Originally posted by sketchin13 what i was saying is that a majority of everyone i know of, not just personally, in the graphic design/web, video, etc fields, and even a good number in the photography, that are seriously in the business are on macs.
You're right, of course. The small minority with Macs totally dominate the print publishing, web publishing, graphics design, and video industries, while the majority with PC's either can't or won't do those things - a discrepancy likely due to a lack of artistic abilities or inclinations amoung PC users. This also explains why most Pentax and other camera owners also use a Mac. People like myself are either the rare exception or flat out lying about owning a PC. Developers who refuse to create, or delay in creating, Mac software are not influenced by the realities of markets or profits, but driven instead by their hatred of the Mac and/or it's users. The same with developers who refuse to create hardware drivers for the Mac.
The hundred million plus PC users worldwide are simply too ignorant to see the obvious superiority of the Mac. Their hardware (the same as in the current Intel Macs) is often cheaply made and not as reliable as a Mac, which is why PC's are often cheaper. Their CPU's (the same as in the current Intel Macs) are not as fast as the CPU's in a Mac, and certainly not as fast as the PowerPC processor (which is why Apple began developing Intel Macs several years ago). Their graphics cards (the same as in the current Intel Macs) can't handle graphics intensive applications. And the common PC-based operating systems (Microsoft Windows or Vista) are hard to use and crash all the time, which explains why users never actually do anything (like publishing, web design, or photo editing) with their PC's.
Now that I've agreed with the typical viewpoints of the average Mac user (not necessarily you), I intend (as I said before) to move on. After all, since my PC computer might crash at any second, I can't keep this discussion going forever. Besides, this hard to use Windows PC makes it very difficult to keep writing and posting replies. Take care.
stewart