on 9/21/01 9:12 PM, Christopher J. Wood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 9/21/01 11:37 AM, The Poulins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Linksys seems to have the biggest corner of the router market. But they
>> officially do not support Macintosh. To deal with this you meed to be
>> familiar with the PC gargon and the basic elements of TCP/IP. Some
>> Macintosh folks hate Linksys like they hate Microsoft.
>
> I never heard any mac user say they hate Linksys? They sell a good product
> for a good price.
Exactly. Why should I hate Linksys for selling me a Wireless Access Point
with built-in 4 port 10/100 switch and Broadband router for $250 when an
Airport Access Point ALONE costs $299. By this logic they should boycott
APPLE!
> All Internet routers are basically the same to set up
> using a web browser. Regardless if they are officially supported or not.
> Same for Linksys routers which I use. There will always be some fiddling
> with TCP/IP no matter which router you use or if you set your IP addresses
> manually or use DHCP. I can't see any parallel between a hardware company
> "Linksys" and a monopolistic software company "Microsoft"
>
>
> Chris Wood
Good post, Chris. This is exactly what I was saying before. If they make a
product that which JUST HAPPENS TO BE Mac compatible why should they be
REQUIRED to support and TRAIN Mac users to use it? That's ludicrous. They've
made clear that they do not support the Mac platform which is their business
prerogative. I think it's pretty stupid to just IGNORE a potential market
for ANY of your products, but it's clear to me that they feel their volume
would not allow the training necessary to provide an acceptable level of
support. Between you me and the wall I get so much poor service from
companies who DO purportedly support the Mac that it's moot.
Brian
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