make you, and won't lose you due to maintenance, problems over years. But I also have a HTPC/gaming rig that I use for games, connected to a big TV. Because, as you say, the Mac is just lousy at games, always has been.

[@dermond]

I had a lot of problems with windows 10, so I switched to Linux (because I don't want a Mac) and it's going good. I mean, I use open source anyway like Krita, so I don't need adobe suite or clip studio.

[@asamird]

I was a linux user too, but when in a project o was forced to use Mac, without notice I just switch to Mac... it is so Linux like but without all the fragmentation and its like 70% open source, even his programing language is open source.

[@KuttyJoe]

That problem with the external drive constantly turn itself off will eventually kill the drive I think. I bought a brand new usb drive and suffered that mess right from the start. After a couple months, it just stopped working. I knew though that the drive itself wasn't bad, its the electronics of the case. I've done it before. I opened up the case and took the drive out and put it in my desktop PC and it has no problems at all. But Windows is definitely having some kind of problem with external drives. A friend of mine is having the same problem. I advised him to change the power settings to stop the ports from powering down. That seemed to help for me but it was already too late.

[@crankydiff]

WOAH WOAH thats what im talking about Im going to switch to mac next year hopefully

[@4thNebula]

I would like to see the iPad Pro design with Magic keyboard (basically a Mac version of Surface Laptop Studio with M1 Pro and Magic keyboard functionality built in).

[@elishaluhere8801]

4:14 so nostalgic I remember doing that to 😭

[@mushrifahmed8107]

I currently use Windows and have used Windows for most of my life and the biggest reason that I would recommend anyone to use a Mac over Windows is because of the Operating system. Something like a 2 in 1 laptop or the 15 inch screen of Windows laptops tempt me a lot, but over the years I have had so much issues with Windows the operating system itself, I would readily choose a Mac without a thought. Apart from the forced updates, I have had updates which busted my laptop. I have had things that used to work normally (the wifi for eg. or even any design/editing software), malfunction (which led me to search the internet for hours to find a solution and then spend hours implementing it). I have also had horrible virus attacks which robbed me of so many of my precious data. When I buy a product I dont expect to have to do so much troubleshooting myself especially after updates that Windows forces on me, which in theory are supposed to make things better. From what I've heard that is the beauty of Macs. They just work.

[@jamalcoimbra1652]

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

[@Sean-zr7vs]

I use an ASUS 2 IN1 with hDMI 4K OLED, US military grade Gorilla Glass and pantone validated by Adobe. It's a laptop and a tablet I can draw right on the Glass. The stylus pen has 4096 touch points. Pretty much the coolest thing I have ever used.

[@elizalkin]

I use Mac and my school handed out windows computers and I connected my drawing tablet and drew around in MS Paint, I feel like I enjoy Windows better

[@jimmixgs]

Biggest M1 Macbook downfall for me is not being to have Bootcamp installed for emergencies where you need windows software. Sticking to my i9 + 5600M gfx for a few more years until there's a proper ARM compatible Windows and there's a workaround to that. I'd be half dead without the ability to use Windows on my macbook. Wished every piece of software worked for Mac OS though, would make life so much easier.

[@DueEa9]

Hi! I have a pc and I’m really struggling to create art because of the color calibration being off. I’ve tried fixing it but to no avail. I was thinking of buying a IMAC, would you say the color accuracy is better than pc? Thanks!

[@AtomLabX]

It funny, because this is what I went through as I'm working and watching this: I was working on C4D and Maya, those past 5 days, because I wanted to get a project done for my school. I needed to make some MoGraphs for my website, and implement them using web flow. Also, export a model as an object, and then move it to Xcode or Unity, so I can work with it for another class. (I have a windows PC built by NZXT through the build service with 3 years of warranty) 128GB of Ram. Ryzen 7 (5000 something) with RX 6900 XT 4TB NVMe SSD (from Samsung) from the high end line they have (Pro line). Also another 4TB NVMe SSD for backup (in case something goes wrong). So the PC, is not bad (I have it for gaming mainly, but this time, I thought I might use it for work, because I can render faster with Maya and Arnold). Installed C4D, with RedShift to render, and Maya with Arnold, and it went just fine! Moved the files through (One Drive), and started working, everything went fine! it is 5:26AM, and I'm close to being done on a project I'm working on for 5 days, and then blue screen. I was like, okay, it's fine, things happen. I restart, and then went back and opened the project, the files are broken, and don't open anymore. Went to the cached files, to see if they saved at a good point, they didn't, they saved at a point kinda far. So I thought through the backup system (similar to MacOS), I can go back with stages, and get to the point before the blue screen. I managed to do it! (great!!!) praise the lord!, however the files are still broken... All of this, I didn't have to go through, all of this, I didn't need to do, all of this, wasn't supposed to happen at ALL, no matter how you spin it! I never had to face a such issue with MacBooks, and if I did, I can use time machine, and get all my files working. Yes, I need to wait an extra 15 minutes for my render to be done on Maya, because it is running through rossetta, but it will NOT CRASH! I have been using MacBooks long enough to know that wouldn't happen. And, Windows sucks for actual work. If you are using it as a hobby or for video games, it is great! But for actual work it sucks (period).

[@XamonWasHere]

The copy on one device and paste on another is my favorite part about having Apple stuff.

[@jasmineleopard7593]

I have a pc that I love but recently bought an iPad Pro for portability. But didn’t realize that illustrator and photoshop are not full functioning on the iPad. :/ Kinda regret not returning it and doing a MacBook instead

[@AdrianWilliams]

Hey man love the review! Appreciate your insight - Can I ask you where you got the background screensaver on your TV in the back ? I love it!

[@MsLaughingRabbit]

Had my Macbook pro since like 2017, and the only downside is really that you can't play most games. And it's not even a question of performance anymore, many games don't support mac versions at all anymore since apple announced they'll be designing and using their own processors rather than intel's going forward. Maybe that's going to change even further down the line, but... yeah. Still wouldn't dream of going back to PC at this point.

[@stratovolcano7813]

I see that proko loish interview 😏 and wishing your mother (and rossdraws ;)) a happy birthday haha

[@dplj4428]

@ErgoJosh - No envy. Just doing a dollar $ign checklist of all the accessories! So, thanks for sharing hands-on review for each one😂

[@Behelit]

Hey Josh, great video. I have a question. I'm using m1 mac and m1 ipad for my work right now and I'll switch to this device. My question is how was the photoshop performance improvement on this because I might sell my ipad and get cintiq, for example I can draw 7k pixels with fair amount of layers in procreate but what's the maximum resolution in photoshop you are getting while you are drawing?

[@ergojosh]

My latest piece was over 10k pixels tall, with plenty of layers. I havent noticed any slowdowns at all. Definitely dont try using the smudge tool at 500px size though lol

[@Behelit]

@@ergojosh hahah yes thanks for the info 👍

[@BarKeegan]

I’m looking to upgrade after a decade, and similarly somebody who wants to get going out of the box without tinkering around too much. From a budget point of view, I’m leaning towards a Mac mini… not sure if it’s a good future proof option though

[@ergojosh]

I forgot to mention in the video, the config I got for my Macbook was the M1 Max with 64 gb of ram, 4 TB of storage, and the 32 core CPU! I know lots of people are upgrading their 2012-2015 laptops, are you looking at any new apple products for art?

[@asimian8500]

How much did that cost? It’s completely outside the budget of most people when you factor in the insane Apple tax for memory and storage.

[@thanhclips]

So over 5k for a laptop. Gotcha!

[@DarkRavenArts]

I prefer my Alienware laptop over my Macbook Pro so I gave the Macbook to my son. I use apple phone and ipad but still prefer Windows for my laptop and desktop.

[@Xeph1218]

Hey Josh was this the 14 or 16inch?

[@bummer01]

I kinda agree for most of the reasons, macs by so far has the best color calibration out of the box, and yeah, getting old is is a drag and loosing time to tinker and tweak your hardware. The windows update issue, I never had that where it wipes out my progress even without adjusting the update settings, not sure what happened to your settings or who messed up your PC or just aging hardware, nothing last forever. even macs get busted for hardware failure and VERY expensive repairs (I.e. Louis Rossman) But geek bench tho. . . not the best choice for benchmark and not a fair CPU to compare, a 2019 cpu vs a 2021 cpu, even the latest high end windows laptop can run circles around that CPU, the past 3 yrs really pushed CPU technology forward when AMD ryzen came to town. Tech hardware really never age well by any means and just degrades overtime.