On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:11 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > The only ones I've ever heard say they are 'forced to use windows' are mac > users. I've heard plenty of complaints from windows users, but never 'I > went into the store and the salesman forced me to buy windows'. It reminds > me of the line from A Few Good Men when Noah Wyle was asked how he finds the > mess hall because it's not in the manual...I just follow the crowd at chow > time. But then those so called intellectuals are doing the same > thing...just following a smaller crowd and spending more money on chow.
My line about specialists and intellectuals was actually from my dictionary as per its definition of the word popular. I think it fits perfectly well in the computing world, the music world, the film world, the magazine world, the TV world, etc., etc., etc. I did not intend that line as a slam against any particular Windows user. I like a certain amount of popular, or "pop" music even though I spend none of my money buying or supporting any of it. I am sure that many Mac users are part of a herd and are likely to be proud of that as well. Such is their prerogative and/or fate or fortune, though hopefully and most likey the flatter. Personally speaking, the main reason that I went with Macs is because I was coming off of Atari computers at the time and they had GUIs as did Macs and also excelled at graphics work. Macs were therefore a natural for me. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
