As a Mac cult member I am compelled to respond to your rank heresy ;^)

1. Did you really say that Mac continues to copy Windows in their new operating systems?

2. My Mac crashed once. I took it to the Mac store and had a new hard drive the next day. Never got that kind of service with a PC…. any of the ones that crashed.

3. Your assertion that “nearly ever Mac user” runs parallels is not true in the circles I run in. Most of my friends, family & acquaintances who own a Mac would never think of defiling it by installing Windows (I almost vomited thinking about it). Yet only twice have I had to spend more than a couple of minutes figuring out how to get something from Mr. Gates to work on my machine or vice versa.

Peace to you brother,
From the Middle East

But I do own both. Hate not being able to get work done on a Mac. Always have to send it out somewhere. And contrary to the espoused line, THEY DO CRASH.

Another thing about Apple Products is that it is almost totally dependent upon a personality. When Jobs passes off the scene it will revert to the same old thing it was before he came back. Apple is also placing less emphasis upon the computer these days, and more upon portable gadgets. Mac continues to copy Windows by bringing out new operating systems. What is with that?

Also nearly every Mac user has windows installed on the unit. Ever wonder why that is necessary?

Sorry … I just found your question.

No, we haven’t bought a green screen. My videographer / Mac man assures me that it is no problem. We have a portable rear-projection (translucent) screen. He assures me that we can project a perfect green background from behind. The key, he insists, is correct front lighting, to avoid the “amateruish” outline around the figure on the screen.

That’s not true on a number of fronts. Is Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite and high-end video-editing software available for Windows? Yes. But that’s where the truth in that statement ends.

1. Low and mid-range solutions for design, presentation, photo, and video work are much less capable, less user-friendly, and generally cheesy on a PC. No PC software can compete with iMovie for beginners in video editing. No PC software can compete with the ease of use and professional-looking results of Rapidweaver and iWeb for web design.

2. The quality of an OS must be factored in when comparing running equivalent software on Macs and PCs. Run Photoshop in Windows? Sure you can but you still have to deal with WIndows’ glitches, crashes, viruses, etc… Ask nearly anyone who has used both platforms extensively and they’ll tell you they prefer to run Photoshop on OS X rather than WIndows.

It’s telling that OS X people will tell you “Macs are better.” While PC people tell you something akin to “It’s a matter of personal preference.”

Could we do these tasks on PCs? Yes but there is no PC software that will yield professional-looking results with the ease of use available in these apps.