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Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
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Date: 
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:42:32 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:
I got the 8458 Silver Champion a couple of days ago.  In the instruction
booklet, it shows a web browser (looks like Netscape on a Mac) open to

<snip>

Please open the pages of your Ultimate Lego Book:

pp26, 27 - Lego Chess and Rock Raiders appear in Mac windows (these
are Photoshop documents, however, check out the zoom size and the file
size in the corner)

pp28 - Another Photoshop window and AVI files shown in Mac Quicktime
windows.

pp29 - A Mindstorms and Dacta example - photo shows users working
on Macs. Mindstorms sets cannot be used with Macs! The Dacta
example shown is probably some kids working with ROBOLAB, which is
totally different from Mindstorms.

pp30 - Lego Futura designer works on a Mac (also shown are pictures
from James Gurney's Dinotopia: The World Beneath. No credits are
given in the colophon at the end of the book. Whoops! Watch out for
copyright lawyers!)

Now, I realize that the screenshots were most likely shown in Photoshop
windows because the graphic designers who work for DK Publishing
were probably working on Macs. They should've trimmed off the window
edges, IMO. Still, it's terribly ironic that even Lego designers work on
Macs, but TLC still refuses to release software for Mac.

~Mark
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Macs Rule, PCs drool! (was Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...)
 
Thanks for those astute observations, Mark! We Mac users know that Macs are superior, but it's nice to rub it in once in a while:-) FUT.fun -John (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
 
(...) All your analysis shows is the small minority of publishers who lay out books like this still use macs, where as the average member of the public (i.e. Lego customers) use PCs. It should not surprise you that the boxes, manuals, adverts and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
 
(...) Having had my attention called to this page, notice that the first version of the Rock Raiders dump truck bin appears to possibly be DUPLO! FUT: lugnet.underground Frank (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.underground)

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  Lego blew it AGAIN...
 
I got the 8458 Silver Champion a couple of days ago. In the instruction booklet, it shows a web browser (looks like Netscape on a Mac) open to www.legotechnic.com. OK, fine, go to (URL) .... Unable to locate server. <sigh> Here's a penny, buy a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)  

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