Over the years, the “Mac vs. PC” flamewars have drug on, often propagated by Apple or Microsoft themselves, and just as often by fans of their respective product lines. However, one particular line of thought has oft been repeated over the past couple of years as the Mac has grown in popularity – sure, Macs are great, if you’re in a creative industry. You’re a filmmaker? A writer? A photographer? Of course you have a Mac. But, if you’re an engineer, a programmer, or a…rocket scientist…that’s real work. Bring me a PC.
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For the legions of Mac fans out there who disagree with the thought process outlined above, images from NASA and JPL have surfaced over the past few days that fly in the face of the “PCs are for real work” argument. Now, I won’t argue that NASA’s work with the Curiosity Rover isn’t creative – it absolutely is – but it’s also highly technical. It is, after all, straight up rocket science. The (non-Apple) geniuses who landed a tweeting, photographing, skycrane-spelunking robot on Mars over the weekend need to get real work done on occasion, and thanks to these photos, we now know something we didn’t know before – they use Macs. A lot of Macs.
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Via 9to5Mac
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