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Il 09/03/2007 11:35, Neil Ellwood dixit:
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:38:38 -0700
> ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:

>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:43:00 +0000, Irby wrote:

>> > It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures) prefer a
>> > Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's terms of why
>> > this is? Thanks

>> Probably because MACs 'just work'. Most of them are not technically
>> proficient and don't have the time to deal with MS malware, BSODs,
>> defragging, . . . Basically some of the same reasons I use Linux as
>> opposed to MS.

> Just common sense really.

I guess none of the "supporters" is paid to defend his/her OS in such a
"taliban" way: they are just making a lot of *free* advertisement for
companies who just laugh at them.
To run Linux gives me the opportunity to reply "Sorry, I don't know your
OS" to the most of stupid questions, diverting people to a friend's shop
who asks 50 euro/hour to fix computers (a sort of "RTFM tax").
I'm even thinking to replace Linux with Solaris (just because Unicos
don't run on X86 processors) to get rid of remaining newbies.
And, just to be "in-topic" with this ng, I'll buy a Pentax K10D, not
because it's better but because I'm very tired of holy wars ("Sorry, I
don't know your camera").

Cyrus


--
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, /Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus/

Irby wrote:
> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures) prefer a
> Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's terms of why
> this is? Thanks
>
>
Because they think with their right brain.

Ockham's Razor wrote:
> In article <ee790$45f03372$55da9d87$32001@news.galnet.dk>,
> "Brian Lund" <geronimo@-FORKERT-mobilixnet.dk> wrote:
>
>>>> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures) prefer
>> a
>>>> Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's terms of
>> why
>>>> this is? Thanks
>>> For me it is preferring a computer that will not suddenly crash while I
>>> am in the middle of editing a complex graphic.
>>>
>>> The Mac has been a more stable platform for years. And, sure, I know
>>> about frequent saves etc.
>> Yes, but today there is no difference in stability...
>> Today it is a question about what you prefer!
>> (And the new macs can run Windows too)
>>
>> Both are good.
>
> Perhaps, but with my investment in Mac and Mac compliant SW I cannot
> afford experimenting with Windows.
>
That statement, at least, makes good sense.

"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message
news:gLOdnc5rF9lD7GzYnZ2dnUVZ_uPinZ2d@giganews.com ...
> Irby wrote:
>> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures) prefer a
>> Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's terms of
>> why this is? Thanks
> Because they think with their right brain.

Aim lower.

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:06:01 +0100, cyrusthevirus wrote:

> Il 09/03/2007 11:35, Neil Ellwood dixit:
>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:38:38 -0700
>> ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
>
>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:43:00 +0000, Irby wrote:
>
>>> > It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures) prefer a
>>> > Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's terms of why
>>> > this is? Thanks
>
>>> Probably because MACs 'just work'. Most of them are not technically
>>> proficient and don't have the time to deal with MS malware, BSODs,
>>> defragging, . . . Basically some of the same reasons I use Linux as
>>> opposed to MS.
>
>> Just common sense really.
>
> I guess none of the "supporters" is paid to defend his/her OS in such a
> "taliban" way: they are just making a lot of *free* advertisement for
> companies who just laugh at them.
> To run Linux gives me the opportunity to reply "Sorry, I don't know your
> OS" to the most of stupid questions, diverting people to a friend's shop
> who asks 50 euro/hour to fix computers (a sort of "RTFM tax").
> I'm even thinking to replace Linux with Solaris (just because Unicos
> don't run on X86 processors) to get rid of remaining newbies.
> And, just to be "in-topic" with this ng, I'll buy a Pentax K10D, not
> because it's better but because I'm very tired of holy wars ("Sorry, I
> don't know your camera").
>
> Cyrus

Whatever. I run Linux because it works and the price is right. I installed
Linux on four seats at the local library for public access internet use -
two years ago. About a year ago we added four more. To date: zero malware
infections and zero user complaints. They just work - no BSODs, no
malware, and the library has a few hundred dollars more for books. I
recently purchased a refurbished Kodak P850 camera for myself from the
Kodak online store - it meets my needs, and being recently discontinued,
it was inexpensive - I still have my first digital camera - a Kodak DC210+
(1mp) which still works fine - I just needed more resolution and a long
zoom.

ray wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:06:01 +0100, cyrusthevirus wrote:
>
>> Il 09/03/2007 11:35, Neil Ellwood dixit:
>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:38:38 -0700
>>> ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:43:00 +0000, Irby wrote:
>>
>>>>> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures)
>>>>> prefer a Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in
>>>>> layman's terms of why this is? Thanks
>>
>>>> Probably because MACs 'just work'. Most of them are not technically
>>>> proficient and don't have the time to deal with MS malware, BSODs,
>>>> defragging, . . . Basically some of the same reasons I use Linux
>>>> as opposed to MS.
>>
>>> Just common sense really.
>>
>> I guess none of the "supporters" is paid to defend his/her OS in
>> such a "taliban" way: they are just making a lot of *free*
>> advertisement for companies who just laugh at them.
>> To run Linux gives me the opportunity to reply "Sorry, I don't know
>> your OS" to the most of stupid questions, diverting people to a
>> friend's shop who asks 50 euro/hour to fix computers (a sort of
>> "RTFM tax").
>> I'm even thinking to replace Linux with Solaris (just because Unicos
>> don't run on X86 processors) to get rid of remaining newbies.
>> And, just to be "in-topic" with this ng, I'll buy a Pentax K10D, not
>> because it's better but because I'm very tired of holy wars ("Sorry,
>> I don't know your camera").
>>
>> Cyrus
>
> Whatever. I run Linux because it works and the price is right. I
> installed Linux on four seats at the local library for public access
> internet use - two years ago. About a year ago we added four more. To
> date: zero malware infections and zero user complaints. They just
> work - no BSODs, no malware, and the library has a few hundred
> dollars more for books.

???? 4 seats of XP Pro for a library should cost about 32 bucks total.

Where are you getting your "few hundred dollars"?

> I recently purchased a refurbished Kodak P850
> camera for myself from the Kodak online store - it meets my needs,
> and being recently discontinued, it was inexpensive - I still have my
> first digital camera - a Kodak DC210+ (1mp) which still works fine -
> I just needed more resolution and a long zoom.

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Ron Hunter wrote:
> Irby wrote:
>> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures)
>> prefer a Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in layman's
>> terms of why this is? Thanks
>>
> Because they think with their right brain.

So what you're suggesting is that only left-handers are in their right
minds?

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:18:29 -0500, J. Clarke wrote:

>> Whatever. I run Linux because it works and the price is right. I
>> installed Linux on four seats at the local library for public access
>> internet use - two years ago. About a year ago we added four more. To
>> date: zero malware infections and zero user complaints. They just
>> work - no BSODs, no malware, and the library has a few hundred
>> dollars more for books.
>
> ???? 4 seats of XP Pro for a library should cost about 32 bucks total.

You can't do very much with an XP Pro CD and 4 licenses. Almost
any computer can be used to run linux, even used computers several
years old. They'll probably cost enough less per computer to save
several hundred dollars versus what you'd have to pay for four
computers able to handle XP Pro without choking.

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:18:29 -0500, J. Clarke wrote:

> ray wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:06:01 +0100, cyrusthevirus wrote:
>>
>>> Il 09/03/2007 11:35, Neil Ellwood dixit:
>>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:38:38 -0700
>>>> ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:43:00 +0000, Irby wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> It seems most people who work with graphics (including pictures)
>>>>>> prefer a Mac over a PC. Can anyone give me an explanation in
>>>>>> layman's terms of why this is? Thanks
>>>
>>>>> Probably because MACs 'just work'. Most of them are not technically
>>>>> proficient and don't have the time to deal with MS malware, BSODs,
>>>>> defragging, . . . Basically some of the same reasons I use Linux
>>>>> as opposed to MS.
>>>
>>>> Just common sense really.
>>>
>>> I guess none of the "supporters" is paid to defend his/her OS in
>>> such a "taliban" way: they are just making a lot of *free*
>>> advertisement for companies who just laugh at them.
>>> To run Linux gives me the opportunity to reply "Sorry, I don't know
>>> your OS" to the most of stupid questions, diverting people to a
>>> friend's shop who asks 50 euro/hour to fix computers (a sort of
>>> "RTFM tax").
>>> I'm even thinking to replace Linux with Solaris (just because Unicos
>>> don't run on X86 processors) to get rid of remaining newbies.
>>> And, just to be "in-topic" with this ng, I'll buy a Pentax K10D, not
>>> because it's better but because I'm very tired of holy wars ("Sorry,
>>> I don't know your camera").
>>>
>>> Cyrus
>>
>> Whatever. I run Linux because it works and the price is right. I
>> installed Linux on four seats at the local library for public access
>> internet use - two years ago. About a year ago we added four more. To
>> date: zero malware infections and zero user complaints. They just
>> work - no BSODs, no malware, and the library has a few hundred
>> dollars more for books.
>
> ???? 4 seats of XP Pro for a library should cost about 32 bucks total.
>
> Where are you getting your "few hundred dollars"?

I'm not familiar with the source where I'd get four seats for $32 - we now
have eight. I would assume that would also include Office and Photoshop;
as we now use OpenOffice and GIMP.


>
>> I recently purchased a refurbished Kodak P850
>> camera for myself from the Kodak online store - it meets my needs,
>> and being recently discontinued, it was inexpensive - I still have my
>> first digital camera - a Kodak DC210+ (1mp) which still works fine -
>> I just needed more resolution and a long zoom.
>
> --

On Mar 8, 11:48 am, "Roy G" <roy.gibs...@REMOVE.tesco.net> wrote:
> This just demonstrates the percentage of Mac users to PC users. There are
> so few Macs that the Virus / Malware writers don't bother producing a Mac
> version.



Has nothing to do with that. Nada.