Klonk Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:23:50 -0700 veschprigt mroktar Julian <julzmon@mac.com> [re: Re: [Yello] Yello & Mac & MacDonalds]:
I wasn't a mac fan until my father bought a PC. The hours I spend on fixing it... irrational crashes and strange anomalies just drove me mad. Macs use MacOS. PC's use a multitude. PC hardware is more dynamic, more stable, and less expensive than Mac hardware. PC hardware enjoys competition and variety. Macs get what Apple decrees.
Your problem with your father's PC is surely a /Windows/ problem, not a hardware or "PC" problem, and there, my friend, I can only say, "Wow, what a surprise. No. Really. Seriously? Windows problems? Never! Ha!" Use GNU/Linux and your problems will vanish. But it is inaccurate to blame Windows problems on hardware.
Even today when I touch a PC weird things start to happen. Well, that's easy. Don't touch the Wintel box! :)
Now days he has a Mac and doesn't need my support for anything. That's the funniest thing I have ever heard!
Macs use MacOS, on Apple-approved and made hardware. There is no excuse for crashes, period. Windows, for all its many, legion, plethora of faults, runs on an amazing variety of hardware mixes, and it works. Crashes like crazy, but hey! Look! Look at all the millions of different combinations of hardware that it could potentially deal with! Macs don't have an excuse for crashing, Windows does to some degree, with regard to hardware.
Playing with the new Panther these days... it is super fast! So you are already using GNU/Linux. Well, BSD, but close enough.
Us Mac users are so passionate about our machines. It's a religion. You have faith in Steve "God" Jobs. Just please, please spare us the crusade.
Why? Many reasons come to mind with the word elegant but mainly cause they just work... Heee hee hee! You are a funny man!
--gcr, your GNU/Linux elitist for the day! [In reality, I am not flaming you. It's just so much fun, and so easy, to rattle the cages of Mac disciples! It's all in good fun, and believe me when I tell you that when it comes to computers, the only thing I really care about is that people are able to /choose/ what they want ... that /choices/ be available. Death to monopolies and proprietary technology!]