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From: twosheds@winternet.com (Jay Vollmer)
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Subject: Re: The PC Mac Holy war
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Date: 12 May 1996 02:14:08 GMT
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Jaliya Jayawardena (jaliyaj@cs.brandeis.edu) wrote:
: On Wed, 08 May 1996 07:49:06 -0700, bluegoose@earthlink.net (RBA)
: wrote:

: >So most of the beautiful automobile marques of the past are gone as well.
: >Now we're stuck with the stamped out econoboxes of today. And also for the
: >thought, I've worked Macs for 14 years and can honestly say that the only
: >crashes have been the ones 'I've' caused, not the Mac. Has i matured in
: >experience less are the crashes.(2 years to date)
: >
: >Too bad peecees don't have recalls like Ford

: 	Heh. Better not throw stones: have you read about Apple's
: recall? What was that about unreliable PCs? 

	At least Apple is honorable enough to address the problem, unlike a certain
semiconductor manufactuer which was forced into a recall by public outrage.


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