Re: FLASH: OT Mac vs PC?

[Jo Mannion]

Hi,


I work at a university where we have both Macs and PC's.  All I can say is

that working in a DOS based network (we use Novell) we have quite a few

problems using certain Multimedia applications on the Macs.  Mostly saving

problems...like tryng to save a copy to the server.  The worst of it is

that when it comes to troubleshooting there isn't much help because Mac

doesn't really support a windows server and visa versa.


Some time ago, I believe Macs were a better machine to work with Graphics,

but these days I think PC's are just as good.  


Cheers,


Jo


At 08:07 PM 12/20/99 -0600, you wrote:

>

>OffTopic for Flash, but I figure someone on this list will have an opinion

>on this...

>

>As far as Mac's -VS- PC's go, why do most midi/and multimedia designers tend

>to go for Mac's? what are the advantages of doing so?

>

>  I could see that if you went out and bought some crap bundled PC or

>referb, you will find yourself looking at bottlenecks all over the place

> especially for A/V production ), but if you build your own machine using

>top of the line components, shouldn't it be comparable or even more suitable

>than a Mac?  What about for standard workstation use, any advantages over

>PC's?

>

>I understand that NT and other Win platforms can be unstable, especially

>when you have many other applications running, and I know many people hate

>Microsoft because it's so domineering,  but I figure there has to be a more

>valid reason for the conversion.    IMHO that NTServer and NTWorkstations,

>if configured correctly on descent hardware, work seamlessly, at least at

>the corps I've worked at.

>

>I have a client that is considering scrapping all their PC's for Macs

>because 2 workstations are running low on memory, which is an absurd and

>unnecessary fix.  They do not run high end audio or multimedia applications,

>just a few intranet apps and a few DB's. I figure since I've heard so much

>hype about Macs I'd ask you guys what the benefits are before discouraging

>my client on this venture.

>

>What RDBMs are available for the Mac ( oracle, maybe access, but most

>certainly not SQLserver )...

>and

>Is it easy to set up a Mac workstation on NTServer?  We will at least need

>to use IIS for an ASP Intranet app ( I don't want to recode the whole damn

>thing in perl or php), and I'm not about to play around with unix and chilli

>extensions.  I'm sick to hell hearing about all these people going off and

>buying 3rd party box then having it emulate a PC, why not go stick with what

>you're trying to emulate?

>

>What about printers?  Do you have to buy the Apple printer with the Apple

>system, he he.. j/j....

>

>Please help me to understand this Mac conversion frenzy...

>

>Thank you.

>

>

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