On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty:Hi Eleanor,
Well, before I set aside joking it must be said -- After your post we'll see
whether there's a "Mac police" or not ...
I agree with you. Thanks for coming out and admitting that Macs are machines
and therefore can break down just like ordinary mortals' PCs do.
For nearly a year I've been having a whole lot of trouble with my desktop PC (a
homebuilt system that just, as we say in the States, "has issues" and in
particular has not done well with Windows XP.) I told my other half I was
tempted by all the Apple ads about how Macs are easy, how "they work like
they're supposed to" and all this.
'Round about then my mother arrived for a visit and brought her Compaq Notebook
(running Win XP) with her. Now my mother is a very intelligent woman, but SHE
doesn't think she is, so anything "technical" or "complicated" sends her
running for help. However, HER computer works "like it's supposed to." In fact,
on Christmas Day I plugged one end of a cable into the digital camera she'd
just received as a present and plugged the other end of the cable into her
notebook and the pictures were downloaded. This was a Compaq notebook running
Windows XP -- no need for an Apple notebook to "save Christmas"! (Ad reference,
and true story.) Around then I concluded my problems did not indicate that Win
XP is useless.
I've bought a Compaq notebook running XP. And "you know what?" (Apple ad
quote) Everything those earnest-looking people standing in front of a white
background say in the Apple TV spots about their Macs also applies to my
notebook. "It works like a dream."
That's great! Glad to hear Microsoft has finally shipped an OS that actually works.
Will there be free upgrades for the people who bought the previous Windows releases?
Dan
