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Is there a correlation between good web designers and Mac users? Sure, but that doesn't mean that using a Mac makes you a better designer, any more than driving a Rolls Royce will make you rich.
Web design doesn't happen on a computer. Web design happens in your head.
The computer barely matters, let alone what operating system it's running.
Mini, you are all missing the point, you too Bergamot. I never said using a Mac made you a better designer.
A creative person would never prefer a PC with Windows to a Mac with OS X.
It's an attitude thing. A creative, thinking, person would never submit to the drone mentality of Windows, they would never conform to beige boxes. Windows makes YOU fit its way of doing things in a grey dull world, Mac and OSX set you free, it's open not closed, it's colourful not grey, it encourages being different not being the same.
As dan39 says, check out the list of artists, photographers, musicians... using Macs. Those that started their careers using PCs soon changed over once they saw the light.
Really guys, give Mac a go, really look at it for your next purchase, I guarantee you will never look back. And it's not like you have to let go of your security blanket, a new Mac will run your Windows apps until you make the change.
The war is over, the winner is clear.
I'm a Mac user at home, and have used Windows extensively at work. I prefer Mac and think it's more imaginative, but I can't see the difference is as great as you say. Phrases like "beige boxes" and "drone mentality" sound like Apple advertising copy, don't really mean very much, and the latter is quite insulting to people who use PCs. Overstatement turns people off - I used to do it too. I think you have been treated more sensitively on this forum than you would be most other places. Why not wax lyrical about the joys of Mac without putting other people down??
Thanks.
Fair enough, but in my experience, Windows users (by choice) are dull and boring, without exception, again in my experience, mostly because they seem to accept their surroundings and the inferior tools often foisted on them.
That experience may not mean much to some but 12 years dealing with 8-10 people per week must say something.
In any case, I was not intending to offend, just taking part in friendly banter.
It seems that not only are they boring and dull but easily offended too.
On that note, I'll pull my head in and go back to writing the editorial for my next podcast.
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I stand behind everything I said, I did not make it so, don't shoot the messenger.
I took a friend to an Apple retailer today to see the new iMacs running Windows under Parallels.
While he was impressed, I couldn't help but laugh to myself at what some of the other customers were saying.
Obviously the Apple TV ads are making an impact. Bits and pieces of conversations included...
"...wow just think, no more viruses or spyware..."
"...my son has been asking for one so he can do the youth group's newsletter..."
"...just look at how clear those screens are..."
"...I've never seen a video chat like that before, where's the camera..."
"...dual core with a gig of RAM at that price? How do they do it"
"...was GarageBand already open or did it really launch in two bounces?"