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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Reid Conti
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 05:32
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> WinDos users are very keen on going with what's "mainstream;"  that's
> usually the reason they bought the machine they have.  Funny they still
> haven't realised that *most* mainstream programs are released for both
> Windows ** & ** the Mac!
> In a meantime they find themselves hamstrung with an OS that makes them
> salivate for every new Windoze "upgrade" from M$.  Of course we all
> realize from the current Win95 commotion that the hoopla is really all
> about 32-apps,  and usability issues (long file names,  a real desktop, 
> etc.)  Two things that they would have had *long* ago if they hadn't
> succumbed to the "herd-mentality" when it came to buying their computers.

I'm not gonna save the ass of any fool who bought a PC because they 
thought it was easy to use, but I AM gonna say that, first of all, PCs 
are more accepted because they are most often used in businesses (which 
doesn't make sense to ME because you are often dealing with 
computer-stupid people and you don't want people to have cool games and 
also want easy networking -- appletalk might suffice) and therefore are 
bought in homes so that they are compatible with the office computers.  
Also, you may think Microsoft is bad, your whole damn COMPUTER is ruled 
by Apple!  I ditched Microsoft crap for Linux and can multitask much 
faster than in windows or the macOS.  You?  Once you realize how slow 
your lame pictures are, you have to buy a whole new computer.
Now for people who bought pcs for ease of use -- you are misguided.  If 
you don't care to know anything about computers, you can overspend on a 
mac and then spend EVEN MORE so that it runs up to par but stop making 
PCs look bad.

oakley@conti.oz.net
http://www.oz.net/~conti
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From: Reid Conti <oakley@conti.oz.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 22:32:42 -0700
Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net)
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