That's nice for you, but most people deal with their computers like they do their
cars. They use them, they don't work on them. My Mac's in my computer lab and it
the rest of the school system are almost never down, but the PC's are always in
constant need of work. The PC's cost me ten times the loss of classroom time that
the Mac's do!
Tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Message Number: 17
> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:54:23 -0600
> From: Tom Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Duo] Re: petition for a ROM upgrade for 2400c
>
> I teach computers in a High School and the PC's are always in need of something
> or other, while the Mac's almost never need any work. You PC folks have been
> brainwashed into thinking that working on your computer is normal and just
> because you can (or are forced into learning) fix them yourself, then
> everything is OK. I want to use my computer, now have it as a constant repair
> project.
> Tom
>
> *********************
>
> Each person's experience is anectdotal and maybe random. FWIW, I have the same
> experience as Jonah. I've used Macs for 14 years starting with the first little
> guy in 1986, and never touched a PC until 2 years ago. I find the PCs far more
> reliable, the Macs constantly crash. Only advantage to Macs is that software is
> easier to install/unistall. Jonah is also right that PCs are easy to build and
> maintain yourself -- it is not a matter of being "forced" into learning, anyone
> can learn and doing it yourself is a way to get a reliable and powerful computer
> relatively cheap.
>
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