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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!fox.almaden.ibm.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!netsys.com!cpk-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!new-news.cc.brandeis.edu!usenet@new-news.cc.brandeis.edu From: jaliyaj@cs.brandeis.edu (Jaliya Jayawardena) 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: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 20:54:02 GMT Organization: Default Usenet Organization Lines: 17 Message-ID: <317a9ffe.9078316@news.brandeis.edu> 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$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> <4kc7m3$b7o@acmez.gatech.edu> <316abacb.31125569@news.earthlink.net> <avi-1104962354100001@cyber100.cyberspc.mb.ca> <316e38b1.3254237@news.earthlink.net> <Cyclone-1204961753220001@dial18.trip.net> <316f7c0f.4109582@news.earthlink.net> <ak night-1304961318100001@dial4.trip.net> <avi-1604962127440001@cyber119.cyberspc.mb.ca> <31794646.5442940@news.innotts.co.uk> Reply-To: jaliyaj@cs.brandeis.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.64.111.11 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:34986 alt.binaries.warez.mac:3351 comp.os.linux.advocacy:46564 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:124649 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:22656 comp.os.msdos.misc:53781 comp.os.os2.advocacy:195405 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8620 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:101059 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34950 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2986 comp.unix.advocacy:19828 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17826 comp.unix.bsd.misc:794 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3233 comp.unix.machten:2299 comp.unix.pc-clo ne.16bit:701 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9260 comp.unix.shell:31872 comp.unix.solaris:66623 comp.unix.user-friendly:3631 On Sat, 20 Apr 1996 20:20:26 GMT, scho@innotts.co.uk (Ben Schofield) wrote: >> He means when it starts sticking and glitching up after two months, can >> you fix it? > >Sticking up and glitching? Why the hell should it do that? > >Or are you just pulling this all out of the air with little or no personal >experience yourself? The guy's right. I had a perfectly functioning computer until I decided to add a network card to my PC. Took me sooo long to get the drivers to load up. Of course, it WAS an Apple Localtalk card...(darned network people at my uni! Why not ethernet!?) Jaliya