A pet peeve of mine...(I don't criticize Windows, why do people have to trash Macs?)

[MacArtist]

So I am working with a new client. We are setting up a VPN between my G5 and his Windows based server.

He is publishing a 120 page monthly pub. His inhouse production was PC based. When I first discussed this project with him, he knew I had a Mac based system. He didn't see a problem.

So connecting to his server from my Mac went very smoothly. He knew how to set up permissions in Windows. I downloaded Windows Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. It worked very well.

He hasn't dealt with setting up VPN to a Mac (neither have I) so it is taking a bit longer for him to connect to my Mac.

All I hear from him is how things are so easy on the PC and how Macs have to be so difficult. That nobody buys them any more and there isn't a reason to use them in graphics. He flat out tells me that I should give up my Mac set up and buy a PC!?!

Excuse me, but I have spent several thousand $$ on my hardware and software. I turn out professional graphics that were impressive enough for him to hire me for this project. I haven't been paid a dime from him yet but I should replace my setup?

Does he go to his mechanic and tell his mechanic what tools the mechanic should buy to work on his car?

There is no reason why I can't use my Mac for the production of this publication. Advertisers are sent .pdf proofs. The printer receives .pdf files for printing the pub.

The anti-Mac attitude is rude and counter productive.

I once had an interview at a creative service department in a manufacturing company. The interviewer asked what platform I had experience with. I replied both. Didn't really stress that I had more experience working with Macs. He went on and on about how Apple was doomed, etc. We then toured the CS Department. All I saw was completely outdated Gateway 2000 computers. I turned down the job for several reasons but the guy's attitude definitely didn't help.

[mrbill62]

A computer version of an inferiority complex?

Those who are comfortable with their skills feel no such need. B)

[Seacrest]

Your client is right.
Macs are passé in the graphics business.
We do all our work in MS Publisher.

















Not!

[davester]

I have a mac and work in a Windows shop. Worse yet, the PC shop uses Windows Small Business Server 2003 for networking, email, web server, etc. It is truly a nightmare trying to get things to work right...and still, things don't work right due to the need to use ActiveX to remote access easily and because all of the filenames on the server get truncated by the mac. I don't know who's fault it is (I tend to blame microsoft by default), but things are definitely not easy.

[JoeM]

He is a knucklehead. Tell him you might think about it if more of his work comes your way and then take his $ for the job you are doing now.

Things are always "difficult" for those who don't know how to do/ use something. Especially a PC dweeb.

[spearmint]

I get in trouble because I go around asking people what platform they are on and go on when obviously they are on Windows. I guess it is annoying on my part,

[mikebw]

[quote MacArtist]Gateway 2000 computers..
Where do I sign up?!!

[jimbrady]

My peeve is people who DON'T complain about PeeCees.

[M A V I C]

Novice PC users often have this sentiment. Experienced PC users know that MS creates incompatibilities between different MS products just the same as it does for Macs. The only real chance you have at getting MS products to work well with others is to have all the same version of their products, or have done a ton of footwork to find the products that will work together.

Four years from now he'll either be replacing nearly ever piece of software, find himself stuck with what he has, or discovering the interoperability nightmare that is MS version incompatibility.

MS also locks people in with jargon. They create language barriers so when you ask for something like the IP address, they don't know that in MS jargon you mean "Windows Super Duper Connection Method Plus." You didn't ask for WSDCMP, and it sounds nothing like IP address.

I did a usability test at MS. In the product I was testing, I was to create a database and then pull data from it. I got stuck halfway through and the guy watching me finally intervened (something they never do) and told me the feature I needed to use was "web stacks." They had created their own jargon term to replace "database."

They scrapped that, but now they have a new use for that same term.

[Carm]

Because they feel it is an inferior product (ignorant PC users). Don't let them get to you. Their time will come, when their system is down and out because of a virus/trojan.