Mail call,
Larraine Rowney (Glasgow Herald) writes: (via my a wall post on my Facebook profile.
“Hi Robb,
You might be able to answer my concerns on a work related problem. I’m Graphics Editor at a daily newspaper in Scotland and we are presently switching from a Mac to PC-based editorial system - the problem is that I think the Graphics desk need to keep a Mac presence. I’m don’t have a problem working on a PC as I know that the software packages are pretty much the same on both platforms, I just have an issue with all of daily archived graphics, maps etc, that we have stored on mac cds (about ten years worth of work) most of which we need to use regularly. Also my staff and I would also much prefer to work on macs as it’s been the industry standard for so long, but I’m finding it difficult to articulate this to the “non-creative” executives. Any ideas? p.s their’s is a cost based argument.”
My reply, I hope, frames the old “Mac vs PC” in a new light - the ability to produce compelling Web multimedia with the same computer equipment.
