> > Maximizing your performance is a different issue entirely. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > The one application that comes to mind is AppleWorks but there are any number of others. I have used Apple computers for seventeen years and did so because of the ease of operation for a novice as opposed to the mumble-jumble of a PC. My first computer was an Apple clone and my first real computer was a Apple II E for which I paid the princely sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. Along with that I paid (as I recall) six hundred dollars for AppleWorks and then, significant sums for upgrades. All of this was negated, to a degree, by the advent of Intel. There were also compatibility problems with hardware that manufacturers failed to anticipate. I was a subscriber to MacWorld, which I read and understood as well as a novice could. Much of the language used in the various articles was couched in terminology understandable only by someone well versed in computer technology. This exclusiveness has not helped the average computer user, but has hindered the people that believed the Apple pitch that the Apple Operating System was designed so that anyone, with the desire, could use it. I love my computers and know that they have enriched my life immeasurably but I don't believe that "Buyer Beware" is a suitable tag to hang on any manufacturer who depends upon the public for its profitability. To put it concisely I felt betrayed by a company that I had had a lot of respect for, and I do feel that Apple shaded the truth and were not as open as they might have been in the introduction of a major departure from then current equipment and systems. As I recall, Rosetta was introduced after Intel Mac's were in the hands of users. John Callahan [email protected] If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.ยจ --Will Rogers extreme positive = (ybya2)
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