🚀 go-pugleaf

well really... the imac is targeted at a certain group of the population. i
*like* ripping my pcs apart and rearranging stuff, tweaking
drivers/settings, etc.

Pat wrote in message <363928db.0@news.total.net>...
>Hello again,
>OK, I guess you're right ... but alot of LINUX users boot with LILO from a
>floppy! Just giving my 2 cents worth (if that's all it's worth). I've got
>nothing against IMAC, it's just not meant for twiddling around like the PCs
>which you can easily swap hardware on. IMAC seems to be esigned for one
>purpose, home computing and web browsing, which alot of people buy
computers
>for.
>And believe it or not, but I still transfer files on floppies for friends
>where using a zip drive would be overkill.
>Just face it there are a whole lot more PCs out there than MACs, hardware
>and software upgrades are usually cheaper to buy than their MACs
>counterparts. Or perhaps, I'm wrong and don't know better.
>
>Pat
>
>
>John Leopold wrote in message ...
>>And I doubt anyone ever saves a document to a floppy to transfer to a
>friend
>>or another computer.
>>
>>
>>rodney hendricks wrote in message
><36389BA8.3B12B69D@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>...
>>>Pat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried putting in a floppy in the NEW IMAC ???
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>>
>>>Have you noticed all the software on the market that is distributed on
>>>floppy???
>>>What next - take a swipe at imacs for not having a punch card reader???
>>>I wouldn't use a floppy; educational institutions don't want floppies; i
>>>doubt any new home computer user would want one either.  And that is the
>>>target iMac market.
>>>
>>>Rod
>>>---
>>>*** Apple:  "How can we stir up a pc user today?" ***
>>
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