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'In the dark on the dark side' On My High Horse Copyright 2004 by David Steinlicht www.allsmall.net steinlicht@pobox.com Page one It's been two years since my workplace switched me from Mac to Windows. 2 YEARS AGO: 'This bites.' Enough time has passed for me to draw some informed opinions. TODAY: 'This continues to bite.' Plus side: I can do my work 'good enough' on Windows. 'Good enough.' 2: The software is the same as Mac software, mostly. 'No cigar.' 3: The IT guys love Windows -- the latest neat stuff runs on Windows . . . 'I'm happy for them.' . . . including all the latest viruses and malevolent e-mail. 'Boo-hoo.' 4: The business side loves Windows -- Windows is cheap. To the business side, a computer . . . is a computer is a computer. 'I get what they pay for,'
'In the dark on the dark side' On My High Horse Copyright 2004 by David Steinlicht www.allsmall.net steinlicht@pobox.com Page two Minus side: 1: The machines are 'helpful' even when you don't want help. ' 'Thanks,' Clippy. 2: While Windows leads Mac in many business programs . . . 'I can past a Web page in an e-mail!' . . . Mac continues to dominate photo and design applications -- they work better on a Mac. 'Sigh.' 3: To propery work with and display photos and graphics on a Windows box . . . you have got to spend as much on a Windows box as on a Mac box. Did that happen at my workplace? I'll let you guess. 4: Windows is ugly . . . . It's an uphill fight everyday to overcome its ugliness to make non-ugly stuff. Conclusion: I love working on my Mac at home. 'Ahh.' End

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