- Dec 22, 1999
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I work with a lot of designers and web developers. So I can completely understand why they need Mac systems for their day-to-day duties. But for myself (I work strictly on the marketing and advertising end) there's no real compelling reason or need. Yet, they remain adamant that we need to 'convert' as though it would be a religious awakening.
We lease our systems at my office and our lease will be coming up for renewal next spring. Currently half my department uses Macs, half use PCs. But the constant pressure from all our Mac users have now convinced a couple of the PC folks (including my boss) that we ALL need Macs. It's basically as though we're not cool enough geeks if we don't have a Mac.
I realize with the Mac and Boot Camp I can dual boot into Windows. But again, what do I really need Mac's OS for that I can't do with my PC already? I'm not anti-Mac (had one at the office back in the OS 7/8 days.) But since W2K I've honestly never had any major problems with an MS-based system either.
Has anybody else run into this? Maybe I'm just being too rational, but if there was a real need I could understand it. To me, the push for change seems more concerned with scoring image points.
We lease our systems at my office and our lease will be coming up for renewal next spring. Currently half my department uses Macs, half use PCs. But the constant pressure from all our Mac users have now convinced a couple of the PC folks (including my boss) that we ALL need Macs. It's basically as though we're not cool enough geeks if we don't have a Mac.
I realize with the Mac and Boot Camp I can dual boot into Windows. But again, what do I really need Mac's OS for that I can't do with my PC already? I'm not anti-Mac (had one at the office back in the OS 7/8 days.) But since W2K I've honestly never had any major problems with an MS-based system either.
Has anybody else run into this? Maybe I'm just being too rational, but if there was a real need I could understand it. To me, the push for change seems more concerned with scoring image points.