At 21:02 -0400 on 29/08/01, Amber Rhea wrote:
>on 8/29/01 5:38 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> The nice thing about using a Wintel machine on the internet is the
>>>thrill of
>>> avoiding viruses, no? Which is why you should do your real work on an
>>> offline Mac, and let Windows take the punches on the net. The ONLY thing
>>> that works good on Windows is IE and Outlook/OE. So it is a useful machine
>>> for the net, but that's about it. And if you don't keep important data on
>>> it, you just format the disk and reinstall. A half-hour process that keeps
>>> you healthy.
>>
>> Uhmmmm...WHAT?
>>
>> How about just throwing the Windoze box out the window and doing your work
>> on a Mac in the first place? IE and OE both suck on Windoze - IE on
>> Windoze is worse than Netscape on a Mac...
>
>Heard of satire, pickle? Or do you bristle so immediately at the very
>mention of a PC, that all further thought is halted?
Nah, except he was serious...which is what scared me.
>And this, of course, you should recognize as humor. ;)
Obviously :)
p
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