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Re: microsoft tells me to "go and play with my computer"

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From: Ed Reppert
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <36949500.794B@atl.org>, bob@atl.org wrote:

> Ever since Apple foisted off those two Max XL's on my aunts business
> with the promise that they would run all Mac SW I've steered clear of 
> their products.

Then you've done yourself a disservice. Apple has made mistakes. The "Mac
XL" was perhaps one of them. BTW, I bought a Lisa - as a platform (the
only one then available) on which to do Mac development. When the Mac Plus
came out, I sold the Lisa/XL and bought a Mac Plus. I'm now on my 6th or
7th Mac, and my biggest objection to it is that I can't run MacOS and
MKLinux simultaneously on the same box. ;-)


>SGI has been an excellent alternative for prepress and graphics.

But a bit more expensive than Macs, ain't it?

I don't want to get in a flamewar over which system is better - IMO that's
a personal decision, and if you choose SGI, or some other hardware, or
some flavor of Unix/Linux, or some other OS, that's fine with me. You
should do what works for you. Mac works for me, that's all. :-)

-- 
Ed Reppert
Rochester, NY, USA
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From: ereppert@rochester.rr.com (Ed Reppert)
Subject: Re: microsoft tells me to "go and play with my computer"
Date: 1999/01/07
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