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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!dial25.ppp.iastate.edu!user From: abrazel@iastate.edu (Christan Paul Hamann) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:59:21 -0500 Organization: Iowa State University Lines: 31 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <abrazel-1604961259210001@dial25.ppp.iastate.edu> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <31678d59.1170056@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <31685e02.5498255@news.earthlink.net> <4kabef$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> <4kc7m3$b7o@acmez.gatech.edu> <316abacb.31125569@news.earthlink.net> <avi-1104962354100001@cyber100.cyberspc.mb.ca> <316e38b1.3254237@news.earthlink.net> <4kp546$lmj@easy1.worldaccess.nl> <aknight-1304962024020001@dial20.trip.net> <4ks4ad $2ig@castle.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial25.ppp.iastate.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:34356 alt.binaries.warez.mac:3074 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45158 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:123055 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:21498 comp.os.msdos.misc:53238 comp.os.os2.advocacy:192801 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8023 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:99124 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34716 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2574 comp.unix.advocacy:19083 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17218 comp.unix.bsd.misc:720 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2960 comp.unix.machten:2207 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:641 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9193 comp.unix.shell:31612 comp.unix.solaris:65871 comp.unix.user-friendly:3583 In article <4ks4ad$2ig@castle.nando.net>, mgtd@nando.net wrote: > listen to yourself, you are talking about people know know basketball, > they know NOTHING and I mean NOTHING about computers, therefor they > want soemthing they don't have to set up, don't have to configure, > they just want to pulgin and output, they care nothing for power and > capbilty. NOW YOU TELL ME ONE DECENT person who is computer literate > and knowledgeable who uses a mac. THEY are useless peice of plastic > that can't do jack, you must have someone program something in mac for > them to do ANY APPLICATION!!!!! vs. a pc, they are subordinate, they > frankly don't have the compability nor the multitude of various > options, in the mac world THERE ARE NO options, if you can't click it > you can't do it. If you like to spend hours writing autoexec.bat files, it's up to you. I know a lot about computers and how they work, I have owned DOS/Windoze computers in the past, and I switched to the Macintosh because I enjoy using it, it is a more efficient system, and it can do more with similar resources as compared to a PC. > AN EXAMPLE: mac in the movies > if you have seen the net you will understand this. int he movie > everything was macs (what a horrid world), and to hack the net you > click an icon. I AM SORRY BUT things arn't just that easy!!! to hack > anything, it takes a lot of work, not a pretty little "pi" symbol at > the bottom of the screen Oh, yeah. And TOY STORY is real. So is WarGames. What about Casper? Chris Hamann abrazel@iastate.edu