I usually stay out of the PC vs Mac debate .. but I
will say that I've been using Winblowz and Redhat
Linux pretty sucessfully over the last few years.
I have used Macs, but I'm not really impressed.. that
is until I saw OS X .. Very nice OS .. all Vector
Graphics. The only problem with that is some
applications do not work in OSX, so you have to load
OS 9 to use them. You can virtually load os9( still
kinda a pain) your old apps inside of OSX.
And then there is the software issue. It's a pain to
get copies of apps ( At least for me ) for the Mac. I
can find PC apps all over the place ( I can't say how
or where ) and usually pretty easy to install..
I don't think I will install Windows XP though ..
especially since I have learned you can only use one
copy per machine ( yuck! ) but I might get XP with one
of those Dell 1 GHz notebooks that are under 2 Grand
.. can you believe how these things have fallen !! We
should all rush out and buy notebooks ..
-Schoop
--- tack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > multi-task! Fuckin quick mail! Had to stop that
> job in a hurry.
>
> If you're using ClickMail for your internet mail
> gatway (used to be the
> only way with quickmail) , lemme know, I used to do
> tech support for it,
> and if also using clickmail central direcorty for
> ldap, I supported that
> too...as well as wrote the web admin interface.
>
> > Tack, and any other mac users,
> > can someone please explain to me what the
> attraction is,
> > apart from the highly marketed and ubiquitous
> "cutesy-ness"
> > of them?
>
> It seems you're working for idiots. Macs fall prey
> to "computer lab
> syndrome" fairly easily. Most mac issues are due to
> extension conflicts,
> netscape and Microsoft OLE and DLL extensions
> corrupting system memory.
> Users will notoriously install anything they get
> their hands on, the
> extensions build up, and then it gets kooky.
>
> In OS 9, the way to stop this is to, like UNIX, use
> multiple users to deny
> users admin access. That will solve that problem.
>
> With the mac centric servers (quickmail....maybe
> appleshare IP) it's
> possible you may be using localtalk (phone lines
> instead of ehter). If
> that's the case, Check for rj-11 splitters...users
> put them in becdause
> they see a phonme cord and think it works the same
> way. Some spooky
> printer problems can be attributed to this
> (experience).
>
> As I've said before, My Mac doesn't have these
> problems because I know
> how to use a computer. So for the appeal...when not
> being mangled by
> ignorant boobs and impotent sysops, the mac gets the
> hell out of your way.
> I get to concentrate on my work without having to
> think about computing.
>
> I'm really sorry you got the mangled network from
> hell. Your company
> really should educate the staff about extensions and
> stability, and the IT
> staff should do clean installs and not give system
> folder access to the
> users.
>
> tack
>
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