I thought it was quite entertaining. but then again, I'm one of those guys that hates apple routers...
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize, it is more of a “who is going to win the superbowl” level > of friendly trash talk here. Apple idiots/geniuses will always stake out > their claims of gnostic superiority while the PC proletariat will attempt > to shout down the bourgeois. (Swap Apple and PC in that sentence as you > see fit). All good fun... until somebody gets hurt... > > *From:* Brett A Mansfield <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 16, 2015 1:51 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Customer equipment > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
