On or near 1/30/2001 9:07 AM, Harry (lists) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> on 1/30/01 8:58 AM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> My platform is moving to windows, (..) I don't
>>> buy the Mac vrs MS dispute, I think that Windows 98, and Office 2000 is
>>> relatively stable. I've been pampered by Mac for some 20 years.
>
>
> Sad to hear that - I assume it was, as usual, a decision made by the suits,
> and certainly not based on factual performance data?
>
> All the best in adjusting.
>
My sympathies, also.
It's kind of amusing to see how Mac people assume that nobody would
<voluntarily> move to Windows. I tend to think the same way; I've been a Mac
user for about 15 years. (Aside. Bill: "20 years"? You had a Mac in 1981??
You coulda scooped Apple, since it was not introduced till 1984. I presume
you must have had an Apple II or some such prior to 1984.) In my life as a
computer professional, I worked with the alternative vendor, Digital
Equipment (PDP-11 and VAX), and always despised "Big Blue," i.e., IBM. So a
Mac for personal use was a natural. No way I was going to buy an IBM PC.
But it's true. I'm not sure I've ever met anybody who switched from Mac to
Windows without some kind of external pressure. My son, Ben, was a devout
Mac user who switched to PC, primarily because as a grad student Intel gave
him a brand new whiz-bang machine for free. What can you say to compete with
"free"?
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