Thanks Tina!!! Lotsa great points, I certainly identify with. Particularly:
At 2:15 AM +0100 2/11/01, Tina Holm wrote: >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. At work, side-by-side I have a G4 533Mhz running 9.2.1 and a PIII 800MHz running Win2000 Professional. I use the G4 to do _all_ my work, the PC exists simply to troubleshoot user problems with NT4 server. Why? because I like the look and feel of the Mac. Win2000 is no slouch, but it just doesn't feel the same... >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... Which is the reason I don't like a lot of the newer apps (either on Mac or PC). All these added conveniences which end up trying to organise the user ends up making 'Johnny User' harder to deal with at the end of the day! Makes them very lazy... and far too dependent on the machine and software rather than themselves. To the point where a crash sends them into such a tizz they don't even begin to rationally think about how to recover from it. >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. This is the prize. I work as an IT Professional, and not a day goes by that I think it would all be a lot easier if we didn't have to deal with IT. Don't get me wrong though, I still enjoy working with Technology, but not when the company wants to rely totally on it and not have the necessary precautions available to cope when failures occur. Cheers Giles (c:= -- 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>
