[thelist] Switching to Macs

[Martin]

Sorry, playing catch up here.

Dan wrote:
> 1) He has to base his peripheral purchases entirely on what is
> available with appropriate mac drivers, which seriously limits choice

Rarely an issue with USB and Firewire (Firewire is better supported on
the Mac side of the house)

> 2) His websites have colour problems (though Im sure that could be
> tweaked if he could be bothered)

Macs have impeccable colour management when set up correctly. If Win
machines don't see things correctly, then is that a Mac issue?
Possibly... Of course, you can set up a Mac to use Win gamma if you
really want.

> 3) The choice of software simply isnt available. Sure like everybody
> says, Adobe M$ and Macromedia have identical clones on both platforms
> but wht about
> shareware???  There is no doubt that the range of programs is simply
> not available.

Suprisingly yes, if not mounted on cover CDs. And of course, with OSX,
most anything from the Unix house is available.

> Oh and Macs are much more stylish.... though my vaio is cute too

Sony wants to be Apple and vice versa, and for good business reasons
(simply put, you can't build a lasting advantage on specs or price
because you will be beaten. You have to do something different, and both
Apple and Sony have gone for 'desirable consumer device')

Cheers
Martin


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