Not many assholes? Perhaps not, but truly... how many does it take to push you over the edge when you're trying to get some justice for your sister whose POS snowy iBook has fried it's 2nd (was that 3rd?) logic board? And how much of a company suck up do you have to be to deny there's an issue when the 2 people beside me eare xperiencing the same problem.
There... all better now.
Adobe is more than an "editing package". While we can all argue about what the best NLE is 'till Doomsday, the truth is that Adobe has given filmmakers/storytellers a complete package of tools to realize their vision. Witness the Video Collection and Creative Suites. They're not perfect tools; noone's software is. But they integrate well, and Adobe insists on offering them to the public at insanely affordable (relatively speaking) prices. If we can ever get past this generation of "me too" violence, sex, and bling bling music video styled movies, perhaps people will care less about what was used to make them. Presently, the behind-the-scenes features of some movies are actually better than the movie.
I, too have never propogated any viruses from email in Windows (I gave up Outlook and family years ago). However, why chance it? I've moved all my email checking/replying to one of my Linux boxen. Kmail works very well for me. Am I preaching the joys of alternative OSs to family and friends? Of course, but even more than that, I'm preaching common sense and just-say-no to Outlook, Address Book and IE combo.
I don't think this benchmark is going to make up ANYBODY's mind one way or another, though -- it's an emotional debate rather than a logical one.
Everything you said is true, Cat. However, let's dig a little deeper. Despite the fact that some people are just unreasonable Mac (or Win or *NIX) bashers, Steve Jobs did his damndest to make this debate emotional rather than logical. At a time when the Windows OS was at it's lowest, most vulnerable (pre 2000), Steve Jobs offered us pretty colors. That and the very unlogical notion that G4s were somehow faster than Intel offerings.
Add to that the fact (OK...maybe it's just my opinion.) that Apple is really known as more of a "lifestyle" company than a computer manufacturer. What's embarrasingly and maddeningly crappy about the Mac now is the disposable hardware mentality that Jobs has brought to the table. My sister is going through her own personal iBook hell right now. While we were at the Genius Bar, 2 other patrons with similar iBook problems came in. At least with PCs you can go to Staples and buy replacement parts.
As a worker ant in the multimedia field, I appreciate Apple's new found speed, however, my company has already begun the move towards PCs for design. It's just a damn shame that computer choices in the 21st Century come down to either unscrupulous (Gates), unreal (Jobs) or unsupported (Linux).
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Not many assholes? Perhaps not, but truly... how many does it take to push you over the edge when you're trying to get some justice for your sister whose POS snowy iBook has fried it's 2nd (was that 3rd?) logic board? And how much of a company suck up do you have to be to deny there's an issue when the 2 people beside me eare xperiencing the same problem. There... all better now.
of being a fly on the wall watching as humanity destroys itself with technology.
Hehe... is that a really subtle way to say they're using open source wannabe page layout programs? :-p
Adobe is more than an "editing package". While we can all argue about what the best NLE is 'till Doomsday, the truth is that Adobe has given filmmakers/storytellers a complete package of tools to realize their vision. Witness the Video Collection and Creative Suites. They're not perfect tools; noone's software is. But they integrate well, and Adobe insists on offering them to the public at insanely affordable (relatively speaking) prices. If we can ever get past this generation of "me too" violence, sex, and bling bling music video styled movies, perhaps people will care less about what was used to make them. Presently, the behind-the-scenes features of some movies are actually better than the movie.
LOL! Someone, please mod this up :-D
I, too have never propogated any viruses from email in Windows (I gave up Outlook and family years ago). However, why chance it? I've moved all my email checking/replying to one of my Linux boxen. Kmail works very well for me. Am I preaching the joys of alternative OSs to family and friends? Of course, but even more than that, I'm preaching common sense and just-say-no to Outlook, Address Book and IE combo.
Everything you said is true, Cat. However, let's dig a little deeper. Despite the fact that some people are just unreasonable Mac (or Win or *NIX) bashers, Steve Jobs did his damndest to make this debate emotional rather than logical. At a time when the Windows OS was at it's lowest, most vulnerable (pre 2000), Steve Jobs offered us pretty colors. That and the very unlogical notion that G4s were somehow faster than Intel offerings.
Add to that the fact (OK...maybe it's just my opinion.) that Apple is really known as more of a "lifestyle" company than a computer manufacturer. What's embarrasingly and maddeningly crappy about the Mac now is the disposable hardware mentality that Jobs has brought to the table. My sister is going through her own personal iBook hell right now. While we were at the Genius Bar, 2 other patrons with similar iBook problems came in. At least with PCs you can go to Staples and buy replacement parts.
As a worker ant in the multimedia field, I appreciate Apple's new found speed, however, my company has already begun the move towards PCs for design. It's just a damn shame that computer choices in the 21st Century come down to either unscrupulous (Gates), unreal (Jobs) or unsupported (Linux).