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#1 2003-01-30 4:16 pm
- ckm
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Mac subterfuge?
I have wondered this for a while now, and I just wanted to pose this question to the creative professionals in this forum to get your take on it:
Do you practice Mac subterfuge?
By "Mac subterfuge", I mean: do you use Mac-specific or Mac-reminiscent elements in projects where you think you can "get away with it" ?
Some examples that come to mind:
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#2 2003-01-30 4:34 pm
- MacBoy4139
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
When building a front-end to an existing reporting system, I followed all of the Mac Human User Interface elements - it was seen as the most successful reporting front-end created for the department due to its ease of use.
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#3 2003-01-30 4:35 pm
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
P.S. - it was on a Windows NT platform (yeah, I know) for an insurance company (how boring can you get?)
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I'm still trying to figure out if you're a girl posing as Macboy4139, or a boy posing as a girl, and a bit confused sexually. <shrug> laughinol
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#4 2003-01-30 4:42 pm
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
I don't have first hand experience, but I think it's just because the people use Macs and it's easy to just use a screenshot of the computer you're using.
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#5 2003-01-30 6:52 pm
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
last week i used screen shots of safari to promote a internet service for a local realistate company.
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#6 2003-01-30 6:59 pm
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
the last line of my valedictorian speech from graduating high school was "think different." does that count?
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#7 2003-01-30 7:10 pm
Re: Mac subterfuge?
Utilizing Mac-reminiscent fonts (like Chicago, Charcoal, Sand) in broadcast credits or print layouts.
No one should ever do that ever.
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#8 2003-01-30 7:53 pm
- Gary Patterson
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
I use an image of the LCD iMac in hidden "About" boxes, in the databases I create.
They just look so good, so high-tech...
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#9 2003-01-30 7:56 pm
Re: Mac subterfuge?
Would this count? This was in USA Today today.
I think that's what you're talking about. The HP ad guy must be a Mac fan (using 9 and Netscape, no less!).
If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't be here.
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#10 2003-01-31 2:10 am
- ckm
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
Yes, JD MacMan...that's a great example of what I'm talking about!
And thanks to the others for sharing their stories. Any more? Anyone? Keep 'em coming! 
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#11 2003-01-31 3:39 am
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
Would this count? This was in USA Today today.
I think that's what you're talking about. The HP ad guy must be a Mac fan (using 9 and Netscape, no less!).
hehe this is great!!
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#12 2003-01-31 7:09 am
Re: Mac subterfuge?
Yeah, but did you have to quote the image? 
Anyway, one of the guys who drew Love Hina must be a Mac user, since Kaolla Suu has a Power Mac G3 and an iMac in her room, and in a later installment; what looks like a G4 Cube.
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#13 2003-01-31 8:06 am
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Re: Mac subterfuge?
When we discuss purchasing new computers at my company I joke with my boss that I'll order some new Macs. Of course my boss just laughs but one day she'll say "yeah, that's a good idea."
Actually, I may get to do that some time because we might be doing some work for NASA and I understand that they use Macs pretty heavily.
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