# I hate being asked this

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**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-being-asked-this/233568 "2007-07-25T02:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueEyedMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@BlueEyedMonster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BlueEyedMonster)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-hate-being-asked-this/233568/1 "2007-07-25T02:28:01Z")

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So I went to meet with a client today, one of those rare old school clients who insists on meeting in person to show him progress on the designs, and I brought my laptop with me. My - GASP - Toshiba laptop.

You should have seen his face.

“You’re not on a mac? Why not? I thought all designers used macs?” I tried to explain that my computer was just faster, and he kept with this confused, almost skeptical expression, as though I didn’t know what I was talking about.

I HATE this question. It is not the first time I’ve gotten it. In fact, before the meeting today I nearly switched the content onto my mac just to eliminate the question.

Why oh why do people act so surprised that a designer would use a PC??? Seriously, I don’t get it. I have a macbook, but it’s not as fast as my Toshiba. I’ve used Photoshop and Illustrator on my mac all the time, guess what: DOES THE EXACT SAME THING AS ON MY PC.

What am I missing here?

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