Brian McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> on 9/21/01 11:37 AM, The Poulins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Some
>> Macintosh folks hate Linksys like they hate Microsoft.
>
> And then there's the ones who know better <G>. I mean a router is a router.
> I don't need someone to tell me it supports Macs. I just need it to have a
> WAN port, a couple of switched LAN ports and a few standard router features
> like NAT and VPN. To a certain degree I feel like it's up to the user to
> have some degree of understanding about the features and functionality of
> the product or they should go with a brand that caters to their need for
> hand-holding. Some companies are incredibly good at both making a widely
> compatible and powerful product as well as supporting and informing new
> buyers who need more information and instructing than others - Netopia was
> one of those companies.
>
> I do understand and completely share the frustration people feel when
> dealing with companies who appear to almost WILLFULLY withhold Mac support
> from seemingly easily supported products though. Unfortunately, we as Mac
> users must often learn for ourselves what is and isn't truly a
> Mac-compatible product on a case by case basis. Such is the price we pay for
> using such a more satisfying computer on so many other levels that are more
> important to me than simple interoperability or compatibility across the
> board.
>
> TCP/IP networking is neither Mac nor PC centric. Learning how it works will
> benefit ANYONE who uses a computer and it REALLY isn't very complicated once
> you learn some simple rules about how it works.
Thanks Brian and all the others who commented on this. I agree, learning
will benefit anyone. For my router selection, I just did not want to invest
that time. I was probably overstating the case when I said some Macintosh
users hate Linksys, but I've seen some heat on this subject on another list.
Going a bit off-topic for this list, now that I have a G4/733 QuickSilver, I
will buy Virtual PC!! Only because we want to read genealogy data on CDs
being produced ever increasingly by companies who refuse to cater directly
to Macintosh folks. Evidently, these companies know that we are resourceful
enough to buy and use VPC when we have to. Now I will learn more PC gargon
-- UGH!
--
Al Poulin
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self-defense is for the rest of us.
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