Posted by Richard Crowley on 07/07/06 13:28

"bullshark" <bullshark_reef@nospam.yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> Mr. Tapeguy wrote:
>> Rôgêr 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.

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