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| 582153 | 2007-08-21 10:55:00 | People use Macs for making movies? :S What else would you do with a Mac? They're really only good for a couple of things. Think of it like buying a computer just to create and edit spreadsheets or Word documents. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 582154 | 2007-08-21 11:31:00 | What else would you do with a Mac? They're really only good for a couple of things. Think of it like buying a computer just to create and edit spreadsheets or Word documents. Hi, I'm a Mac... and I'm a PC. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com |
myke (7862) | ||
| 582155 | 2007-08-21 18:43:00 | Think of it like buying a computer just to create and edit spreadsheets or Word documents. You can do that too. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 582156 | 2007-08-21 22:42:00 | Anyone serious about movie making would be using pro software like Avid at www.avid.com Avid can be used on both platforms and is identical to use on both so platform is dependant on user choice, not as a requirement to make movies. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 582157 | 2007-08-21 23:02:00 | Anyone serious about movie making would be using pro software like Avid at www.avid.com Avid can be used on both platforms and is identical to use on both so platform is dependant on user choice, not as a requirement to make movies. I can't see why, Its reported to be near difficult for no reason, unstable, demanding, and over all a poor product. At least all 5 reviews I just read reported this was the case. Edit- Reviews were for Liquid, a PC only application. I'm chasing up Media Composer reviews now. Edit #2-Liquid seems to be acquired from another company, And Media Composer seems to be the mutts nutts for pro-outfits.. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 582158 | 2007-08-22 01:30:00 | In answer to your concern. No, uncle Telecom paid for them. Hence the dribble about Telecom's loyalty scheme that they run and are discontinuing for schools. Just a thought.........since when did Telecom ever buy computers for any school? I thought the Loyalty Scheme paid money into schools from signed-up Telecom users as a percentage of their phone bill (tolls?). What you then spend the Loyalty Scheme money on is up to the school, and in the case of the college I am associated with we buy as few Macs as we possibly can, just enough to keep happy the people in the art/graphics department (who can't handle a mouse with more than one button) and the rest of the school has PC's. Why? Simple. Bang for buck. Buying PCs we can put more high power PC's on desks for kids to use than we can with Macs, and a big plus is that when we finally turn them loose on the unsuspecting job market, they don't have to be retrained to use a proper computer! It is a triumph of economics and practicality over gloss, glitz and "style". What really matters is what is displayed on the screen, not how it gets there or how stylish the computer lab looks. And what's the matter with you Metla, you on the happy pills or something? I've never seen you so calm and rational, or are you just humouring fanboy so that he stays in one place long enough for the men in white coats to arrive and drag him away for a lobotomactomy? :D Cheers Billy 8-{) :stare: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 582159 | 2007-08-22 01:35:00 | B,you are so naughty,at the same time so accurate. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 582160 | 2007-08-22 03:01:00 | Anyone serious about movie making would be using pro software like Avid at www.avid.com Avid can be used on both platforms and is identical to use on both so platform is dependant on user choice, not as a requirement to make movies. Indeed they would be although I believe that Apple is starting to give Avid a run for its money. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 582161 | 2007-08-22 03:06:00 | J What you then spend the Loyalty Scheme money on is up to the school, and in the case of the college I am associated with we buy as few Macs as we possibly can, just enough to keep happy the people in the art/graphics department (who can't handle a mouse with more than one button) and the rest of the school has PC's. Why? Simple. Bang for buck. Buying PCs we can put more high power PC's on desks for kids to use than we can with Macs, and a big plus is that when we finally turn them loose on the unsuspecting job market, they don't have to be retrained to use a proper computer! It is a triumph of economics and practicality over gloss, glitz and "style". What really matters is what is displayed on the screen, not how it gets there or how stylish the computer lab looks. You would probably be surprised to find about 50% of Mac users are actually quite happy using a 2 button mouse. I can use either but prefer a 1 button mouse+ keys on the keyboard. Are you saying that PCs are proper computers because they can run Word and Excel in the Office? Try MS Office for Mac. :) MS has been making it for some time. Have a read of this from the Dominion Post Mr Johnston said an upgrade of Apple's iMac computer meant there had been a shortage of the old model and an "astronomical" demand for the new model could not be met. www.stuff.co.nz |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 582162 | 2007-08-22 06:49:00 | Hi, I'm a Mac... and I'm a PC. www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com And so what??? Apple always keep banging on about how their computers are just for "real cool people who are too cool for us PC users and can only do media work" Real work like creating spreadsheets and doing office work is beneath such god-almighty computers. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
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