Yes

At least I believe so.

Say 10 years ago there was only one reason for buying a Mac which was if you were doing something graphical - video, DTP, CAD etc.

The software and peripherals available at that point were far less sophisticated than the stuff available for Windows.

I remember we had a Mac version of the software we sold at the company I was working for. 400 developers on DOS and Windows. The Mac product line had 3, part-time.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 1st 2010 at 12:14:58

Message Thread

Apple excluded I am buying a mobile phone and laptop in the next couple of days (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 1, 10:13:06
- Why not Apple? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 1, 11:57:10
  - Funny how things change isn't it ? People actually going for Windows to be non-confomist! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:01:20
    - Is that what's happening? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 1, 12:10:23
      - Yes (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:14:58
- iPhone for the phone. Seriously. Am anti-Apple myself, but (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 10:46:35
  - See thing is - I had use of an iPhone before I got my HD2 (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 1, 10:54:04
    - Yeah, OK, but I'm kind of suggesting the majority opinion, as (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:01:13
      - I do agree though that Windows Mobile handsets are preferable to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:04:01
        
        I've not jailbroken mine either, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 11:09:53
  - OK will buy on PAYG rather than contract (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 1, 10:49:13
    - iPhone is brill (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 1, 10:50:24
- Oh and don't buy from the Carphone whorehouse, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 10:40:51
- No phone rec (although I love my sony c905 even if it's a bit dated) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 10:37:04
  - Probably just gonna go to the shop (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 1, 10:40:13
    - Netbook maybe (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 10:45:54
      - No No No No No No No (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 10:47:21
        
        I feel like that about ?40 a month contracts for the iphone (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 10:54:06
        
        Are Android or top-end HTC contracts much cheaper then ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:01:54
        
        I dunno really. It was more a compare and contrast thing (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 11:20:58
        
        We're talking about two separate things. If you want to compare a netbook, do it to a (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:45:06
        
        But you just compared getting a net book to a low spec desktop (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 11:54:33
        
        and no he doesn't NEED an iPhone. The chap was saying he needed a new phone, and asking (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:59:07
        
        Firstly, I meant a laptop, not a desktop, and secondly why does it cost more to run ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:56:32
        
        Nevermind (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 12:01:31
        
        Why does it cost more to run? (n/m) (General Chat) - neverpostingagain, Mar 1, 16:10:08
        
        Why does it cost more to run ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:02:58
        
        I didn't mean this to be some kind of barny thread (General Chat) - pants, Mar 1, 12:05:08
        
        Well I would if you told me what it was. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:08:53
        
        Really simple comparison here: (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:52:20
        
        Not really now, since o2 lost their exclusivity (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 1, 11:15:26
- Avoid HP laptops and Sony Ericsson phones, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 10:28:07
  - That shoukd have said, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 10:31:37
    - *should, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 10:32:06
- Avoid Sony (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 1, 10:21:39
- ... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 1, 10:21:13
  - cheers...fancy the htc actually (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 1, 10:41:55
    - It's brilliant. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 1, 10:43:40
- hp touchscreen laptop report (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 1, 10:20:18
- Toshiba laptops are good (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Mar 1, 10:18:40
- both samsung then (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 1, 10:14:03
- i love my new iphone (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 1, 10:14:03

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