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Posted by Richard Crowley on 07/07/06 22:48
"Mike Kujbida" wrote...
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> "bullshark" ...
>>> Mr. Tapeguy wrote:
>>>> It's really a matter of comparing everything feature-for-feature but
>>>> overall, the advantage of a Mac is going to be a richer feature set
>>>> for the money, greater pool of available support from a much larger
>>>> installed user base and in general, a lower rate of repairs (based
>>>> on annual statistics).
>>>
>>> Wow, where does that come from? Care to share the source of those
>>> "statistic"? Around theses parts, a Mac cost 3 time what a similarly
>>> spec PC does, FCP cost 3 to 8 time what Vegas does depending on where
>>> you shop, and it has none of the audio capability that Vegas users
>>> take for granted and FCP has the most convoluted and slow workflow I
>>> have ever seen; not to mention instability of the program itself
>>> (well known that it's not the most solid or bug free program ever
>>> written). As for support from userbase, PC outnumber Mac 10 to 1
>>> so...You're far more likely to find help from geek on the cheap for
>>> a PC than for Mac.
>>
>> We sometimes get misdirected messages from
>> newsgroups in other universes (undiscovered to
>> date) where apparently Macs outnumber PCs.
>> It appears to be a flaw in the internet system here
>> on our planet.
>
>> rant mode on <
>
> Why does it seem that almost every thread lately that talks about Macs &
> PCs
> degenerates into a pissing match :-(
> Tapeguy and I gave Rgr the answers he seemed to be looking for - and
> then
> it went downhill from there.
No amount of ranting will make "a much larger installed user
base" true, at least on this planet. This has *nothing* to do
with whether Macs or PCs are "better" at anything.
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