It was 24/11/03 9:02 pm, when Ian Jebbett wrote: > When someone makes a statement like the one below and say's "they've > never acknowledged that the Mac exists.."
Jesus, I hate it when people lurk and hardly ever help anyone and when others do, all they can do is quote selectively for their own ends! How long have you been a member of this group? What, a whole 2 months?...And you think that qualifies you to call me intolerant in public? FYI, I have worked on both platforms. They both have their good points and bad. I am NOT a Mac fanatic or a Microsoft fanatic. I have diverse opinions and am open minded. I don't owe allegiance to any company, only to family and friends. Don't think that by reading a sentence of cold text that you can know me and call me intolerant before an audience of hundreds. You say that nothing is cut and dried in life and yet you call me intolerant. What is more cut and dried than forming a snap opinion of someone and then publishing it WITHOUT knowing the FIRST thing about them? Forget knowing their philosophy. I've known people for 10-20 years and I STILL don't have an opinion about them! My views about Microsoft and Apple have been coloured over 6-7 years from practical experience and from reading about the companies in the media. It is a fact that BOTH Apple and Microsoft are rivals (see the number of court cases against each other) and that they also work together. Is it any wonder that users take sides or have biased opinions? I don't find that unusual. > but try as I might, I can't get my head around the rivalry of PC > and Mac. Surely they both have an equal place in creative photo - > graphics and according to the talent of their operators, both do the > work asked of them with precision and efficiency. At the end of the day, > it's the person behind the camera, keyboard or pad that produces the > goods, not the machine! Machines do play a HUGE part in the creative process, even if they do not produce the goods by themselves. To think otherwise is to not think at all. Try doing sports photography with a 10x8 around your neck! You will soon clamour for a well made machine suited to the job. While an Oscar Peterson can produce wonderful music on a keyboard that has 5 keys missing and another 5 sticking, not everyone has his talent. So, if you have a good machine, you are already ahead of the competition who do not. I don't suppose you read Norman Childs' Sunday musings? If you had, you would agree that machines do matter. Personally, I like well made things. I have worked on a LOT of PCs as a tutor/fixer and have NEVER seen one well made. I don't care to work on a badly made machine unless I am forced to. Your mileage may vary. > I see lots of Mac - PC bashing from both sides of the argument and if > it's good fun, that's not a problem, but sometimes it seems > that............Oh well........WTH You could've fooled me. Don't make it personal if you do have a problem, is my advice to you...And if other's opinions upset you, DON'T denigrate fellow members in public. Keep your opinions to yourself or send them to a Listmum or the owner or better still, write them and then delete them. Like I have done with this post! WTF, indeed. Respectfully, Shangara. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
