[muglo] Re: B&W or PC?

on 9/4/03 9:27 AM, Eurogarth at eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On the other hand, the unrestricted access the Mac provides allows anyone
> from anyone walk into a store, connect their iPOD or other small F/W RAM
> device to a demo machine, and a few seconds later walk out with a full suite
> of working software for free. A very tempting possibility given the pricing
> of OSX compatible software such as Final Cut Pro, The Adobe Suite, of of
> course Office, when you paid good money for the classic version. Apple's
> ridiculous answer is to keep 2 O/S's on your machine.

Final Cut Pro is a professional programme. It's just like Adobe Photoshop --
a professional programme. If people want 'consumer' versions, they can get
Apple's iDVD, iMovie or Corel PhotoPaint. This is no different from the
Windows world (though, because of that simplicity, it makes piracy on Mac
that much easier than on Winblows... probably why software manufacturers
prefer to write for Windoze... it may cost more in support costs, but they
have less to fear from 'rogue' copying).

> My uninformed  guess
> is that most of the problems users have with OSX is where both are still
> installed. Unless you're an OS support pro, having 2 on a single machines
> even on partitioned or separate hard drives, is never a good idea

My unscientific observations:
OS 9 and OS X live together very well. With a few notable exceptions Classic
apps work very well in OS X.


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