JR writes, <Agreed! All you ever see is ads for iPods, and iTunes. I haven't seen TV ads for anything else since the G5 first came out.If you didn't know better you would wonder if Apple was still in the computer business! Personally, it will be a cold day in hell before I buy an Intel-powered Mac. I never liked Intel. Even back when I was in the Windozes world I ran AMD only. My lone remaining PC (home-built) is running a 1.2 Ghz Athlon (and Mandrake 10.1 Linux). Maybe that will be my future OS of choice. After all, it's Unix based too.........
1. From the department of "Apple makes COMPUTERS?" comes this story.... About two weeks ago, I was sitting under the tree in the courtyard of my apartment building writing on my Powerbook since it was too nice to stay indoors. Somebody riding by on a motorcycle stops, asks me if I'm the Internet and what kind of laptop I've got. No, I'm not online, I explain, and the laptop is a Macintosh.... "A WHAT?" is the response. So I give him a little "tour" of my Powerbook and tell him about Macs. He's shocked -- he's never heard of them before and has no idea there's even such a thing as alternatives to Windoze. I guess he doesn't remember those old "Think Different" Apple computer commercials that used to be on TV, and, as this thread is pointing out, there doesn't seem to be any Apple COMPUTER advertising going on presently. Gotta admit though, I was never much of a TV watcher (the only show that ever held my interest was Star Trek, at least until the Enterprise series came out), and watch even less now than I used to, it's possible that there were commercials I missed. 2. Technical difficulties I've had have given me cause to think, "What if someday something happens to my Macs and I get "stuck" because I can't afford to buy new ones?" My decision on that one: Learn Linux. If I ever have to abandon Mac in favor of new OS, it's not gonna be Windoze. My boyfriend has been a Linux man for years now and he loves it. Someone on this list, not too long ago, had posted a link to a site about Yellow Dog Linux. I followed that link and thought it would be interesting to try it -- IF I could download it, burn it to a CD and run it off the CD just to play with it (don't want to "disrupt" my Mac just to explore and experiment). Unfortunately, it was way too big a download for me to want to deal with on my 56K dialup connection. But, push isn't coming to shove at this point for me right now: I don't HAVE to migrate to a different OS. ~Yersinia. ________ "Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is." -- Lazarus Long -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
