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Date:         Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:51:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: possessive about your new ride??
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"Lots of people are moving from Windoze to Mac"

Yeah right. What is the percentage 5%? 6%? Big whoop.

Besides, I was talking about Linux, not Windows. What are you smoking down there in Kiwi-land?

Get your facts right before you go off half-cocked (or perhaps that's the best you can do...).

Happy, happy, joy, joy,

Jeff

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Andrew Grebneff Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:36 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: possessive about your new ride??

>Go after Macs? > >Why bother with a bottom dwelling OS? They'd be far better off going after >a REAL OS like Linux... > >Cheers, > >Jeff

What planet do you live on, Jeff?

Lots of people are moving from Windoze to Mac... and never look back. On the other hand, have you ever heard of the reverse happening? Ever wondered why? Ever even TRIED a Mac?

I have a Mac 6116CD (no longer my daily-use computer)... it's more than 10 years old. I can still get software for it. I can boost its memory, HD speed/capacity and can upgrade it to a fast G3 or G4 (though it has only a 240mHz processor fitted). It is stable, friendly, easy to use... a really GOOD computer. Now, tell me that a 10-year-old Windoze/whatever box is even usable now??

Windoze is the bottom-feeder. It is a horrific mess of ancient software (that was crap when it was new), to which over the years has been added more and more crap software... until not even the MS "gurus" know what's in there! That's NO way to do an OS. No wonder Windoze computers are difficult-to-use and crash constantly... to the point of needing frequent OS reinstallation. But then, it's Bill Gates & Co... Even Acorn is better.

A useful quote to remember, from the New York Times dated 26-11-1991: "Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy and millions of others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million machines in use worldwide. "Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form."

This is just as applicable now.

Mac OSes have always been good (as good as software gets, anyway), the platform is very much faster than a Windoze unit of "equivalent" speed, are resistant to crashing and do noit become corrupted as does Windoze. And Mac hardware has always been far better quality than nonMac. This is reflected in resale values... lookit laptops. A 2-year-old Windoze laptop is virtually worthless. Computer resellers usually pay ~25% of the new value for a Windoze unit and 90% for a Mac.

Mac OS10 is of course Unix. And I hate it!

There's a really good reason behind the saying "Friends don't let friends do Windows". -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE

DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR


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