I'd like to hear Ryan's take when finished reading the thread. ----- Original Message ----- From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: Re: apple store snafoo:
Thanks Ryan, I just gave up on the issue mainly because it was a loosing battle and because every search that I did never explained the difference between the two. I went down this path when I first got my Mac, so I knew it would cause a debate. Even Apples's explanation of it says it's a word processor, but if I worked for the newspaper they would laugh me out the door if I told them I was using Text Edit. On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:42 PM, Ryan Dour wrote: > The Mac doesn't come with a word processor. It comes with a text > editor. I believe that in this day and age, TextEdit is categorized > under text editor, not really word processor. People consider word > processors to be programs that can arrange type faces and provide > basic layout. TextEdit in RTF mode can do some of this, but just > look at Word, Pages, etc. That's what the public would consider > today to be a word processor. Otherwise, you could call nano at the > command line a word processor. I remember the old Apple IIe and > AppleWorks. The thing was easily just a text editor by today's > standards, but would have been considered a word processor back in > the day. > > Ryan > > > > On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:31 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I just got a message telling me that someone went to an apple store >> to look >> at Macs and when they asked if the mac came with a word processor, >> the sales >> person said no. >> >> -- >> Jonnie Appleseed >> With His >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >> Reducing Technologies disabilities >> one byte at a time >> >> > >
