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

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:39
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daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) wrote:

> Glad you agree, it is.  Especially for an OS that promotes ease of
> use, having to remember which command/shift/option shortcut with the
> one button mouse is quite bizarre instead of just clicking on the
> right button mouse and getting a pop up menu with all your options
> presented in front of you.

*All* options?

Gee- then I guess we need to take that SGI back and get a refuned.

It seems that you have to click on the Dumpster with the left button, then
push down with the right button to get the "Empty" command.

Yup.  Real obvious...

> >In other words, Dan is used to one thing, and one thing only.  Don't
> >startle him.
> 
> Apparently you have that problem as well.  Perhaps Dan doesn't like
> jumping back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard when it
> shouldn't be necessary.

"Jumping?"  You mean you have to use both hands to run that unix mouse?

Gee- that really sucks, doesn't it?

-- 
Chad Irby          |  My greatest fear: that future generations will,
cirby@magicnet.net |  for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."
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From: cirby@magicnet.net (Chad Irby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:39:13 -0500
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