Posted by Specs on 04/06/06 20:49

"P.C. Ford" <meoh@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
news:c9sa32lv3sjqo660lr9adas1q5gf622i39@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:03:27 +0100, "Specs" <No.Spam@Thanks.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
> >news:123adlo2ssuqda8@corp.supernews.com...
> >> "Specs"wrote ...
> >> > I don't think the 90/10 split follows for the creative
> >> > industry. Macs dominate Audio and publishing fields.
> >>
> >> That is the popular myth. But you wouldn't get any support
> >> from the people over on the audio newsgroups. Besides,
> >> what difference does it make?
> >>
> >
> >It doesn't make any difference whatsoever. I was giving you the benefit
of
> >my experience. I have _never_ seen a PC in a recording studio. I have
> >visited hundreds in my time. I have lots of personal friends in the
music
> >business in the UK and have yet to see anything other than a Mac.
Similarly
> >I have seen the majority of print publishing firms still using Macs. Ad
> >Agencies too invariably use Macs in _MY_ experience.
>
> Oh, are you implying that the "creative" people use Macs? Seems like I
> may have heard that one before.
>
NO I wasn't at all. I was mearly stating my long and broad experience.
Thus showing that Macs have greater penetration into some markets than PCs
for whatever reason.

I consider myself a creative type and I have never owned a Mac. I have used
one once or twice but generally found the experience wanting i.e. speed! In
Soho the most popular compositing application is Apple's Shake but you won't
find it on any Mac. PCs running Linux are the preferred option. Another
data point. So What?

I've never understood the Mac vs PC debate nor the Apple cultish fanboyism.
I'll understand it even less if it continues as Apple now builds PCs that
can now run windows. Funny old world.

For kicks I'd like to buy a Macbook Pro, install Windows on it and visit an
Apple Store....It would be like being bisexual.

[Back to original message]