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Re: A Poll: Mac OS Versus PC/Windows

2005-07-07 by SteveZ

Thanks, Truman, well said.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Truman Prevatt 
<tprevatt@m...> wrote:
> Mark Savoia wrote:
> 
> >Please don't start this endless war of Mac vs PC again (again, 
again).
> >Thanks,
> >Mark
> >
> >  
> >
> It really should not be an endless war and it should not be off 
limits - 
> it just needs to be approached properly. The H/W platform is just 
as 
> important as the image processing S/W, RIPs, inks and papers. The 
> computer is integral to the whole process - it's the computer 
people use 
> for editing and it's the computer that feeds the printer.
> 
> This is especially true for new people getting started. To some 
extent 
> the Mac had much of it's evolution in the image - particularly 
video - 
> processing world and there may be some advantages to it's 
architecture 
> and/or GUI. On the other hand the PC has much more support, 
however, 
> with Apple transition to the use of the Intel processor this may 
not be 
> an issue in the future.
> 
> The topic is valid - it just needs to be civil and based on facts, 
> validated performance data - not fear, superstition and emotion.
> 
> Cheers,
> Truman
> 
> -- 
> 
> "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first 
create 
> the universe."
> 
> - Carl Sagan

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