I worked for the Media dept in Salford Uni...
When the IT dept were designing the Post Production suites for the new Media City Building, their boss announced he was buying PC's instead of Apple Macs as they were 'more reliable, stable and better value'. We announced that as we used Final Cut Pro this was impossible, it had to be macs. He looked up and replied:

"Oh, we've thought about that and we are going to patch it for Windows XP" (this was in 2011)

He was being serious, we laughed, laughed hard then got angry when he debated the point. We had to point out it was illegal before he would back down.

He's still in charge and while I have long gone, I hear the network and the IT equipment for the new media building is a complete and utter fucking shambles. I'm so glad I quit months before they moved.
( Bamboo Steamer, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 21:44, 6 replies)

How is it illegal?

And, if it's a pearost you should at least label it as one.
( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 22:45, closed)

Final Cut Pro is an apple product, it is against their terms of use to use it in another OS or a hacked OS
and you physically CANT use it in another OS.

I dont keep track of my QOTW posts, if it is a pearoast then it not like the world has ended
( Bamboo Steamer, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 23:10, closed)

I'm curious to know why
Mac users seem to be so terribly unlucky when they use a Windows machine.

Every one you speak to has awful problems with their Windows machines. They're forever crashing, losing work, breaking down and generally don't work. There's absolutely no software available for them either.

Us Windows users don't have these problems. Our network is solid as a rock, and my PC hasn't crashed for maybe 2 years.

My experience is that Windows has been as stable as OSX for probably 10 years. I use OSX on a daily basis too.

Wierd. You guys have really bad luck.
(username failed moderation, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 8:36, closed)

they whack utorrent on there and download like theres no tomorrow
Without care or regard. Theyre used to the safety net, and thats why they fuck up.

Like taking the training wheels off a kid's bike.
(tyrellsOwl, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 8:44, closed)

You should have switched to Premiere Pro on Windows 7

( Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Fri 7 Sep 2012, 1:07, closed)

Compatibility
Bearing in mind that the BBC moved over to Windows for everything a few years back, it seems sensible for a university in Media City to use the same platform as the biggest media employer in Media City.
(ubergeekian, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 8:19, closed)