I'm not really sure what your point is, I guess that the 'tech' didn't know what he was talking about even though he seemed like he did. People usually bash Macs ut of total ignorance and, probably, fear of the unknown.
In virtually every situation in a computer outlet, asking a sales rep or even a tech any kind of technical question is just asking for trouble. Maybe not in Mac stores, but certainly in PC retail shops. The thing about Windows and PCs is that there are a whole bunch of 'right' answers. For proof, just check out the Windows Knowledge base at the Msoft site. For every answer that works on a PC, there are dozens of others that sort of work and many that will appear to work but screw something else up. Take RAID 0 as a for instance. MaximumPC had Raid 0 in every setup for the last couple of years and every new PC that was worth it's salt used it (including mine). Now, lo and behold, Raid 0 has been found to be actually slower in gaming situations when compared to having only 1 hard drive. If you'd talked to an 'expert' a month ago, he would have laughed at the thought. I mean the world is flat, right? The whole point of this is that experts have to talk like they know what they are saying. It's not what you know, it's how loud and how forceful you say it. When I first started out in PCs I had an expert in a store tell me that my computer, which was running perfectly at home, couldn't work with 7 megs of memory. It wasn't worth the trouble to explain it all to him. The amount of mis-information in the PC world is staggering. Now with my 3400C and my G3/333 (plus at least 20 vintage Macs) I think I have found Nirvana. Still a bit confusing but a whole lot more fun than all of my PCs put together. (long post, hope it makes sense.) BM -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
