Yeah, I can't speak for across the ocean but only here on the east coast of the US. If I read your and others responses correctly then I would assume that for at least 18 months OS9 will be the dominant OS where you are. Most things I have seen are either 18 months behind or ahead, like cell phone technology is 18 months behind here and fashion is 18 months behind but a lot of music is 18 months ahead. This is not always the case but it tends to be true.
SO if OS9 is still the dominant OS now for your market then you may see what I am seeing over the next 18 months. Apple is pushing in that direction and they can be persuasive. But Mac users can be the most stubborn users in the world.
But, I stand by my statement: "OSX has proved to me that my productivity has doubled since I switched and with each new flavor of OSX has only gotten better." I have always been a user that would 'rather use my computer than fix/twiddle with my computer'. and OSX allows for both. I can get more work done now in such a little amount of time that my bosses have started to throw way too much work at me and expecting me to get it done.
Case in point: I finished all of my code work on Friday and am just turning it in today Wednesday ONLY because I can't let them expect that quick of a turn around. That is due to OSX and also to how quickly I can work in REV.
.02 + .02 + .02
Tom
On Feb 25, 2004, at 10:01 AM, A.C.T. wrote:
Hi, Thomas,
> I think the word was slow at first but now has picked up speed and the
> switch is happening very fast now.
that's why I wrote: It is hard to predict. Maybe it is different on your side of the Atlantic ;-) The publishers I work with are generally "old fashioned", some of them love working in Quark 2 ... well, "some" is not the right work, but at least those exist.
I have met a lot of Windows users that were so intrigued by OSX and it's productivity increases that they have started to include Macs in with their suite of Windows computer only offices. (and most of the old arguments they had are no longer there and they are starting to admit that , at least to me)
That's fine - and the exact oposite to what I am experiencing. Macs are more and more "fleeing" the offices where I walk in and out. Personally I can understand that, but that is a completely different story.
As far as the topic of this thread is concerned: I still think it is hard to predict what OS on Mac will be dominant for the next 18 months. I tend to say it's "Mac OS <X" (9, 8.5 etc), but it is very much possible that this only applies to Germany as I do not have to do with foreign customers that often.
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