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Macs Rule, PCs drool! (was Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...)
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Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:47:51 GMT
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Thanks for those astute observations, Mark! We Mac users know that Macs are
superior, but it's nice to rub it in once in a while:-)
FUT.fun
-John
Mark Sandlin wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:
> > I got the 8458 Silver Champion a couple of days ago. In the instruction
> > booklet, it shows a web browser (looks like Netscape on a Mac) open to
>
> <snip>
>
> Please open the pages of your Ultimate Lego Book:
>
> pp26, 27 - Lego Chess and Rock Raiders appear in Mac windows (these
> are Photoshop documents, however, check out the zoom size and the file
> size in the corner)
>
> pp28 - Another Photoshop window and AVI files shown in Mac Quicktime
> windows.
>
> pp29 - A Mindstorms and Dacta example - photo shows users working
> on Macs. Mindstorms sets cannot be used with Macs! The Dacta
> example shown is probably some kids working with ROBOLAB, which is
> totally different from Mindstorms.
>
> pp30 - Lego Futura designer works on a Mac (also shown are pictures
> from James Gurney's Dinotopia: The World Beneath. No credits are
> given in the colophon at the end of the book. Whoops! Watch out for
> copyright lawyers!)
>
> Now, I realize that the screenshots were most likely shown in Photoshop
> windows because the graphic designers who work for DK Publishing
> were probably working on Macs. They should've trimmed off the window
> edges, IMO. Still, it's terribly ironic that even Lego designers work on
> Macs, but TLC still refuses to release software for Mac.
>
> ~Mark
> --
> Mark's Lego Creations
> http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) <snip> Please open the pages of your Ultimate Lego Book: pp26, 27 - Lego Chess and Rock Raiders appear in Mac windows (these are Photoshop documents, however, check out the zoom size and the file size in the corner) pp28 - Another Photoshop (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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