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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: hybridv@earthnet.net (hybridv) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:27:05 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 134 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <316b6eb8.2234074@news.earthlink.net> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <31678d59.1170056@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <31685e02.5498255@news.earthlink.net> <4kabef$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> <avi-0804962305210001@cyber179.cyberspc.mb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: max1-wc-ca-24.earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:33472 alt.binaries.warez.mac:2888 comp.os.linux.advocacy:44089 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:121996 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:20731 comp.os.msdos.misc:52843 comp.os.os2.advocacy:190741 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:7648 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:97786 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34519 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2236 comp.unix.advocacy:18469 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16848 comp.unix.bsd.misc:648 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2821 comp.unix.machten:2121 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:602 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9137 comp.unix.shell:31355 comp.unix.solaris:65283 comp.unix.user-friendly:3539 On Mon, 08 Apr 1996 23:05:21 -0500, avi@cyberspc.mb.ca (Avi) wrote: >In article <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net>, hybridv, hybridv wrote: > >Oh come on, 20 to 30? Unless this is one big store you're obviously >exagerating, or god-forbid lying. no it is the central mac store in the local area.. thats why... >Did it ever occur to you that not everyone is a computer whiz, and if >you're installing new RAM or a video card or whatever, in order to be >covered by warranty you need to have a licensed proffesional do it? True >that the chances of screwing anything up while installing RAM are VERY low >on a mac (open it up, pop it in, snap it shut. now on a PC...) we can't >all be as technicaly inclined as vous (you) and realize that. Remember, >Macs are user friendly, so yes, alot of people who use them don't have a >fucking clue, is that bad? Last time I checked computers were tools to get >things done fast, not hunks of junk that constantly need reconfiguring or >fixing. it great to get stuff done on a computer of any sort but to be truely proficiant you have to know how it works to figure out whats going on... just as a car owner who knows how a car works is much better then a car owner that knows turn wheel right car move right... >Atleast 90 percent of the 20 to 30 macs being towed in are most likely >being updated, not fixed like in a PC store. haha... not... its like umm the light doesnt blink anymore :( (answer:turn on computer) > i >> have never ever had to use any service place to fix my pc's most mac >> users are so scared of fucking computers when i asked if they opened >> up there computer to see if there video board slipped out they said >> "i might not know what im doing but im not stupid?" > >I doubt they said that, that sentence makes no gramatical sense. > that is the exact point!!! > what does that >> mean they must think that i bites them that there are 40 million miles >> of wires and vacum tubes just waiting to eat them... >yes, we're not all techno nerds. Some of us just want to be efficient. no techno nerd but we would laugh at someone scared to open the hood of their car...... > > ok let see about the macos.... how many os's are currently out >> there for the mac? um ONE! and for pcs? in the neighborhood of 4-5... > >how many even come close to the Mac OS? 2. How many are as user friendly >and efficient as the Mac OS. 0. mac os sucks.... come on people you are all dilusional. >> ok.... and not all mac users are dumb... but most are and even the >> smart ones are dumb... im shure you not a all powerfull source of info > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> on the mac.. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Yup, THEIR dumb. > > you know why? cause YOU cant even find out about the >> peice of crap takeing up space on your desk... > >Yes you can, if you've ever actualy owned a mac you'd see it's very easy >to find out about the nitty gritty basics. I doubt you've even been on a >mac for more than a few hours, and you've got such a close mindset no >matter what you'd saw you'd have to poo poo it. it is not the "mac" that i dislike so much it is the os.... i cant stand it.... if they had a powerpc in my pc and it ran the same as a intel machine.. then i would have no problem with a "powerPC" in my machine.. but the overall mac effect sucks > and for your win95 >> problems... dunno... maybe your unexperianced pc user just screwed >> things up... i have had my computer "bomb out" :) only once since i >> installed win95.. just because i was running about 10 big programs at >> the same time and my memory "even swap" filled up... just reboot and >> restart that's it... > > >Yes, Windows 95 gets more and more reliant and user frinedly the more and >more RAM you feed it, and the more and more Megahurtz you entertain it >with. You must have a shitload, but ever tried Windows 95 on an 8 mb (most >people have 8) of RAM and 66 megahurtz. Hah! Talk about the shits. Takes >eight seconds to open a window. at ram being 100 bux for 8 megs compared to the 400 bux it was 2 years ago... its no big deal to have 16-32 megs of ram.. now you can load those huge photoshop files into memory... ram is bad? >I was running the Mac OS perfectly well on a low end LC 475 with 4 megs of >RAM and 25 megahurtz. Still am except for the RAM :-) yuck... > by the way does your cd rom that comes with your >> mac read 2 session cds? dont listen to the box or anything else you >> have to try it... > >I dunno, I don't have a built in CD ROM on mine, but didn't you already >use this argument? Or was that someone elses? well i cant keeptrak... i should be a writer not a video artist..... i write and blab too much.. you agree? its just so many annoying people out there to respond to... >Ah, you asked you Macs. Sorry, Macs won't have very efficient Artificial >Intelligence until Copland comes out. im lost... but my A.I. on my PC is perfect ;) >more like hyperv (the v is for Very) enthusiastic.. that is.. >-- Avi Selk > > >Historical Landmark #9678023 > >Windows 95: Five years ago, corporate software giant, Microsoft, spent millions of dollars, and put a team of hundreds of highly specialized programmers on an extensive and highly ambitious project to find another name for the Apple Menu.