>I told her that Macs are VERY present in web development businesses. >It's an online correspondence course, so I don't know if the >"problems" are from particular software that is used for the course >(I don't even know what software MS sells for such tasks, but I >assume it's not available for Mac OS), a result of some >incompatibility with Apple's JAVA... Or what... Or just plain bias >on the teacher's part.
More likely a plain lack of knowledge on the part of the teacher. Not to knock Windows users too much, but generally they're a little narrow-minded - they don't really understand that there are alternatives and they don't look for better ways of doing things. Like others have said, we really need more on his complaints to really shoot them down, but here are a few thoughts. 1) Compatibility: There are no compatibility issues. JPEGs, GIFs, HTML files, in fact the majority of file formats, are cross platform. For the few that aren't, like a TIFF image say, Mac programs offer the choice of saving in Windows format . MS Word .doc; same thing. Appleworks reads and writes them, no problem. In fact, any compatibility problems you can find are on the Windoze side. Example: Macs, since at least System 6, read and write PC disks. The same isn't true on the dark side. 2) Software: There is no lack of software for the Mac, unless you plan to use it to play games. All major software titles have always been available for both platforms (and most of them were originally written for Macs, like Photoshop or MS Word.) If the same title isn't available, as ACDSee used to be, then there are excellent (read superior) alternatives, like iView. The major design apps are now available for OSeX as well - Freeway, GoLive, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash are all out and DreamWeaver is in beta testing. 3) Stability - Personal experience on Windows 98 & 95: Yes , they do crash as often as everyone says - even MS's ads for 2000 had a line stating "crashes 13% less". Anectodal from MSCE techs I'm friends with; Windows ME is even more unstable and XP has severe compatibility problems with external devices. (Their choice, BTW, in case your sis does go to the dark side, is 2000 or NT) OTOH, I don't crash more than once a week, if that, in OS 9, and OSeX is incredibly stable. It's near impossible to crash the system. 4) The Future - Contrary to popular opinion, Apple is not on it's last legs, nor is it a tiny company. I don't have current figures, but at one point last year, the number one computer manufacturer was Dell (Quel suprise!) with a 10% share; Number two was Apple, with 8%. 5) Return on investment: <http://www.apple.com/pr/library/1997/q4/970804.pr.rel.gistics.html> <http://www.apple.com/creative/collateral/ama/0101/roi.html> -- -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
