pc users put up with it because they really don't get what an easy alternative there is out there.
i remember before i owned a mercedes being told how mercedes is the most expensive car ever to keep on the road, how even a 240D will bankrupt all but the rich and famous. there is a whole similar mac propaganda mythology. mac hardware is more expensive than equivalent pc hardware by a factor of several. that since most everyone uses pcs, your mac will be useless if you need files to share work with anyone else. that mac's are good if you are a graphic artist, but not as good as windoze for serious business applications. so you take these stories at face value and continue to suffer the indignities of windoze. and then you wake up one day and realize that it is just a bunch of lies to prop up a desperately poor product. and then you are converted. On 3/6/07, Euan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This could turn into a long thread. I'm one of the millions of OS 9 + Mac users who go uncounted these days. I use OS X too. These are not cheap platforms in NZ since our retailers trade at the end of a very long piece of string. By necessity (the girls' schools and my University use PCs only) , we also have a Windows machine on our home network. I use the PC with my teeth clenched. Windows XP makes possible features I have longed for on the Mac (the two-button mouse, for instance) but it's otherwise a shabby piece of junk, in my view. Whereas OS 9 + and X are miracles of carefully thought-out, user-friendly, seamlessly functioning software, it's frankly a miracle that the creaking code of WXP runs at all on self-conflicted PCs. Example: a clean reinstall on my Mac routinely takes maybe 30 minutes and wipes only the system software. My recent clean reinstall on the PC took 4 hours (it trashed everything on my HD), then a further 3 days of my time and 2 days of a professional fixer's time to rectify the conflicts which arose subsequently. Ultimately we had to purchase a new video card because the old one would no longer run - a $450 reinstall! [On top of the endless financial haemorrhaging for component upgrades]. And you know what the most remarkable thing is? PC users put up with this crap! Macs are the Mercedes of the computer world - owned by prudent people who cherish quality and durability over the thrill of cheap capital outlays. Euan CHCH NZ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
