Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been a Mac user since I started editing 14 years ago. At that time PC's were Holgas in graphical terms compared to the Hassies that were the Macs. ( or Mamiyas, Rollei..don't want to start a discussion on what is better in Medium format :-) ) Graphic softwares, including Photoshop, were not available for PC at the time. Then they started making softwares for PC's and, given they were more cheaper than the Macs, Agencies started buying PC's ( it was the accountants who made the decisions not the artists). But, and this is a big but, PC's just started to die left and right, and the more "expensive" Macs were still beating healthy. To this day, a Quadra 950 bought in 1992 is still working fine, daily beatings for video editing with graphics, slow as hell nonetheless, with only one problem, the diskette driver died, replaced by a $50 internal...not that we need disketes anymore ;-)... Unfortunately, Mr. Jobs has learned from Mr. Gates and Mr. Dell... now you buy a Mac, comes three months and you have a better, faster one that cost just the same as you paid for your new-old mac... One thing that always bothered me is that there is technology for better graphics but webpages have always been compromissing for the 98% of users who have lower displays.... But, that is the market I guess. As you say... I prefer to spend my money on photo gear....:-) peace David >- As webdesigner, I want to see my websites like 98% of my clients and >website visitors do. >- The price, the price, the price... A few weeks ago, I bought a new hi-end >pc workstation, "fully loaded", plus two 20" LCD monitors. The price for >all together was 75% of a top-of-the-line Apple Dual G5 workstation only >(which would have a slower processor, much less RAM, slower graphic, slower >frontside bus, less L2 cache, less extension slots, cheaper soundcard). > >I prefer to spend my money on Leica gear ;-)... >Didier > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >