That was me, by the way. Stupid lj put it down as anonymous because I can't sign into it and accessing via email.
Glad it helped. I've been on the fence myself a couple of times, because i-books look so cool and shiny. But the one time I considered getting one, my brother, who loves Apple, talked me out of it. Stating that the machine is designed for someone who does a lot of graphics work or web design. He said that I should check out the industries that have Apple and the ones that don't - turns out he was right. In fact whenever I interviewed at publishing companies - the art division was the only one with Apple's, everyone else had the IBM compatible. He had both - because he needed on for business and one for graphic design. It may have changed since then, but from what I saw interviewing in 2002-2004, it hadn't. Without exception the companies who did web design or graphics or desktop publishing had Apple's for the art and IBM compatible for everything else.
The biggest factor though at least for me, continues to be conversion. It's why I veer away from it - because all the jobs I've ever had or interviewed for used IBM compatible PC. Plus my home PC is IBM compatible. If I got an Apple - I'd have to either find a way of converting everything or just print it off and retype it in. Much easier and cheaper to get a Dell.
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Date: 2005-07-22 08:18 pm (UTC)Glad it helped. I've been on the fence myself a couple of times, because i-books look so cool and shiny. But the one time I considered getting one, my brother, who loves Apple, talked me out of it. Stating that the machine is designed for someone who does a lot of graphics work or web design. He said that I should check out the industries that have Apple and the ones that don't - turns out he was right. In fact whenever I interviewed at publishing companies - the art division was the only one with Apple's, everyone else had the IBM compatible. He had both - because he needed on for business and one for graphic design.
It may have changed since then, but from what I saw interviewing in 2002-2004, it hadn't. Without exception the companies who did web design or graphics or desktop publishing had Apple's for the art and IBM compatible for everything else.
The biggest factor though at least for me, continues to be conversion.
It's why I veer away from it - because all the jobs I've ever had or interviewed for used IBM compatible PC. Plus my home PC is IBM compatible. If I got an Apple - I'd have to either find a way of converting everything or just print it off and retype it in. Much easier and cheaper to get a Dell.