Re: TECH: HELP!! idiotic keyboard problem
From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 9:15 |
staving Ph. D.:
>Roger Mills wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of that, today's Washington Post had an
> > article about electronic filing for a new Govt. grant
> > program; seems all the application forms only work on
> > Windows, not Macs. But most of the folks who'd be
> > interested (scientists, mathematicians) prefer to use
> > Macs.... go figure.
>
>
>I don't want to get a Windows vs. Mac thread going,
>but I'm surprised that you'd say scientists and mathe-
>maticians prefer Macs. I know *artists* (especially
>graphic designers) prefer Macs, but I thought most
>science and math types were satisfied with Windows.
In fact, I'd say they'd be more likely to be using UNIX or Linux, which are
quite common in academic environments.
Pete