A client came over yesterday and was having difficulty with some logo files that I created in Photoshop for him.
He had a brand new laptop with XP on it. I am not 100% sure what it was - maybe a Dell - they all look the same.
It was an amazing computer however - fast and elegant - but compared to even the old beasts I have (Beige with a G4 card and a G3 Powerbook) his machine felt clumsy. It felt boxy and just would not be the type of tool I would want to work on day in and day out. Also the inability of Office (Word and Powerpoint) on the PC platform to be as friendly (If that isn't an oxymoron) on my Macs. Files convert very easy on the Mac platform. The PS saved files in Photoshop did not read. We had to jump through hoops to get the PC docs to handle the graphics. Also the interface for the PC office suite are just not right. From a User Experience standpoint the controls are not as elegant as on the Mac versions. And I believe it comes from the PC choice of where stuff resides. Just not right.
When will people stop being sheep?
He had a brand new laptop with XP on it. I am not 100% sure what it was - maybe a Dell - they all look the same.
It was an amazing computer however - fast and elegant - but compared to even the old beasts I have (Beige with a G4 card and a G3 Powerbook) his machine felt clumsy. It felt boxy and just would not be the type of tool I would want to work on day in and day out. Also the inability of Office (Word and Powerpoint) on the PC platform to be as friendly (If that isn't an oxymoron) on my Macs. Files convert very easy on the Mac platform. The PS saved files in Photoshop did not read. We had to jump through hoops to get the PC docs to handle the graphics. Also the interface for the PC office suite are just not right. From a User Experience standpoint the controls are not as elegant as on the Mac versions. And I believe it comes from the PC choice of where stuff resides. Just not right.
When will people stop being sheep?