on 10/31/01 8:00 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A PC user can argue with me about their platform superiority until they are > blue in > the face...and they frequently do. > > They argue that the Mac's are too expensive, which used to be true (a IIfx for > $10k?? I know because I bought one retail...it still stings) but is no longer > the > case. They argue that they can accompish everything on a PC that a Mac user > can. > That's a load of cr*p. ***ALL*** professional design studio's, Music > Studio's, > most creative companies and publishing firms...all Mac. Half-assed designers > can > try to design on the PC but they are the lower echelon of Graphic and web > designers. I know because I set up all the machines for Goodby Silverstein, > and > DDB Needham, and Ketchum, and GGC & Y here in San Francisco. They make almost > all > the print and TV ads you see. All Mac. Even the receptionists, and > accountants...Mac. Even the US Navy is changing over to Mac since a PC messed > up a > calculation and locked up while trying to divide by zero and misguided a > missile a > few years ago. > > PC users brag up and tout the beauty of their platform and what it really > comes > down to is this: There is only one area that PC's outperform Mac's... and > that is > in the arena of Video games. The arguments always come back to that. And > reason > that Mac's lag in the video game arena isn't even Apple's fault. It is the > fault > of game developers writing code for the platform with the most users. I > understand > it. It's a business. Same reason that hackers and Virus authors attack the > PC > platform with 60,000 more virii than are written for the Mac (again, that's a > plus > for a Mac user). I am glad that game developers write for the PC and then > port > successful games over to the mac. If you really think about it, it works out > in > our favor. The idiot 13 year old PC gamers (read ***beta testers***) get to > try > 100 different games each year and only the best 15 ever make it over to the > Mac. I > don't mind a bit. I have my MCSE and my A+ certifications. I used to be a PC > tech > for cripes sake (although I have always used a Mac as my personal computer). > > The real beauty of the Mac is that if I need Windoze, I just boot into Windoze > 98 > SE on my G4. No problem. It was the whole reason I got VPC. So that I could > run > a few Windoze progs. Try that with a PC...g'head... boot your Dell into Mac > OS > 9.1... not gonna happen. And don't even get me started on Winblows XP. I > expect > a lawsuit form Apple. It is sooooooooo OSX "like" that it will probably be > the > undoing of Microsoft. The antitrust suit was just the tip of the iceberg. > Just > wait...you'll see. > > -- Kyle H. Hansen > Apple Certified Technician
Wow............sounds like blowing off some well justified steam. Doesn't hurt I happen to agree in more ways than one. Just a comeback for you Kyle in the plus column. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
