Digital BW, The Print

Julian,

Honestly, just get whatever you *want*.

While I have used both Mac's and PC's I have always bought PC's for my 
home because they have always been much cheaper to buy, accessories 
much cheaper and more available and games, services, utilities, 
shareware and bootleg software (not that I condone its usage) are also 
much more available.  PhotoShop has always been nearly identical on 
both platforms so you will have no learning curve once you are in 
that.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I have never found anything about the  
Mac OS that warrants the religious fervor that are stirred in some of 
its users, nor do I have any great feeling of attachment toward Lord 
William and his (generally *pretty good*) products... but, as I said, 
I use both and don't care.

I certainly don't want anyone to start on yet another Mac vs. Windoze 
downward spiral... just wanted to give you support no matter which way 
you go.

I just "upgraded" to XP, so if you want a report in a couple weeks 
regarding my opinions after using it in PhotoShop and quadtone 
printing etc. I will be happy to give you a follow up.

mark

PS  If it was better supported I would be using UNIX...

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> This really isn't intended to start a platform war as I'm just 
looking for
> information from people who use, or have used both PC and Mac. I'm 
thinking
> of retiring my aging PC in the next few months and I'm looking for a 
new
> box. I'm using win98, so whatever i get I'm going to have to learn a 
new
> system. I'm philosophically opposed to XP where you have to ask 
uncle Bill's
> permission to fire up or make significant changes to the spec of the
> machine, and I'm thinking about a Mac with OS X. My main use is for
> scanning, PS and then outputting via the piezo driver. Has anyone 
who has
> used both platforms any recomendations?
> 
> Julian
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