I get tired of FUD of various types being spread like someone is driving a john deere around the listserv. And then when challanged all we get is go find it yourself it's obviously right.
I don't count just anecdotal evidence of bloggers as reputable studies...three result pages of google search after typing 'macs more productive then windows' and that's all I get. No studies. To be honest I have no idea how they would even do such a study. It's like asking if a blue car is faster then a green car. Depends on the driver. The only actual article that came up in those three pages was one funded by Apple which said, wait for it...Apple users are more productive then windows users. Wow. It must be true. One of my good friends delved deep into slackware linux about 7 years ago, now she's an ace on linux, can run circles around her friends on windows and mac using the CLI. I have another who is an IT admin who I can't even keep up with what windows he has open on his 2003 server let alone keep up with what he's doing. Another who works at a community college on a mac and uses quicksilver as if he lives it...he runs around most other mac users as far as productivity. Computers are tools. I have no attachment either way to any OS, only prefer using what is inexpensive and does what I need, when I need it. I use macs, windows...a little linux but not much. Whatever works. FUD doesn't work. If your work bright and shiny on a mac good for you. Others have just as much productivity on windows or linux or solaris...whatever tool that works for them. Mike On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:16 PM, John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > Why do you care where he gets it? It isn't like there are any reputable > studies that show anything else. > > You certainly can't dispute the findings. You can find hundreds of > examples > with a simple Google search. > > Trying to find counter-examples is difficult - you have to find something > funded by Microsoft or a very niche market. > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:41 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Where do you get this stuff? > > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > People who use Macs > > > outperform those who use Windows. > > > > > -- > John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
