if it comes from Apple, software is relatively inexpensive the first time around, but when a new version comes out, you just buy it again, rather than upgrade. It is a slightly different pricing model that lowers the hurdle of switching platforms (in either direction btw). But they are fairly confident... attrition from Mac to PC is pretty minimal. Over the long haul, if you upgrade, they get their money just like Microsoft does. Mark
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Vishal Iyer <vishaliy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was an existing PC user & I switched to a Mac (had an option to choose > either) primarily for Omnigraffle. Also, I find Adobe CS a lot faster on a > Mac. Though I'm not entirely sure about this- I think that a PC with > comparable performance for tools that most UX designers use is going to run > almost as expensive as a MAC. > > I'm saying this because even the standard PC desktop I had does not compare > with my Macbook Pro (the PC laptop was almost unworkable). I use the > Macbook > as my primary machine and I find the portability very convenient (also have > Parallels in the unlikely scenario that I need a PC). > > Finally, isn't Mac s/w especially iWork a lot cheaper (did I miss better?) > than the Windows counterpart. > > -- > -Vishal > http://www.vishaliyer.com > > > > > >> Currently our UX team are PC-based and use Visio. I would like to move > > >> back to Mac and start using Omnigraffle again. > > > > Simple question, Why? > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
