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Article #69Re: ibm-compadible vs the Mac
From: John C. Randolph
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 00:00
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In <34368A5D.2B37@taunet.net.au> Travis Scott Wheaton wrote: -> I get physically sick after using an IBM for a while. Maybe it's a safeguard -> to keep computer freaks away so they don't spend all day at their IBMs? -> But on a Mac - can sit for hours without a problem. It's just a whole -> easier-on-the-eye-and-stomach style. There are several possibilities: It might be due to stress frm having to use a system that looks like shit and crashes on you every few hours, or you might need to increase the refresh rate on your monitor. I had a lot of trouble with a certain display at my last job where the frequency of the monitor refresh beat against the 60Hz flicker from the flourescent lighting overhead. At any rate, if using a system is making you sick, CHANGE IT. Your health is *important*. -jcr -- John C. Randolph (408) 358-6732 NeXT mail preferred. Chief Technology Officer, WARPnet Incorporated. @"Hey, %s! You're a NAZI, and you can't spell!"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10cbb9,556159a7771f64ee X-Google-Attributes: gid10cbb9,public X-Google-Thread: fe071,556159a7771f64ee X-Google-Attributes: gidfe071,public X-Google-Thread: f6e7f,556159a7771f64ee X-Google-Attributes: gidf6e7f,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,556159a7771f64ee X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public From: jcr.remove@this.phrase.idiom.com (John C. Randolph) Subject: Re: ibm-compadible vs the Mac Date: 1997/10/04 Message-ID: <61569l$ssj$1@news.idiom.com> X-Deja-AN: 277798822 References: <_q_-2009971558080001@yak-ts2-p15.wolfenet.com> <3424665D.9E452710@utoronto.ca> <342447c5.25322843@news.indra.com> <34368A5D.2B37@taunet.net.au> Organization: WARPnet, Incorporated Reply-To: jcr.remove@this.phrase.idiom.com Newsgroups: alt.sources.mac,aus.computers.mac,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,francom.comp.macintosh