Re: What PC do you use for digital imaging?
Re: What PC do you use for digital imaging?
- Subject: Re: What PC do you use for digital imaging?
- From: edmund ronald <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:53:55 +0200
Macs are marvelous, except you know, when they aren't. Like when you expect
your printer driver to do the same thing two years in a row, or expect to
see the same ports eg. firewire or DVI on the side of the machine two years
in a row.
Edmund
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Stegman <email@hidden>wrote:
> I'm sending this to IT. Now!
>
> Mark
>
> On 13/06/2012, at 4:43 PM, Ray Maxwell <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I have been following this thread and can't resist sharing a story.
> >
> > A long time ago I worked for a high tech company that make hardware and
> software for the printing industry. It has long since been bought out by a
> multinational company.
> >
> > We had both Macs and PC in the company, but the IT department was very
> partial to the PC and did a very poor job of supporting Macs. Because of
> this one other Mac guru and myself got a lot of phone calls asking for Mac
> support. I was not paid to give Mac support, so I complained to the IT
> department to please give better Mac support so that people did not call
> me. The head of IT dismissed my plea and told me to please stop
> complaining.
> >
> > I then sent a copy of this email thread to the Chief of Operations. The
> following emails were sent back and forth and I was copied on them.
> >
> > Email to head of IT from COO:
> >
> > Why do you not have a Mac support person on your staff?
> >
> > Reply from head of IT:
> >
> > Only 1% of my requests come from Mac users. I should not hire a person
> for so few calls.
> >
> > COO reply to head of IT:
> >
> > How many Macs and how many PC's do we have in the company?
> >
> > Reply from head of IT:
> >
> > We have about 350 Macs and about 600 PC's.
> >
> > COO reply to head of IT:
> >
> > If this is true we should do one of two things...#1...Buy all Macs and
> fire all of the IT staff since Macs don't require any support. OR #2 We
> should hire a Mac expert in IT since people don't call you for support
> since your support is so poor.
> >
> > The head of IT hired a Mac expert the next week.
> >
> > I love it when people supply their own ammunition to shoot themselves in
> the head.
> >
> > I stopped getting calls for Mac support.
> >
> > Ray M.
> >
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