"Based on my experience so far, it's easier to get the Windoze computer to do what *I* want it to do right out of the box "
That is not my experience. Windoze loads a lot of crap that I have to get rid of, and it makes it difficult to load non-MS programs and make them the default programs. Dan On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Joseph McAllister >> >> You can use your Mac (iMac, MacBook, Whatever) right out of the box. Just >> like you can drive a new car off the lot without looking at the manual. But >> just like your car, you had better sit down and read the owner's manual and >> get an inkling of when to change the oil, where the fuse panel is, and a >> plethora of other niceties that will make your ownership for the life of >> the product more enjoyable and comfortable to operate. >> >> Many new Mac users do not read manuals until something goes wrong. It's >> in their genes, and external programming that makes them think it is so. >> The same is true of 90% of folks who buy a new car. Of course, these days >> you just wait until an reminder pops up on the screen in your dash for most >> maintenance. Probably a diagram if you want to know where the rear wiper >> cleaning fluid reservoir is so you can fill it. That capability, by the >> way, probably cost you more than a new Mac would. > > You can do the same with a Windoze computer. Based on my experience so far, > it's easier to get the Windoze computer to do what *I* want it to do right > out of the box without reading the FM, than it is to get the Mac to do what > *I* want it to do EVEN AFTER I'VE READ the FM. > > Admittedly, I am already familiar with Windoze, and know how to nuke quite a > lot of the useless bullshit. And what I can't nuke, I can effectively hide > so it will mainly leave me alone to get on with what I want to do. > > The Mac won't allow me to kill the useless bullshit and it won't allow me to > hide it. And the manual is just LIES, ALL LIES! > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
