Which is better. I guess you can get all kinds of opinions about that. Well, when Apple announced that the new Macs would use the Intel chip I knew it was time for me to finally get a Mac.

When ACS was just getting started, we bought an Apple computer. I remember all we ever got it to do was show us some of the neat graphics. It was a green screen but the graphics of a horse running on the screen was amazing in the early 80's. We took it back and got our money back.

While I was in Chicago attending the NACBA this summer I visited the Apple Store and purchased my first Apple computer. I'm writing this blog on a MacBook Pro. There's no doubt that the Mac is a well designed computer. I like everything about it. Especially the magnetic power cord.

I've also installed Parallels and installed Windows XP and ACS for Windows. Everything works great. Now I can have both technologies in one product. That's really the best of both worlds. I don't have to pick one or the other but I can switch back and forth based on my needs.

It just occurred to me that it's the same with software. Web based vs Desktop based vs whatever else will come our way. Which is best? It depends on what you're doing. You need options. Apple switched their technology to Intel but still delivered a terrific solution. It wasn't about the chip, it was about what Apple did with the chip.

Again, it's not about the technology.