On 3/6/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: >For those who learn how, nothing is difficult. My gripe with this was >that Apple seem to attract the users least likely to be bothered with >just that. Such a trust in any computer system seems quite unhealthy >to me.
Strange as it may seem, there are plenty of people in the world who would like to use a computer for various tasks - say, accessing the internet, Skyping distant relatives, writing a letter to the bank - but who are not the least bit interested in understanding how it works, how to manage it better, how to improve it, how to accomplish other tasks with it. In my opinion, the Mac can appeal to this type of person *as well as* the complete opposite. I first bought a computer not because I wanted to get 'into computing', rather because I wanted to achieve something specific: scanning and printing negatives. I'm not the slightest bit interested in how it works, as long as it works. Along the way, I have since learned of other things I can accomplish using the computer, and these include using a spreadsheet for my accounts, writing letters, and editing video to name a few. I've learned how to backup my vital data (like my video files and important letters and accounts) because if the computer crashes, I still want my important bits. I built 2 web sites but haven't touched the HTML. Sure they are limited in scope, but they do what I want them to do. That fact that Apple (seems to) attracts users least likely to be bothered with learning 'how' is far from a gripe - it is actually a big selling point, and indeed was such when the Mac was first launched. Apologies - time to go soothe the nipple ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
