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.
That's funny. I heard that same retort almost verbatim from someone before,
a Mac person by the way. I'll take the Professional Mode scanner interface
from Epson before anything I've seen from HP any day, but the two HP
peripherals were hand-me-downs. If I can get them to work, I keep them from
the landfill. Besides I've never had any problem with HP peripherals on my
Windows machines, and by and large they work on my Macs, too.
What kind of data do you require instead of anecdotes? From a testing lab?
From Apple, MS or HP?
Independent research. Random, representative sample populations. Large
numbers of replicates. Clear descriptions of variables being tested and
test parameters. Applicable test design with applicable controls.
You know, Science.
I really don't see that the main issue on the list is Windows PC vs Macs,
Perhaps, you're right. It seems more like Apple vs. M$ [sic]. Or recently,
Zune vs. iPod.
I guess my point is that if the intention of the listserv is to provide
computer users a forum for asking questions, like the "Computer Guys and
Gal" show, then novices exposed to heated platform discussions to the point
of expletives might not be the best atmosphere.
Are you a physicist?
No. I am a systematist, entomologist, comparative and eco-morphologist,
mathematical modeler, morphometrician, and statistician. It all fits nicely
under the umbrella of evolutionary biologist.
Thanks again for your input.
Mark
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