On 31/12/2005, at 3:11 AM, G-List wrote:
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Subject: Re: [G] The Upgrade That Turned Into a Downgrade...
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:54:28 -0500
On Dec 29, 2005, at 9:23 PM, Pablo Roufogalis L. wrote:
3) This is key: Switching to OSX was the same as switching to
Linux or
Windows, except for the fancy and cute UI with some familiar logos
and
icons. With OS9 you had a simple but marginal OS. With OSX you have a
complicated and marginal OS. It was clear to me that there was no
reason to go OSX and went mainstream (Wintel). That was very right
for
me and my needs, might not had been so for others.
OS X is a "marginal" OS?? On what do you base that conclusion?
The number of people using it.
I've
found OS X to be much more "flexible" than Windoze ever was! I can't
stand an OS that won't allow me to do what "I" want to do, not what it
will allow me to do. As an example, ... trying to help him move
some MP3 files from one directory
to another. XP wouldn't let me do it no matter what I tried. ...As
I've said
many times before, I just want to use my computers, not have my blood
pressure raised by them. And my BP has been much lower since I
switched
to Macs!
Give as many examples as you like, I have a list as long as your arm
of the things I no longer can do now I am moved to X from 9. I'll
match my high BP on X with yours on XP anytime buddy! Most of these
things are due to unfamiliarity. I probably forget now how long it
took me to get about rather well (if I may say) on 9. I dread my next
big job coming in and me having to do it on X. If X is more flexible,
then this is a quality that needs arguing, it is not simply obvious!
4) XP is complicated too but there are way much more resources to
tackle problems, and they are cheaper. And the availability of
software is exponentially superior (another key issue).
I didn't realize "cheap" was a good reason to choose an OS,
If you are tight on dough, why would it not be a good reason. Just
relax a mo, you are on X so your BP should be low... :)
OS9 is a long-lost never-forgotten love and XP is my trusted partner.
Both sit on my physical desktop. But There's no OSX in my desktop, it
wouldn't fill any current need (the first love that went nasty and
wants a second run? Naa, I'll stick to my memoirs).
You "trust" XP?!? I wouldn't trust anything from a morally bankrupt
company like Micro$oft! Do a little research, and you'll see why I say
that. Bill Gates is a proven lier, thief, and bully. I don't trust
people like that, or a company they run.
To like and trust XP on one's desk is little to do with trusting some
CEO. Maybe, unconscientiously, this X is actually keeping your BP up!
Anyway, this morning my QS has gone up to 1G in RAM and it seems I am
in for the long haul on X - I have been staying at my daughter's
place last few days to feed her cat. I enjoyed her XP Pro and I am
getting better at that PC world (but I am also irritated as I am by X
at the lack of ease of manipulating windows and finding stuff and
moving files). Just get used to me whinging, you lot are my therapy...
David Elmo
David Elmo
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