Good points all,
However it is also fair to say that Apple has extended and continues to extend the olive branch to the PC user in business, making integration of the two platforms easier both for IT departments and end users.
Theres no point in switching the entire business to Dual G5 macs if 90% of the company is sales, marketing, production and accounting and are using MS Office.
The key to all of this as has always been is the OS and its about to get better . . .
Tiger offers a new set of system libraries to developers most impressive are core image and core video these allow for scalable non-destructive realtime effects which can and no doubt will be integrated into a future version of Photoshop this will insert a huge gap between the capabilities of Photoshop on the Mac and Photoshop on the PC.
I believe that it is in a companies best interest to be persuaded to follow a single source supplier for their 10% creative element where they will benefit from serious processor power. After all with 3 years Applecare they are covered for all major components. We are also hardly coming close to the expenditure professional graphics vendors such as Dicomed, Genigraphics, Quantel, Media100 and SGI used to lever on the business. Additionally the taxman will let you write off the entire cost of a Mac system in the first 12 months as opposed to earlier bespoke systems which could often be a 10 year investment both on repayment and tax breaks.
On 07 Jul, 2004, at 8:41, Tom Burke wrote:
Well, IBM.
But the name on the box isn't the issue. If a PC breaks you know you'll be able to get it fixed even if the manufacturer has gone broke - all the parts are standard. If a Mac goes down the tubes who, apart from Apple, could repair/replace some of the components? One of those motherboards with the liquid-cooled G5 processors, for instance?
I think that's the issue, and while I agree that suggesting that Apple are 'on the verge of going out of business' is wrong, nonetheless pointing out to a client that they would be entering into a single-source supplier situation is not unreasonable.
Tom Burke
On 7 Jul 2004, at 08:12, Stuart Bell wrote:
On 7 Jul 2004, at 08:04, julian o'connor wrote:
There are also a considerable number of consultants out there who deliberatelyWhich raises the question of how many companies which were producing PCs in 1984 are still doing so.
bad mouth Apple products and constantly tell their clients that Apple are on
the verge of going out of business so any kit they buy will end up
unsupported.
Stuart
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