Way back when I got my first Apple, PCs were for computer geeks who really knew what they were doing, and could speak computer gibberish. Apples were for guys like me who were just moving up from their Underwoods. Hee hee
Ed 300E On 31 January 2012 17:12, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > I had a similar experience back in 95 when I bought our first compluter. > Salesbloke showed us the Mac which had this old geezer sitting in a > library of sorts, that walked to the shelf and got you stuff, can't > remember which OS that was, then showed us the Win95 OS which seemed to me > to be more professional and the salesguy indicated that he was no fan of > the Mac OS and Billys machine was the go. > So we went with 95 and I did have to consult help now and again but got > the hang of it pretty much. > BTW that was a HP machine and was built like a tank, never had a problem > with it but got too slow and needed to be upgraded. > Bought a puter from a puter store that was put together by them and it was > junk, bles up duriong the warranty and then carked it a couple of years > later. > Bought another HP which lasted 4-5 years until the mobo went. Not worth > fixing so I bought a S/H HP and it's been good for a couple of years now. > > Hendrik > who has lots of computers > > E M wrote: > >> I walked into a store, many years ago, and said to the saleswoman, I think >> I need a computer. She said, do you want an Apple, or a PC? I said, >> what's the difference. The Apple has little pictures you click on with >> this mouse thingy, to make it do what you want, the PC requires you to >> type >> in little DOS commands. Umm, I'll take the one that has the clicky >> pictures. I walked out with an Apple SE. Not knowing anything about >> computer ( I mean NOTHING, even less than I know today), I can home, set >> it >> up, and started using it; all without ever referring to a manual. :-) >> >> Ed >> 300E >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
