on 25/04/02 23:44, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just for the information of the list I want to post my observation at the > Adobe Digital Video Seminar I just attended in Minneapolis today! > > The seminar was for Adobe products as well as Hewlet Packard Computers (Not > Apple) and Matrox Video Capture Cards and it was very evident that most of > the people attending used Windows. The Adobe representative told the > audience that Adobe approached both Apple and Microsoft concerning > developing computers for real time video work and only Microsoft was > interested in working with them. The HP computers they showed at the seminar > were running a Intel Xenon 2.2 GHz processor with a 400 MHz front side bus > and L2 512 cache on the high end, which seemed to leave anything Apple has > to offer in the dust. > > The last Adobe seminar I attended in Minneapolis was all Apple laptops > running all their software and now it is Microsoft (HP) which is a real > concern to me. Our local High School is changing over to PC's also and I am > wondering where Apple is during all of this transformation. > > I would like to see Apple doing some productivity advertising, instead of > doing the cute things they are showing here in the Mid West, which makes > most people think Mac's are for play and PC's are for work.
Yep, I've noticed that quite a few times when I was working for an Apple dealer (and ever after). It's really like Apple is sometimes sleeping with some kind of gas that makes them impossible to wake up... Very disconcerting... It's like they don't care, or don't think that any section of any market is worth pursuing... -Laurent. -- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin <http://home.cox.rr.com/nemesys> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Heuristics are bug ridden by definition. If they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms." -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
