Damn right. And they ought to get rid of all that color BS too. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Re: OT: Mac Blat > > Whine, whine, whine, Mac mac mac.. versus whine whine whine, PC PC PC. > > > > I hearby nominate this sort of useless argument to the same field as gun > > talk. Stupid. pointless, and bound to aggravate everyone involved. > > > > So, you disagree with the firearm discussions, and I'm going to vehemently > > disagree with this thread. Matter of fact, if this is what's going ot > > start upo, I'm afraid I'm going to have to start threads on firearms. > > > You could always do what I did during the firearms discussion and simply > leave the list for the duration. The other alternative is censorship, > unfortunately. > > I agree that this is generally a useless, aggravating discussion. However, I > think the fact that professional photographers, publishers, and graphic > designers have all standardized on Macs and Photoshop is something that > people should be reminded of once in a while. It serves as a corrective to > the constant propaganda that "all serious computer users use PCs." Macs are > not a fringe product in my world. The magazine publishers I've worked for in > my life have collectively published 56 different newsstand magazines. All > were put together exclusively on Macs. I don't have the widest experience in > the world, but I've been around some, and I have yet to see a single > "creatives" shop--graphics design, advertising, or professional photography > studio--that was running PCs. I'm sure the exceptions exist, but that > doesn't change the prevailing norms. > > Some people might be interested in these facts. And, unfortunately, it is > far more germane to a photography discussion site than most topics relating > to firearms. I wish it weren't so--I'd personally be happier if digital > never existed, and the days of film photography were never going to end. But > that's not the reality. Hey, man, replacing the darkroom with computers > wasn't *my* choice! > > --Mike >
