on 10/9/01 11:55 AM, Aaron Willems at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here is my 2 cents worth. Why it is true that more people are using PCs > to do creative stuff, creative doesn't equal quality or professionalism. > The vast majority of creative professionals use Macs to get their work > done. The last count I believe was 70% versus 30% on the Windows side. > Look at Vibe Magazine, People Magazine, all done with Macs. 90% of the > fashion industry use Macs. And here is the real kicker guess what > computer was used to create the Windows Logo for Microsoft. You guessed > it, a Mac.
In the print world, you're right. There was starting to be the making of a major mass defection to NT a few years ago, but apple has staved it off pretty well. Remember the whole big push, with intergraph, huge NT booths at the publishing conferences, etc? Microsoft barely had a presence at the last one. "Creative" is a much different beast now though... You have to include 3d, web, etc... The mac is not the majority in those platforms anymore. It used to have a very good presence in the web world (and still has a major one that is very disproportionate to apple's userbase) but the majority of web designers are on PC + dreamweaver + flash. There is a real reason for that... Professional print work still works best on the mac, and apple has seriously focused on it (colorsync, etc and it will only get better with pdf built into the operating system). But try using flash on the mac vs PC... It works just fine on the mac, but it is definetly easier to create web and flash projects on the pc. Especially flash... I wish to god half the cool plugins and packs that exist for PC flash existed in the mac world. :( I really think though if apple is smart and the 3rd party application makers are smart about using OS X... It could at least give the mac an edge up. I mean you have apache built into the OS, which could enable live previewing of dynamic sites, the whole bit from within your app... *drools* -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- 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>
