Guys, there is no need for personal attacks here. I thought this was a friendly debate. How about we agree to disagree.
Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On May 16, 2015, at 1:20 PM, joseph marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > You got that right!!! > On May 16, 2015 2:16 PM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The only thing that works best on Apple products are idiots. > > > > > > > > ----- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "Brett A Mansfield" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 2:11:41 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Customer equipment > > > > I'm the farthest right wing conservative you're likely to ever meet, not > > rich but not poor, and white. I only use PC if there is an absolute reason > > for it...and that is extremely rare. All of the best networking tools work > > best on mac. > > > > Thank you, > > Brett A Mansfield > > > > > On May 16, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Apples, (black)Lincolns and Birkenstocks are for rich liberal democrats. > > > > > > PCs (specifically Dells), white Cadillacs and Ostrich Boots are for rich > > > conservative republicans. > > > > > > Republican boys like to date democrat girls but marry republican girls > > > (and later cheat with democrat divorcees). > > > > > > Democrat girls like to date democrat boys but they are all too poor and > > > stoned and majoring in liberal arts or political science. > > > > > > Republican girls just run around with each other getting drunk until some > > > republican boy sobers up enough to ask them for marriage. > > > > > > Poor republican boys get reality shows involving guns, mud, moonshine and > > > wrestling animals in a swamp. > > > > > > Poor democrat boys wear shirts with political causes printed on them, > > > hang out with Goth cutter girls and smoke cigarettes. > > > > > > Give a republican boy a welder and he will make a swamp buggy out of an > > > old VW. > > > Give a democrat boy a welder and he will turn it into an objet d'art > > > symbolizing the military industrial oppression of the worker. > > > > > > And that is why there are so many apple haters here... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield > > > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 12:43 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Customer equipment > > > > > > I buy all of my groceries at Walmart and most of my electronics at apple. > > > There are a lot of apple haters on here it seems. > > > > > > I can walk a customer through setting up their AirPort Extreme a lot > > > easier than Asus, netgear, or dlink. The Apple interface never changes. > > > It's the same for every model. The others change their gui quite > > > frequently. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Brett A Mansfield > > > > > >> On May 16, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> I remember telling a customer he should either learn how to configure > > >> his AirPort himself, get AppleCare, or get a regular router like a > > >> Linksys or Netgear with a web GUI if he expected his ISP to provide > > >> step-by-step phone support. > > >> > > >> He said he would go out and buy a non-Apple router. > > >> > > >> He came back with a TimeMachine. > > >> > > >> That's another thing I hate about Apple, they have to use special names > > >> for ordinary things, so people don't compare prices. So you don't have > > >> a router, you have an AirPort. You don't have an external hard drive, > > >> you have a TimeMachine. > > >> > > >> But just like some people only shop at WalMart, some people only shop > > >> for electronics at the Apple Store. Probably the same people who buy > > >> all their groceries at Whole Foods. > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince > > >> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 1:06 PM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Customer equipment > > >> > > >> No doubt. > > >> > > >> The least they could do is to give it a web GUI. Beyond me why it has to > > >> be some proprietary interface. > > >> > > >> bp > > >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > >> > > >>>> On 5/16/2015 10:37 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > > >>>> On 5/16/15 10:17, Bill Prince wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Plus, for reasons that are not clear to me, Apple has to change the way > > >>>> the stupid AirPort admin tool works every month or two. So even if you > > >>>> knew how to set it up in August; come September it's a whole new ball > > >>>> game. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Software developers need to do something. > > >>> > > >>> ~Seth > > > > > > >
