I know a man who does special effects for stage shows, and occasionally sound mixing for movies who is Mac only in hardware, but uses them with every kind of software. Some of them are running Apple software only, some dual boot, and he has at least ten Macs that are running Wndows 7, with the Apple software completely wiped. Plus one with a Linux dual boot. He is mildly liberal, has no political feelings about computers, and simply uses whatever works for what he wants to do. But sticking to Apple hardware saves him labor costs. BTW, on one occasion, he ran the lighting, sound and special effects for a show on a fancy cruise ship using an ipad 90% of the time and a Macbook air the other 10%. (Plus the specialized equipment - but the Ipad and the air were his only general purpose computers. )
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Eugene Coyle <eugeneco...@igc.org> wrote: > Ah, but you can. Install one of the latest Microsoft OS, and then you can > run your software. Extra expense but it is actually easy to do. > > Gene > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:05 PM, michael perelman wrote: > >> The problem with the Mac's closed system is that I cannot use if for >> some of the most important software I need. >> >> >> >>> Michael Perelman, who seems to have one mishap or another with his >>> laptop every six months or so, would benefit from a Mac. >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Perelman >> Economics Department >> California State University >> Chico, CA >> 95929 >> >> 530 898 5321 >> fax 530 898 5901 >> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Grist Blog: http://www.grist.org/member/1598 Static page: http://www.nohairshirts.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
