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In article <4ebd3k$gln@s-cwis.unomaha.edu>
issa@cwis.unomaha.edu (Issa El-Hazin) writes:

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> When I need to read about Apple and its' Mac (which I do), I know where to 
> find the appropriate groups. One last thing, do you want the same thing
> that happened in the home electronic market to happen in the computer
> industry? If so, then support Apple and watch your hard earned cash
> go to Japan--If you catch my drift.


   Without debating the merits of your argument (i.e., that the Mac
   is an inefficient & obsolete platform), I would point out that the
   strongest virtue of the Mac has always been its ease of use.  For
the
   great mass of computer-illiterate users, the Mac has provided an
   intuitive and transparent GUI, and a set of hardware options that
are
   very easy to configure.  In regard to abstract, hierarchical
   directory structures, DOS and MacOS aren't all that different... 
   except that the average person can learn MacOS on the fly, whereas 
   learning DOS can be like learning Latin (at least for the
uninitiated).

   Perhaps Windows 95 will eventually level the playing field...  But
   as someone who has spent hours on the phone with apologetic
technical
   support people, I can tell you that Windows 95 is in no sense a
   transparent operating system.  Rumors of software and device-driver
   compatability have been greatly exaggerated.

                                            mdg