[IxDA Discuss] What's the best Computer for Designers?

[Jorge Arango]

On 8/30/07, erpdesigner <erpdesigner at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Frankly a computer and an OS and software are just tools to use to perform our jobs. I don't really think it matters if we use Mac, Ubuntu, or Windows, as long as there are tools for the platform that allow us to do our job.

The tools you use make a huge difference to the quality, speed, and
(very important) "pleasure factor" of performing the work. The three
platforms do not compare in these regards. (I'm surprised you included
Linux as an option; trying to do this type of work on OSS is like
trying to perform surgery with a rusty xacto knife... it can be done,
but it's not pleasant.)

The gist of the original question is: what platform has the best tools
/ environment for this type of work? As many others are arguing in
this thread, I think the current Macs do a better job at it than any
other platform -- and you can run Windows on them if you absolutely
need to.

Cheers,

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Jorge Arango
BootStudio
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