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Another Reason to Speed Up Macs
Authored by: landis on Dec 03, '04 02:09:27PM

As an employee of ESRI maybe you could point us to the most efficient place to demand an OS X version of ArcGIS?



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ESRI Contact
Authored by: schneb on Dec 03, '04 04:16:37PM

Sure...

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=homepage.enhancementSubmit.gateway]Click Here

The above requires an account setup process, but this is the "horse's mouth" place to make your desires known.

Otherwise...
http://www.esri.com/company/contact.html



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ESRI Contact II
Authored by: schneb on Dec 03, '04 04:21:31PM

Make sure you make your case. Don't just say you want it because you want it. Tell them why you think it is important such as...

Macintosh is UNIX based and thereby more secure and stable.
Macintosh is becoming more efficient and faster that Microsoft based systems.
etc.



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ESRI Contact II
Authored by: mrgerbek on Dec 04, '04 01:22:44PM
Some more ideas:
  • Apple makes better laptops
  • Really good maps still usually move from Arc to Illustrator for final touches. Macs are still better for graphic design
  • We're tired of using ArcView 3.a for Mac in classic
  • Its a full-time job keeping Windows patched

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ESRI Contact II
Authored by: schneb on Dec 06, '04 01:39:59PM

All good points. Thanks everyone!

Note: Contact information is below.



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ESRI Contact II
Authored by: raed on Dec 05, '04 12:32:33AM

I would also add that developing there app for Tiger they could take advantage of things like Core image, and a 64 bit OS and processor architecture. Additionally Apples development tools would probably speed there product to market.



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Another Reason to Speed Up Macs
Authored by: seanasy on Dec 06, '04 04:31:53PM

I'm doing a Master's degree in GIS and Remote Sensing which, for the GIS part, is pretty much all ArcGIS. And, while I'd love to do my school work on my Powerbook, asking ESRI for a Mac port is a bit of a double-edged sword. I really have no faith in their ability to develop a decent interface. So, I lust after and fear a Mac port.

ArcGIS is such a beast that to do a decent Mac port would be a huge undertaking. My fear is that it would be a kludge. They'd probably do it in Java and make it exactly like the Windows versions are something similarly un-Mac like. Maybe I'm not giving them enough credit.

Still, I would like to see a natively developed OS X GIS package. The Mac's historically good graphics processing and vectory goodness makes it seem a natural thing. I even saw a reference to "geospatial applications" on Apple's Tiger overview. That got me excited. I hope they're hinting at something.



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