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In article <DDwH0I.FwE@dorsai.org> Woodrow Shin, hunter@news.dorsai.org
writes:
>	USNF, is an acronymm for U.S. Navy Fighters.  It's a popular 
>flight-sim for the PC.  Sorry about the misunderstanding.  Anyway, the 
>point was Mac Users have a smaller selection to choose from when picking 
>software.  In certain areas they are fairly equal (ex. word processing).  
>In entertainment however they fall short.  Sure you have a selection but 
>it's noticeably smaller.  Walk into any CompUSA and check out the 
>software section.  PC users have a greater selection.  So ultimately the 
>Power Mac can't become a mainstream system until it gets the diversity 
>of software support that Pentiums currently enjoy.  If you just want a 
>plain work machine, either is fine.  In most cases, where just work is 
>involved, you don't even need the speed of a Pentium, or Power Mac.  
>Depends on what you do.

The flaw in your argument is reliance on CompUSA.  Retail stores have
abandoned the Macintosh software buyer buy giving them an inferior
selection of titles.  In response, Macintosh buyers have abandoned
the retail stores.  Its a vicious circle, with retail stores on the
losing end and mail order companies living it up.  

I'm not saying that there is an equal number of programs for the Mac, 
but its nowhere near as dismal as PC stores like CompUSA would have 
you believe.  

P.S. CompUSA is pretty lame in the hardware department as well.  I went
in looking for monitors last month.  I stopped by the Mac section and saw
a PMac 6100 with the flashing question mark Mac in the center of the 
screen (can't find a bootable drive indicator).  I commented to another 
customer on how lame it was for CompUSA not to figure out the problem
since they even had an in-store service dept.  The other customer told me
that he had complained about the same problem a MONTH ago, and the store 
had not even touched the machine since.

the reason why CompUSA has such a small Mac section is because users like
me laugh whenever somebody suggest going there to buy Mac stuff.

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