Pharie82 opened this issue on Sep 09, 2007 · 41 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 10 September 2007 at 2:20 PM
Quote - True and Not True all at the same time.
I've seen incompatibility issues crop up often enough to discourage me from going the Mac route. Espeically when it comes to matters like 3rd-party add-ins for programs such as AutoCAD. In addition, I've also seen Mac users complain about their inablity to get the latest software package often enough to discourage me from going with a Mac, too. Plus there's the fact that Macs are virtually unknown in the engineering circles that I travel in. I once worked for a corporation which had over 6,000 employees concentrated throughout the city where we were located. I wasn't aware of any Macs being used in the entire complex. Rarely -- almost never -- have I seen a Mac in my primary line of work. I'm not saying that it never happens: just that I haven't seen it happen over my years of working for a number of very large corporations -- some of the largest in the world.
That being said: the Mac is a fine system, and a good way to go for those who are so inclined. It's a much better fit in the 3D/graphics world than it is outside of that world.