On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote:
> I was filming a report on UK soldiers returning home to barracks from
> Afghanistan the other day. We had to shoot and edit and then send from a
> network news satellite truck. The reporter asked me if I had my [Mac]
> edit kit along, and I always do. She asked if I wouldn't mind editing
> the piece as well because her Avid [Newscutter on a PC Laptop] was
> always crashing.
>
> I shot the piece and edited it and we sent with a few minutes to spare.
>
> The above seems like a cut and dried Macfanboy 'howzat' but actually if
> one digs a bit beneath the surface, things aren't so ipso facto.
>
> The reporter barely knows how to use the laptop which is serviced and
> updated by the IT guys once in a blue moon. I am a contractor who knows
> his kit and operations inside out. Of course mine doesn't crash and hers does.
>
> If she had the Mac and I had the Windows, she would have asked the same
> thing, and I would have shot and edited and the result would have been
> the same.
>
> It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how
> competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to
> achieve the required result.
>
> (That said, if it's shiny and has an Apple on it, I'll still buy it.)
>
> --
>
>
> Cheers,
>  Cotty
>

FCP is a massive advantage for the Mac. Nothing comparable in
capaibility and stability on the Windows side for anything resembling
the same price.

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M. Adam Maas
http://www.mawz.ca
Explorations of the City Around Us.

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