Don't worry Jeff,
:^)
I usually don't have time to fool with the "fix my PC requests" and
pass them on to others, but for some reason, they keep calling back.
I'm guessing the neighborhood kids are having a tougher time fixing
them.
Jerry
p.s. Uh, Diane, please excuse the poor grammar in my response to your
request. T'was in a bit of a hurry on that message.
On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 11:26 PM, Jeff @ SLYN Systems
wrote:
> Dear Jerry,
> SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
> All your reasons below would put me out of business.
> LOL
> Of course, I've used Macs and PCs both since 1984 and all my invoicing
> through last year (till my Color Classic crashed) was on Mac.
> As to "high tech support costs", heck, we only charge $40 an hour for
> on-site service. Ok, I know, that's still a lot more than the
> neighborhood kid but my dogs like to eat food from Rainbow Blossom and
> Health & Harvest health stores!
>
> Jeff Slyn, Owner
> SLYN Systems & Peripherals
> (502) 426-5469
> serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985!
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:50:05 -0400 Jerry Yeager
> <jerry at browseryshop.com>
> writes:
>> Have the bean counters do a cost benefit analysis on the two
>> platforms.
>>
>> It just flat out costs a whole lot more to run a PC based office
>> than
>> it does a Mac based office.
>>
>> The recent virus attacks alone have cost US firms many millions of
>> dollars in lost productivity just by itself.
>> Windoze-based machines are locked into an ever increasing spiral of
>> M$
>> licensing fees just to use the machine. The (legal) cost of running
>> XP
>> in the office is a per-seat license that is waaaay more than the per
>>
>> seat fees for Macs. PC are also facing new DRM restrictions from M$
>> --
>> use new version of Word? It'll be copy restricted, you won't be able
>> to
>> take the document home and work on it as easily.
>>
>> While XP has made some strides in stability, but it still crashes a
>>
>> bit, especially if you are trying to run many programs, and yes it
>> still is plug-and-pray to get peripherals to work right. Got
>> something
>> wrong? Re-install and then wait on the phone for M$ to okay the
>> install. The cost of tech support is still very high.
>>
>> The best graphics / video/ audio software is being built for Macs,
>> don't let the PC-zealot sites fool you (on the other hand don't let
>> the
>> Mac-zealot sites fool you into blindly following Macs), but make
>> some
>> comparisons.
>> Photoshop will run faster on a Mac and not crash. Not so for PC.
>> Illustrator is equally bad on both platforms. Freehand -- better on
>> a
>> Mac. The supposed After-Effects test that showed it runs better on
>> PCs
>> has been shown to be "rigged" -- turns out the default install of AE
>>
>> did not use the Mac dual processors, set-it up for duals and the
>> tests
>> make the "slower" Macs draw back even in some cases and blow the PCs
>>
>> away in others.
>>
>> Lost productivity and high tech support costs make the PCs a
>> miserable
>> choice to use (I say this even though I do a whole lot of tech
>> support)
>> in an office. (I get 15 calls to help someone fix their PC to every
>>
>> call I get to help with a Mac).
>>
>> Consider now that the real world usage types of benchmarks from the
>> new
>> Macs are that flat out blowing the PCs out of the water and they
>> cost
>> cheaper to buy than the current similar PCs and you have to wonder
>> why
>> does the new boss want to WASTE all of the extra money on PCs.
>>
>> Yes Diane, I did say WASTE.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> p.s. Is this a good enough start? Or do you need to have more
>> reasons?
>> Like the fact that the set-up that Virginia Tech just bought (1100
>> new
>> dual G5s was bought because it was cheaper to buy and run thant the
>>
>> same setup from Dell, HP, Gateway, IBM, etc.? There are a lot more
>> reasons to stay all Mac than go all PC.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 10:10 PM, Diane Stinnett
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The printing company I work for just changed owners, and the first
>>
>>> change that he wants to make is to make our all-mac office an
>> all-PC
>>> office. I don't think there is any hope of saving the macs in the
>>
>>> customer service department, but he did tell me that he will let
>> me
>>> continue to use a mac, and even buy me a better one, if I could
>>> convince him that we needed it. I do the graphic design and
>>> typesetting for the company. Of course, I know that macs are
>> superior
>>> to PCs in many ways, especially for graphic design, but I would
>>> welcome any facts from all my mac-loving friends to help me
>> support my
>>> argument. He seems to be blocking every argument I make, armed
>> with
>>> the fact that the corporate office has told him that it is
>> possible to
>>> run our office with no macs on board.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Diane
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> Jeff Slyn, Owner
> SLYN Systems & Peripherals
> (502) 426-5469
> serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985!
>
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