[1] From: Lorna Hughes <Lorna.Hughes@nyu.edu> (26)
Subject: Macintosh computers
Dear Humanists,
Is anyone else getting extremely worried about the state that Apple
computer is in at the moment? It just seems to be one piece of bad news
after another from the folks over at Apple.
My biggest concern is that the purseholders at various institutions are
reading the recent financial press and deciding that purchasing Macintosh
machines no longer makes sense in the long term.
My sense is that there are a lot of us in humanities computing who have
been using Macs for a long time. We like Macs, and rely on them to run a
number of applications we are very familiar with (there is also the "ease
of use" issue, of course!). How do you feel about the possible demise of
Apple? Are other institutions moving away from using this platform in
Humanities computing, making contingency plans, or looking forward to the
next generation of platform independent humanities computing software? Or
have reports of the death of Apple been greatly exaggerated?
Comments welcome!
Lorna
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