>> be willing to bet the average office >> worker doesn't have a clue what OS >> she is using. She doesn't know whether > Now, now... Let's not get too sexist here; I've had enough of the John > Dvorak "girly" comments for one week. :) The fact is, in my organization > Err.... this borders on being somewhat sexist vis-a-vis socio-professional > stereotyping. Or are you saying the average office worker is female (based on > gender averaging in the workplace)? :) I would suggest that the original poster simply uses feminine pronouns for the general case (as I myself took to doing some years back). Far from sexist, this is frequently considered a feminist act, often for those who don't agree with the arguments that "their" is grammatical in such cases (though I do ;). And (still off-topic), I think we can all say that we've had enough John Dvorak comments of any type for a complete lifetime (his, preferably). But on the subject in question, the poster would win their bet; in my experience as a sysadmin in the private sector, government institutions, and academia, the vast majority of end users have no idea what type of computer they're using, and just hope to heck it gets through whatever they're doing without failing in some horrible manner (to their perspective, and in point of fact, *all* computers suck - some just suck less). This was most markedly clear at my last job, where most students couldn't tell a Mac from a PC in a lab that had ten G3s and ten NT boxes. They all ran similar software, they all crashed too much, they all were too hard to use; can you blame them? It's only the few people who need or want to persevere who begin to see what makes a Mac a Mac. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> Dr. Bott LLC | Get a LapBottom with new �GRIPPIER� gripper pads! | http://www.drbott.com/prod/lapbot.html $23.00 Midwest Mac Parts <http://www.midwestmac.com> | After-market parts for Macs. Fix your ticking dock for $59 w/ trade-in of PS. 888-356-1104 PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com
