Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/07
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At 12:54 PM 07/04/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a hard time taking seriously any imaging software that only
>supports Windows. A majority of professionals do their work on Macs.
>Anyway, those with cash to spare should look at Silverfast's scanning
>software. It's the best I've ever seen.
>
Don't be so quick to make that statement these days.
I long ago dumped MAC for professional use.
Just as one example, Reuters News Agency switched to ALL Toshiba laptops for
their photographers and reporters a few years back. I hear AP is following
suit this year.
There are a few reasons for this, some of which are reliability, network and
cross-platform compatibility and diversity of software make it possible for
one machine to serve many functions.
They even went so far as to have a custom software package written for image
distribution.
We still have a few people using MACs in our operation, but....
If you have to run your graphics machines on a network or have to transfer
files between different operating systems you are asking for serious headaches.
Computers are tools, not religion. WHY BOTHER!
Greg Locke E-Mail: locke@picturedesk.org
St. John's, Newfoundland http://www.straylight.ca/locke
(Newfoundlanders... a people who voted themselves out of existence)
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