At the present time..... it is a fact.
I believe that using a Mac is a personal choice...and a choice based on the type project/work you hope to accomplish. However, both a PC and a Mac are capable of doing graphics work. IMO their is not a "right" or a "wrong" choice....purely an individual decision.
I asked someone in the computer field their thoughts on the pros/cons of using a Mac/PC for graphics/newspaper work and here is what they said:
"Macintoshes have been often preferred for graphics work due to the increased number of FLoating-point Operations Per Second (FLOPS) which is a computer's ability to do math. A macintosh can do more math per second than a comparable PC, but it takes more instructions to do other things. PC's run on CISC processors (like Intel and AMD processors) and Macintoshes run on RISC processors (Motorola and IBM). Today's faster PC's (800mhz to 1ghz) are more than capable of doing graphics work, including rendering (in real-time or frame by frame). For very high-end graphics work (live broadcast editing...like the flying logos and stats they put up during football], HDTV content production, movie special effects, etc), most professionals choose the RISC based SGI line (their lower end machines are multiprocessor Intel based). Macintoshes do have certain edges over PC's when it comes to math (which is the base of graphics work), but faster PC's can certainly compete and do the job. Word-processing programs and layout software like Quark Express or Adobe PageMaker both run successfully on older PC's and Macs."
Computers and their capabilities change and companies using older Macintoshes have more choices than they did several years ago when it is time to upgrade systems."
Just FYI...here is what the Bull Market Report had to say about Apple...from their newsletter tonight.
"APPLE’S WARNING BRUISES PC MAKERS"
"Disappointed investors took a big bite out of Apple Computer (AAPL, $26,
down 28) this morning. The stock closed last night at $53.50 a share and
then proceeded to lose over half its value after the company warned that
its fiscal 4Q00 earnings would come in well below expectations. Apple
said it expects to earn roughly 30-33 cents a share during the quarter,
well below analyst expectations for a 45-cent profit. The company also
mentioned that sales, particularly those of its Power Mac G4 cube, were
sluggish. And as if all of this weren’t enough, Apple said it would cut
its growth targets for the coming year.
In response to the bad news, Apple’s stock received a slew of downgrades
today from virtually every brokerage house on The Street. Bear Sterns
downgraded the company from Buy to Neutral, Banc of America from Strong
Buy to Market Perform, PaineWebber from Attractive to Neutral, and the
list goes on…
Apple’s warning also served to push other computer hardware stocks lower.
Among the biggest losers were Dell Computer (DELL, $31, down 3), Gateway
(GTW, $47, down 7), Compaq (CPQ, $28, down 1) and Hewlett Packard (HWP,
$97, down 7).
COMMENT: First Intel, now Apple. Could this mean a slowdown for the
entire industry? We don’t think so.
The demand for PC’s is still going to be there. We think that Apple’s
woes are company-specific rather than an indication of an industry-wide
slowdown. Apple is like a market unto themselves, and their sales
patterns don’t necessarily mirror those of the PC industry as a whole.
Bullish comments from Michael Dell last week make us believe that at least
his company will not feel the crunch this quarter, and we think long-term
investors shouldn’t be concerned with Apple’s disappointing news today...."
The Bull Market Report - bull-market.com
THE BULL MARKET REPORT DAILY FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
Volume 34, #19 |
