----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [PCI] Orange Micro PC users?
> One, NT is possibly the Worst Version of Windows EVER. I'm a pro at > this, and *I* couldn't keep my NT 4 system from blue-screening at least > twice a day. Win2K was so much better it was *almost* like getting a > Mac... > > Two, I can tell you exactly how people survive on Windows without an > IT person: slowly spiraling down to an nonfunctional computer. > > I've seen people working with PCs that were roughly the equivalent of > driving a car with three blown cylinders, a hole in the oil pan, two > flat tires (and the other two are of different sizes) and in the last > fill-up they mistakenly filled it with diesel instead of gasoline. > > It's *stunning* what people will just accept when it comes to these > things. "Oh yes, whenever I start up my PC these five windows pop up > and it dials out three times to different phone numbers. I just close > them all and start MS Office. Then I go do laundry, and it's ready to > use by the time I put in the second load. I guess I need a new > computer." (This was someone with a 2-year-old Pentium 4, just with > about 70 kajillion things running on it, the vast majority of which the > owner had no clue about.) > > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > NT4 is about as stable as the mac OS that were out at the same time. The user with the PC card must have had a good reason to try and load NT 4 on his system, probably for an application that doesn't have a mac version. I too have seen home users working on windows machines loaded with buggy shareware, crappy drivers, tons of p2p applications with their adware and tracking software, no AV software, and running on cheap crap components and full of dust bunnies. I have also been in work environments where you turn on your machine at 8am and run whatever software you need and it doesn't crash. There are also allot of in-between experiences, what do you expect from an open platform? Anyway I have 5 macs here 68k/early PCI , at least as many pc's and assorted amiga, Atari st, apple II, c128 etc equipment. Each system has its good points and bad point, same with the software they run. If your mac runs everything you need and doesn't crash be happy, some people have equipment and applications not available on the mac platform and have to go with windows, Unix, etc. There isn't a single computer platform for every need, just like there isn't a single political party in the world or a universal religion. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
