gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards"

Well, I went to design school, and due to historical precedent along the lines of "They only make good design programs for Macs" back in the day, most of what we were supposed to do there was on them.

However, these days I can still use the same programs on a PC and do what I want there too. So why's the Mac such a damn big deal? Mac isn't the only computer for the arts out there any more...everyone's got Photoshop, for chrissake.

Oh my i've been there

It's worth mentioning that while Macs definitely aren't the only computers for the arts, PCs, equally, aren't the only computers for the admin.

Time and again when I evangelise my OS of choice people say "but that's great if you're creative like you, but I'm just an -insert boring job-". That's just crap these days, I may own a "creative" company, but I'm an admin guy myself.

The stereotype/stigma/assumption works both ways...!

I have MSPaint! That is all I will ever need. Of course, I'm a pretty gosh darn bad artist.

My teenage daughter made a little video explaining why to choose a PC over a Mac...

http://www.wickedlysmart.com/skyler/SkylerSwticherQT2.mov

i "think" i can do what i want on a PC, but i "feel" i could do whatever i want with a MAC.

Hugh,

Thanks for pointing to your earlier post, where you make clear your computing brand preference.

"If Apple had a human voice, it would sound like Douglas Coupland."

That's almost enuf to make me go out and buy a PC.

However, before I commit such a dangerous act, let me counter with this thought. "If Apple had a human voice, it would sound like Arundhati Roy."