"Mark A. Metz" <[email protected]> escribió:
Thanks for the link to the article on the DC Bus iPhone app (Cavan
any relation?). I use the Fairfax Connector so it doesn't help for
me, but I'm sure it is advantageous for some. I used the
commuterpages with my WM phone (free), but it doesn't seem to be
supported for the iPhone (Yet?).
As a scientist and a user of both platforms (I am not an IT person.
I'm an untrained geek.), I don't give much credence to anecdotal
information. I can usually match anecdote for anecdote with users on
either platform.
I have a HP Scanjet 8250 (USB) sitting next to my MBP 15" that I
can't use while booted in Leopard. I spent considerably more time
than half an hour testing HP drivers, bonjour, generic printers, etc.
only to discover it wasn't going to work at all.
I used to have a lot of trouble scanning with an HP scanner from Windows
as well as from a Mac [OS 8/9]. Are HP scanners still as unreliable? If
you have a choice, get a better scanner with real drivers. HP has awful
drivers. If you can find a generic open source driver that works, use
it. The third party commercial drivers cost as much as some scanners. I
like Epson, Microtek, Canon, almost anything but HP for scanners, but
the HP laser printers are OK, even using CUPS.
What kind of data do you require instead of anecdotes? From a testing
lab? From Apple, MS or HP?
I really don't see that the main issue on the list is Windows PC vs
Macs, although it often seems that way, sometimes from those who use one
or the other, but not multiple systems. What we all need is the best
platform for the work and play that we do. Could be either. Could be
neither. It's often both.
Cavan has a regular column at Greater Greater Washington. Yes, he's my
son. Are you a physicist?
Betty
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