on 18/12/02 07:11, John Fox at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all: > > I thought that a Switcher's opinion might be helpful here too. > > I, since my introduction to computers in 1985 to the IBM PC Jr. have > been using PCs. All my life everything I knew was Microsoft, IBM > compatible and a Windows world for me. I took the plunge back in May > with $500 on a Wallstreet 250 from an Ebay auction. That's when I > officially switched. Now it did come with 9.0.4 on it, and I have > since upgraded to 10.2.2. > > Initially I did have some problems with the OS 9, but I chalked that up > to being unfamiliar with the Macintosh OS. Now, in using X.2.2, I feel > at home. There was never a better field for Mac than Jaguar. It's > smooth, stylish, clean and it does what ever operating system should - > function without a hitch! Since installing Jaguar, NO system crashes, > NO kernel panics, NO sleep of death. Every problem imaginable with a > computer, I HAVEN'T had it happen to me on my Mac. And again, as so > many stated before, this is not a state-of-the-art computer, even by > Mac standards. I applaud the efforts of Apple to design an operating > system like this. The Prince of Darkness, Bill Gates, should take a > page from Steve Jobs. > > I will never go back to Windows, and I am currently in the process of > convincing (a futile attempt) my Dad to switch. Microsoft is to > computers what the Black Death was to Europe. > > Take care and may you and your Macintosh rock on!
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