I worked in a pc environment where we wouldn't touch a new Windows Release for atleast a year or two. My wife just got switched from Win2k to XP this spring by her corporate employer. A Windows upgrade is a scarrier thing than a mav upgrade although both carry some level of terror.
There are two types of people- those who can make generalizations and those who complain about them. On 10/16/07, Jeff Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't get this first statement at all. I'm also a Mac and PC user. > I always wait on the release of the latest OS. Generalizing people > who jump on a band wagon is just stupid. How many upgraded to Vista > on it's release? Percentage wise it might be as large, but then you > have to ask yourself how many PC-vs-Mac users actually know how to > use their computers. > PC user, I play games and read some email. Mac user, I get work > done. Oh, I forgot the Utube thing. How important is that? PC people > seem to flock to it. Maybe this is why the Mac/Apple has only a 3-5% > market share (depending on who you listed to). It kind of reflects > society as a whole. Scary. > > Jeff M > > > On Oct 16, 2007, at 3:59 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > > > The funny thing is PC users generally wait a year or two to see if it > > is safe to get a > > new OS while Mac users can't wait to leap on a new OS. I think it is > > the amount of pain from previous up grades. > > > > Vista Service pack 1 is being beta tested. XP Serivice pack 3 is also > > in the pipe line. Mac just calls them after a different cat and > > charges us again. I use both PC and Mac and prefer the Mac by a good > > margin. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
