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 >
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