Re: FN-FORUM Buying a Mac in the UK

date posted 31st January 2001 10:41

Ah yes Peter, well I'd agree that everyone needs a PC ;-)

Ok, ok don't flame me. I worked on Macs for years and yeah they're nice, but
they're expensive and being a self-employed developer isn't always the road
paved with gold that we'd like to imagine it is.

You can't necessarily afford every toy you'd like to buy. Buying software
upgrades tends to come way higher up my wish list than buying a new Mac.

Give me two PCs instead of a Mac and a PC any day of the week. The PC user
interface has gone a long way in catching up with the Mac. When I started
out, working at a prepress bureau, Macs were light years ahead in terms of
usability - windows 3.1 just didn't compare - at all. But times have
changed.

ruth arnold
spacehoppa.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Small" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Buying a Mac in the UK


> Ruth wrote:
>
> >Hmm, seems a bit extravagant - buying a Mac just to test stuff
> >cross-platform...
>
> I'd have thought it essential for anyone, let alone a developer to have
> both a PC and a Mac. I always prefer a Mac for day to day work, but, there
> are many occasions where I need to use the PC for PC only stuff.
>
> peter
> http://www.petersmall.net