Re: Color management Macintosh OSX and PC Windows
Re: Color management Macintosh OSX and PC Windows
- Subject: Re: Color management Macintosh OSX and PC Windows
- From: Ray Maxwell <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:57:04 -0700
Dear Steve,
This is an old, old story. IT departments go to company executives and
say that costs would be lower if whole company used one type of computer
and one OS. Usually these IT people have invested their whole life
learning Windows. They usually know very little about Macs. They point
out without any studies that Macs cost more. Given this background let
me tell you a story...
Once upon a time in a company far, far, away...
I sent a note to the CFO complaining that the IT department did not know
how to support the Macs in the company. I further complained that
people were coming to me for Mac support and this was not what I was
supposed to be doing. I suggested that the IT department hire a Mac
expert to give Mac support.
The CFO sent this message to the head of the IT department and asked
what was going on.
The head of the IT department sent back a note that pointed out that
only 2% of the requests for support were from Mac users.
The CFO then sent back a message asking how many Macs were in the company.
The head of the IT department said the we had about 350 Macs out of
about 1,000 computers.
The CFO then suggested that if the 350 Macs only required 2% of the
support, we should get everyone Macs and fire most of the IT department.
The IT department hired one Mac expert. There were about 12 people in
the IT department.
Ray Maxwell
Steve Miller wrote:
Does anyone know of any studies conducted regarding prepress/color
management on Mac vs. PC? With data to back it up.
Our IT dept. is requesting we switch to all PC computer workstations for all
prepress (80 computers). My intention is not to start a PC vs. Mac war. I
would like to know what are the pro's and cons of using a PC for color
management and prepress.
I've been using Macs since 1988 and have a biased opinion. If someone could
point me in the direction of where I can find unbiased information on this
subject, it would be greatly appreciated.
I need to know what would happen to our color management if they came in and
pulled our Macs and replaced them with PCs.
Thanks,
Steve Miller
Norwood Publishing
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