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Brandon Sanderson / Re: PC or Mac?
« on: June 14, 2007, 09:34:26 PM »
As someone who has spent years on both platforms, I can suggest 1 difference that keeps sending me back to the Mac - the Option Key. The ability to type <opt-u> - u to get the ü character and any number of other special characters such as © (<opt-g>) or ¢ (<opt-4>), without resorting to the character map or needing to remember the alt-keypad number, made my 10 years of desktop publishing nice - especially in foreign languages.
I haven't read all the posts in this thread - but I searched for 'option' and nobody brought up this point, so I thought I'd add my 2¢. :P Everything else about using what works or what supports the software you need/like is also valid. Just remember that many older software packages on the Mac are currently in a PPC->Intel shift, and old packages may not run on a newer machine, so you may have to consider the cost of software upgrades or availability as well if you're switching processors.
I haven't read all the posts in this thread - but I searched for 'option' and nobody brought up this point, so I thought I'd add my 2¢. :P Everything else about using what works or what supports the software you need/like is also valid. Just remember that many older software packages on the Mac are currently in a PPC->Intel shift, and old packages may not run on a newer machine, so you may have to consider the cost of software upgrades or availability as well if you're switching processors.