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Article #41Re: Mac vs PC rant
From: Rifty
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:32
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:32
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Brian Paul Ehni <behni@comcast.net> wrote: > 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! I have a shed overloaded with old Macs, several from the 80s - why? Because they all still work perfectly and I don't have the heart to throw them away. (But then I also have a couple of Commodore 64s still in working condition!) The beige G3 in my office (alongside a great iMac!) still comes in handy for some SCSI equipment and even for helping the odd person in trouble with a floppy disk. Why can't Apple do the decent thing and build in a critical component breakdown, so we can happily throw away our old Macs??? :) Cheers all.... Rifty -- Academic and Computing Help http://rifty.net
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