Amen tina!!! justin
on 11/1/01 8:15 PM, Tina Holm at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I happened to delete that thread. Though I didn't actually find it boring, > I didn't really consider it worth saving either. A couple of the comments > uttered kept popping back into my mind though, and thoughts were added. > I'll try to summarize them, for those interested. > > I have never really used Windows for longer periods of time, and never > really for something serious. I've encountered various versions of it from > time to time, sometimes because I needed to, sometimes just out of > curiosity, to see how this new version would be to work with. > > And yes, I could work on a windows computer, tried a DOS thing for a couple > of weeks and from time to time, and a couple of times I've done 2 weeks > beginner courses in Win 3.1. I've had a Dell in the house for 6 months with > Win '95, I encounter my friends PCs with various Win versions, and from > time to time I help them out getting them running properly again, when > wannabee PC nerds have screwed them up. > > Whatever I do with a PC is based on the knowledge I picked up more than 10 > years ago when I took a 6 months, totally Mac based, course called: "EDB > Usage", and from the afterwards 10 years of mostly Mac (like 98%) use. I've > never taken a Windows specific course. > > So sure, they're useable. > > And sure, a PC is probably able to do the same things as a Mac, but you > know what? I just don't like the _way_ they do it. And no, I'm not gonna > list a long line of Mac vs PC ways, it's not about details, it's the > overall look and feel and my day around my computer. > > I haven't seen Win XP yet. What I've seen from OS X is nothing serious > really, but what I've seen I don't like much. And again, it's not about > details, it's the overall look and feel. > > Oh, and bits and pieces I pick up around here and elsewhere. Like a comment > about how nicely the system organizes the files (I don't remember if it was > about XP or OS X). I'd really like to organize my files myself please! And > my fonts and... > > I'm not sure if anyone actually talked about hardware quality, but it keeps > popping up in my mind. If I buy a high end Mac, it's expensive and I get > quality. If I buy a high end PC, it's expensive and I get quality. > > So far so good. If I buy a lowend consumer Mac, it's less expensive and I > get quality. If I buy a lowend consumer PC, it's less expensive and I get > crap. > > You people around here, who know about Macs, and are knowledgeable about > the similarities, but mostly uses PCs, - I will not believe that you people > depend on using a Compaq or a consumer Dell for getting your work done. Or, > God forbid, one of those totally crap, plastic but mhz bulking whatever, > that my uncle bought, and that looks and feels like something that should > have been sold from a toy shop, instead of from the lowend, german > supermarket it was old from. Labeled as a computer. > > Bottom line: > > I really don't like computers at all, they're all crap, and we're all > paying waaaayyyy too much for them, in order for the developers to have > some nice toys to play with. > > Computers might very well be vanishing out of my life some day, by choise, > but right now I have chosen to take advantage of what I can get them to do > for me. > > I chose to get some Macs, because I dislike them the least, and also, so > far, none of the PCs I've met have had any sort of personality. I've owned > some 15 Macs, and still have 7 around the house and a couple outside the > house. They all have personality. Like it or not. > > I'll shut up now, and please don't expect me to comment too much more on > this, I think I've already said it all. > > Take care all > Tina > > > > *^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^* > Tina Holm, Pederstrup Djurs, DK. http://www.nehaia.dk/ > An eye for an eye will leave us all blind - http://www.9-11peace.org > *^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^* > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
