Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 02:10:24 -0000
From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com>
Subject: Tidbit - MicroSoft Sidewalk Uses Macs

Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better

This tidbit is from: 

Gregory S. Koll

I work as the Senior Graphic Designer for a small print, copy and design 
shop in San Diego, CA. We have 10 Macs including a Mac SE that the owner 
still uses to do all of the quoting. We also have one 486 running Win95. 
Yea, I know it's SUPER slow, but I really don't want to spend money on a 
new Wintel machine when there are so many Mac things to buy. Really makes 
you think, an over-12 year old Mac SE that is still used daily versus a 
five year old Wintel machine that barely gets turned on once a week. 
Actually that's not true. I have to leave the Wintel machine running 
constantly because if I shut it off I lose the video driver and have to 
start up in DOS to reconfigure the video settings.

But as to the reason for the Post. Recently we had a new client brought 
in by one of our sales reps. I groaned when I learned the client was 
Microsoft Sidewalk. We printed a bunch of flyers, mailers, and handouts 
for them all provided to us in digital files.

Surprisingly I didn't have one single problem with any of their files. 
Most likely it's because all the files provided to us were in Mac format. 
I guess somebody at Microsoft realizes which platform is superior and 
easier to use. 
__________________________
Digital Guy Sez: 

As an unrelated aside, this is the same company whose CEO just broke the 
*50* billion dollar mark. To put it in perspective, that 15 billion more 
than when I started working this list about 16 months ago. With that kind 
of money you'd think he could buy the best PC's money could buy.

Oh wait...I guess he did, didn't he? ;-)