Scott D wrote: > > Pretty funny link, mac users with bandwidth to spare will especially > enjoy it. <bg> > http://www.waveworks.net/mac.html
This one wouldn't even complete loading unless I downloaded "Macromedial Flash 6 player." That sort of coercion I can do without! So I passed... > <http://64.4.46.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=3e38adfb9842b3f6a3ee3e6dce1ca426&lat=1063171342&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewaveworks%2enet%2fmac%2ehtml> On this URL, I got the following message: " Your email message has been idle and this link has become inactive. To access the link, close this window and return to your MSN Hotmail Message. Then click the browser's Refresh button or close your message and reopen it." Batting .000 right now! Thanks anyhow... keith whaley > Matt Bevers wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 09:43 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > > > >> Noting that IBM is building the G5 Macs, it looks like Apple is > >> (a) no longer able to produce quality products internally > > > > > > Um, IBM makes the processors, apple designed the computer. Other > > components are also subcontracted out. AFAIK, apple has _never_ > > manufactured their own processors. Apple doesn't make their own hard > > disks either, does that mean they can't make "quality products > > internally"? > > > >> (b) forsaking the general consumer market and going primarily to the > >> computing professional (an expensive engineering system to compete > >> with the RS6000) > > > > > > <sarcasm>Did production ceased on all other products when the G5 came > > out? Did apple stop selling sub-$1000 laptops? Did I miss the > > news?</sarcasm> > > > > > >> (c) needing an influx of $ so that M$ doesn't kill the company. > > > > > > Apple's financials are in pretty good shape (I'm a stockholder) so > > they really aren't about to disappear any day now. In fact, any > > company, in any business will continue to exist - regardless of market > > share - as long as they can remain profitable. Those who disagree > > should take a look at a camera company called Pentax, maybe you've > > heard of it? > > > > > > I hate being argumentative, and I hate people who blindly defend the > > mac, but I really hate it when people predict apple's demise without > > really understanding the company or its products. > > > > -Matt > > > >
