Re: [WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #190 - 01/08/99

Daniel Soileau(dsoileau[at]email.unc.edu)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:11:46 -0500 (EST)

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This discussion is sounding more like a technical support survival issue
than the matter originally proposed for discussion. Seventeen years in
scholarly publishing, with the last ten in front of computers, has
convinced me that the best tool for the job is the tool that requires the
least "techno-savvy" support. This is a sore spot for PC users,
particularly since the Mac has the intuitive advantage ("for the rest of
us"), as well as for PC support folks. And we are talking about
computing for artists and designers, right?! As industry compression
continues to place more pressure on everyone to perform more efficiently,
the logical choice is the system that can be managed by anyone. When the
PC becomes as easy to maintain as the Mac, there won't be issues of
platform loyalty to contend with.

I also use PC's, by the way, built them from scratch, bought PC's
with service plans, and configured entire departments of mixed platforms
with the interests of each person regarded as more than emotional zeal.
Making someone switch is simply that. Unless the department or corporate
management system, like inso or whatever, is platform specific, there's
no good reason to buy liability.

On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Dan Schwartz wrote:

>
> Let's look at your analysis, inline.
>
> >>>The people who put out our newsletter for our company are using Macs
> >>>to do all the design and pre-press stuff. Our company is moving
> >>>towards being PCs. The question is, should the artists switch to PCs

Daniel Soileau
Institute of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
dsoileau@email.unc.edu

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