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Another anti-convert

Posted On: Sat, 12/05/2007 - 11:12 by davidj

Came back from Adelaide, where I was asked repeatedly about people wanting to buy Apple machines with OS X. As usual, my advice was "if you think the operating system, or environment is for you, by all means, otherwise consider carefully if it actually improves your computer usage as opposed to just changing it for no benefit". There's about fifty-fifty split on those that actually convert when people consider their computer usage that way.

Not being back in Brisbane for more than an hour, an art director come recent Apple adopter was asking for help with her recently boot-camped Macbook Pro that was missing network drivers. I looked at it, and promptly asked "Why?"

"There's no design software for Apple".

I could not possibly have said it myself better. I'm forever pointing out that the days of Apple being the design software writer's platform of choice are over. Windows is where it's at for those who need more than the stock Photoshop or RAW image handler.

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