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On 12/24/04 6:28 AM, in article BDF1BBBB.B4E%steve@mintdesigns.co.uk,
"Steven Halford" <steve@mintdesigns.co.uk> wrote:

> It always makes me laugh to hear PC users have a go at Macs based on either
> no experience at all, very little experience or pre-OSX experience.
> 
> And the reasons they give are laughable - "the mouse has only got one
> button".
> 
> On 19/11/04 6:33 am, in article ja3rp0hk2dac2i0ta7bsmcm0eakbrktbub@4ax.com,
> "Rev Turd Fredericks" <nick_ballsack@forcedshaving.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:25:59 +1100, Ribfeast <goaway@nospam.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> 2) they are costly to fix
>>> Buy an extended warranty and a surge protector.  And they rarely break
>>> anyway.
>> I have yet to see a mac older than 2 years that isn't either broken or
>> trashed. Both my regular use PC's are 5 year old PIII's although I do
>> upgrade them from time to time (more memory updated vid cards etc.).
> 
> Using the same analogy - BMWs break down less often and are more reliable.
> 
> I'm surrounded by 5 working macs older than two years old in this office.
> The computers that end up down in the basement are always from the PC using
> departments.

 
I'd like to chime in here if I may.
1. I have a Macintosh Color Classic I use almost every day; it holds my
recipes and has a clock screensaver. I am about to retire it still in
operational condition. IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN JANUARY 1994. BTW, I also have
a working Mac Plus, and an SE, both even older.
2. At my workplace, we cycle PC computers out after three years. Not so
Macs; we still have several B&W G3s which are going on 6 years old now.
3. The beige PowerMacs we disposed of still worked; I just donated four G3s
to a school in New Mexico. These are going on 7 years old now.
4. I can't give away PCs as old as the either of the G3s above; no one will
take them!
-- 
Brian Ehni