tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post8972194372426356100..comments2023-11-02T04:53:05.386-05:00Comments on kc bob: Apples for Teachers and Students?kc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-11239074376513798802009-01-16T23:06:00.000-06:002009-01-16T23:06:00.000-06:00I started on the original Macintosh. I was excited...I started on the original Macintosh. I was excited when I started a new job and moved up to a Mac SE with a 9" monitor. We paid $2000 for a 20BG external HD. My manager and I were interviewed in Aldus magazine because we were heavy PageMaker users. <BR/><BR/>Over the years we upgraded until finally we were forced to go PC. I HATED it. There were fingernail marks on my Mac as they tore it from my hands. I had to use Windows NT. Most games did not work on NT. It crashed often. At work whenever something else would not work on the PCs in our group, we would always say, "This would never happen on a Mac." Usually that was true. <BR/><BR/>I've been using a PC for years now. Things have changed greatly since those days. Graphics software works equally well on a PC now. There is no comparison between when it comes to economic considerations. Is Mac still cooler? Yes? Do they lie about how stodgy and limited PC products are? Yes. <BR/><BR/>Still, my son at college said that he is the only student he knows who uses a PC laptop. Everyone else uses Macs. I've heard that elsewhere. Oh well. <BR/><BR/>At work we have never seriously talked about developing a Mac version of our software platform. There is not enough of a market in nonentertainment markets.Gary Meanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13213758384049656850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-81467351529108973712009-01-16T15:00:00.000-06:002009-01-16T15:00:00.000-06:00I forgot to mention my conversation with a friend ...I forgot to mention my conversation with a friend yesterday who bought a Mac with promises that she would be able to convert all of her Quicken history.. she gave up after a long and noble effort and still does Quicken on her old Dell desktop PC.. shame on Apple :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-38796778839949631622009-01-16T14:52:00.000-06:002009-01-16T14:52:00.000-06:00this makes me feel better than I don't have an app...this makes me feel better than I don't have an apple :)Bar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.com